The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-17
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~ YOU WANT to read the pret,iest story OF
the day, the cleanest tendctest, sweetest
a lovc-story and yet in the Gusc OF tie his.
torcal novel; read f. Marion Crnw:ord's new
book. 'ln the Palace ot the Nins.' some
people to think they a tro tired OF
Mr.. Crawford, and yet il one seldom grows tired
OF tht lights on the beautiful grain of some
rch'toncd wood, Or the warm swift flash of
fire from the center OF a priceless gem the
delicate intricacy OF design in Il frost stwork OF
rare old lace it would seem could not tire
OF this authors finished perfection of touch, his
study OF detail, his fidelity in reproduction ri
the peoples and manners in every part oi the
world lie has pictured old Italy and Rome in
the Saraccucsca series with such luxury Of de-
Scrption such S,lmptuouSncss of environment,
that the memory remains like the long look At
Il Titan painting. lie las shown Us Persia
in "Zoroister'' and the mystical charm OF the
Orient in "Mr. Isaacs." New York was por
lriycd in "kItharine Liuderac, and he has
dclvcd into the folklore and the customs "i
all the world to make us its dcnizens he
sees them. This latest effort is to show old
Spain in the time of Philip II, with Don john
of Austria, his knight sans prur ct sans e.
prochc. The spendor OF the white spotlesSnc-s
of that figure in history will long reflect its
glory in the memory oi one who reads Mr.
CTtwiord's apotleosis of that cold and bitter
reign. 1t is the history OF but one night that
the writer records, but such a night and such
action, power and picturesque magnhccncc! No
wonder it it making dramatic success OF the
year, for surely, there are pictures enough in
| this book to tit such stage setting as ole
never dreamed, even by Sir Henry Irving.
The more hear about ''rhc Master Christian"
the more | am compelled to wonder at people
who will read such higll,iulutn word gymnas-
tics and call it great and marvellous. In tie
first place that Corclli woman is enough to
make anybody very weary. She never wrote
but one thing which WAS really worth reading,
and that is little gem which somehow has
escaped almost everyhody's notice. 1t i, a tiny
| story, '"Ihc Silence OF the Maharaiah," and it
was published on this side in that delightful
violet edition which had such brief and happy
vogue a few years ago. IT was one oi the
few stories which end sadly that one cared TO
read often, hut it was quantity beautiful and
had in it, less herocs and less of Marie hers II
| than anything else she has ever written, al
though in this she probably posed in her
own mind 10. the heroine.
But this Master Christian" is such con-
denSed package oi her protest against the
world. Although she must he given the credit
for dclneating Il dear old Cardinal But her
TRADE against the churches is simply weari'
some, and the fool women she depicts with
their Mysteries and supernatural gifts are still
more 50. What seems to ensnare the fancy of
the unwary reader is the "hne writing the
beautiful sunset stuff and all that You hear
some preachers crate the same sort. Next you
hear OF the same gentlemen making clerical
love to their fair parshiuncrs. "Finc writing >
has seen its day, as far as popularity goes with
the literary taste of this generation
These people with a grievance are The most
| wrctchedly tresome lot, 1t is bad enough
| when they simply bore few people whom they
| can handiy get at on the occasion OF teas or
| afternoon calls, or lectures, bu, when they ac'
| ,ualy get a hearing among thousands, as when
| they write book, it grows unbeaablp. You
can walk away from the grievance lady AT re-
ccption, unless you happen 10 be in hard luck,
as the hostess. You can go out OF a lecture and
you can nn,iate the pol ticrl bore and switch h III
/ off by some sort oi counter irritant IN the way
| Of argument; but with the book woman you are
dcicnselcss OF course, you can throw tho
| volume across the room and not real it aitcv
| YOU get enough oi the grievance committee, but
| there Is always the end which, IL you are a
| good conscientious reader, You want TO see IN
| its proper ou,nsc OF events
| ThnSe pcople with grievance are ilIesomc
and il does take them so unutterably long to
ret even. The world smiles back at You when
| ,ou smile and it is likely to welcome you again
| and again, but it doesn't want TO hear your
/ trorhles, unless they happen to be something
! spicy in the way OF divorce case or ny dif
| Gculty with your mother.in'law, when II VIII
| be far better TO keep the matter confined strictly
| to the family Don't nurse grievances. Look
| pleasapt even il you don't feel so but Tor good
ness sake, whatever you do, or leave undone,
don't write a book TO air your grievance.
| saucy Bess.