The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-29

- Of the prominent novels OF the
~ studies OF the reaction OF life
~ me soul OF man. books. that IS 10
whose interest turns upon fhings
uai. rather Man things mutes4nI.
~ p by an absolutely unknown author
INC BY writer who has previously
ehsd ono book. All three are the
W men. ana ofsmen who arc above
e &(tGs sincere m the ethical studies which
~ books contain.
Il ~ HsiGn OF Law" James Lane Al
e n eagerly awaited novel. will probn bly,
10 disappointment to many Of his read
81 ~ Il has not tho delicate charm OF
zSb which won for his earlier work 80
~ friends. and II Is aimost entirely
\ unw both IN plot and incident Yet
~ n IN It tho strength which neces-
x ny belongs 70 any faithful and convinc-
study OF souis development. The
~, Davtd--we are NOT told eithsr his
5ponyuic or 1abrieila, 20 narrow Is
H1lr world. ana 20 little need have we
E y leaFn the unimportant tribes concern
4Ing theu,--is Kentucky country lad. son
{c( aruaii planter. whose affairs are In
eor shape and growing worse. When we
meet him he r. "a big. raw-boned. demure
n hoy" OF cightcen. one OF the children OF
d robust land. '.in his way seif-uncon-
lpc,ous human weed. the seed Of his kind
aevne In from for some generations hack.
nut aprinsing cut OF the soil naturally
NOW. sap OF its sap. strength OF its
strength" BY nature he was deeply re-
nsious. fiis religious life had always been
IN him. ''as breath was IN him. as blood
WIS In him; n was HIS life. Dissatisfied
new with his position IN the world II was
|Hihis alone that kept him contsntsd
I n himself OFTEN the religious are tho
#veary: ana perhaps nowhere else does
perpetual vision of Heaven 80 disclose
Nesif to the weary az above lonely toll
~ fields The lad had long been MT
4 NJ his inner eye 10 this vision
He was d silert. uncommunicative lad.
~ his people, who knew nothing Of his
1rxans or hts aspirations. were mourn
nc because II wasn't In him TO take
on educatlou." even while he was resolv-
& lnG to strain every nerve 10 enter the
mile college at Lexington and TO become
~ OF those who preach the gospel. At
ter long and hard struggle to save tho
necessasy money. he goes A. II hap
rms he is the descendant OF a great
.eFeat-srandfather who had given OF his
ksds IN the earliest days OF Kentucky
- hulld church IN the wilderness which
should be free forever Tor the Worship Of
" men OF whatever creed~s church TO
0sd not 20 any mans opinion 81 Him,
Dvesnht into close 4consactsswith the mar
fpNest Of theoingies, his expanding mind
sxArix Ills pastor breaches upon The
r..
- David goes out 80 other churches TO
barn and ser for himself how they have
tspassea from the faith. He finds him.
~ soon IN tho thick OF the wars OF dog
mofic theology: he tries TO find which
Aerh IL right, and ends by believing
he error of all. From doubling see
'0.n doctrines. he comes 70 doubling
- Religious formulate Ills mind reaches
- far the preaf the reason the sa-
MdFaty behind the old beliefs He is In
rAsvh ~ the underlying law.
a. this period he comes In contaet with
y spoeh-making books OF science lie
Mfns the comparative Importance OF oar
I'D ir the universe. the hrcvity even cf
~ NE ~ Man upon his planet: the eYo-
1susn cf lie, from It's lowest forms up-
- as shawn IL the svologic sscords;
y e. - %AR@taab ~ MAR To the b"WFfNs fN9
- development ~ his civilization. the
~ANfs Of the evolution Of his religions
hs Aatafal expression Of human de
~ and Effort 10 fna a Gud and worship
- Ne loses his once abiding conscious
- Of the God who helps In the cold
nHesption % God who Is but eosmic ar-
NV. lie " tried hy the church: found
sstVal and sent home from hts studies.
FA<sd IN his Parents EYES. Then fol-
80 shc idyl ~ Gabrielle. and the re-
*Hsa consciousness In the low OF the
spes'or thar Is Inevitably associated with
~ iese % the created The story ends
~ isaNing the reader unsatlsnei, tor
i mas sven but thr preliminary steps Ia
seai's nutolasng, No man's history
Wilton when he r. twenty-five. and
Alien has digged the foundations for
s'esaer drama than he has written.
~ the thing ne has executed Is far Less
"sancarg than the thing he had planned,
- 0e reason that David ana Gabrielle
'pshont are not living. breathing
,~'nres but embodied distractions.
create
sa's also Is true OF the second writer
ue trio we are considering. 1.-THE
senption Of David Corson" is a work