The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
Books and Authors
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written and has no more serious mis-
sion than taking tired people 10 the
islands Of the BEST" yet It's expression
Is unusual. The Ballad OF the King $
Jest IS not pretty; The Grave OF The
Hundred Head" IS ufcomfortabiy real
fsuc with 1.-The drip-drip-drip from the
basket but neither of these are com
rnonplace'' THE Bctrothed'' has lines
chat sound original. Many men may have
thought. hut none before kipling was
bold 10 say that
"a woman is only a woman. but .
good cigar is a smoke" La Nut
Blanche is not an isolated experience.
but ats form is not ordinary. one may
lake Sleary's action as heavily rs dio
Mrs 3onkin, but none can thlnk ms
Behavior conventional. Between st.
Peter and the devil. Tonlinson heard
much plain speaking, but recall MOTH
ing that 1t t,ite And IL that adjective
can be applied Ito The Recessionaf' II
IS our fault and not NplinSs HOW
could he know that his poem Wouiu
touch The heart of the EnEiish-speak-
ing world as nothing else connected Win
the jubilee has done?' de had written
greater poem in THE hymn before
Action and that, though it may be
deeper in a few hearts, is not so con
stantIy on many lips" THE Last
Chanty,'' If memory serves, has boah
thoughts and words ] have not 1ouno
elsewhere. THE Truce of the Bear,
politically or POLITICALLY considered ]"
unique. The words, like the bio" OF
THAT stecl-shod paw are savage ana
soaring as flame; they dlscose .iie
past work of the bear with horrible
y-ividness, and not even this Master OF
The Mariciaas ..put back the bandage.
-.Pitiably commonplace" The verdict
IS as astute as thar of a girl who once
told me she liked Jane Eyre because
Mr. Rochester was such a kind man
Yet, after all, such criticism will do
good service, If il rescue klpllnS from
the faddists who read because IL is the
fashion and give him back TO Those VINO
have known and understood him from
tshc beginning Only if Mr.. LeGailienne
would corsign TO the flames. with the
rest of the books of the past year, all
.llipling's poems in plain English and
Keep the collected poems Of Mr. VIII
liam Watson / would rather visit ms
bonfire than his library.
HENDERSON DAlNGERflEl1D.
THE MASTER BEGGARS. BY l.. Cope
Cornford author OF Captain Jacobus
Philadelphia J. 3. Lippincott Com
pany. Paper. price. 50 cents
This is romance OF the SlNteenth
Century. The scene is l1pidIur anu
the events the stirring tragedies Of the
contest between the Spaniards and the
Prince of Orange. The story deals prin-
cipally with the adventures of the some
time monk. I1ilarion. 1t is Wild tale
OF love and war
THE PRIESTS MARRIAGE. BY Nora
Tynne. author OF The Blind Artist
Pictures "A Comedy of Honor" THE
Story of Fool and His Folly" etc
New York. G. z. Putnam's Sons Hud-
son Library edition Paper. price, 90
cents.
c. P, Putnam's Sons give out the fol-
lowing notice:
&C p. Putnam's Sons regret to have
occasion TO announce to the reading pub
lie that the story recently published by
them under the title OF Aboard the
American Duchess story purportinG
to be the work of an American author
who writes under the name of George L.
Myers. is a plagiarism of story pub
lIshcd some years later back by Mr..
Hcadon Hill. of London entitled The