The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-10

Love story, MastcrP,eceS. Nv WI
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pany. Richmond. Va
nv. compilation under the caption given
.hoye &c taken from the love stones %
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che,l stevenson and Holmes Inc se'ies
=, selected whole form quar,et'e
y,h,ch must afford unqualified dehsNe
RI lovers OF good English ana chafahiie
sentiment; unmixed in expression WIZ
.he many new-fanEied isms that MAJ -
,,,,r,ty md spoil its tender concelts. MI
Ssa-sd,.h leads off in the book, two
cben.ers from THE Ordeal Of Richari
Feyerel." being arranged as An lovi Oh
p-,rst Love- To those who are Iathiiidi
with Mr. Meredith praise OF "i1al ne iaao
written IL surely most unnecessaI! t
4hose who know him not. the reaolhs %
his "Idyl" will certainly prove pow
arrul incentive to a closer acaoalitahce.
One paragraph from it. descriptive Oh MS
hero and heroine. IS reproduced here, IL
-. 90 t,,,iy illustrative Of the power
~ description which MIR. Meredith pen
u,al6s. The paragraph runs after TINS
fashion:
perhaps love played his tune so Wen
because their natures had nhpiuhteu
.,dpes and were keen for bliss, como
.ng IN It as natural food. To gentlemen
and ladies, he fine-draws upon the VOL
traytshingly: or blows into the 1nelio"
f,assoou; or rouses the heroic aIdours Oh
the trumpet; or 1t maybe. commands I'e
whole orchestra for them And they
are nleased he is still the cunning
musician. They languish. and taste csc
tacv: but 1t is, however. sonorous, an
earthly concert EHor them the spheres
move not to two notes They have iost'
or forfeited and never known. the 'lFs1
super-sensuaI spring OF the ripe senses
into passion: when they carry the SOU
with them, and have the PRIVILEGES OF
spirits TO walk disembodied, bounoIessly
to feel AMBROSE let them eat. ana
drink the nectar: here sit couple TO
whom loves simple bread and water
is finer feast.
The very mention Of the name OF
Donald Mitchell, who follows next after
Meredith in book-sequence authorship,
recalls the thrill OF delight always evoked
by his .'oream-Life. Not 10 have READ
1t argues a distinct failure In the I'M
provement of ones opportunities ana
great measure of enjoyment yet unfui-
filled. Mr.. Mitchell is fireslde com
panion for cold days and dark days. as
we'll as for days of brightness and sun
shine. A loye-story which he tells Will
be sure TO find Its echo in the conscious
ness of all for whom 1t is told for al
though he is unaffectedly simple. as
well as graceful IN style. Mr.. Mitchell
darws his observations and conclusions
from life and clothes them in the ina
gerry OF a chaste and beautiful magma
ton in their transmission.
The world has not get finished Its Ia
mentation over the UntiInely end Of such
a genius as Robert Louis Stevenson
THE Sire de Maletroit's Door" which
Is his contribution in the stories undei
discussion is full of the originality. thu
picturesqueness and the graphic delinca-
ton which are the special gifts OF so
versatile and brilliant an author.
His episode harks back to the romantic
period of 1929. The scene is laid in France
in the midst OF the brols and tumuits
of such a troublous time. The hero,
Dennis de Baulien. spending the evening
with a friend finds himself half an hour
past midnight in the alleys of the Chateau
London. with his way to find back to an
inn and no moon to light him on The
route. His plight is the more inconven-
lent because he is a stranger in the VII
lage and is only there on safe conduct.
the darkness perplexes him; he Is pur-
sued by a party OF English men-at-arms,
and in fleeing from them he blunders by
accident into the town house of the Sire
de Maletroit, whose door has been left
open for the admission OF another man.
1t closes instantly behind de Baulien
and he finds himself prisoner and alto
Sether In the power of an memorable old
man. the master Of the mansion
The sire de Maletrot tells de Baulien
that his door has been designedly left
open to entrap the lover of his niece,
Blanche Maletroit AS this adventurer
has not appeared he decides to accept the
substitute sent by chance. The maiden
and the priest are waiting in the chapel
and de Baulien Is told to take his choice
between becoming the bridegroom OF
Madamoiselle The niece. or Of meeting
death at the hands of her uncle. The in
slant refusal of the young man IS met
by the willy shrewdness of the elder. The
niece is summoned and proves radianuy
beautiful. Messire Maletroit leaves the
two together to make mutual explana-
tiona and for a respite that shall last for
the man only until early dawn The re-
suit justihes his knowledge of the human
heart IT IS life and wedding, not
death and separation that comes with
the rising sun.
oliver Wendall Holmes masterpiece
ts THE Autocrat and the Schoolmis-
tress" It is fun OF the genial philosophy
which uniformly characterizes this most
popular Of American writer's. DIR. Holmes
account OF his courtship and his accept
AnC6 jS ESPECIALLY dl'l AAS wiz aAAS
may read below. The doctor says:
We" that Is the .tAutocrat and School
mistress" were walking on Boston
Common The mall or boulevard of the
Common, YOU know. has various branches
leading from it in different directions.
one OF these runs downward from oppo-
site Joy street southwark across the
whole length of the Common to Boyiston
Street We called it the long path. and
were fond OF 1t.
IT tried TO speak twice without making
myself distinctly audible. At last ] got
out the ques,ion-will you take the long
path with me? Certainly. said the
schoolmistress, with much pleasure.
Think. said, before sou answer: X
YOU take the long path with me now, I
ghal, interpret It that we are to part no
more The schoolmistress stepped back
with a sudden movement as if an arrow
had struck her.
zone of the long granite blocks used
as seats was hard by-one which may
s,ill be seen close by the Gingko tree
PRAY sit down. said. No. no. she an
swered. softly. I will walk the long