The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-27
MRS. CRAICIE'S TALES
HER LATEST BOOK is RATHER A
DISAPPOINTMENT

HER LATEST BOOK is RATHER A
DISAPPOINTMENT
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Collection of Magazine Stories and a
Play or Two-OrIando J. Smiths
"EternaIism"-S Connected With
the Manuscript of Edward MarshaIl's
"Lizette"-"The Virsinan" Novel
of Real Worth.
"Tales About Temperaments," by
John oliver Hobbies, are rather dis
appointment after having read
| certain other books of Mrs. Craigie's. 1t
| is evident that the book is a collection
of magazine Stories and added to them
one or two little plays that have been
| enacted in London. The first tale, The
Worm That God Prepared" is hor-
| Tible, grewsome tale ending in the muir
der of the foolish young things whose
| youthful love is the subject of the
! story. The most forceful thing in the
| book is a short play called Journeys
End in Lovers Meeting" the preface of
which says that it was performed by
Miss Ellen Terry and j. Forbes Robert
1 son. 1t concerns Lady Soupire, who
has returned from ball and in mon
ologue enlightens the audience as to
the conditions of her menage. She
speaks of the admiration a certain
Capt. Maramour has for her, and asks
herself why it is so pleasant and so
wrong to be admired; then she lets it
/ become known that from a most faith
full husband her liege lord has allowed
! his fancy to wander in the direction of
certain Mrs. Fairfax, and she notes
that on this particular evening the
lady in question has looked very plain,
and Sir Philip Soupire has hardly
glanced in her direction, but he has
excused himself from accompanying
his wife home by saying that he is go
ing to his club. Suddenly the door
opens and Capt Maramour enters with
the excuse that he has been passing
| her house and seeing a light in her
sitting room could not resist the
! temptation of entering She tells him
! he is most imprudent, that her huS-
! band is likely to return at any moment,
! but the man replies by pouring out
his love for her and imploring her to
elope with him. She reproaches him
and finally informs him that she does
not love him. He tells her that the
world says her husband neglects her
and that she is unhappy. Loyalty she
| denies it and says she is the happiest
woman in London. In the midst Of
this conversation Sir Philip is heard
approaching, and the captain offers to
jump from her window, which kind Of
fer Lady Soupire rejects, and hurried
ly opening the door pushes him into
! her boudoir just as her husband en-
ters. The scene between them shows
that he has repented of his hayward
ness and is ready to return to his all
legiance. He speaks of their happi-
ness in the past and how unconscious
| ly even he is Influenced by her. They
go over the past and all the time Lady
Soupire is wondering how she is going
to get Maramour out of the next room.
Finally her husband speaks of the old
days when they read aloud to each
other from Tennyson'S poems, and he
says ne could put his hand right on
the book in her boudoir even blindfold-
ed, and he starts toward the door. She
stops him in terror and tells him it is
too late for them to go back to the
old, happy days. Then she has sud-
den inspiration; he has said he could
find the book blindfolded. She takes
lace handkerchief from her pocket and
says she will test him. It is tied over
his eyes and she leads him to the
boudoir door, opens it, and the audi
ence can see Maramour in the room.
The husband gropes about, nearly
knocks against the captain, who I'M
derstands what is expected Of him and
silently energies from the room and
disappears undiscovered. Sir Philip
, finds the book, and the little farce
which might have been tragedy
i ends happily with the reconciliation of
! husband and wife. Mrs Craigie's last
novel, "Love and the Soul Hunters" is
! just out.
Orlando J. Smiths "EternaIism."
Mr. Orlando j. Smith has written a
| book which he calls "Eternalism," in
which he asks himself hard questions
about life and our final destiny, COM
ing to no more definite conclusions
! than others who have asked like ques-
! TONS Mr.. Smith bases his conclu-
sions on what he calls instinct" al
! though it is doubtful whether his ex
PLANTATION of the word would fit the
conception of others, as instinct is a
word that can be variously used and
have meaning read into 1t. He says
that those who do not believe in a flu
: ture must prove either that mans be-
lief is mot instructive" or that Gin
stinct is misleading and untrue" An
drew Lang falls upon Mr.. Smith in a
recent review and tells him that the
above is not logical and he must not
Lang does not think instinct so called
has anything to do with belief. Mr..
Smith makes the doubtful statement
that there are witnesses Of commune
cations with disembodied spirits; but
he will find 1t necessary to prove that.
/ Andrew Lang says: II need not follow
him into his disquisitions about eternal
Justice in the universe. The universe
Is large subject and we must base our
I Gcalino ladders much moro firmly he
fore we can climb the mountain peaks
of the eternal. TO myself it seems that
Mr.. Orlando Smith will find valuable
matter for reflection in the remark cit
ed from Mr.. Huxley: The cosmic
process has no sort Of relation to moral
ends Then must man be outside of
and apart from the cosmic process
(Which sounds unlikely and is rather
f1attering to many or the cosmic pro-
cess which produced man does include
potentialities of morality. If man is
the result of the cosmic process, then
that process, though SLOW is not des-
titute of moral germs"
How do you feel now, Mr.. Orlando
Smith?
Edward Marshall's "Lizette."
A new book which will soon appear
is likely to please Americans, as it is
by Edward Marshall, the plucky news
paper correspondent who, 1T will be re-
membered, was badly wounded at e
Caney during the recent war. The
book is entitled 'Lizette," and will be
published by Lewis, Scribner & Co. BY
the manuscript itself there hangs tale
almost as interesting as the story. L
seems that Mr.. = Marshall began his
novel a number of years ago In Pari:
when he was corresponding for al
American paper, and 5otted down in {
notebook many incidents that occurred
In the Latin quarter and other inter.
esting parts of Paris, for use in this
story. The part of it already finished