The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21
/, owe and the som Hunters ny John o.,
wcr Hobbies. Published by rhnK anu
msa.a.lis Now York. Cloth. Emo.

yyasnails. New York Ciotn, 1In'o''
AS Pages; 81 ~.
In Love and the Soul hunters "a
t-Ns.,,e returns from drama TO ilcion,
.,,s;.,.. bou greatly she has proiited by
49,. raining in plot construction ana inc
-,,a-,acernent of situations. She was az
,yn,s a master OF dialogue. eptgran ana
,,nnartce being native 10 her genus i,si
r,,-;.ccsses and ,actresses- tfh f-t'eAsh
promoters and American financicfs, arc
dawn 10 the life II not actually from
81 and the expression OF their tnousht
.,,s cotton rms ahead of the actual, with
.be sure orescience OF the creative mind.
Particularly in her three main charac-
1ers Prince Paul, the debonair hunter Oh
sn,,Is. Clementine Gloucester, open-eyed
10 this conspiracy and disarminE IL by the
siinrle honesty of her love, and DR.. rel
,barnYner, the protector of Clencntlne s
honor. and the arch-enemy of her soul.
we have creations "hlcn VIII iise ih INC
minds OF readers.
Prince Paul OF Urseyille. Beylestein. a
sent mental libertine,'' who is CONSUMED
by the desire for beauty--in nature, in
art. in souls" has lost by death the
dearest Of all his many favorites among
tho other sex. He is dcsolate and con-
fldes to his secretary, DIR. Felshammer,
who Is "socialistic with cynical al
lection for the aristocracy'' in general.
md the Prince in particular, his desire
10 retire TO a private country HE
Felshammer tells him that he is suf-
fcring from ogotism merely: and the OPP
nortune appearance in neighboring bal
cony of graceful figure proves the
truth of his statement. for the Prince
observes: THAT is Clementinc Gloucester.
She was at the funeral. No other ~o-
men present could compare with her-not
even the Duchess of Annebault"'
But the secretary also had noticed Miss
Gloucester at the funeral, and had set
his strong will then and there to The
one object in life OF marrying her de
finds out thar she is tie daughter CT
an English gentleman of old family, no
occupation, many debts and little pralns.
a.fsi,t he enjoyed his own stupidity; he
thought 1t a sign of good breeding"
C!ementfue is his daughter by an Amer
Jean woman who she thought had died
three years after her birth, but who
really ran away from Mr.. Gloucester TO
20 on the stage as n dancer and now as
LA Belle Valentine" reckless. immoral,
selr-absorbcd. and highly artistic was
tho pride OF dress-makers and the pen
stoned love of two rich Russians
Miss Gloucester has an entirely differ
ont tnr,lrararlent Her chief character
ls,ic is composTre: THE kind which is
magnetic, is the sign of complete sanity
{: heart at peace and a phYslca! orsanl-
cation without weakness An uhWaf-
ering disddin Of small IDEAS sllone III fler
eyes
,-iementine. who has been affected by
tho nathos of the Princes bereavement,
tdealized him, and. when she meets him
and DR. Felshammer at a luncheon given
by the Prince, comes under the fascl-
nation Of the royal hunter OF souls,
rather than the domination of his mas
felTul secretary.
Ieelshamnler. who is suffering from
violent instantaneous Of those forms
or desire winch. without warning. en-
ter :, stubborn nature. and without en-
cottraeernent endure" finds himself
suddenly jealous OF the Prince driven
into riralship with him, critcisins him
with actual malice.
l. is here that the struggle for pos
session begins which we outlined in the
first paragraph, and this and the final
triumph cf the woman, who, as the read
c,. may infer, las something to say in
the matter, form the situation and solu-
ton of a most absorbing plot 1t is one
OF the authors best works.
Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, who writes
under the pen-name OF John Oliver
Hobbies, is an American by birth and pa
rentage, being the daughter of John
Morgan Richards, wealthy manufac-
turer of Boston. At an early age she
married Reginald Nalpole Craigie.
young Englishnan, from whom she was
separated a few years later. Her first
published book was Some Emotions
and a Moral" GS9D- This was followed
by The Sinners Comedy ds92l; "A
Stutr in Temptations" GS93>: "A Bundle
OF Life" dSsD: Journeys End in Lovers
Meeting" being one-act play written
for Ellen Terry ns94) Tie Gods, Some
Nortais and Lord Wichenham" 1S95l;
THE IIe~h-Moon CISCO: School for
Saints" dS97); two plays produced at
The 1t. James Theatre: The A1noaS-
sador'' dS9S>. and "a Repentance tlS99l;
tragedy: Robert Orange d9cop: and "A
Word to the Wise" d90D. She will
shortly produce a play in collaboration
with Murray Carson, one of the authors
of "Rosamary.
nazc Written by Richard Fisguill.
published by Herbert S. Stone and
Company, Chicago. III. For sale by
the Bell Book and Stationary Com
pany and by Hunter and Company.
Laugh and the world Laughs with you
Is an axiom which might have been writ
ten especially for the twentieth century.
The world has now no time Tor tears or
weeping The dead past buries its
dead" while modelnity turns on its heel
and seeks fresh food Tor amusement.
Consequently Wit and humor are at a
premium in the market of the present
asnd the man who is master of one or
both. is a man who is wise in his day
and gen Grafton.
So, evidently thinks Professor Richard
r. Wilson. who has the Chair OF Ro-
nance Languages at the University Of
Virginia, and who has chosen TO call
himself by the nom de plume of Rich
ard Fsquill' in a new literary sensa-
lion which he entities Mazel."
The laugh in Mazel is on the faculty
OF Virginias time-honored State lnsti-
tuition OF learning Every member of the
august body that has so long presided
Ia It's lecture rooms and public halls is
eHricatured by Professor Wilson with
such adroitncss OF touch and discrima-
ton in accessories and finish, as TO ex-
cite the liveliest and most unrestrained
mirth on the part OF the reader The
Professor o: Ma Notwithstanding to
Professor Wilson. and not according 10
the University catalogues introduced
as being the father of five daughters
the youngest OF whom is twenty-eight
years old. and measures six feet one in