The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-09
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Audrey. BY Miss Mary Johnston. Pub
Iished by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
Rnstnr, Price 81 90. Now on sale at

the book stores.
Miss Mary Johnstons Audrey more
than fulffls the expectations that have
awaited its publication. Like ITO Have
and To Hold and Prisoners of Hope,
1t is a Virginia story, but the scene 10
laid in the eighteenth instead OF ,hs
seventeenth century. at a time When t!is
life In the colony had grown more 1icn
and picturesque. Typical figures inc.uae
the witty and elegant Colonel BYRD (lHe
=, ,,xe edition of whose writings was
reviewed last week. and his oauSn.ei,
EVELYN. the famous beauty. An loeaA
ntantatiou is described In Fair view
the home OF the hero. Marmaduke raw
ard. and the stately Westover is intro
tiuccd. Much of the action Is placed o..
Williamsburg. then the rendezvous OF SO
.,;cty. which there maintained spTlsh.iy
and painstaking, If somewhat proVlnciai'
miniature of the society over which Beau
Nash ruled.
Audrey the heroine Of the book, is un-
rioubtedly the most vital and fascinating
creation Of Miss Jofnston's ina s1naiion.
some may disagree because OF certain
one or two conventional improba billties,
b,,t. taken as an intimate description ol
an abstract woman or an ideal woman OF a
ns,-ticular character, and 1t is a reveal
ton Giving to the whole book a tone or
maturity of observation. Joined with real
" poetic Interpretation of nature ana hu-
man passion that is fascinating.
Andrea, is rescued from the Indians IN
The Blue Ridge by Marmaduke Hawaro
while that London gallant ana VlrslfhA
PLANTER Is riding with Governor Spots
wood on the exploration OF the hfiie!i.s
of the Golden Horseshoe. he leaves NV
o,.nhaned child at the parsonage TO De
,.is.a and educated and the drunken
minister leaves her to grow UP very
5,,a3 of the woods. Haward returns
from England, after many years, ana,
finding Audrey the fascinating woman
she has grown TO be, is estrangeo from
EVELYN Byrd by his compelling ioVe ~.
his protese 1t would be hard TO 1lno
a more excellent contrast IN recent nc
ton that the one between ', .,,;- .aoa,
Young lady of ''Westover and TINS Wooa-
;and heroine. Both are char1ningly drawn
characters. -,.,, 81
The new novel is eInbellished with SIX
most satisfactory Illustrations by i. "
John. Indeed, it is very seidpih tilI.
sn artist manages to eaten SO .,
tully the spirit of the authors aiS ~ ~,
1S,s5tratsons are beautifully priiiifa
colors by new process Wlllch ilidih a', .ne
,sto'.t advance in the art of color paint
snr and which will prove decided lnno-
.ra3ion in popular booll-makinE. lhdeeu'
On oxceileutly conceived and mace d : ~.
il,us1rations that they are SURPRISING "
first sight. nt,arev,,
~ ;s a, safe prediction that Andre!
will meet an instant and remarhapie 81"
cess a. T.. eten-
They have not announced II ,n II. go =
5+ori,n tones. but Houghton- Nilliiii q
- ,ro willing to admit that the aoEaiice
l,ders tnr ..AuIrey'' have been SO iar e.a
,i,at tho first edition Of it will De lzo,''V
copies.
tI,ysse.. A Drama 10 Prologue ano iDee
AriS By Stephen Phillips. l'e PIP
&c RI, net. SIS. The same,
I.ree-naper Edition of 400 nu iea
,,;ss on Japanese vellum mo,
!. mo yellum. net, $500. Pnoils'lsu
b, tho Macmillan Company, NE" 80 -
- lie difficult for one mol MOI = a',,;,r
ras,,ally acquainted WIFI 'ao how
sssaatices of the theatre to see onst noM
S11, an elaborate play as ULYSSES Gan
- ,,ro5,ced successfully upon tue sac.
~ ~. t1,ere is no doubt that 1t Will iiNe as
,;.ar.t,,re whatever its tate may y.
80 hands of Mr.. Tree and MS suee '.s,s.,;s.
Mr phillips' writings have 1he 10
taxable accent Of true poe.'s, -, 70 he
aramatic success of 'Heroo oasn1
49,. ro,. his abilities as plaNWfiSli..
His experience as an d.
ninis. ,emarkable Englishman is the SOU
20 +ha Rev, Stephen Phillips, canon
~ petersborouEh Cathedral he 90 81
tered at Cambridge, but Almost in' I'D
s;a+a,,, ioined a dramatic company ahu
.ie ''-is, ,,,;th II for six years through
w. british provinces. lie PLAYED laso'
ssr,,t,1s. Sir Andrew, AEuecheeh, ~
,aro and the Ghost lie Is pieua " -
Eact that he played the Ghost SO suGS .S.so,
r,,,,y at the Globe Theatre IN a;,,
irat he was called before the Iui 49,.
eayinc the stage. he becane o. - -. ~, a
in I1nplish history to candidates LOT liis
.,,,,- aud during the six years ne Was
a.. occ,,nied he published his flrst IONS
,..a,,, ..t,rernus" A volume OF ms poems
that anpeared in 1897 Won the acdue ~,
nr;ye of 100 euineas. His longer poe.cal
works produced rapidly within me ia 30
t,,,o or three years, have started III.
-, world 1py their originality ana
POWER. ..r,,o1o and
rrancescsy first caught the universal
attention, which has since been gwen "
his excellent drama of iierod, anu NV
has greeted the classic lines ana 1ot! VI VI
''Ulysses." in Ulysses MI. X, iiit Up
tas ACCOMPLISHED a labor which hau
reemed an impossibility. His conoensa-
ZION is something marvellous. SEEING
,.non the odyssey of Homer, ne mas
singled out the sojourn with Caispso'
the visit to Hades. and the return 10
ithaca, and by Sacrlnclng Tue sIete htos'
NJ their detail and by taking bold ad-
vantage of his poetic license. he has con-
terted the story into a connected, nopis
dramatic poem. The prologue, in when
rods are discovered grouped and in de-
bate upon Olympus, is very daring.
/. saved from absurdity by its persistent
i,ftiness and direct, simple treatment
We must bear in mind. as we read the
MAY and note the numerous departures
rom the Homeric original. that the pur-
roses Of practical Ilaywriting made them
necessary. MIR. Phillips is authority for
that apology. He says that the selected
PARTS of the Homeric story had to be
'.,earranged, reimagined. and. above all
pnsparingly accelerated and cut down.
gy means Of such methods Mr.. Phillips
has given us dramatic poetry full OF the
sovereign quality OF movement BIS
dialogue almost invariably speaks the
language OF passion and is rarely en-
numbered by mere descriptive anoS re-
sective passage. Ulysses" is poem
IF rare distinction and beauty, rich IN
.olor, imagery and striking thought fui!
# the calm ardor OF steady genius, and
II has the impressive atmosphere OF a
trDe classic