The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-29
Tsuo Mequ Books.

"A Pastcboard Crown" by Clara Morris. A dainty
fontspece from Chandler Christie breezy
style saving Of huuor abundance of ready da-
losue, some twenty characters including Dick and the
parrot, living but srkingly original, and weakness
for hyphenaed adccvcs and pendent phrases may place
"A Pasteboard Grown in the list OF summer fiction, despite
its human problem of love and law problem old as
civilization and tragic There is evidently purpose of
future dramazaton OF the book since all dramatic rights
reserved and staging the destined end todays
fiction.
All restless aspiring young women, whose long for
the glded soro OF the fooghs ali attractive young
in fact, loudly warned beware Of the nasty
with the nice choose less incompetent parents
to follow the eommendable example Of gentle Dorothy,
whose uuahtious womaunes its and natural
ward-a tender clcan-heared love and happy marriage
The manifest destiny OF Syb LAYTON whose stage
billions and give and tragedy to the book is
handled with definite force and dramatic effect. Loving
and oyable intense trusting, she rreshly caught he
the OF her unguarded unguided gno
and love- and the fascination and artistic selhshnes
OF Stewart Thrall. the 'play-manager.
The lessons Of the book found where ThralI the
bondsave INDUCED oiles snd over-fed desires stripped
Of all vain sophses stands guilty and condemned before
his love for Sybi love genuine and but tragic
because ltmed and misplaced and where Sybl faces the
eternal truth that love in law alone
happiness that OF great larger, perhaps
beautiful capacity for service and sympathy be worked
but happiness
Miss Morris herself thny disguised Claire Morrel
appears for a brief moment the
The nasty with the nasty manners is realistic, but
unnecessary and nsrsc He neither adorns the tale
points the moral For surely woman, blessed with even
endangered by such vulgar fact William Henry Buckley
The of good heart and weak will, the Of
strong will and vseous heart the devishy good wife and
Lena faithful and German the end thoroughly
Miss Norris characters her best work In fact
the high point OF talent the and
justice with which she evolves her characters their
associated conditions Of environment and inheritance
Charles Scribner's Sons The publishers
"A Girl Of Virginia" by Lucy NJ, Thruston The story
of this Virginia girl is told in the crisp wholesome
way the clean, eeargraned that marks
Mistress Brent the FIRST book by Lucy Thruston It's
happy summer reading Of simple pleasure and intent
makes no strain mind emotions; offers problems
suggests no purpose shows effort fine writing
The descriptions good little detailed, but true in
local eolong Enough OF and accident given
to keep the interest unfaggng. The characters few
well skeched and natural people Of university The
professor gentleman OF books and theories the Virginia
girl wholesome proud fearless and safe in wise instincts
OF good birth and breeding; the Western man. capable,
nasterul and sefconfdent the Virginia boy less self
assertve because born and better bred full of quiet
force and purpose and Susan fond, faithful and familiar
as only odme darkies knew how be- principal
characters Of story They all make pleasant reading
summer day Little, Brown Co. the publishers.