The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-16

warranted and supposing that II means
what IL did once upon time. In dependent
upon their simplicity. Ono wishing TO
shoot an arrow to a distance would BIZ glad
Of the opportunity Of Roman road The
missile would not be likely to lose II self on
the way.
A number of opinions of the writings OF
-Zack." gathered from the labors of the
the end Of this volume One says Of a
story Of hers that it is "a sure test Of the
literary intelligence OF it's readers and a
positive revelation Of the genius Of its
author Another says There Is some
thug large and majestical. as Of granite
and the sea, in these characters Jack has
drawn for U.s." Here again, OF course. is the
test Of the readers literary intelligence;
and here are new characters in regard to
whom it will surely be interesting for any
body to try to determine whether they are
large and majestical and stony and marine.
In the leading story the main idea is
indicated when Mrs. Groot tells her oldest
son that his father was not Mr.. Groot.
What should sensible son do In such cir
cumstances? The more particularly, mas
much as his mother Ia not eager to pro-
hCt oVh lui PtuAc' uilu, iui tuCihho'V'
inasmuch as the younger brother has
weak intellect and unlovely legs? The
story says Of this unlawful son: Roland
was fond OF his mother, but he did not
cherish many illusions concerning her.
In his mind she remained clothed because
he had dstaste for seeing 80 close rela-
ton stripped at the same time he knew
himself to be capable of undressing the poor
| frotl thiro I'll nd siUht
Of her bare skin" Surely here was a sug
| gcstion of the Roman road, not to speak
Of the granite and the sea and anything
| else that we may think of that is OF a strong
and infexible nature.
But let us come to page %, where, though
passing through nature to eternity is
common, the familiar process is still not
unimpressive as it Is here set forth.
We read THAT night Death advanced
and laid sudden siege to Mrs Groot.
Generalled by Life, she retrated by a
series OF forced marches. Death occupying
the abandoned territory. till at last Life
and Death confronted each other across an
invisible line. Here, much as a ballet
dancer on a rope, Mrs. Groot took to caper-
ing; Death, humorist at heart, heaved
his vast sides in laughter. and meek Life
stood hair on end to see so strange an image
OF himself Turning wit Mrs. Croot toss ID
up ball-like fear and pain, despair and
Judgment. catching the swift shower 80
nimby in her containing hand that il was
hard to tell whether such things had ex-
istence except as paraphernalia to that
conjurer the brain
Here We must paus>. fearful that we have
straycd from the straight and luminous
| Of Roman 1QI II will not be
thought rude OF us to turn some what ABB
ruplly TO tn" second story. called 18th"
Balance" which is distinguished, wa must
think. by nothing in the least barring
out the promise Of it's title. This is story
Of Richard aud Jeffrey and Rachel Lorraine
and the little sick boy. The ainS boy
took to Richard. and so did Rachel
We think that we ourselves would have
taken to Jeffrey in preference had We been
a part OF the story; but that, doub, less
would have been because We prefer ealth
to neurosis Richards pulse Guickened
when Rachel showed herself to him, why
had she come" he asked himself "ihis
woman, disturbing his dreams and driving
his body like a spear through his soul?'
She had come because she WA taken with
him, and not at all because 1t pleased her
10 transfx his soul with his body-a dreaf.
full result OF her presence, Of which II is
i,probable that she was quite ignorant
jor Lorraine. Rachel's father. had no
patience with TIE works Ct fiction ct which
Richard was the author. He looked over
the collection Mt time when he wGs suffer,
ing from the govt. We read: a pile 81
Richards books had come from the library
and in short half hour had been elias sed
Judged and disposed of; re lay a-spraw
in the fireplace as damned ncnsense;' an
other. labelled internal Lest Of maggo's,
sat with half its pages cut-sriding screen
a third. mere dung had been arrest &c
on it's eight s,rcetward ly tic vcrardf
rails: the fourth. condemned ss tho work o
an ass. had followed tie inn heerer VI ofth'
room, ~ essing hard against his coattnils.
Seldom has an author met with criticism
n, re severe; and though tho pleasure ha
n,ver ,een ours To read any Of Richard
novels, w cannot help tho feeling that th'
Major was just judge.
We read in Chapter VII 18th" nigh
was dark the wind blow gustily. and TN
MON lost in great heaven OF rushirI
clouds Up hill down hill this way, tina
way Richard hurried. seeking rest enc
finding none, till the tossing trees and TN
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