The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
IsH Lady Roses Daughter Such
IN Extraordinary Novol?-M Mrs. 81
Humphry Ward Accused \
81 Borrowing" for Her
Latest Story The
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"A, very accomplished and clever lady who
might we'll command g salon Of her own
IL tho material were present for main
tanning It, has written from the Woman's
Club 10 ask how we can give "unquali-
\ fled praise" to Mrs Humphry Wards
new novel. Lady Roses Daughter"
{ which tho IIarpers are publishing. in view
4 ot the fact that the heroine Of. tho story.
4 Mile. julie Le Breton. upon whose per-
Il Bonality the whole fabric depends, Is tho
counterpart Of Milo. Julie de Lespinasse.
+ the celebrated protegee Of the famous
1 Mime. du Deftard; and our correspondent
says that undoubtedly Mrs. Ward de-
serves very little credit for palmins of
an adaptation as an original production
She suggests that tho readers OF La Revue
DIES Deux Mondes. In which the novel Is
being printed. are probably at this mo-
ment calling attention TO the parallel be-
tween ia File de Lady Rose u ana the
Mile. de Lesplnasse Of the memoirs. 81
In the last paragraph OF our review Of
LADY Roses Daughter" published =
siblllty OF this parallel. and since then
/ have examined into It moro thoroughly
AS for unqualified praise, we said only
that It is an absorbing noysl-whieh 10
true; and that 1t Is the Growing trt-
umph OF Mrs. Wards unusually success
full literary caresr"-1which is true; and
that In Lady Roses Daughter the au-
thor has at last achieved the passion
s ately dramatic element demanded by the
3 best novel formr--whlch is true: and that
q 1sl every word Of praise In the review, the
\ rest OF It being devoted to a resume OF
tho story and to some geographical data
q relating to Mrs. Ward and her work.
4 What was said might very well be true
without regard to any question OF plagiar-
ism or adaptation, We stand by those
u comments. It must be conceded to Mrs.
49,. -. however. that perhaps not enough
1 was said concerning Mile de- LeEpinasse,
K 1t Is In Chapter IS OF Lady Roses
Daughter" that the allusion is made to
Mile. de Lespinasse. which was referred
& to last week. 1t concerns julie lie Bre-
Ion. and is as follows: 4
She never dreamt for moment OF
Y blaming yVarkworth. for placing money
\ foremost III his p1aMs- OF matrimbny, she
resembled one OF the famous amoureuscs
OF the eighteenth century. who. In writing
to the man she loved but could not mar
ry, advises him to take wife to mend
his fortunes, and proposes to him various
tempting morsels: "une jeune personne."
& sixteen, with neither father nor MOTHER
only a brother. They will give her, on
her marriage. 1900 francs a year, and tho
aunt will be quite content to keep her
( and look after her for some time. And
II that won't do-"I know a man who
would be only too happy to have you for
a son-in-law; but his daughter Ia only
eleven: she Is an only child. however,
& and she will be very rich. You know.
mon ami. desire your happiness above
all things: how to procure tt-there lies
the chief interest OF my life." q
The expressions quoted by Mrs. Ward
were written by Mile. dc Lesplnasse to
her lover. de Guibert, There are other
and numerous resemblances between the
two young women. They have been
summed up admirably already by aswrit-:
er In tho New York Tribune, and are. az
follows:
julie de Lespinasse was tho natural
laughter Of a woman Of rank, After
her mothers death she was left with no
resources save those OF her own charac-
ter and an inherited income OF; hun
dred crowns q year. She was suffering
harsh and humiliatIng treatment as a
Eovcrness when she was discovered by
Mime. du Daffand, who engaged her as a
companion and reader on the clear under
standing that she would make no claim
upon her mothers family, Nine. du Def
Iand one OF tho most brilliant women OF
nor time. was at this period nearly blind.
Imperlous and tyrannical.T She was proud
OF her salon, and OF her sway over the
distinguished men who frequcnted It, es-
pecially Turgot, the noted statesmen. and
b'Alembert, and at first she was crate