New-York tribune., 1903-05-23

Captain Varrick. While on this mission Mac
Donald meets the lovely Thyra and, straght-
way forgetting his troth falls desperately III
love with her. This passion does not meet WIN
the sanction of Thyra's father. VINO mas othei
plans for the welfare of his child An inter-
rupted elopement follows a difficult courtshlp'
and Hector is compelled to relinquish Thyra OH
the eve of their marriage. Stormy scenes anu
exciting incidents follow but it is the readers s
privilege to descry the outcome Oh 1t an L"
her heroine Mrs. Barr has depicted strong
fine creature, but it requires the hufnor anu
satire of a Bobbie Burns to do justice 10 the
fckesness of Hector Macdonald
Ranbael CrowninshieId, seafarer. opens the
tale of his adventures in Marjorie with an
"apology." II believe that nothing is harder
be savs "than to tell a plain tale plainly and
with nrecision Twenty times since began thlS
narrative l have damned ink and paper heafthy
after the swearing fashion of the sea, ana nave
wished myself back again in my perlls rather
than to have to write about them But MdSte'
Raphaels diffidence is unnecessary, for ne writes
with admirable ciearness and smoothness The
literary style of Marjorie" is of fair order OF
merit; the story is rendered with considerable
narrative skill. But it is pity that such a
clever writer as Mr.. Mccarthy should elect 10
spend his talents upon juvenilities such as Mar
out of his or her teens. Young Raphael goes
to sea- from England. with a captain desIrous
of founding utopian commonwealth IN as
tant tropic land. Among the prospective uto-
Lians is the good and beautiful Marjorie, ac-
companying her brave and tall brother, Lance
lot. But there is also foul caitif on board
shipwreck occurs, and the ships company
leaves the vessel by means of RATS, and makes
for an island that happens to be in sight. This
island at first seems to be very nice sort of
place. However the main BODY of the ship
wrecked go off exploring another neighboring
island one day, but on that other island are soon
joined by a boatload of their friends from the
first island. who inform them that island num-
Der one is infested by wicked, murderous pirates.
Before long the wicked pirates heave in sight
in two big boats. They wearing fine red uni
forms and are all armed to the teeth. Their
leader turns out to be the foul caitiT who had
mysteriously vanished from the English vessel
about the time she ran onto the shoal. Brave
brother Lancelot organizes the defence of island
number two. a tremendous battle ensues. i'll
the course of which young Raphael finds himself
face to face with the foul caitiff, who is about
to dispatch the good and beautiful Marjorie.
Just then a cannon shot is suddenly heard at
close proximity, and it frightens the wicked
pirates very much. Dutch frigate it is that
has fired the shot and come to the timely 1eScue
OF the hardly beset voyagers. The foul caitf
pershes niserably, and Raphael and Marjorie
return to England. where they happily mar
ried
In the consideration of such a work as Fred
erik Eeden presents in 1.-The Deeps of De-
uverance'' the question arises, Does definite
analysis of temperament elucidate what is
fundamentally problem of nature. and does
such an analysis tend to broaden philosophy
which recognizes morality a tentative pos
session based upon physiological conditions?
Here is another volume dealing with the eter-
nal feminine, the mnutest portrayal of
womans inner consciousness, dissecting knife
laying bare a conflict between body and soul;
a condition fostered by environment and aug
mented by a union contrary TO natural law.
The character of Hedwig de Fontayne, shown
by Van Eeden, is complex from it's inception.
Born of Dutch parentage, she has no battle with
heredity, but appears to evolve In herself an
individuality apart from other members of her
family To know and to feel are the laws He'd
wig makes unto herself, and vibrant is her
highly wrought nature that she luxuriates in
every passing emotion recalling in her imagina-
ton each sensation as it pleased or grieved her
Passing through endless introspection to matu-
rity Hedwfg preserves an innocence or main
tafns an ignorance impossible to less finely
organized nature and when she finally marries
the ascetic Gerard Wybrands the woman in her
rebels and deplores a too late awakening to an
actual knowledge of herself
'The history of woman's life," writes van
Eeden of his book. How she sought the cool
deeps wherein is deliverance, and how deliver
ance came to her" But to what depths did she
sink before a bodily release brought her spirit
ual relief? Abased, exhausted, wrecked, there Is
that still left in her that craVed salVatloh'
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a. thran seemingly impossible to overthrow.