The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-22

init d manuscript to d publisher IN II
nsstred by competent a,ithori,tties among
utthiitaiiccs TINT the present novel would
4 prove "a go., The manuscript was ac-
i cepted BY tho first publishers to whom
i II was offered md now the country 8i y
reading n'The Socialist and the Prince.H'
Gel Thurston podd, Mead y CO,
/ Publishers, New York. $3.50. . III Z.
i5'.tn youth We dream that life is q
! straight line, later wc know It TO be a
circle Il which the present PRESSES ire st On
/. 'rhc index to tho title Of a book which
promises to create more than mn ordi-
nary awakening Of thought and and at ten
ton Is found in the sentence quoted on
It's cover and title page. /. ~
An author Is said to DO original only
by oonparsp for to those VINO , LOO
Of ali truths Is, that there is nothing
new under the sun." There is Off.
| ference however In the presentation OF
old things. and this difference the writer
Of .'Tl,e Circle intakes the most Oh she
| does not attempt the Unusual IN style so
MS to cause what she has put IN order
seem TOO obviously the result Of an eff
fort to place herself apart from or aboye
others. Her i,nlikencss In production to
what may be seen or read every day con-
ssts rather IN Btne glowing life which
colors ana tingcs her thoughts and gives
them an expression which tells A !.
|84"rhe Circle''#1s not book crowded
with characters but those which appear
In It are traced with lines every stroke
of which Is drawn for purpose and re-:
suits In what an artist would commend
and call getting "a first effect" VI ri 98s
at All novels are said to he written now
with nSlvlew to after dramntizntion. In
short they are novels first. and dramas
at second hand. . If this be true Tho
Clrcle"sAwill offer salient opportunities
for the exercise OF the plaYwright's &in-
gcnuity@ The old Russian Jew, Solnny
first finding solnce for his exile in !}his
ancient manuscripts and curious then az
ter his daughters dcsertion in dreams
Of tho wife Of iallis youth and his child,
the Austrian Johann, separated from
mnnhood's world OF effort and action by
his physical deformlty, raised above It
iY the power and patience OF limitless
love and III self-sacrIhce; Anna. young,
beautiful N and ambitious, looking out
upon the world with vain longing from
the dusky depths Of sonay'.s shop; An
m, the actress, conscious OF her powers
with the world Mt her feet; Annn the wo-
man flushing and paling Mt the sound
| Of her lovers voice, and, finally. Anna
the repentant, putting the world md love
behind her to comfort and console the
dying hours Of her father, and to bring
| ioy to the heart of Johann. a5 B.
Other characters. chief Of whom are
Mrs. Mnxtead and Maurice Strobe, are
presented with equal intutive percen-
| ton and strength Of touch. They stand
! revealed FOR what they are, their faults
their weakness and their good ouaii-
/ ties to be weighed In the balance OF the
readers Judgment.
"The Circle, is not a finished or an
elegantly rounded story It has many
irregularities OF style and construction
| it Is plainly and tersely told rather MS II the
II the words crowded to the pens point
| and were. written out to; be got rid OF
lin their importantly. than MS they
| were conned over and filled well into
| sentences, upon which thought and care
had been expended. But the sentences
are insstent. they blaze their way into
| tho mind and leave a track ben'n them.
To repeat n favorite twentieth century
| critlcsm-"they grin. /"
Justus Miles Forman's Journeys
End"Ais idStoB have an nctrcss as his
inspiration for a heroine. When the con-
| clrslon OF Tho Circle" is reached. the
question arises as to whether Olga
Nethersole might mot have sat for the
| portrait OF Anna Sonay. A.. NJ. I.
NEW SOUTHERN MAGAZINE.
! Once more we are called upon to enron
icle the birth Of new Southern liter.
! ary magazine, It is called "P]nin Talk
| and 1t is published in Nashville, Tenn.
| The name is enough to Justify one IN
! condemning It unheard, and when you
come to examine t you find that 1t con :
| tains all. the usual elements OF medic
GRITTY that insures Its non success. The
I publishers, the Southern Company start
Ill tha 0nIrtShlr2. l.
surances. but we who have been through
| nil that 50 often know#too we'll how fiat
Il It will sound in the sweet by and bye
i Where are the late defunct 'Orncle,
Z margarine, and the First Families" o.
i fugitive memory? Echo answers. where
(. The Richmond NEWSPAPER grav 1,,y )
Z full Of the like of them. And Richmond
is not tho only such city. It is a pity
Il for ali these worthy efforts to como tc
Il naught But they are not uterly In vain
They are symptomatic of tendency
Z When the time is ripe some trained ant
! well hacked Young Southerner will nu
4 a first class literary journal In the tielt
J, and rcap tie harvest which time !:
J, planting. The South needs flrst-clas:
J. literary journal but it will never nc;
!. ccpt MS representative Of itself u,nga
l., zine that such contlities Of contents ant
, of composition rs this "monthly magazine
!, OF positive principles contains,
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THE LIEUTENANT COVE RMoR. =!
! Gay Wetmore Carryl. Houghton, Mi
, hin & Co.. Publishers. Boston Mass
SIS
;. There is a peculiar interest, even i'm
, portance. attached to tnts book, espe
cially In view OF the late coal strike
1T is. In the form OF a novel, power
fu appeal for the appearance OF mel
In political life. with strength Of char
actcr enough to DO above cringing t
7 the combination ofslabor and OF capita
that seek to coerce government TO thei
ends and purposes when occasion arises
, a group CT men that have fed upo1
socialistic doctrines, guided by schem
Ing blackguard posing as labor lead
err, stir up discomfort among the well
satisfied employees OF tho Rnthhawn
mills in the principal city Of the lmagI
nary state of Alleghena, The ring
:, lenders are discharged. INC emploYe
refuses the unIons demand that he TAX
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