The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-17
Miss Glasgow's New Book, The
.5a5 Dclivcrancc," Is One Of Her
Best Productions and
Will be Popular.
a SWEDISH ROM AN &c.

IA Translation by Wcll-Knowii''
N Swedish Scholar-"Thc White
Castle Of Louisiana all III
teresting Book on Southwest
Virginia, by Virginia Author.
THE DEI1vERANCE. BY Ellen GAS
gov. Published by Doubleday, Page q
CO. For sale by the Bell Book and
Stationery Company. Price $3.50
Readers of Miss Glasgow's latest booR
.yill be Impressed. first of all. by the SIN.
cerity OF the work she has done IN y.
She has made use OF no adventurous aus
4 In her localization or her Characterization,
The scene OF her novel Is laid IN a rurai
Virginia ncighborhood. remote from the
Al Gonna tive bustlc and stir of Virginia
city life Its advantages and disadVnnt-
ages are dealt with most lmpartinlly anu
yet-so faithfully and fully have the flavor
and color OF Virginia localism, proVln-
A cialisln narrowness. caste IDEAS PreJu-
4 dices traditions, standards OF honor or
Y call them all by any other name at VIII
been infused into its pages, that an almost
perfect piece Of realism Is the result
tf Especially in regard to the Virginia
1t tobacco field does Miss Glasgow prove
her literary methods to be most caretui
and accurate The history OF the cult
Z walton and the dissemination OF the Weed
Is the history Of the State since the Gays
Il when tobacco grew strong and tai IN the
81 streets OF jamestown, down to the pres
Il ent Miss Glasgow might nave ner ~
forest in the great staple by mercury
Nj fv0Y1 Z
and almost breathe the pungent ooor
which is borne on the August breezes
y from the following green growth OF the
: 4ohacco planters domain. In all stages
l& ~ the crop on which she has based her
romance, from It's planting to It's curing,
Il she, displays a knowledge OF DEAN any any
minutiae which one is persuaded mus.
( come from personal knowledge ana ooser-
v;>.ion.
The sum of the characters In Miss Glas-
COWS book tell chiefly in their consist
ency. not in their numbers. Bill Fletcher
rs brutal first and brutal always In NE
md in death, but he Is not unnatural MS
Great red face, his numbering body ana
his knotted. hairy hands belong newt
ably with his character and his type IN
regard to which Miss Glasgow through
the lips OF another and different one
~ her types pertinently observes:
.yon kin fool the quality bout the quail
,tv hut I'll be blamed II you kin TOOL the
niggers. d.on
WIN Fletcher. the overseer's grandson
10 t+he out of elbows member OF an alteI
nate generation. mentally and moIaiIs
& weak and Incapable, the sort OF mahnoou
that is easily and commonly recosh'1su.
Maria Fletcher, on the contrary, Is the
I kind Of woman about. "hom o,ie nos ~
4 often hearu .--e remark made i "oliu ,I
where she gets her, refinement ana CUT
,,atIon from, She isn't in the least IKE
8 single member of her family. AS sne
g depicted by Miss Glasgow, she .liahes
the impression that some rare ho"e.
growing by mischance in kHcheh sai
den. might upon the passer-py tnat sop
ped to gather its perfume.
And the Blake family--Madaine pi,'lu
.nd crinnled but sitting erect In her
chair at seventy, beneath the picture Oh
1,ar vnutl with smiling cupids, noiaihs
d rnse parlands above her head, has peeh so
guarded and kept against change ana az ,
yersi,v by the ever watchful love arounu
her that she says OF herself: ! can yes
tjfv that this is a cheerful world In spite
Of the darkness in which | llnger on
take II over again and gladly any oaS-.he
MEASURE and the pain, .ue light and the
aarrness There's not q ball OF my
III youth. nor a face knew. nor even Il oieSa
a&1 wore, that don't see more distlnctiy
every day. The present Is very niue
mart OF life, It's the part IN "hlch we
+ x store our treasures
so she Is always, In whatever she says
and does, an ever-present reminder OF
3 vanished period Of picturesquehess any ~
grace. the like OF which shall pc seen ~
Virginia no more period that mas pass
ed with the generation that produceo -
and gave it It's distinctiveness'
b = rhrjetonhcr In his amending protest
.r,instr the cruelty of his fate, and nus
,,nsatisfied desire for revenge; CyhthlA
blake in her supreme sacrifice OF net-
.c,f on the altar of love and sell-con'
b ceiyed duty; Lila Blake IN her deacate
wild-rose beauty and her love lor Inc
commonplace things around htl' ~
nel Tucker Blake. with his malmeo ana
cr,nnled body and his cheerful optimism
~ shirt belong to the latter day peop,e'
+hose of the so called New South, the
tragedy OF whose every day hle III
MANY Instances must be always slrahs'
err than flcton
s..rhe Deliverance' Is begun, continues
& and almost ended In SHADOW. Not un'u
th1 very last does the cloud MI ana
glimpse Of happiness. IKE sunshine, ~
iunne the atmosphere. For MISS Gas.
356 .ow has not compromised or eXtenuatcd
~ hent circumstances to her llklng, or
trrnwn over them the rosy glamour OF
imagination. Life, and strong lite at
that, life strong enough TO break aown
and oversway the tyranny OF the old
and to fulfil the mission of the new
airs the leaves of a book, which be-
cause of the freedom given az the need
OF great love is called THE Deliver
hnce."
$sINGOALL.A A Swedish Romance b,
yiktor Rydberg, Translated by Axe
Josephsson. Published by the Graf
ton Press " New York.
This work Is translation OF wei
Known thirteenth century romance, writ
ten by famous Swedish scholar, Vikto
Rydherg.
of the thirteenth century and the actor
Nj is laid In and around one OF the ancicn
castles in the province of Smaland
"a which has the forests all around It.
The author was horn in this province
and he describes the g.anduer OF It's ma
ture In such u masteriul manner tina
s ono can readily listen in imagination t
the roar OF the wind and the murmu