The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22
5"Dorotilea,' a New Novel, Well
@ Written and Full Of Inter-
est, by the Author Of
Gods Fool
THE ADvENTURER IN SPAIN
by S. X. Crockett, a Book That
Deals Witt, the Land Of Ro-
nance and Roses = Other
Works Of the Day and Peep
at the Magazines.
DoRoTHEA. BY Mnartcn Martens.
Published BY D. Appleton, of New
York For sale by the Bell BOOK and

DOROTHEA BY Mnarten Martens.
Published by y. Appleton, of New
York For sale By the Bell Book and
Stationery Company
Since the publication of Gods. Fool"
the name of Martens has stood for
much that Is best in llteratulc Dorothea,
his latest book. though essentially diff
fcrent in many respects possesses Maar-
tens's impress In virility and versatility,
" as we'll as in the power Of inspiring In
tense interest.
.Dorothea," IN the opening Of the book,
Is a young girl living with her maiden
aunts IN Holland She Is the daughter
OF Dorothea. Baroness Van Brodryck,
and of the Baroncss's English husband
Captain Lewis Foye Sandring, retired
officer Of the English army.
Brought up by two gentlewomen to the
age OF twenty one. and shielded by them
from all worldly knowledge, Dorothen is
singularly pure in heart and singularly
untitled to realize the state Of things
yexistlng outside the round of the Sc
lcluded sphere in which she lives with
IL her. auntS near Utrecht in Holland. The
& first chapter OF Il book In which she Is Il
y heroine has very charming description
,of her home and the simplicity and even
ness Of living which went on there; of
H the two aunts Mary and Emma. the
i' - - ~ SSi''eS 49,.
&. attitude to those around her; the latter
filled with lively cmotionalisn and quick
Il d9-aTouseu impulses, fcnclnS contlnuailg
with her devoted, white-haircd lover,
'uncle Tony VINO is the guardian OIL
Dorothea's property.
For Dorothea is an heiress almost with
out knowing her responsibilities, which
she has inherited from her mother, who
died when hel. child was born and when
she herselt was only little more than
tWentS-t"o years ,oL age. Inc picture
drawn tpy Maarlcns OF Dorothca gong
on her plrtnday through the snow 10
/ lay memorial tribute OF flowers on her
motners grave, Is one Oh me pretliesG IN
the DOCK ana seems 20 nave Deen WEI.
ten 70 stand out more Sharply because o, OK
the chafge WhicH caHe sWitiy altef H.
;e rms chanSe Is produced by letter
from loorothea iathet 70 me Two allnts'
IN when ne REMINDS then1 OF an aSree-
n1ent tliat Loro'ii t,. IS 70 pe siveti osei
INTO MS cSie a. she ase u lMe'tts -oiio'
and asks that shc JOIN MIN at once III
Parls' Ihere IS no appeal lroin sucl.
letter. ne auhts are SURELY slAeSeu w
Yield to the inevitable with heavy hearts.
The night before 'hey say gooupye NC, 70
Dorothea. Aunt Mary taxes h ne. 70 tia
Manor Rouse where i'orothea lllothcr
spent her orlef marriea ING, ana INTO me
room, "herc sne uleu' i'eie s,c IN
4 aets y prom promise llo'.' 'he BIT .nat Sne Miil
never allow nersell 70 be hurfleu INTO an
uhcoilSei4la. VI HieiIeiiiis Lia ma, i'tie
ana MINIS ior the llis ~ 'ilile' vi ullllapI
1iss, Miiion ~, , ~ ~ nasa,hsa
iieait aHu Nul $50 i'et NJ ~ o,tie"'
tie secohu, ihahts lle, Ptoihise aiiu VI
, .ns ieAi uay o''a au'e ,, va ~ , ,.'
I1. ~ , Ana w 49, 49, tatha e ,,a -,
49, :,
f,t, e, 4, I,, e.
,,.o,I5i,, : rJa 49,, sar,.od iIris ae,,nt, ~
al -, 4 frf,, ,;ti, t,is,ina,;o s,,,h ~
,,atiraa ',,r,t,, honra.sF ~ onjnv lifa nccnrd-
Inc 70 his varv liberal ideas Patween n
nan viewing life from his standnoint
and girl who looks at it through
Dorthea.s ewes there is. of course, an
immense difference. and the inevitable
happens She goes with her father to
Nice. The gIimpses she has there of
gambling. drinking and fast living AROUSE
such a feeling of revolt in her mind that
when she is thoroughly disillusioned and
an upright, honorable young German
Igon Roden, shows her a way of deliv-
GRANGE in asking her to become his wife,
she is glad to answer yes. and idealizes
her lover all the more on account or
her disappointptnt in i0ther quarters.
But the idealzation prevents her at
first from being happy as wife, and
prevents the perfect sympathy ana ac-
cord which should exist IN married ne.
When at last. Dorathea learns INA. sii Is.
4 loves her husband not because he ,,s 20
,,,,s.,I,. go ,ra ta,,ltt ha,. l,fe nrob-
g.. $500, 10 ~ ha,ninass 10 s,tis-