The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-16
si''God's Good Man, New Book
by Marie Corclli, and
Good One.
8IlNTlMATa VIEW OF KAISER
Gilbert Parkcl.'s Latest Book
Is a Disappointment to
His Admirers.

GODS GOOD MAN. BY Marie Coreili
sas IN. $3.50 Dodd, Mead & Co.,
New York.
4 In an authors predatory note TO 1oo
Good Man. Miss Corelli. with no ii'''c
earnestness and ingenuity Of style. Dogs
the gentle reviewer, as she Is k1nd clousn
/ to term lis. TO be mergiul 10 her loI .'i'
her sins, whatever they may pc" ana i,, ~,
GVoutly asks to be sparcu A y On 49,
1,iso,,o,aiions. from tho novel SKINNER $
nritnn,o and from other uncharitaPle-s
ncsscs OF which she appears 10 cow ~
us IN advance After pcrusing TINS notc'
W. confess to n dinldenco which makes
b ais hesitate TO write anything u. an
we reflect, however. that mere s'ieI.e
on orr rart would be n deliberate sh'in-
ing Of our duty which would perhaps We
unsatisfactory both to Miss S.orelh a,lu
our readers. and We console o'lisen Z,
Win tic thought that We never 'hlel'ue"
to write anything disaEreeap'e al q, NJ,
For ne have read Gods Good man
Win much apprcciativc interest. In TINS
day and generation. that is saving q
,-ond deal fcr, A novel with no ptrt1rn-
liar r,o,, which describes itself as ohls
;;4& q, e;mnlc love story, and which runs
n 4s3 closely printed pages IT re-
cuircs a good deal of skill successful my
Ia float nNliternry schemes like that; p"l
/. Miss t,orclli We admit at once, has done
;t The story is written in an excess
4 sivcly lcisurcly way that is reminiscent
giigof the novel of the old school. il1cre
n,e many pages of the discursive con-
u ycrsation and tlivcrting comment OF
"a chat.y Mrs. Spruce, and Banton.. the
y - I ,yarr,ilo,ls gardener. Jnfortlnatcly. a
ss5iack{of time has compelled rs to SKID
u nortions Of this but We have read enough
10 make us wish that we had had
,s# rlepty of time to read it all.
John Walden is tho good man of God.
and no is entitled to his adjective Per-
hans lie never showed his inherent
goodness more plainly than when he SUD
n denly arrested the movement OF Ills rlsHe
arm one fine morning, as 1t was IN the
act of swinging forward to bowl the Rev.
Io1tWell Leveson off his pins Putty.
as lie was Familiarity known was not al
Together all agreeable sort Of man. ana
u he had been speaking in a decidedly un-
pleasant way of young ladN Whom
4 Walden sincerely admired. This was
Afarylia yancourt. whose unusual ilrst
ii name was constructed by an 1ngenlous
s combination Of Mary With Elia, TWO OF
the names of an llonored ancestreSs,s ana
who was the reputed heiress OF Alrs..r re- ~
i4vancourt's millions. For the minute
yyalden's temper got away from him.
& s5.a You lie
"And Walden sprang at him. one pow
D errul clencbcd fist uplifted Leveson
staggered back In terror. and 50 for q
moment they stood staring at each
s#other. They did not hear steaithN
rustic among the branches OF the chest-
nut tree near which they stood. nor
4. see a long, 1.-THE shadow creep towards
4 them for the dense low hanging foliage.
10 h
s. for a moments space as though about
5sto close and wrestle, then suddenly
+ Nalden's arm dropped to his side.
my God!' he muttered. nearly
struck YOU
..Putty,' who had doubtless noted the.
y size OF Walden's fist and the vigor Of
his frame heaved a big sigh OF relief.
and retreated a cautious pace Or two
Feeling now secure from physicEl attack,
lie resumed his offensive discourse. The
4 long. little shadow. however. which 1t
will be recalled that the two excited
parsons had failed TO perceive at this
Il moment 4 resolved itself into the per-
sonality OF Julian Adderley, who, not
h deferred BY the sense Of decOrum. Which
had halted Waldens uplifted fist, deity
Il Laws Mr. Leycson in tie dust. Putty'S
Euverthrow vas so complete and so igno-
I minious that Walden could not forbear
ii 20 smile.
Naryla r.: ,, ssfsn'r. !;r, pr ans
= Walden. confirmed old bachelor and
country parson that ne was. observed this
rs soon as he met her; and this was the
Il beginning OF the simple love story
y The difficulty was that Maryl!a WAS an
enormous heiress, and Walden vas not
4 much richer, though much more inde.
pendent than IS the custom WITH rural
pastors; but this difficulty. as we'll as
Others that threaten. is, we are glad to
II state. satisfactorily smoothcd nway. The
tcharacter5 delincation IS consistently
good and adds largely to the interest
OF The story Sir Morton Pippt, the
g l)one-boili knight. With the socia! and
3slcer-loving bee in his bonnet Is en-
ceilent; aud 50 is Alarius Longford. tile
.tau,nor; and .Addcrley. and Bainton, and
Spruce. Cicey Bourne, the assisted
pcasant-girl. With the angels voice, Is
4 also an interesting little person. but
she is without doubt the most precocious
child Of fourteen We have ever got ac-
fuuantcd with. We should feel posi-
lively uncanny II we had 10 talk to
Clcely and we think Adhcrly was about
,ight when he said she was an clfn
h child
Walden, ms has been noted, was soof
man. and he told the truth never mind
1ShO II hurt; but the reader VII! nave
10 lind out for himself how he stopped
short in his reading Of The service whtl
Aiarylia and her fashionable l.ondol
friends came late TO church. and how IA
afterwards reprored the beautiful ant
,nuch-pcured Lady Eva because Sin
wanted to smoke cigarette at tbs
tiiunorablc.
IN an age when everybody Is IN a hurry
iiiore are many people who are rcpellc,
by "a long story, because of It's Yer!
longncss; but more leisurcly souls, VIII
Y will take the trouble TO mad 'Godi
Good Man" will be well repaid for 'lie
pains.
1MpERAToR E1 RI9X, BY the Autho
OF 1.-The MartSrhom Of an Empress
Published by Harper Brothers, o
New York and London For sal
lily the l3ell Book and gtationer.
Company.
Even II the German Emperor william
ii were not the Intensely interesting per
Fopaliy that the last few years hay