Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-23
Books, BoOkisll
People and Things
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MORE EDITIONS OF "RosE OF THE
WORLD"
WORLD
BY Agnes and Eserton Castles

AS a rule, novels written in collab.
Grafton or begun by one author and
finished by another have not been q
success.
For some psychological reason not.
withstanding all apparent agreement
in subject and style. the contributions
remain distinct and Incompatible. But
in the stories of Mr.. ana Mrs. Castle
we do not have this fault. Be,ag one
in a legal sense. they write as one psy.
chologically. and which part IS by NJ.
Castle and which by his wife IT would
take keen analyst to discover.
Rose OF the World" is no exception
to the rule. In style 1t follows the
same high standard the Castles set for
themselves AT the outset and have
maintained throughout their many
books. The plot. too. Is good and It's
execution satisfactory. Besides the
plot and its literary setting, which to
most readers are the sine qua non Of
readable fiction, there are real thoughts
In the book-things to be remembered
l
persons of intelligence care to spend
several hours reading a book that is
10 be entirely forgotten; book that
will leave no lasting evidence of its
original conception. We like to have
a few suggestive Fairgrounds left oy'
er from the emotional stimulant.
| When Lady Geraldine comes to the
! l,., No.
we are told what every experienced
person at least has realized, that zone
can kneel in uplifted resignation be
side the awful grandeur of the soul
abandoned clay. But the old pipe
burned down on one side, the worn
glove-over these trivial relies the
heart breaks" The deathbed agony
the laying of a dear one In the ground
the dreadful coming home to loneli
ness, require a summingup of cour
age which has in II somewhat of anes
thesia, and we are eased by the very
excess of our grief.
But, in the after days when the
heart is only aching, how the sight OF
little worn shoe or the soiled impress
OF baby fingers on a leaf in our book
stabs to the quick, and inficts an al
most unbearable pain!
The japanese have a special word
for the tear in their paper partitions
made by the fingers of child that has
died. A pathetic little word which
tnelr poets make use OF.
what things most people live
through-people who dare to love!'
"A man may carry the singing
soul of his April to the deathbed Of
his old body. Yet again the hear
may withCr In n span so short n!
scarce to be measured. 1t Is {
; dIspensatlon of mercy that we shout
be blind travellers along the road.
It Is only when the past Is more salts
factory than the present that memor
les are disagreeable."
""Rose of the World" BY Agnes
and Egerton Castle. ~ mo. PIP. 4l5
Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York
sl.5O.
E l. c. Page G. Co. have issued SOM
, of the most charming books for younl
= people we have seen. The Cosy Cor
r ner Series" and, particularly, the "Lit
: tie Cousin Series" The latter com
: prise Our Little African Cousin,
( Little Hawaiian Cousin" and so on.
4 + 4
Other books by Agnes and Egertol
, Castle: THE Star Dreamer" "Th
. Secret Orchard" The House of Re
a nance" THE Bath Comedy" "Incom
/ parable Bellairs," Pride OF Jennico.
T. + =
"The Complete Bridge Player" ID
b. Lippincott Coz. This is by "Cut
:, Cavendish," and is all that its It'll
|, suggests.
+ + +
The entire stock Of books publishe
: by the Scott-Thaw Co. has been pur
: chased by Bretanos.