Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-12-16
A New Novel by Anne Warner.s

The author of Susan Clegg", who in
private life is Mrs. Charles Ellis
French of st. Paul, has had vogue,
and no doubt this later book will be
read by great many persons.
The story, If such 1t may be called.
reltaes the experiences of sprightly
spinster who has all the money she
wants, and of her nephew Jack, who
knows how to spend.
He Is favorite with his aunt,
though he tries her patience and
wastes her substance "in riotous liv.
ing.
There was something so winning
about his smile and his eternal good
llumor that no one ever tried to dis.
like him; and If any one had ever
tried he or she would not have sue.
ceeded very long. 1t is probably very
fortunate that the world is so full of
this type of young man, but that which
should cause us to have infinite pa.
thence with them Is the reflection of
how much more unfortunate 1t would
be II they were suddenly eliminated
from the general scheme of things"
Perhaps.
Chapters 1 to 10 are certainly the
best in the book, and what is told
about Jacks introduction to Burnett's
sister and his (Jack's( subsequent in
fatuation, is good reading.
This sister had married an English
man.
IL never dared let them know at
home what failure | was as an Eng.
lishwoman," she informs Jack one day.
IL mortified my husbands sisters all
the time. Just think-after whole
year often forgot to say Fancy now
and used to say Good gracious in.
stead. Did you ever know any
middle-aged English young ladies? {.
Really, they seem to be a thing
apart that can't grow anywhere but in
England. Every married man has not
less than two, nor more than three,
and they always are a little gray and
embroider very nicely. Some one
told me that as yong as there's any
hope they wear stout boots and walk
about and hunt, but as soon as it's
hopeless they take to embroidering."
There are many clever things said,
but after the tenth chapter, the story
rather deteriorates, and the advent.
ures of Aunt Mary in New York incline
to the burlesque. At any rate they are
no newer or more amusing than the
adventures of Uncle Josh, and | am
afraid they are less delicate. AS we
have said in a review of a former
book by this author, she has an unfor-
tunate inclination to wander towards
the ragged edge of vulgarity; to coun.
tenance things which are not nice in
high life or low. Contrast a book like
this with "Rebecca" for instance, and
the wholesome tone of the latter will
be appreciated.
Rollicking fun and broad humor
have their place, 100, but they are
best when consistent with manliness
and true womanhood.
Miss Warner has strong qualities
however, and II she cares to do so
may write a book that will be thor
oughly good all the way through.
+The Regeneration of Aunt Mary
BY Anne Warner. Cloth, limo; illus
trated. Little, Brown & Co., Boston;
$3.50 net.
public Opinion" Nov. and IL; 10c
copy; SO year. Public Opinion Co
New York. The editorial notes and
comments are full, besides the follow
ing contributions well illustrated:
Shall the City Own It's Streets?'
New York's Next Mayor" "The Real
American Woman" SHOULD Shaw BE
Suppressed" Literary Studies in
| Black and White" Thomas Nelson