The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-29
ROSE or THE WORLD. BY Agnes g. a1
and Exerton Castle. pp;; 40: :, si !, Z,
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ROSE OF THE WORLD, TX : As g -
and Exerton Castle. PIP. 40: Si.ov.
Frederick a. Stokes anu
New York. Bell, Richmnho' a,,a,,,,,
After moving along s.oW.s .th n,iti,
no evidersa ,of holding anything more
Communicated IN store than the WORKING
out 81 a psychological problem, NE -; anu
Mrs caatins story suddenly unfolds
fen, ,,nexntctcd convolutions, ana ue-
vclons Moi of a most vivid ana ex s'ci.-
Ing sort IN n moment. as II t we..' 49,
rea der finds himself lifted n ,,,,,.a
realm {of meditation ana ss'' s,rIr,mg
fancy Into swift acton a shor, rose
situation Az a story, IN shot s ,,, ,Use
~ M world, turns out 10 pc much
better thari one had antic'pateo, IN, ~.
Enoch Arden ending being POSSIBILITY sn.s
,,,hichs "a. for one, had never looked i .,..
Nj that wa found the first paFt :, 81 wv
hoo,, dull. I'VE have enjoyed y aii. anu
merely had the agreeable surpl,se -
discovering a strongly marReu plo s,,,,s
t&rest where We had looKeu Llot. s NE..
of tho sort. The writer o. Nv s''T r,oro than
n ia diTlcult to believe that more e' ~
n,a hand hns welded the penis the
-, ste,. s'of a flexible. graceful, Almost
rontic styie, which makes easy ana pl s,.s.
-. 40 ,,sii,o for the reader. a pleasing
e. ~ md q delicate hum1r are wei.
oo,ne adornments, and 30 10 the knack
~ investing his characters Win INC I ...em
ana blood attributes of real peonle. a nysm
when nothing IN particular as 70 M
place, the discriminating rcAua' !, 11 ,ont
iii,ai,, ~ iav Inc hook aside III waarimcnt.
p osanor,d Tempest was married twice" vice.
t,,,ce ~ Harry English. q playmAte o.
ha- Schildhood. and after the letter came
a. announcing the death of the gallant CAP. cap
tain n india. TO Sir Arthur Gerard.ne e
eIderlw handsome egotlstical, superb
eially' charming but at heart q vas! p ..;.,.
,Rosamond lived contentedly4enoub W..
Sir Arthur till she began 70 81 .,,a ufo.
some old letters and pa !9a.,. s Trel,ah'
mi terial 9;:for&a life OF Harry Enknsn;
w,aich 'eh,sNlifelong friend. Bcthune, hao
mnf3ertaker,3'to write, when her love ", LOT
nor dend husband springs up IKE
new-,it fame. Later. at lrnglish's own =,
i,ttla house she opens q packet OF ms
last letters TO her. written ~ the ne
siered fort mot long before MS aea a.,
which she had hitherto not nag !. .',s
heart to read, and her. net
Is consumed with great iove Lo I4, Vs..
and with burning regret Mt the sllghtness
of he,. love whlle he was yet In the tiesh.
THESE feelings prey upon her m'no cor
tin,,allyBurltil her very reason is ,threA
aned Even when she said words to her
husband. that might have revealed to .
less self-centered man how matters stoou'
moor sir6sArthurs sole thought was -
send for fan alienist, and, i necesea u,s
though Will, Irritation and no enu 9! SER
Snity. to.lock his queerly acting Wis ny ny
mn new, solution, and one when slF
brth,,r could, hardly be expected to have
Sconceiyed. suddenly rises out OF MOWERS,
and good men get their deserts. Withoat
n,arring ttetreader's prospective pleaEsu,e
Nv being more explicit, we Will merely
allow 8ourself. to say that Rosamono -
not lockedSfup. -, !
\ 1 This Sboldastatement OF the main threah
OF the plot in no sense CONVEYS an a az.
3ouate Idea: OF the real interest," OF ~.
story. and we have not even given a hlnt
: NJ ynanyatf,ings that have most contrl-
jhnted tor bur pleasure. Limitat ions o.
snace forbld.us 10 say anything OF young 1ii
Asnrasla,. a charming ingenue, with 9
breezy and fresh-spoken young tongue
and a heart that beat true for her frienos
who got the man she wanted, though no
quite with the whole heartedness she pc
lieved; Of wooden Raymond Bethune
whose bittercst sorrow was not tnet ~
had lost the woman Of his heart, but ina
ha had not been glad when his old friene
returned as from the dead !; Of NJ. Chate
lard. traveller, reconteur and eminent pny
stefan, of Lady Aspasia. whose secre
longing had always been to have Sir AT
thur asa husband, and who. no DOUBT
1 had this longing ultimately grained
! and of few others. We are 1nc!lneo e
think that Rose of. the World IS al
advance over anything its authors ma ma
previously given u.s. and. IN any case
4 is an unusually good novel, which =
J q a r,lea sure to praise. The Illustration
| are ty Harrison Fisher and Clarence +
Underwood, and many OF them are ad
| mirable. 55 X
THE MORTGAGE ON TILE BRAIN. 3
Vincent Harper. PIP. 293. $3.50 Dou
4 hleday Page. and Company. New Yorl
il IA Bell, Richmond.
4 Tho subject Of multiple, or rather ~
4 Interchangeable personality. Is here, wove
into a, plausible and interesting stor.
Tho author has propounded the theor
/. that personality il. merely the sum tott
4 of the cerebral and nervous connitloi
b and capacities found combined WITHIN
4 human being, and played upon ny certai
external forces. ~ ~ 40 tlot
\ fixed, personal, spiritual sometnlne e.
listing independent OF the nraln' DIV
merely The transient. constantly chanl
Ing and accidental result OF the play
outside forces. Since then, ersonail'
has no existence apart from cerebral COZ
dtions 1t would follow that II these COZ
, ditions arc subject to change as
know that they are; personally az
], would be subject to q change Gov
science, therefore, deliberately work upt
these conditions in such a. way as y 4
change personality at Will? Would ~ J
possible to remake q mans character
the laboratory2 80,
) lthelbert Croft, in this story, percy
. that science can do this and 50 does =
Yznaga, tho man whose audaclous Wo
on the brain had staggered Europe a. !,
: led to his summary expulsion o. from
: chair at tho University OF Salamanca
8 Croft was Just rising into prominence
: a brain specialist and altenist m Lonuo
and pretty soon he gets q case case Whlch
II lows him to put his theory 70 me :, !,
s Lady Torbeth, naturally one. o. me sWe'
= est and best women alive. ls suo'ect !,
: alta cks in which she is completely ~ y
: tamorphosed and becomes q coarae'sFa !
ed woman OF yoluptpous ana sroue y
dency to the enormous mortlflcauon !.
9 her family and friends; Croft taxes Z,
t case to Yzna 60, and, together they p =
h out a case of startling noyelty. Anuu I
r. II .,t,,ar COnCeDtlOui VI