The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-22

After that BROOKE ana sftOOeIL I. Woi e.A '
engaged any more. and a. little later
Olivia rot what she wanted! Roberts en-
gagen,ent, however, seemed to be pc.
| c,,liarly fragile in nature. They were al
why's breaking, and 20 We read BEFORE
! long how Olivia, for no very convincing
reasons, threw him over for anotner !:
Robert might have died from that jill, put
for the friendly offices Of lltue F'reiiy.
the ballet dancer, who had q good near
and a marked penGhant Tor the yo'''fina '
AZ no means a ren1ark ableI novel OF an
especially original one, but, well wr1iFtte II
and readable enough for all practiica pur.
poses. IA A i 81 /
THE CLUB OF QUEER TRADES Dy
Gilbert X. Chesterton. PIP 27O. u 20 ;.
Harper and Brothers New York; Bell
Book and Stationery Company, Rlc c.fl-
n,ond. y S N @E3i 5s5 Ny
NJ TITS a long time since wo have READ
any stories 50 clever, original and wholly
entertaining as these. The chief la OK IN
the average fiction both short and lons,
OF the day. Is % weakness N the plot. " "
In these stories this shortcoIning Is con- Il1
spicuous only by Its absence. The 2vnri-
GUS, plots In this book are, indeed, 50
markedly original as to breach the border
OF the fantastic; but they are 50 plausi-
bly, detailed as not to make them the
worse stories on that account. and we
Imagine that no reader OF them Will DO
infected witt, wandering Interest. The
setting for them all is the Club OF Queer.
Trahes, thnt strange organization TO
which no man was ell gib1e who d Id not
support himself and make a living by q
new professlon-nota an aptadon of an
old one, but someth hing really and wholly
unknown and untried by previous work;
ers. Thus, tn ere was Mr. F. G.. North
over, OF the Adventure. and Romance!
Agency, who supplied those who pincd:
for excitement, with the. strangest adj
ventures Imaginable. all worked out be-
forehnnd by .'our Mr.. Grlgsby," at really
very moderate rates by the season !: hero
was p. Montmorency. the 5Arbpreal House
Agent;sathe Pro fessional tDetainers, and
several others who. earned their keep by
methods distinctly bizarre. Rupert Grant,
with a fondness for amateur detecting
and Swineburne. the teller OF tire tales,
while quietly strolling down the street.
let us say, would suddenly find them
selves in a swhirl OF the most a ma zing
events; which. on being .unraveled, gcn--
orally proved to DO traceables to "a G.. u.
Il. or member 81 the Queer Trade CLUB.
The tales are thus in a way strongly
suggestive OF our old friend, Sherlock
Holmes, retired; thoughEtheir plots, as
we have said. are far; from being reninls-g
cent OF anything, and the style In which
the author tells them mas u literary quali-
ty well above that8of the annals OF Dr.
Doyle's hero. Mr.. Chqsterton indeed,
clever, amusing and Individual. Ills
style is deft, witty, even brilliant. To
readers to whom this equipment in an
author matters at all and toseyery lover
OF a good story, we cordially and conf
IDENTIFY commend his book.
MORALS OF, MARCUS oRpEYNE. BY
Lane. The Bodley Head, New York.
Two recently published books N, Z &
under discussion. BY Mr. Locke have
larry. \ q. 81 NJ "
l5other BY their "a bsolute disregard OF tho
restraints imposed by conventlonality, by
their frank reaching out for what APP
peals to their sensuous love Of comfort
and luxury, and by the suntoWardness OF
their early nvironments, s..
S., The unlikeness appears In the fact
that - Pan" while a Pagan, Is som ewhnt
lsof a genius Hungering for the love that
she puts selfish ponsiiesra1ions aside.
when her life test reveals her real nobil-
I5ty OF charac ter and $disposlt ion.$ Pam !"
has many faults OF heredity, but Is ohely
I
thing like ecepttons and ingratltude.
Maros es Marcus ea ' ordeyne N
Oriental, by education and upbringing.
without a certain Observation-Disclosures o i dis
position, that adds to her attractiveness.
| intellectually land spiritually, her ma
dnes aFp1ed
| first. to deceive the man who has been
her benefactor and to do what she knows
would be thoroughly disapproyed OF by
| does not hesitate to desert him, and to
| remain away from him until she is for.
saken and finds herself III and IN dire
need. 81 isi5
Then she lis ready once again 10 claim
shelter and protection without "a thought
that It can be denied her and with only
o. faint realisation Of the unhappiness
sfoh has benz asea s.
I her swronu doing. .5s5 pf a
The moral lack Of perception the moral
apathy indeed isplayed BY sCarlotta
and Are
5duced to right q great sin only BY the
entreatles OF daughter.and not at all
because they are conscious OF the. oblir
child, carlotta finally becomes seinl-conr
sclouss as far as her heart Is con cerned,
AZ 70 whether s's ever ppe'rceyea that
| the thought expended on her and ali
the care taken OF her by those around
her that q much better woman might
need and yet might not get, 59 a
The book is very !. well written. and, In
It !s not the kind Of book that one
would vnhesltat!ngl,y e.commennd to al
dull, and dulness IS the one lnpardon-
able sin lin the stimat ton OF the Amer
lean reader, 9S
'rHE GAN p; AZ BY Joseph Att
s NsW Yo n fsi ii nadp'e Hros,
The sCandldate. was Jimmy Grayson.
who Is first introduced to us as a some
more more than local note, md who ends .as
Ires!d ent,eleet 8, e 4 these United States
said to be founded on the actual OK perir
ence of q famous public man., as Ito
| in which he Is unexpeetedlly nominated,
Grayson makes "a prolonged speeo tl-rnak-
Ing tour In the West, the detailed course