The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
NEWS OF TIE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR

ToWSCtuuy sOiU StoTy " GIotHSHtAi TdS :
slons Held la Check.-The tumultously
stormy passions Of two persons who are
kept apart by the marriage VOW Of one
of the two, Puritan in the austerity of
his nature, are the moving forces that
shape the lives of the chief characters,
and Of many others, In Morley Roberts
Rachel MARI.
Anthony Perran, a man big In body and
in some respects In mind, was Of Sc
verely religious turn. Consequently when
he reached g. manageable age and found
his heart turning toward Rachel MARI,
whom he had known intimately from child
hood, he shrank back, looking upon his
love as a temptation, for Rachel was a
Papist, the daughter Of a mother who had
disregarded her marriage vows, and Of q
Roman priest, tho a girl of great beauty
and of genuine goodness Of heart and
strength Of character and much loved in
the community. To make sure that he
would not yield to this temptation" An
thony married his cousin, a whey faced
thing OF evil, tho yet to be discovered as
such. .z ~ r..<-..
The love of Anthony and Rachel grew
greater rather than less as a result Of the
barrier that parted them. until 1t came to
this, Rachel speaking: = =5s>
"Oh, am I so evil? This is my heart
speaking, Anthony. it cries like starv-
mothers heart when her dear ones suffer.
Is God less than His creature, less than a
child, less than a mother? I'll not be-
lieve that.
ST feel this suffering, not mine but
yours. I ache with it, I'm unclean with
tit stings like serpent. Gods not
against our love. I'm not old, I'm
young! Have I any beauty left? Anthony.
fritz 4.
know, but am I shamed? Not, o God; If
I know my dear lover is in hell, while an
evil woman feeds upon his heart that
loves me!'' 80
And the end Of the story is not what one
expects. He who thinks he sees the end
before he reaches it is likely to find he
has made a mistake; and Of such unex-
pectedness the book is full, as it is OF
somber and at times almost grotesquely
tumultuous passions which threaten to
rend those whom they possess. - &. -.
But the book is by a master workman
There is enough greatness about it tc
compel attention and to mark the book
as one of the recent important events in
the book world, no matter. if: one does
quarrel with some Of, the views Of "true
and natural JOY" as set forth by Steve
the special pleader for the author. There
is daring in the authors way Of saying
too, and there is much poetry also. His
description of Rachel as Anthony saw hel
on one occasion is evidence of his powers
Of description:
Had he ever seen her before, he asked
himself. Now his soul perceived hel
beauty, her dark, straight eyebrows, hel
eyes that were like cleaning pools upor
moorland when day dies in a clear ant
solemn splendor; the infinite loneliness O.
her body, that was rounded like a carver
goddess of old Greece, and yet as 1.-THE
and strong as a youths. Her southern
blood shone thru her olive skin, which
was clear and doomed like sunny peach
But above and beyond her physical beau
ty glowed wonderful fire Of passion
that she was not conscious Of. 49,"
L.. G. Page & Co.. Boston. ..,
Mary Stuart as Poet-A recently dis
covered essay by Henry Wadswortl
Longfellow, published for the first time il
Harper's Magazine for February, recall
that in one year after her marriage, tn,
young queen. Mary Stuart held herself q,