The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-13

three causes IL deals with a peculiar phase
| OF lue not OF universal significance, Il IL
concerned with issues no longer Of vital
and immediate concern and the picture II
presents Ia confused by the introduction
OF too many figures, each we'll drawn and
unique. but distra citing the attention rather
than deepening the interest In the real
meaning Of the scene.
There are four pairs Of lovers whose
anaip the reader IL teilously detained TO
dlsentangle. There are three phases Of
! practical enterprise 10 follow-the iron in
dustry In the middle OF the past century,
the development Of a mining region, the
construction OF q great water dam. There
are divense opposing connections 10 hAr-
monte before the conclusion-the faith
OF the Quakers oontrasted with other forms
OF religious belief, the obligations Of family
pride as opposed TO the rights OF human
ahection, the stern sense Of duty set against
the gentler reign Of love. And there Is q
most bewildering array Of character types
and contrasts-the iron Wllled iron master
the Quaker prophet and seer. the turbulent
Workpeople at the forge. This young
author OF promise, who has accomplished
the literary fusion Of q story based upon
the lie OF young people In a new country,
and told with reverent allegiance 10 and
apparently close study Of the traditions
and conventions OF the old masters Of
story telling, will no doubt have added
unto him with the years the gift OF ju-
dicious and temperate selection-which
seems to be the one thing neediul in bis
conscientious literary work.
However, the dominant purpose Of the
story In apparent in spite Of its complex
ties-the evolution Of life through the law
Of duty TO the higher law Of love; and the
dominant figure, Heola Sandwich. presents
psychological study Of character de-
velopment that stands out clearly and
forcibly. Heola Sandwich was the daughter
Of the iron master and was named for the
furnace he owned and upon which the
prosperity Of the village depended With
rich, powerful nature, endowed with he
roio qualities, this girl thrown too early
upon her own mental resources by the death
Of her mother, shocked into morbid con-
victions by having the great facts and mys-
teries OF birth and death roughly tn rust
upon her before she was old enough to COM
prehend clearly what she was forced TO
experience actually. and ally burdened
with two grave responsibilities by the d.
den death Of her father in the ca OF his
fortune and Of her brothers and sisters
naturally Numbered into all the ambuscades
life holds in reserve for such strong and
undisciplined natures. But Hecla Sandwich |
faced bravely the defeats and disasters |
Of her misdirected zeal and mis- guided |
devotion and entered triumphantly into her |
woman's kingdom at last as all strong |
women do. The terms Of her surrender are |
as touchingly simple as anything Jane A s.
ten, the apostle Of simplicity, has written.
and are embodied in a single phrase to the |
husband from whom she had fed on her
wedding day in morbid terror-'All ask is
that you will take my love and make il
worthy Of you
The book @Hecla Sandwich Is not one that
the casual reader will turn TO a second time,
although II contains some nature studies
deserving a second reading, and what is
more unusual some good English worthy
consideration; but the girl Hecla Sandwich
is literary personality one is glad 10 have
encountered Had she but one touch Of
the saving grace Of humor which makes
Miss Austen's Elizabeth a world favorte
Hecla would be included In the list Of those
book people one desires to claim as friends
the final test Of excellence In literary crea-
ton. The book Is published by the Bobbs-
Merrill Co