The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-19
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Henry James devotes an article in the
November Hdrper's Bdzar to the Speech
Of American Women"-a theme upon which
Howells not long since delivered his
not very fiattering opinion. After a some
what muddled preamble anent the general
courage and defiance Of the American
woman Of all restraint the crux Of Mr..
James's argument may be finally dis
entangled. 1t is in brief that while the
world about the American woman never
has asked or expected Of her any definite
conceptions OF duty, activity, influence,
any possible grace, possible sweetness,
possible power to soothe, to please, there
are violations which, from the moment
she is taken as civilized, as educated,
as capable OF a social part, the European
woman is made to pay for, and first among
these, il may be said, is that Of the I'M
written law that a lady hall speak as a
lady. She may talk as she likes-and in
proportion as society is good il grants
her on that point more and more license,
her speech must be to the liking Of
those whose ear has been cultivated and
has thus become sensitive. She ~affronts
this sensibility at her peril, so that here
Immediately, as we see, she finds some
thing to be afraid Of"
Stanley Weyman's new III storicalIomanc
to be published next week under the
title Of -Chippinge Borough" is a romance
of the early part Of the nineteenth century
the time Of the passage Of the Reform bill
The hero, Vaughan, Ia a political protege
of the great statesman Lord BrouRham,
or -Bruffam," as he was popularity called.
Vaughan is also the nephew and heir Of
Lord Robert V~ermuyden, a representative
Of the old conservative system, who holds
in his hand one of those rotten bcroushs"
which it was the purpose Of the Reform
bill to abolish. Hence arises the bitter
conflict between uncle and nephew through
which is interviewer the love story Of the
book.
Tryphosa Bates Batcheller's "Glimpses of
italian Court Life" is one Of the sumptuous
gift books to be published this month.
1t is a chronicle OF the experiences and i'm
p~ressions of an American woman in the
exclusive circles OF modern Italian society.
The ~ersonage introduced include the
royal family, his Holiness the Pope, musi-
clans, artists and leaders OF society. The
Illustrations are reproductions OF photo
graphs Of prominent people, snapshots
of the fashionable hunt or private theatricals
at the Marquise di Rudini's and other per-
sonal pictorial documents.
ALondon critic has solved to his own salts
faction the riddle for reviewers presented
by the anonymous authorship Of THE Gate
of Death" crediting the work to Arthur
C.. Benson, the writer of The Upton Let
ters.' The author is brought to the gate
designated in the title but remains this
side to look over his life and to estimate
the relative value Of things when con-
fronted with he great event which is GER
tain to come sooner or later into the expert
ence OF every individual.
Anthony Hopes new story is set in a
tiny p~rincipality of Europe, OF which there
are still several existing on the continent.
or these diminutive independent States
the ancient republic OF San Marine; An
DORA in the Pyrenees. that has preserved
its autonomy; Lischtenstein giving ale
glance only to Its W ~prince-the grand
duchy OF Luxembourg, independent,
situated between France and Ger
many, seems most like that which forms
the background OF "Sophy Of Kravonia."
The situation OF the capital Of Luxem-
burg. hemmed in by two rivers, is not I'M
like that Of the capital OF -Kravonia.'
The problems presented in the Awaken
OF Helena Richie" like those offered
ago by Robert Elsmere, are provid-
ing themes for sermons in various pulpits
in Boston and elsewhere. The doctors dis
agree both in the pulpit and among con-
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as to the propteJy Of DR.. Lavender's bring
ing the delicate situation to a final happy
from the standpoint of rigid ethics.
But the story has a famous prototype in
a celebrated il now somewhat neglected
otherwise known as the New Tesla |
ment. in which forgiveness Ia contaminated
in the command to go and sin no more.
It is a curious fact that in spite Of the
liberty Of the press brought about by !
revolutionary measures in Russia very
Of Importance has appeared in the
Of creative literature during the
pest year. Numerous new periodicals with
varied objects, social democratic, revolu-
tionary and anarchistic. and many pamph-
running into hundreds Of thousands
of copies. nave come out. Magazines de-
voted to political and social satire have been
successful. ID. Merezhkovski has
published three books-"The Coming Vul-
which characterizes A. Chekhox
Gorky as writers with no religious feel
ng and prophecies the coming triumph
1f the vulgar fellow and of everything
in humanity; The Prophet Of the
Revolution" and "Gogol and the
The author represents the de-
force OF revolution O. more dan