The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-10
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
soME OF THE LATEST BOOK
 OF THE SEASON

by Charles G. D. ROberts-"In the
 Shadow of the Lord," by Mrs. Hugh Fraser--.sFoster,s sSkat Annuar-
 "Tn Treuty With HOnor,' by Mary Catherine CrowIey-"Why They Mar
 ried," by James M. Flagg-FOrth- coming Books.
 "The Shadows of the House." is a keen, intense, somewhat sombre, yet absorbingly interesting story of Rus sian life by Ivan Strannik, the Russian novelist. It is a study in tempera- ments, and the authors delicate and subtle art strikingly appears ln this story. The French critics with one &C., cord agree in comparing the art of Ivan Strannik with that of Maeterlinck in a common power of creating purely inte- rior drama, dramas of the soul in which external events and the external world are important only as sign posts of spiritual moods and moral crises,
 In the Shadows of the House" light and shadow aboun. Helen Ava tov, early left an orphan, has been brought up in the family of her uncle and aunt, the Tougorines of St. Peters burg, She is of an ardent, ingenious disposition, impatient of convention, and chafing under moral or intellec- tual restraint. The family, on the | other hand, in which she has lived, is an exemplar "of patriarchial life, im- mutable, founded on tradition" They do not understand the girl, so differ ent from the rest, with her artistic ambitions, her lack of doeility, her pride of self So Helen is allowed to grow up with that half-knowledge which is so much more dangerous than l none, and that absolute ignorance of the world, which so many Europeans still regard as young girls great est charm. No wonder, then, that she falls in love with the fatuos, self-satis- fled, opinionated Soutouguine of poetic l inclinations at the first meeting of the two which is at a social event. The poet leads Helen to dim corner, sits down with her and admiringly contem- plating her, for Helen was beautiful, began his love making by assuring her that he was charming, the pret- | tiest girl, in fact, at the fete. Helen, 1 young, impressionable, something of a dreamer, is snared by Soutouguine and ] enters upon the threshold of the trag- edy of her life. The marriage proved an unhappy one. The story is bril- liantly told and is not devoid of hum or. The characters are vividly and firmly drawn. Much credit is due the translator, Emma A. Clinton, whose work is accurate, and likewise admir- ably done ''The Shadow of the 1 House. is published by Mcclure, Phil lips & Co.,, New York, $1.5O
 Strong and effective from the open 1 ing chapter to the finish, the new book, "The Heart That Knows, ' from the gifted pen of Charles G, D. Roberts, published by L. c. Page X Co., Boston, is easily one of the best romances of the year and it is given a beautiful setting by the publishers. MT. Roberts delights the reader with his rare literary charm. The pages abound with literary color and are rich in dramatic tone and vivid char acterizations. The scene is the head of the Boy of Fundy, where the big tides come in and the fisher folk dwell 7, by the sea. One seems to dwell among these brave, sturdy fisher folk and share the joys and sorrows and appre- cia'te their simple and strong natures
 as the story speeds on. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of these peo- pie is that while by long tradition and custom plighted lovers hold themselves as sacredly man and wife as if the marriage rite had been performed, even the most vulnerable are unusual ly severe upon a girl who chances tc be tilted before the wedding day
 Upon such a situation MT. Roberts story turns. The ship arrives on which her lover is, and the girl waits upon the marshes alert, eager, strain. ing her eyes for @ glimpse of her brave
 sailor lover. But he comes not. The ship turned and sailed away to sea and the expected ceremony at the lit- tie church at which all the village had gathered had to be called off. It was quite important that the ceremony should take place to save the girl an agony of shame and humiliation. When she realized that the ship had gone in her first despair she might have thrown herself into the water, but while she had been watching the ship the tide had been ebbing in fierce haste, after the fashion of these tides of Tantramar; and where the last time she took note of things the waves had been tumbling at her feet spread now a dozen rods of mud flat, oozily glist- ening in the sun" She threw herself face downward in the deep grass. The sky changed color; 8 few stars glin- mered forth "and, the marshes fell into aerial, indeterminate blackness. Lights gleamed yellow in scattered windows
 Then, from far over the hill came the faint sound of church bell, elusive and sweet as a fading memory. the summons of the little Westcock con- lgregation to that evening service at which every one in the village was ex- pecting to see Luella Warden married to Jim Calder The sound of the bell pierced to the girls brain" The de- ncuement is left for the reader The story is admirably told throughout
 Price $1.0S at the Edward AIalley Cos Mrs. Hugh Fraser in her new book Tn the Shadow of the Lord" which , quickly went into a second edition. i,