The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-15
NEW BOOKS.



.xcited our moderate apprehen-
the opening part OF 4. Nesbit's story
siossrLo Incomplete Amorist" Doubleday,
p.Se A Coz. Mrs. James SAID AZ one Oh
,ho charitable sewing meetings; IT'S the
.hydren's shifts az we can't shit
Si,bout much longer" Puns arouse no
';olsnt resentment in us, but we
ri,hout enthusiasm II our entertainment
~. "a be continued on this plane. We
~a,s Uratihed only a few pages further on
=. cnd that IL was not. The conversation
.aorrinO charitable sewing ran a speedy
80 and il was an Enthusiastically pleasant
90 hat we found ourselves in when Betty,
",ad rs. went sketching at the rabbit war
en ard encountered a fellow artist, a genius.
Nnnoybat older. Eustace Vernon (goOd
sod ~,rtistic name) did not suggest himself
a., unfinished amorist at first. He made
- - BETTY very effectively and with a
- that will keep the reader abundantly
nn,or,,ined. one Of the things that he
IA IN her in the rabbit warren, after IL
III been agreed that he should paint her
"or,rait was. Il should like TO paint you In
iiha carly morning, when the day Is young
md innocent and beautiful-like-like--"
lie did not say crudely what the young day
= ike He watched her for effects, like
an old hand. In the interesting words OF
49, tory He was careful to break OF in
MOST natural seeming Embarrassment
.rbat,s , hit thick, but she'll swallow 1t all
,i,b, Gone down? Right he told him.
self.'
Rottv's stepfat he-, the vicar, did not co n
,idsr Fustacc an unfinished amorist. He
,bonpht him so finished that he assaulted
hr, with a cane. and he locked Betty up
and sent her away TO Paris with her aunt
lady who wore c-ommonsens shoes. The
interest of the story is not at all diminished
Nv the transfer Of the scene to Paris. The
;mnression that Eustace was finished IL
stren9t hened at page 10, where there is
a handsome illustration showing that he
wore evening clot hes at breakfast. Betty's
aunt was not a wholly cautious woman ,
though she did wear such shoes as we have
s.a II oar.= about that Betty was left
oil alone IN the great and dangerous city OF
Paris. She hired a cab and wen to dinner
in the Latin Quarter. Temple, a thoroughly
estimlble fellow, tried to o her, but
sbe was too clever for him. She e her
wav. and she had experiences that the
reader will eagerly follow.
We have said that Eustace was a complete
enough amorist in the eyes of Betty's step
father. the vicar. 1t was to come about
and in a very painful manner, that Betty
should be a sharer of her stepfather's
opinion. There was a model in pink. One
day BETTY went to Eustace's studio and
opened the door without knocking. The
luncheon hour. A table with fruit and
wine. II only there had been no model
But Vernon sat in his big chair. Betty
could see his profile. He sat there laughing
Onthe furt her arm of he chair sat, laughing
also. a very pretty yourg woman Her
black hair was piled high IN her head and
fastened wit h a jewelled pin. The sunlight
PLAYED on her jewels. She wore a pink silk
garment. She held cherries in her hand
via. cheri!' she said, and put M Of the
twin cherries in her mouth; then she leant
over him. laughing, and Verno reached
his head forward TO take in his mouth the
second cherry hat dangled below her chin.
His mouth was on the cherry and his eyes
in the black eyes of the girl in pink. Betty
banged the door" There is a picture oi
Eustace and the girl in pink. Plainly Betty
was e1cusable for closing the door noisily.
It would be wrong to cellar the event
OF the story. The reader will make no
mistake if he buys the book and learns il
for himself. He will be abundantly enter
tanned. A we'll written, witty, exceptionally
amusino tale