The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
TIE PRINCESS. BY Margaret Potter
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.A& A5tragic story with a tragic setting,
tlatfof Russia a story woven around
the life OF the Princess Catherine wife
or the Russian Grand Duke Dmitri.
Tlm powagel- Emlu'css Dagmar. the
u CEaifna and the Car; Helena. wife OF
4 the Grand Duke Alexis, and other mem !
bcrs Iof tho royal family of Russia, figure
Complementary in the book.
The contrast in personal appearances.
In character and in influence between
4 DaEnar, the widowed mother Of the Car
andSf.ilS, his wife, is dwelt upon at
length to the manifest advantage Of the
" eldhr woman the sister of Queen Alex
i andta of England.
Thy infelcities and intidclties OF mar
riagf in the royal Russian household oc-
cup}fthc greater part of the book ana
create a sense of repulsion and disgust
& in tie mind of the reader. Court scam
dalsare not topics on which the healthy
minded reader cares to dwell, and Miss
Potter has unearthed nota few. The story
|6of the unfortunate Prince Rudolf, the
llciri1o the Austrian throne, which some
years ago aroused the horror and pity
s OF the world. finds its parallel here in
the early &nd unhappy death OF Prince
Constantine. the only child Of Princess
Y Ca Uterine, who herself is pictured with
considerable resemblance to Elizabeth of
Austria.
s@ Tho Slav mysticism is manifested In the
book through the appearance after DEATH
8 of Ivan GreEorier, one of the greatest
of Russian musicians who Is permitted
to appear in bodily form to the I'rn-
cess. Catherine that he may guide, sup
N nd ncaI 1,oro rie to-
OF her many troubles and perplexities.
& The attitude of the Archduke Dmitri
toward Vittoria Lodi in the concluding
CHAPTERS of the book and the recon-
4ciliation of Catherine and Vittoria are
things that the mind simply refuses TO
grasp or to condone. The reader can
Northumberland the writer's purpose in
bringing about such unnatural situa-
tiolis.
"A CADDIE OF ST. ANDREWS. BY
Gilbert Watson. Henry Holt &
Co., of New York, publishers,
Aspublishers note declares this book
to be "the epic of the golf cadde"
@ Its force and power lies in the char
acterization and differentiation of the
group OF men following their make
4 sEiftEcalling on the golf links of St
4 Andrews, with the town behind them,
wrapped in the gray enshrouding mists
\ of the North Sea.
The author, introducing the caddies
ito the notice Of the reader, saws:
"One and all-fshermen and lands
men alike-they bore the marks of
failure; of men who had met the world
and had been worsted in the encoun-
ter a little company Of derelicts
they huddled together, under the lee
#of#the gray building, as cattle huddle
under hillside when the night thick
ems and the snowlakes begin to fall"
IL But they were not all disconsolate.
X one there was among them whose
voice and attitude betrayed interest in
|l!ie--nay, even enthusiasm. With a
L mashie grasped firmly in his coarse
and knotted hands. he was often seen
Il deer, in the demonstration OF some par
@ticular shot connected with the game
Of golf. We see.' he would cry earn
estly, and his voice came hoarse in a
4 deep-sea note, We see. this was the
way WI It. BE up. sir" says /. "for
Its Gods truth for every man that's
up. there's sax short" That's whit
spid.'
"And was he up Skipper" inquired
Black. sad-faced little man.
~, Tam: he was not" rejoined
sSki1ber sternly; "ah. he should hae
sbeen$up: but that's often the way
whit did it matter? Ye got yer
pay, growled McPhee. a giant in sea-
boots and tattered jersey.
Pay. roarcd skipper. can was
i thinkin' o my pay? No me. We
were Tower doom an five tae play. 1t
was nae time tae think OF sller. Man,
z am tellin' We. theEa's a wheen gentry
I'D carry for naethin.-test for the
pleasure O. the game an their com
lpany. ye may say; and there's ithers-
5Fcel," he spat contemplatively. "weel,