The sun., 1907-11-30

ENs. EIswei.s N DullshtFaI Need.
The auvan sAorlas told BY Mr.. Howelh -
the voI,Inss entitled -Bssween tho Dark and
the Daylight Caarper a Brothern) arO
thoroughly snjoyahle. They have, Ne
should Wav. no purpose except 30 BE- rDAdabls
and 70 entertain. and they gain BY that
limiting fact. It was q curious aGiliution
Ahat had bsfAlIem eho very lneereseing Miss
Gerald in tho first story here. Through
ahook Mhe had lost her memory utterly
though her fine lnoelliwence rOunnined other~
VRiaa ,nirnpaired. The account Of DR..
IAnEeAr'S nesting with this young lady -
San Reno lsa very effective piece % work.
The snrpriss 10 acute, and the readef's
curiosity is Immensely awakened. An tbo
nics inquiry Chhn psychopathic inquiry tnae
follows, DIR. Iineear having taken her cAse
m hand professionally, may not OIL ehe
mind oE the reader With q perfect Imumlna-
zion &c would be TVmAriAhls II h should do
EhaS), but il ls skilfuIly-very subtiy and
suggeseively handled. and che fascination
Of it 10 noe 10 be questiOned, IL is noe
evident that DR.. LhnFear really did much
I'm q professional way, though u may %
that everything that he did was MOSS
thouKhtfuIly and wisely directed 20 pur-
poss and that We should see this we could
see ns clsarly rs he could. What We are
uarmltksd 20 see clearly is that the doctor
fell In love with his patient and that IN
some. measure anyway he allowed himself
~ hold her under an unprOssssiouAl and
purslv emotional observation, What his
,yo.wirset psvchopathio efforts would have
couos 10 We cannot know, for Miss Gerald
rscovered hsr memory, as she had lost IL,
through accidental shock. Her recovery
pIeased US, Of course, but the method OF ie
,ve felt 70 be disappointing and old, recalling
Al Il did tho man who jumped twice into the
branblc bush and the practice, now obso-
Iets, in asylims whore mnattcs were regu-
Arlv agitated by machinery upon she
theory that a disortiered brain wen shaken
up might dispose ITSELF in proper order
auin on ssttlinx. We think that the doctor
must have been disappointed scientifically
and In his psychcpathic character though
otherwise OF course he was as happy as
We were.
But an excellent story, and with tho
atories that follow, too, the reader will be
delighted. The eidolons that Brooks Afford
had were disturbing enough. We can well
think that n was painful for Afford to look
straight at the face OF Mrs. Yarrow, the
charming widow. and all the time he was
booking 70 see nothing but a fountain OF
, sea water spouting forty feet up into the
air. FOR Mrs. Yarrow TO seem TO terminate
capitalIy in such a manner was monstrous.
or course the look that he bent upon the
lady when he was seeing this vision was
stare. IL was much out OF place at hotel
supper table. She must have found it
annoyinR. and We thought IL angelic Of her
70 say merely, with the utmost good nature
that he made her afraid that something
Was the matter with her hair. He had
eidoloue In his room, and a whole mob or
eidolons beset him in the railway train
when he vas coming back from q visit to
| his doctor in Boston. He was In the SMOKER
and It was positively full OF sidolOns. Ws
pitied him, We hope, sufficiently, but We
must say that We thought It worth while
having eidoIons when We found him back
at the seaside hotel, too late for the regular
supper, and Mrs. YarrOw plying him with
| privately made Welsh rabbit and tea.
WHY the story has Il -rArebit' instead OF
rabbit We do not know; the wrong spelling
seems to subtract the humor that belongs
TO the name; but probably IL is no great
matter. Certainly the rabbit drove away
the eidolons, for the story says as much
rs that they fied as soon as the checse began
TO bubble. Afford felt, We read, - great
weight lifting from his heart. In tte place
there spranG up joyous gratitude toward
Mrs. YArrOw. who had saved him from
them, from himself. An inexpressible ten
Cerness hIled his breast; the tears rose to
his eyes: o soft glow onvsloped his whole
being, q warmth Of hope, freshness OF
| life renewed, encompassed him. He wished
60 take her in his arms, to tell her how he
loved her. He did not do IL; not then. He
ate all the cheese and drank all the tea.
Welsh rabbit 10 said often to summon eSdo-
Ions, but this one dispersed them; it was
doubtless made rs IL should be. or course
the reader sees at this point a way by which
IL would be possible FOR Afford to be rid Of
| his eidolons permanently. The story goes
| on 10 tell whether Afford saw as much.
The story OF the memory that worked
overtime and the story called "A Case Of
Metaphantasmia' are highly readable and
amusing. So are the other stories. An
excellent book. IC has been . delight to
read il.