Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-27
BOOK NEWS
r. OREIGN born, but English by blood
Il and breeding, with a large admix-
ture of cosmopolitan culture-a Ro-

~ and breeding, Win large aoH4i6-
man Catholic, moreover, by convic-
ton, in q Protestant Episcopal environ.
ment-Mr. Ford MADDOX Hueffer enjos Just
countrymen to qualify him for the task
he has set himself in England and the
English"
gives you, unconventional epigrammatic,
paradoxical even, but wrapping acute
truths under a motley mantle. The Key
note is struck IN the ar AoVefo in
which he draws luminous contrast be-
tween New York and London.
1t is comparatively easy. Mr.. Hueffer
thinks, to evoke a picture of England
as a whole, even easier perhaps to think
of the great globe itself as green
orange revolving round candle, or as
the pink and blue of Mercator's pro-
zone may sail easily round England,
or crcumnavigate. the globe But not
must of course qualify these generaliza-
tions with an as rule'-ever memor-
lied map of London. Certainly, no
is a small island, the world is infinites-
imal among the planets. But London
Is illimitable."
The Londoner, can only bite on I from ON
London" yet how little. more will he
know, Of LONDON than what is actually
astronomer, how much, better he might
know his solar. system! =,
London is the world town. not be-
cause of its vastness; 1t is vast because
of its assimilative powers, because 1t
destroys all race characteristics insensl-
bly, and as 1T were, anesthetically. A
brew and then into a Londoner, without
knowing any legislative enactments,
without knowing anything about 1t. You
may watch, say, Berlin junker, arro-
CANT provincial. unlocked. unbearable to
any other German, eXecrable to any one
not a German, turning after a year or
typical Londoner; subdued, quiet. in the
matters of collars, ties, coat, voice ana
backbone, and naturally extracting a
SIR. from a policeman. London VIII 90
that is the high water mark OF achieXe-
ment of the modern spirit IN Europe"
"The Princess Virginia" by C. N. and
A. M. Williamson, is a romance somewhat
out fof the ordinary field to which these
clever writer's have so largely devoted
their energies-the auto world. 1t treats
of a charming romance between prince
and a princess-one he doesn't know she
is of the blood royal, nor does she suspect
the same of him. Destined to wed by the
edicts of their families they are strangers
They meet, each to the other unknown.
OF course the denouement Is the usual
happy ending. While lacking the dash
and verve of the auto stories of these
bright scribes, 1t is yet a sprightly and
happy romance, well written and very
The Princess Virginia. BY G. N. and a.
NJ. Williamson. New York: Mcclure, Phil
lips & Co.
1.-THE Kingmakers," by Armiger Bar
clay, tells a stirring story of the saving
of the country of Sergia, under an un-
recognized king, Leopold, from the grip
Of Russia. Victor the prince, is living in
London. An Englishman and German
plot to put him on the throne, and he is
to wed Egeria, a princess. But he is In
love with Beryl, an English girl, How
he succeeds in winning the. throne and in
making Beryl his bride through an al
most miraculous shower of blossoms,
which to his people is happy omen, and
then defeats the Russians at the very mo-
ment of his happiness, makes a tale of
much adventure, q large portion of ro-
nance and a considerable strain on Gre
dulity.
The Kingmakers. BY Armiger Barclay
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co,
President Roosevelt interviewed by Ed
ward B. Clark. delivers a characteristic
ally vigorous attack. in the June Every