The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
Miss Nimmo Greene's
 Book "Into The Nighf"

Viewed as popular fiction. Miss Nim- mo Greens's new book Into the Night" Is "a great story" # one may l Except. that t Is pitched in a mel anchoiy key and Is sombrous through- out. the book is wondrously entertain ing; It Is full of a,s;,. thrills; ..n,,. ana character-building are the rsduisites TOT successful story-writing. Ine mers matter of writing is elementary. virid imagination. constructivity and deiin- cation of human nature are the things that make for success. In this book, Miss Greene has fulfilled every re-
 The story will surprise her friends. Those who have admired her broad l culture and her intellectual hnesse will wonder at the simplicity of ex- | pression which distinguishes the book. They will revel in the popular enter taininent it affords. This is just an other way of saying that 1t is written down to the level of the masses. A woman accustomed to the school room or the library. as Miss Greene has been. is likely to be didactic. Shs mas written other books and they are are many who will expect to find the ped. agogic Influence on Into the Night" They will be happily surprised . ern @ fction. It is q story that aims to very beginning and it's elusivs quai- fly. sweeps the reader along to the dramatic Climax slams him in the face with #. splendid power. and foreetu'
 The book is closed reluctantly, | Farewelis are said to Miss Greene's 2 very human characters and the reader is left in solemn reflection over the genius which sparkies in Its pages {. | Miss Greene has made use or that terrible tragedy in New. Orleans twen- I ty years ago when a public conscience. stunned by the miscarriage Of justice, Police Chief Hernessy. This incident sugg ested Unto the Night"
 The author does not attsmp, to ne l she was fortunate in her concep'lYn. There Is iimitless materiai for T tlon in the Mafa, that death-denling or, wide in its scope that the full fl. wer of New Orleans was encompassed witD lawlessness before it was crushed.
 Herbert Girard. 2 proud y1Snng ySs rurs iaws that Miss Greene introduces as lead CT on that fatefui day when tn. itai- ians were ruthiessly kiiaesM; XII He lls ins sWesthssrt. sWts ins yenfssi fHsisn Lawrence turns his s" Ra% .stsined sesd a hanSs. she is the smsn cf ot hs d2 yPssh dGu'sI seoo which. unfortunately for us. is not taught any more. John Lawrence h stern old man. With the conservSs Ss begged the younger men to desist from | their set purpose. When the deed was i done. he railed against them. His na; turai daughter agrees with him ana
 This is only the beginning of the story. It's development turns on the of See household. who, as an infant was left on It's doorstep. She is now eighteen years old and is beloved by Frank back 5 from 2 tour of the continent and close friend of Girard.
 When the reader is fairly interested in these figures John Lawrence ais- ton is introduced that Zoe Lawrence, the adopted daughter who idolizea him. knows more of his fate than she will reveal From this point the story has to do with two mysteries-the parentage of Zoe Lawrence and the whereabouts of John. Lawrence.
 the quality of suspense is developed in the highest degree. One solution and then another comes to the reader ui- til the tragic ending strikes with aw, the author has fine sense of artistic '' Miss Greene's constructive skill ,s the he novelist but these methods are of- ten employed. A chapter. for example, Is slipped in early in the book fo pre- pare the reader for the denouement; the story, but 1t serves to heighten interest and when the mysteries are unravened one turns back to this or- were, and reads It's elegant descrip- tiV. messages with finer understand- i>e chief charm of the book. and its nA a its exceptional deIineation of human character. Here Miss Greene reveals m extraordinary talent-the ability of Sides of these poor human automatons that daily move about us.
 Zoe Lawrsnce and Helen Lawrence 6s f0i he fy ysion ers s perss Serpy 'fe% Poor little Zoe came as q baby from some where in the siums. She is a per sonal paradox swaying between envi- But nature's laws are inexorable and "the wages oN sin is death" The book is not a preAehment. The moral is merely the logic of a set of circum-
 One expects women to understand women. It. Is not surprising to find a woman of Miss Greene's flne mental the feminine kind. It Is her men that awaken. astonishment In their nice distinctions of honor. their little vices. | hEclI VIEWS OI WOulGH, llSSe men THE true. The author goes to the last depth of understanding and the char seters do not M strike false note at analysis of human character Is. after
 In telling the story Miss Greene has adopted a simplicity of style that spells elegance; Her dietion is, of descriptive work l. ,mastsrruI: The with 2 brush; The reader Is led New Orleans, resking. with It's slime ful, well kept parks fresh blown by winds from the turgid Mississippi.
 Miss Greene proves to be an adept in building dramatic situations The confession of Zoe Lawrence Is as fine find in modern literature. It comes at the end which has been referred | to heretofore.
 | It Is fortunate that Miss Greene has reserved dramatic rights to the book. One hopes to see a flesh and blood Zoe Lawrence on our stage.
 Unto the Night" Is published by Thomas Y. Croweii and Company, New York. It is handsomely bound in greer cloth and Is illustrated by c. F. Neagls. B. K.
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