New-York tribune., 1910-09-10
Recent Fiction by Mr.. Maurice
Hewlett and Some Others.

REST HARROW 4 ConlcaY yHi,h " t,' illus
lion. BY Maurice Hewlett WIN ti'ts .oo
.rafiors hv Frank craig. 12mo, PIP 4''
Charles Scribner's Sons
STORM AND TREASURE BY II, =
Bailey. 12Ino. pp. Vii. Sl2- treI'tai'p
-,yp '-1r w-I>noyy At THE WHITE CAT
pv Marv Roberts Rinehart MIN u
i,fss,raf;ons hv Arthur l. Keller lZrno; lZr
pp 37S Indianapolis The f'cDA'S-
Company. s =,
THE noCToR-s LASS, by Edward T:sr(i,,1,: .:
fSooth i2rno. PIP 80 Inc
COMPANY -. -
1->.-rANTED GROUND An Fpisode m
~ he T.ifc Of a Young Man. Ey Harry
lanes smith I2r1o. rp. 345 Inc
TouShton- Miffifn COMPANY
ONCE Upon a TIME, BY RiSharg ESS,o nn ,iSsS 5sa.
ing Davis. Illustrated. l-iio' FP-
charles Scribncr's Sons.
L Nr Hrwlett-s heroine is E'rl WIG
ms thrown her cap over the Winuii'i'''
the reader At least cannot complain %
r,t having been warned to expect JUS
..,;ci company in Rest Harrow
San,,ia percixal Of this book Is the same
eanc;o We left. i'm open 'cuff'H- III
~, arms ,,f her lover. whose dclfiefah'e
,,-;fo sin c,,mbered the Garth. Mee'its
-, ,.-.i,, No find that she has had some
eight wears i'm which 10 MAKE 'if 'es'
= l,..,. >-a-,- doubtful bargain, and as VIC
no
ergo of new adventures. SenhouSe' '"e
.-entlen,an vagabond and planter 81
7v-c-e &c in the background as before
and IN this book. As i'm tho "fhef, we
nave to reckon with his influence II
was his teaching that had Sanctoned
NIisS Percival's impulse To satisfy Ne
,-iIe Ineranl's selfish pleadings. aud 1t
is ~tin toward the realization "t ms
ideals of freedom that she gropeS ID 'hs
,.,,as.-,71 volume We arc curious now,
,s ,ve were curious then. 10 observe her
ia ibe working out Of her destiny anu
Nj Hewlett holds Us with all the af'S
Of a rrsctisod story teller Rest ttaf-
row. is an interesting romance. interest
ing as 50 much vivid comedy and as a
ziudv al tho emotions by which a woman
- l,ese3 when she finds that she cannot
esttie i1er OWN problem out Of hand, but
r77,,st strive against sll kinds "f Difficult
les in her own heart and in the world
about ler AIR Hewlett eHotes admlra-
Ton t,z tho skill and spirit with Whioh
nc carries her story forward and At tho
same time he inspires some doubts.
These have their origin in the len
de77rv ia draw awaT from mere huin;n Ii
nature which has marked Mr- HeW lett
work. mere or less. ever since n" turned
NIercdithisu Almost involuntarlly one
Co,1parcs this novel with the master
piece in which Thomas Hardy demon
-,rsteS that 4 woman may stray from
TIC straight and narrow path and Yet
lz.op 1Irtsrotted by tho world. Rest
sin
live But Hardy's Pure Woman Faith
fully Presented WAS convincing be
..sfisc she remained a woman. How
l.tts heroine fails t. secure our conf
,isnco because lac would fain have her
a goddess. and ali tho time. therefore.
.,he hovers Just beyond the reach of our
:-l-1apathies instead OF walking ingra-
tiatfnZly beside rs. We may note in
passing that Mr. Craigs delightful illus
ti:ations. delightful il themselves and
azen calculated to ;4dOrn the average
novel. are \ curious source Of disilIusion
in this prose rhapsody y-thcy substitute
g. pretty girl. pf the earth earthly, for
The authors dithyrar21 bically loelauded
9ivinity But that is a detail on which
one may rcsolutely turn his back, like
rle authors quite needless reiteration of
-he e-ststic note on the subject OF his
hcroine's bare knees What viii not
down X th" air of unr"ality envelcping
the book q whole. Sancie is no more
plausible As d goddess than she is as a
woman. hat falls periodically between
-he tvo stools. and. though Senhouse is
not en verbose i'm this book Is in its pred
eoessor his talk. like his personality,
etif has the taint Of self-consCiousness.
7 iz rather \ SD commentary on Mr.,
TFerlett's gifts that the figures in which
IL Is easiest 10 believe in Rest Har-
rcr-' are those such as Lady Maria. BID
Cheyenix. and Mornsino, the Pole. and
rno-- come dangerously near 10 being
,Iif-EC~ IF The sort encountered m almost
zrz clever novel. It is listasteful TO talk
.- arrested development in tho pres
.s,-o "f such abilities as arc disclosed
iu Rest Harrow such feryor. such
f-aa1jc feeling such fortnight idealism
Eot something like il seems to have he
E. lleu AIr Hewlett. He does not wcaye
fiie cid spells.
NJ. Baile1- IS the iauntiest Of ro-
3sencers- His storm anG Treasure is
cutie in the Stcyensonian vein. brimful
-f adventure. with a plot that never
-casos 10 twist and turn. and the
e..thul s diction is as gay IS his rapid
sHl"csSiou "f Incidents These last Il
80 sUrc. are ais" grim enough. ss belts
The stuff of . tale Of Revolutionary DAYS
IA France: but though fhe Young Vic
fc-nc dc Ian goes steadily iH peril Of
his life. his gait and dcmeanor invari-
ahlE reveal the gallant gentleman. Now
ar5 then thc tide of war in the Vcndee
pretty nearly cngUlfs him and his COM
IadcS IA sheer despair. but there is al
a-ays Jerry Wild to cry -'Courage.'' and
then Mr. BAILEY himself is behind every
Episode. giving il the right romantic
1oB~h. finginE glamour over it. max
jac tho readers pulse to beat braNeIy
,ven u-ben he is hrcatHleSsly sorrowful
ever what looks like Unavoida blc dis
ssfcr Altogether this is an absorbing
end an inspritjnE book.
The Window at the White cat has
~ us opening chapter one which is typi-
al Of all the rest. Sentiment ana
Clues il j. called. and the book is full
ol these things. or course this is one