The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-13


hood and kniEhthood.
The story that Miss Andrews has
edited is q story that cannot be told
TOO often. or read too much by young
Americans. or by young Snen all over
the world 1t teaches lessons that
more than any other young manhood
needs to learn. copy of the book
should be in all juvenile libraries, and
thus in the hands Of as many young
readers as possible.
"AccordinE TO Maria"
BY Mrs. John Lane. John Lane Com
pany. of New York. s1.50.
Maria" is revealed to the readers
Of Mrs Lanes humorous. II cynical
social philosophy, as social climber,
who is so anxious to be counted into
the number of the smart get that she
is quite willing TO break tn,or butt In.
even IL her peace of mind is wrecked
by the fortunes she endures in the
process of assimilation and formation
she has to undergo before she reaches
the jealously guarded penetralia to
which fashionable human beings alone
POSSESS the open sesame. Maria Is
kindhearted and lovable, and even
though she serves as an object for
the exploitation of the authors de-
lightful vein of satire. She is removed
by her really good qualities from any
suspicion of vulgarity.
Marias misfortunes were numerous
and her limitations serious. less
resolute spirit than hers might have
been daunted by the contrariness of
fate which put Samuel into open OPP
position to her tenets, and brought
Diana TO the verge of rashness that
rendered relations very strained In
deed.
1t Is delightful to watch the way in
which preiudices against BriXton melt
ed out of Maria's mind as conditions
grew happier and desires were finally
achieved. through the in,erposition OF
Richard Hicks. in spite of Maria
failure to perceive the fact.
The book Is charming in Its quaint
ness, It's light humor and its treatment
OF the vulnerable phases of modern
society life. It furnishes no end of
amusement, and amusement OF very
wholesome ature.
..kilmeny of the Orchard"
BY L. NJ Montgomery. From L. G.
Page g. Co., of Boston. through the
Presbyterian Publishing Company of
Richmond. $3.50.
Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea" has
written her latest book from ro-
mantle, not to say a melodrama tic.
standpoint.
Its Canadian setting is beautifully
drawn in, with the firm yet delicate
and assured touch that characterizes
everything the author of the Anne
books writes. "KUmeny of the Or
chard" is vision of springtime and
apple blossoms. and the vision Is
dainty In the extreme. But IN the de-
scribing OF heroine that. having
been dumb all her life, Is enabled at
once to break out into speech. there
is an incongruity that taxes the mind
of the reader and deprives "Kilmeny."
attractive and gentle as she Is, from
possessing the spontaneous and ire
sistible charm exhaled by Anne In
every word
The book is pure and sweet. and the
Characterization in the main is ad-
rnirab1e SO that while 1t has undoubted
faults, it yet has much that can De
commended and Thoroughly enjoyed.
| ssF'ortunc."
Co., of New York. s1.50.
.'Fortune" purports to be tale OF old
Spain with an English adventurer, Sir
| Richard Pendragon. a remarkable CHAR
acter in whom braggadocio, courage
loud mouthed vulgarity and the doml-
nance OF brute strength are mingled
with better and higher qualities, mas
ouerading as the principal actor. IN
his extravag ance of speech and action
| Pendragon puts to the blush others
who have trodden the path of adven-
ture before him, Baron Munchausen
Don Quixote, Falstaff and D'Artagnan
Companion figures of the Ehglishman
In the book are Don Miguel, a Spaniard
and the Count Nullepart. a. French no-
bleman. The story told is q satire. but
it lacks the subtle play Of wit and
fancy to render 1t genuinely entertain
ling. Count Nullepart, the one char
acter who is really attractive, bears
concealed identity at which the reader
vainly guesses without being salts
fled.
With the memory of "Araminta''
lingering in the mind, one can scarcely
be prepared to estimate Fortune" by
comparison. the latter romance falls
SO far below the standard OF the for
mer.
Same Of Treboul."
BY Marie Louise Goetchins. The
Century Co, OF New York. sl.2O,
Treboul, Brittany fishing village,
Is the scene of a tragic story that has
little to redeem or atone for the sordid-
ness and lack Of beauty in Its atmos-
rhereN ife in s1lCh a r,laca as IRE