The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24

ssme stories o, Henry James

discover that thu properly esteemed
author - any more hendlong. any less
~ rInus anfrGntuous and deliberate OF
Vance than he was before We have
,.,"r known anybody who more sue
Sfr!iiv than MIR. James has avoided
" nmults of expression and the shocks
ron."lu"nt upon abruptness The glide
= hiS siyl. through smooth distances
nd >'urbed 10y thank You ina Ans or
ven nuhhins 81 event is a marvel Of I'M
scrt''"i procedure from dim intan gible
egnn'ngs 10 far periods that are velvet
90 cushlons. There are. to he sure. a
god many commas. hut the army Of
rhr'" little curly tailed things il cap,i-
'a'lng rather than alarming: they are
anyway matter that may he left Ia the
concern and perhaps the perplexity
81 he printers, who ought. however. to-
now enough TO have a harmful Of them
r-aiv when this particular literature
- ~ he handled
Entering with a restraint that is inn
posed upon us into an examination Of
ne first tale here. The Velvet Glove
~e find that John Berridge. the author
~ an immensely successful which ~
p-rhaps the same as saying an immensely
talked about-novei. was approached
N Paris in most taking manner by a
Young Engiishman whose warrant OF
distinction was written all over him
quite unQuestionably hut SO subtly A.
70 require for its expression a good MANY
pases. The young Englishman wanted.
a. he made known by an exceedingly
well bred and thoroughly deliberate
system Of communication. so much con-
cession Of valuable time and inestimabIe
concern on the part Of acknowledged
genius a. would be involved in the sym
pathetic reception OF lady friend
the quotation ie not from the author.
though We know he would not despise |
thss reasonable combination Of wordsD |
~ho also had written a work Of fiction,
either real or imaginative.
We were going to say that in due time,
hnt ve will change it and say that after
q time the famous novelis, met the othe
his still obscure sister in their common
art. and found her so wonderful, for sheer
visible distinction quite SURPRISING. a. she
did, even her friend the young English
man. who had 30 irresistibly pleaded for
her that he 1.-THE novelist upon whom
fame had very s,upendously descenCSe,D
gasped. IL was time when music was
going on. when q great tenor was filing
great tapestied room with a quite i'm
FERROUS succession Of transcendentiy
dulcet sounds. and the eject had come to
he really little short OF supernatural, IL il
vas at all short OF H. at he moment when
'he Princess tas her title was. either in
fact or because unauestionably she de-
--rved ir appeared overwhelmingly.
hut far from obstr.isively unless We
accord an entirely agreeable significance
70 that word, with the young Englishman
IN tow
The Princess must have been Olympian.
there can he no doubt Of il in tbs. face. Of
the many pages gently insis, ent upon
hat point. pages mentioning such a rich
and regular young beauty a. might have
been accom- plished by the overpaintink
II some divine Greek mask by Titan, also
that AZ the time OF her long /.
7istle across the room she might have been ,
Artemis hung with pearls just after :
under q family fierce impulse :
he cup OF gold from Hebe n was TO be
smarked that the greatest OF contem-
Oorary dramatists, rrodigio per :
'onage. was present. YVES also. in spite Of
he tremendousness of him. in spite OF the
act that he was cosmic as we'll as Gallo,
less than Olympian. so that
he Princess could with proprietv Of APP ,
'earance in Q measure ignore him. could q
'eetinRly turn her back upon him in order =
. bestow an unmpaired. thorough wei
ONE upon BerridRe. who managed 10 =
.. presumably with little difficulty. a.
much Impressed N he should have been
But the Princess was not what she
eemed. How could she be. since after
Il. and after a good deal. she had under !.
he pseudonym Of Amy Evans written !.
hat must have been the fairly grotesaue
iece Of fiction entitled The Top Of the :,
rec and hSd nov in mind. under the ;,
piendid ardor Of her approach 10 Ber- !,
idge. the particular intention OF getting 8
I'm TO write . preface 20 The Velvet =.
'love.s her new work. He was very n
aroused when he was made .
ware OF this. when - she was taking him ;,
oue In her automobile 10 what had r.
romised TO be an intimate supper she 5
I'D him that shs desired preface. His =
and had besn sustained upon his knee
nd her fingers had carsssed his hand
ith light urgency a. abe explicitly pre-
,rred this request for . preface. He had n
wae q creation Of Mr.. James. r
ressing her fingers In turn. descending n
ON the automobile. declining quite r
,solutely the richly potential supper. p
> kisssh the Princess. tmobserved by the Al
,otman and the chauffeur. after assuring =,
-r that che herself was Romance and Il
lat under no circumstances would he n
ri'e . preface for her. and 90 left her. =.
irprised doubtless. perhaps disconso- N
-, but certainly In an attitude TO afford hs
good climax TO the story. n
Upon tho four other tales In the book p.
= cannoe dwell. since space must he
'nsidsred BY ~. but they arc tales by
- same suthor and being such they
-~d no encomium. They speak for
. rnselves. or II they do not it would he ot
Nh for anybody les competent in detail 10
An Mr. James 70 attempt an eIplana- 70
IN. DS
tho BlacSsfeet Indians. ~.
The reader will feel grateful to Mr.. su
alter McClIntock for publishing the ex