The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-24
roo iZ/ iROS NEn NOI ~.
HOoL That Grew cut of the Italian
NaN rIlsIrs VITA

la January Antunin FogaZzaro's new
novel. Leila. will he Published ia this
country The action ~ the story takes
place an the Italian novelisi = own Viia.
la Mont ANNA. al Veto a A-tIcn. which
he acquired solely for the novels SAKE.
III" valley 81 the At ico il dear ~ HIM
There in the Villa Nalmarana he pa sed
many active and pleasant summers, -"
he proceeded to pe"ple II with figures
bora IN his Imagination
Danielc Cortis liv" there: IA" Villa
Care IT the novel IL the Villa Nalmarana.
while the Villa Cor'IS ~ the Villa ID Nelo,
adjoining the Mont ANNA itself stand
ing IN silence ia it, peaceful park nt
chest nuts and acacia trees There il not
a stone. ar plant. or change ot light aud
shadow that dor- not recall a memory
On the death ~ Fogalzaro's mot her-ln-
law the villa Nalmarana passed - ether
heirs. and a. the wriicr coIld no, bring
himself to part from this dist riot he h'Ili
tho Mont ANNA.
But h.. SAYS he did not love u vet II
was perfectly new. u had not The echo 1T
h. past IN ia rooms no speCt res ~ loved
persons OF dreamed leauty. 80 he mao"
Il the thea ~ of his new novel Ieurled Il
with his own creatures ot IMAGINATION,
and views
Then the cold Of a house where no one
had lived was expelled. each corner had
It's secrets and its feelings. rooms. starr.
enormous windows. gigantic, carved hre-
places held their throbhing ~ hidden life
and breathing % spirits And not ony
the novelist hut his family also, saw the
novel taking shape and felt the Invisible
beings. Even the guests quickly per
cpived "a was not a sew house, hut one
al In at
4 curious thing happened. The novel
grew as the villa z, eW and IN" villa Was
described IN the nov a just a. u stands to-
day. although II WAS not completed ~ the
time Of writing. lhIs aroused ana V s,Ill
aToJsing the asioniShment ot the novel
ists friends he only smiles
4 have only one remorse. he says,
that 81 having made u too public. this
dear villa Of mine hut his mild remorse
doesn't affect IN" happy muTmur ~
Ridsrella.
About two Year. agp. IN 4 sma Wills
e roses red building with rigid lines.
rising m tho Astico plain. and also having
- part IN the novel-weTe found the
following verses written "n the wall 10y
FogaZzaru IN lsS
Here from my rsn vas horn = LADY.
WIN white ha:r and large dstS ewes.
" ho claims the villa ~ Poses a. her oSn,
Nnd sorrowfully smilns. thinks ~ the
thoru~
he verses were Dlpusneu anu FACltFh
curiosity for the lady with the white
hair must have been Leila Tn" author
only smiles his answer. hut IL willing to
Introduce one Of the characters IN the
fesh only wanting the flesh sharp
tplomIta needle. rising steep and piercing
and mI-j covered into the gray sky
Tn. novel Is dedicated 20 my daughter
Mara ns avs The heroine ~ IN
reality raIlad Leila The name I"ila
was gwen her AT her wish by IN" man
who 'py-d h"g and gives nor special
rharar'a- ~ tho end 81 the hook
4 may p. said that Leila ,pme- from
Tn. SAINT - declaration " the hnda-
mental understanding ~ the latter u ~
a PASSION drama embroidered on
canvas Of various religions attitudes No
th0ruv iogmatic question ~ touched
ur.on on the contrary in a certain sense
tho book - anti-moderni-' very
-vUYathrtI" p"r-ou "a IN" uoN"I Gays That
puI" one. KIND 81 modernism - really
yppI NAMELY that - Dan'" group
ufIl'nolrr- ~ he tr7d ,'oual faith Innued
3, .fU ,'.tuC~'inal Spit. ar" ,onirdstet
V.rn phlrI~aIoal group Thor" are NJ
rprTTaI'- ia IN" bOoN su"" ~ ~" dad
and ...u IA that ,1s" ~" r"-s'nblanC" -
r.,iur,.i - a study - mind NJ The
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,Nrug"d
FpglZylrp FL. on Iud"frftylbl" worker.
.',rfiu., 'u" dpV- work bsfor" > IN IN"
morning arI NOT finishing before ~ N
: b" "y.llny ~" Writes = novel Win
m"floi F.r-' - al n" makes qIIck
and sharp notes. prepares scheme
which b" may cnang" indefinitely during
fha working changes ar" alwaNg slight
10 th.. secondary usr-Onag"- who are
generally observed from m" h!' much
greater ~ regard. he protag"n,sts whom