The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-12

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tried to como between Phyllis and the
| man who loved her. But for Sa,l
( Dene's determination that Phyllis
should DO happy, tho other woman,
| Drumming over with wiles and dissiin-
| ulation. might have gotten her way.
But the crnmpicd rose leaf was
smoothed out by an old mans capable
| flngers, and the course of true love
| ran smooth ever afterward.
| The story, first of all and above all,
OF an honeat-henrted English GARNER,
O. man who loved the clean, upland
! homestead that reared him who real
lied the bgncss of the upper world
| OF the hills, where the blowing and
| the sowing and the rearing of stock
! helped the rest OF the world 10 go
around, at whose heart was the cry OF
! the land and Of the dappled hollows;
1 who could In winter smell tho herb
/ bed, tho marjoram and rue, the layen-
| der and tansy and feverfew. rs 1t
! we're summer, man In whom was in
nate the quiet pride OF the upland
1 farmer, and was by name Saul Dene;
who could trace his pedigree back TO
| Nicholas .Dene, hero Of flodden
| Field.
1 A story in way also of Selma
| pene. Sauls sister, who came down
| from the busy women OF her race, good
at milking and churning. but ready 10
i don pride and kcrchief when the leis-
ure hour came, free of hospitality ana
full of tart humor--came down from
these. and then forgot her traditions
by n1aying lady in the great world Of
i West Kensington. But underneath All
of selina's foolish aspirations toward
the habits OF the gently born, stirred
at laat the desire for the gray home
! stead away in the north, the home
j where the rain. IL 1t fell, was ciean
4 and lusty, ripening the crops. one
4 recalled the Junes when the lilacs were
\ in bloom, when the corn crake aahs
Il from the meadows and the farmer . aus
whist1ed bllthely at their iaoor. oll
/ forgot the in between time, ana iot'.ss y.
to go beck to the way ,nat s'ie is's
hook az clean in the morals 1t ad-
4 yocates and the lessons 1t teaches az
need he desired. One that may lie az
aasa about the house and in the corn
nany Of Young folks who will Ike 20
/ read 1T. and to whom II can oniy w
good, never harm.
~ 70 F. Benson. Doubleday, Page
; T. Co. OF New York; sl.2o.
@rhe osbornes" rightly name MT.
. n.rson,s latest book, for they are the
book. What they do and say anu
tempt and carry through ana the ma ).
ner of their doing. saying, aeteihp. ...ne
, and accomplishing. I'LL In the measule
~ s,orw ti,at has no plot and Is sim
ply told. ,,,,, ha,in
nubo
/, Itbetr career In Sheffield. where Mt.
osborne prospers in the hardware bus :,
!, ,ness is made Mayor of the town ana
) then. after substituting tail dothie
{ church for corrugated iron chaPe'
!, built for the benefit of his WORKING
men, and displaying pubic spif,s
{ In various acceptable ways, ne mus i
! that he Is ready to retire from ac.t s'
. connection with the hardware business
!, ~ ,rat there is really nothing more
5 for him to do in Sheffield except ~
, decline the honors Of knighthood 10,
. what he had done. he having no inihu
: 10 he shelved on the lowest strata O!
n awards.
e before making up his mind to further
I idehnfte action, however, Mr.. osoorhe
d | following the custom of his HE, iays
+ / his ideas before his wife Tor appfosai
: When she approves, he removes TO Lon
6 don. and there the history OF 'he os "a
q bornes is followed out for some years
( the story beginning with reception
IN 90 PARK Lane on q hot July night
!, when the hostess feels that her success
! In her besiegement OF London Is at
!, tested by It's complete capitulauoh.
: The osborne family includes the re
. tired merchant, his aforemertione'
= wife and two sons, Percy and Ciaua 9
: Percy is known in the bosom Oh M.
:, family as per" He is recommends
q nv Mr.. Benson as being a person VINO
$ has a great deal OF taste in the deco
i r,tiye and commercial line. The Other
i son. Claude. has been educated at cam
bridge. is slim, graceful and remark
= obly handsome. his cordial ways rem
$ dering him acceptable in any com
6 Many where he chooses to present him
0 self. !.
e Percy Osborne has married early II
s life woman whom he douptiess ap
p preciates and 20 whom his 1aiiily
, kind. Otherwise she appears 10 os 81
. one homogeneous note Iii the preNai''n
: harrnony OF the family circle.
Claude falls in love with oors
x PAustell. a charming young girl ~hs
h is the daughter of Lady Austell, ane
IS has been brought up in different CIR
: Gle from the Osbornes, For some tin'
q the marriage appears to be doubtfu
experiment. The young wiies ear.
" habits and associations for httie
e. while blind her 10 the real nooillt.
\ OF her husbands character. and M
: unouestioned generosity in his ccnduc
h toward members of her family unde
q difficu!t circums tances and at the cos
10 of an amount of self-sacriice. to spar
II her grief and annoyance.
: The problems OF the book are onl!
those based on the artificial tendenc:
Of modern social life. AS to the Os
bornes. the two elder members of IN
/, family set The pace In being entirel
n natural, in enjoying their prosperit
" una fectedly in Offering their broile
4 Iouail and veuve Clicquot of 1854. wit
. the same hospitnble zest that they ma
q pressed a second cut of roast lam
= and another drunk Of sound wnlske,
= lin the early Sheffield days,
= The book gives an object lesson
= placing before the reader man an
= his wife who loved each other in yout
- and have simply learned to love eao
- other more as the years pass by.
:, man and his wife, who are unaffeotedl
- religious md God -fcaring. who al
- kindly naturcd and gentle toward a
i the world After a while Mr.. Osborne
-, - Judgment in refusing knighthood