The sun., 1910-05-21
NEW BO0kS.


v.,,,B Colonist' Doubleday. Page and
c.,r,nv,. tells how the lady designated
, hs titls fell In love with CANADA and
- canadian. She was a very pretty
~ With brown hair smoothly wound
-, , small head and with many at
'-...,,na ls-ides. Another laker cried
"a, Merton with a jump. on. what a
a.,E,s' That's the twentieth since tea. 80
-. sp,husiasm aroused IN her by the
s.,.di.n soons. people included. Is en-
- IN many pages Of the nOvslist's
,s.,,,rh,v sympathstio description. u
n..l.ns could have had such feelings
.Ssn hs first visited the United States a
Ii deal u bitterness might have been
avciicd. ~
...,,,d 70 lady Merton 20 sunbOdy the
-, n Canada As the train was run
-, through Alberta Anderson said 20
~ we arO in the irrigation belt. and in
-. ,su Gsw years thousands of people
m .e,,ls here. Give the land water
-. vh.at followsi South and north,
,,sn nov. the wheat h spreading and
.,ivins out tho ranchsra. Irrigation u
ia serret. We are mastering NJ The
.,o,v avs that the word -SplSndidl-
- m Elizabeth Merton's mind and that
=, ,h,;ll ran with Il. There was some
hing IN his voice and eyes a. though not
!. .poke but a nation through him.
rNz,hsth had not been averso 90 Arthur
O.lsine her neighbor in England. a Esn-
,.1an NJ great cultivutioN. WHO was ac-
,v.torred 10 60 20 Italy once a yoar 10
h..k IN the radiations u ancient and haan-
mi ,h,ng-. hut Arthur's chances 70 be
n. husband Of Elizabeth had vanished
Nv the time she had got 20 the ROcky
Mountains.
We read in a fine passage here: sshe
could hardly breathe fog delight. The
Ilps. whether m their Swiss OF Italian
.snacts. we're dear and familiar % her.
a. climbed nimbly and well and her
s.p.ss knew the magic Of high places.
nj never surely had even travelled
avsa haheld nObler fantasy Of nature
nan that composed by these SHOWS and
fors-ts Il Lake LOuiss. such rocks of
opal and pearl such dark Eradations
4 splendor in calm water. such balanced
tntricacy and harmony IN ths building
a this ice palace that reared its majesty
above the lake. such q beauty Of subOr-
dinats and converginG outline In tho
.upporinE mountains on either hand,
a thouSh the Earth Spirit had fingered
% hu wora. finishing and Caressing h In
conscious Joy Elizabeth wrote 10 her
mother that night that she cared for
nu-eum- no more and that Il was unim-
por,ant 10 her whether Hsrculaneum was
sycavatAd or not. Arthur would 90 on
N ,hoss old and cultivated ways. but
he had become interested in larger and
more vital matters.
She smoke in this letter 70 her mother
Of hops and ambition. love and courage.
the man wrestling with the earth and
the woman bringing up children. She
called the man and the woman great
shapes warm from the breast Og nature
They made her hold her breath. shs
said. In tho land where she was sojourn-
ins she wrote. the future was on the
ION and the young and radiant nation
II Canada, shuttle In hand. was moving
70 and fro az her unfolding task. She
mentioned Anderson. She said that he
va quite different from Arthur and that
there was in him that rush and energy
Il lie from which surely art and poetry
.nrInR when the time ia ripe
IN her return 10 England Elizabeth
I'D not change her mind There Was.
Mrs Ward says. mo cOwardice in her
own viii: she was ready whsn life and
Anderson should call her A. a matter
NJ fact she called him. You So. dear
PhiHp.' she said 70 hsr brother. ARder-
son being present. 4 love George Andsr-
on WhersupOn Anderson gave q low
~ and grasped her hand. i love him
lartly because he is 20 true 20 his own
ieople. because ! saw him first and knew
i'm frst among them. Nol dear Philip.
20 has his work 10 do In Canada. In that
zreat. great nation that is 90 be Ne
,as been trained for it--no one elss can
B. il but he-and neither you nor must
.smpt him from it But this was irony
7 here was no question Of kseping him from
he work in the great nation. for she
meant 10 20 thsFe with him. She did 60.
nd they we're very happy on the great
farm.
The story is q little monOtonous. but
II presents the case Of Canada eloqusntly
and ~ should be- very pleasant reading
.ur the Canadians.