New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
FICTION.
IN Old Hermit and Some Modern
TrGreIlerS.

CAV CFIFSTINO. BY John Ayseough. limo, pH-
Sk6. G. p Putnams Sons
THE MOTOR MAID. BY c; n and A n ,'1 William, n,
inis son Illustrated in color by F. Melville q.s DH
Doubleday Page & Co.
1o1TN MARSTI-s MILLIONS. A NARRATIVE BY
Charles Klein and Arthur tiornblo" iiuSIrS III IL
tions by Samuel Cahan. limo, PIP So h"e
q. ". Dillingham; Company
Mr.. Ayscoush's fictionaI biography of the
efr7Dle hermit. who. late in the fifteenth CEN
1,,rv. was dragged from his long oontemPlatVe
life Of rigorous asceticism to rule inefhcientiy
and in homeless confusion over Christendom as
oope Celestiuo y, is an interesting study OF the
man but an altogether insufficient picture OF ms
fine The average reader is not suflclenuJ
familiar with the Church history or, for tha1
matter. the secular history Of that lahgieo
nsriod of medieval rivalries and intrigue to hi
in the lacking environment and atmosphere the
-esuIt being as great a bewilderment In the
-s,-.r-s mind as was created in Celestino's own
or-e- his unwelcome elevation Celestino was
.re servant or God according 10 the ideals OF his
fine: his inexperience, his ignorance OF the
,ar1d untitled him for the task of a sc7rRS ser
.,7rFv Do. his voluntary abdication after four
months was the only way cut for him and for
the Church The study Of the religious temper
,-,r7t. Of the called" soul is. however a worthy
effort Of the Imagination.
One knows what 10 expect from the William
sons and they may be relied upon to produce it
-,- fine. Their successive automobile trip
-or5es. part guide book and part cloying ro-
-s~ce. resemble each ether rather closely, but
,,- change q formula that has evidently found
.r--Y6art favcT in the public eye? So here We
i e~a Of once more on motoring tour this time
.lq-g the Riviera, and once more the profess
,-i-l,a- IS LADY Turnour's maid. who rides be-
s.5a him on the front seat The second day out
- tells him that he Is gentleman, he tells
~ th4t she is lady. and each Acknowledges
| -. fsc-. Both are immensely amused by the
/ ,r.~f-s Of tie paryerue Lady Turnour whose
rrsban6 decent chap. has won his money ard
/ +-s millions Iy The manufacture of 4 pill. The
| .-=s-ocrats IaasQuarading servants do not
/ ,--avs sound t--e-as aristocrats-but we
! t-oz from many ronlanoes OF high life that
E F---3 and good tsste are not necessarily allied
47-1A Motor MI ! Just the right sort of book
. ~ tb9se Who like their romance fluffy" The
U5gia~sdrs have . happy krack OF suggesting
! The atmosphere Ct the open. OF sunshine and the
/ ,-r q living q healthy youth.
4 TIE latest product Of the collaboration be-
4 ---an Nj Charles Klein. dra11latist. and Mr.
/ Arthur Horrb.cv. novelist and "novelizer,~ is a
! narrative version q Nj hlein's play The Next
o. Kin produced last season. Mr.. Hornblow is
Old and successful hand at this kind Of work
Nc has lis uses, since people in this country
i 4-7are1ty can not. or VIII not. read plays in
fslaicieat numbers TO make their publication
II --1a-abla. while yet they are curious to know
Il that they are about" Mr.. Klein who is a
1 -zmatist with many purposes. exposes in John
tnsrsh's Millions" as the novelization is called