The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08

/. parsonage embodyinG sentiment and
romance. yet a liberal measure of both
/, are tnterjected into the pages that deal
with the contamination OF his greatest
J achievement. the winning of his lady
/ fair; for she is a type as we'll worth
knightIy devoir, as any who rendered
| tho Provencal Courts of Love the in
| spiratton of the troubaaours song
not In anywise exaggerated, belonging
! TO the present and not to the past
Mr.. Harrisons book heroine Is GER
| tainly. justification of the feeling
which must have been expended in her
| creation.
But when all these facts are set In
array, the person who does the sum
| ming up must still feel that Queed
has only been slightly and inadequate
| ly brought into notice He and all that
| he stands for must be considered at
| length and properly in tho setting
! where his author has placed him, to be
rightly and independently dealt with.
| And SO. with an apology. brief pro-
| logue IS ended. II might now be in
better order TO say: Exit reviewer.
| Enter Queed."
"Misr GibbIc GauIt..
Bv kate Langley Bosher. Fronts
pece by Harriet Roosevelt Richards.
Harper 6 Brothers. OF New York s120
net a
Mary Cary was ono of the literary
successes of 1910. L is still one of the
best sellers. it's success having outlivcd
the early days OF it's publication il
having passed through numerous edi-
t!ons-since.
ms ending OF the first volume in
which Mary Cary appeared brought her
10 The point of leaving Yorkburg, the
little Virginia town. of her nativity,
where the chcckered years Of her child
4, H.. - y
MARI Cary. young woman who has
retained through years of travel and
education III broad sense her quaint
Martha and Mary sided nature, has
returned TO YorkburG and become es-
tab4shed at Tree HILL an old estate
that boasts, in spite of change and de-
cay. an Apple Blossom Land. which its
YOUNG mistress counts as one of her
dearest and most individual possessions.
forkhurg, quaint and curious and ever
diStrustful of mysterious phases. takes
| unconscious Mary Cary severely to
task through Its Needlework Guild for
being able TO have such a home and
establishment of her own. without hay-
ing received Yorkburg. separately and
collectively, into confidence as TO the
ways and means by which a poor little
girl of former days had developed into
present aftiuencc and entire indepcnd
cnce.
The book in which all this and much
more Is told is aptly called Miss Glib
bic Gault.'' for, while the .reappear
ance In 1t of one heroine whom the
American public has taken to heart Is
a primary Recommendation, person
ality of another that has as much in
! 1t to admire and interest as that or
Miss Gault can but serve To render
| tho story doubly interesting.
| In Yorkburg Miss Gibbie has always
ranked high III the esteem of her
townspeople. They have not failed 10
pay tribute to her excellence of charac>
ter. her fearlessness and her readiness
to speak her mind But she has been
a lovely woman, the survivor of her
! life's one love and of those TO whom
she has been bound by ties of family
affection She has scant patience with
the follies and inanitieS Of those who
are less intelligent anu less filled with
the love of humanity than herself. Her
| caustic tongue holds many a gossip
loving scandalmonger in check, and her
habit Of dealing directly and openly
With matters needing correction seems
to Yorkburg folks natural attributes
in daughter of the late Judge Gault.
one of a high handed set OF aristo-
Gratis. who, said their detractors, ruled
the town as If they owned 1t.
Miss Gibbie is a central ngurc in
the book to which she has given
name, but around and about her arc
grouped many who make up the life
Of small community. where the bus
mess of one is the business of all, and
where every event, great or small IS
duly accredited and commented OH.
Underlying the little envies and jeal-
ousies, however, there Is enough gen
uin eness and real neghborly kindness
to make ample atonement.
With the coming into the midst OF
the old home town Of Mary Cary. as
has been said, conjecture runs high.
and tongues at the Neediework Guld
are set loose at both ends. Needles
are stabbed In air to emphasize fno
points, and the cack of sewing ma
chimes is hushed lest some words may
esca pc eager listeners, The meeting
of the guild, as described. sounds tho