The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-24

the time OF the death OF David Ora
ham Phillips there were four OF his
book manuscripts ready beside the al
ready published Grain of Dust" The
publication of these novels begins
with The co,inict" and will continue
al appropriate intervals until the Sc
ries is complete
Central Indiana and manufacture
ing town furnish background for
the story. The heroine OF it is the
daughter of wealthy manufacturer,
and the hero is Journalist and So
cialist. by name Victor Dorm Janc
Hastings. the wealthy girl, is college
bred and travelled. a girl of originality
and character enough to render So
ciety life. pure and simple, INSULT
Client to meet her needs and I'LL her
interests. Victor Dorns independence,
his scorn OF what she has been taught
10 value most. his study efforts to ele-
Nate and train the working class into
being able to help themselves, made n
strong appeal to Jane Hastings. On
Victor Dorn's side the evident prefer
ence of a beautiful woman awakens
his love. though he iH aware that 1T
is mistake for him to give express
sion to what no feels.
The book is full of American ward
politics, the influence of powerful
against capital. the triumph of capt.
tai and the temporary defeat of la
Dor. The story is by no means new.
but IT is written with force and
thorough understanding of political
conditions and abuses
1t is not a novel In which there is
an elaborate plot but It's incidents
are ali factors that contribute to the
working out of sane and appro-
"Dr. David"
BY Marjorie Benton Cooke. Illus
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Into brilliant group of New York
society folk intimately bound together
by the same plane of thought and feel
ing comes DR.. David Porter. great
specialist In eye troubles, a man known
to be famous in Europe and America
"a student and day laborer in the lab
oratory of science" who is bold enough
to speak truth to his neighbor at a
fashionable dinner and opera party,
and thereby incur the displeasure of
Mrs. Philip Brandon. leader OF her set.
woman accustomed to command def
erence and win admiration among all
men she admits to her acquaintance
The Brandons, husband and wife like
their associates, are a tri1e disillu-
stoned and bored with the world and
themselves, the husband longing for a
home with children in IL and resentinE
social amenities. a concession to his
wife which wearies him immensely.
From the luxurious surroundings of
the Brandons' home, there is a long
ct nT 10 hn I'll 4 -.
where DR.. David spends a part of every
day and gives both time and skill to
bring back sigh. and happiness to little
men and women on whom the heaviest
of all Affections has been laid. The
description of the Doctors devotion to
his Juvenile patients and of theirs TO
the doctor fills one of the best chan
tiers in book that is devoted to the
humanities The picture seen by Mrs.
Philip Brandon at the hospital pre-
sents the doctor to her in an alto
gether new light and arouses "a strong
feeling OF interest for the man and
his work
Afterward Mrs, Brandon loses her
sight at the birth of her little son,
and is taken by her husband to the
mountains of Colorado. Here she makes
the acquaintance of Serenity Sargent.
who is everything that her name i'm
plies. and proves strong factor in the
restoration of Mrs. Brandon to health
ana strength. The Colorado hills an
swer the doctors hope When he and
the Brandons go East Serenity travels
with them and takes up social well
fare work in New York. The trend Of
the book thenceforward is steadily to.
wards climax and a conclusion, in
which there Is n readjustment of peo
pie in relation to their environment
and their conditions and opportunities
In life.
Questions touched upon as issues
raised in DIR, David" arc those which
bear directly upon the happiness OF
American men and women in their
marriage and their homes, in their
letting go of the little things and their
laying hold of the big things that
make for the bettcrment of all life.
The treatment of these questions ia
so thoroughly interesting and clever
that the book cannot iail to make n
most favorable impression upon read
ers of good fiction.
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