The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06
9'rhe Glory OF Clcmcnttnn.,

S'The Glory of Cicmcnttna.,
BY William j. Locke. John Lane Co.
of New York. publishers. sl3o net,
Not since his publication OF The Be
loved Nagabond" has Mr. Locke writ
ten anything so cNquisitely and pure
~ human as his latest book.
Romney Place Chelsea. London. fur.
nishes studio background against
which the figure of Clementina Wins
tn her painting smock. her face
Emudged with paint rolling her own
cigarettes. is introduced by the au.
thor. Clementina fifteen years before
the story begins is referred to as hav-
ins been a dainty slip of girl with
the light OF happiness in her eyes. be-
cause she loved and was beloved
Clcmentipa the girl persisted in trag-
edy which took from her by death the
man she loved. The strenuous art
world Of Paris absorbed Clemcntina
the woman, whose reason was saved
by work which transmitted her talent
Into genius, and left her somewhat
cynical and eccentric in speech and at.
tire, but successful professionally
Underneath the syrical exterior. how
ever there was unmistakable kinship
In feeling with every phase of human
interest.
The other most important chara
In The Glory of Clementina" "a
rich widower DR.. Ephraim Qulxtus.
president OF the Anthropological So
ciety, a blue-eyed man of gentle. re
Fcrved nature, scholarly tastes and ar
ebiding faith in the goodness and un.
selfishness OF the whole, round world
Needless to say that his faith in his
fellow man was rudely and abruptly
disturbed. His business partner. Mar
rable, brought up in the office OF
QuiNtus senior, and the lifelong asso.
eiate of Ephraim. having been given
fullest confidence. repaid II by goinG
into wild schemes of speculation. and
bringing disgrace on the firm TO which
his benefactor belonged Others bound
10 the doctor by closest ties proved
equally ungrateful. last great blow
of ill-fortune overturned his faith in
everything. and inspired him with the
desire TO be desperately wicked. since
goodness had availed him nothing, and
resulted only in misery and despair.
Needless to say again that Ciemen
tina's great heart and quick percep-
lions proved a needed saving grace.
Clementna was a genius, but she was
more than that-she was a woman
Through her kindness and sympathy
Ephraim's balance was restored the
chaotic world around him tumbled int
shape and form. his worst hurt was
healed of its sting. and he emerged
very much of man and the husband
uf Clementna.
The most interesting point in n
novel. where everything counts and
nothing is unimportant is the rrisis
In which Clementina pits herself
against beauty as a rival. arrays her
self gorGeously and does battle brave
ly to win the admiration she covets
All Of the characterization In the
&c
splendent with the insolence OF
youth. and counts in the story as
nearly causing Clementina the mistake
of her life. His lady love, Eta Con-
cannon. chimes in harmoniously With
the general scheme of affairs. andlittle|
Sheila. the child left to the Joint guard
ianship of Clementina and DR.. QuiNtus,
proves powerful influence in bring
.,g the two together. and enabling the
heroine to say. that while st Paul
talked of the glory of celestial bodies
and bodies terrestrial. he left out of
his summing up the glory OF woman
hood. greater than all
Those who know MIR. Locke through
his writings will delight in the kind
illness, pleasant humor and gentle irony
which render The Glory of Clemen-
tina" so engaging.
There are many who do not know
that South America is Mr.. Locke's ma
tive country. he having been born in
British Guiana. in 1868 His school
days were passed at the Queens Roys1
College, Trinidad. and his university
career al ST. Johns College, Cambridge.
England. few years after he re-
oeived his Is. A. degree in 1854. he was
elected to the secretaryship of the
Royal Institute of British Architects
He resigned that position In 1907, and
has since devoted himself exclusively
to literature. In 1908 Mr.. Locke visit
ed the principal Eastern cities OF tho
United states. In 1910 he went West.
and returned to New York by way Of
New Orleans and Charleston He re-
ceived a genuine welcome everywhere
"Phrynette."
BY Marthe Troly- Curtin. J. p Lip
pincott & Co. OF Philadelphia SIPS
net.
delightful book embodyins the
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has been transferred at tho age of
seventeen years. by the death of her
father. a prominent French portraitist.
srom Paris TO London and to the