The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-17
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By John cialsworthy From Charles
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New York City. through the Bell Ronls
and Sta tioncry Company. OF Richmonh
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The author of play, ",yus,ice ;.
which has aroused the most favorabIc
comment has written rather re.
!narkabie novel az his latest contri-
button to literature
IN IL he has taken an aristocratic
English family. tile Caradocs. of Monk
land Court. to cxcmplfy his purpose
and meaning
Character is Fate. quotes John
Galsworthy. He says further. AS he
secs the truth, that .'aiI are i'm bond
to their own natures. and what hu
mainly has most desired shall in the
end enslave''
or tho Caradoc family there is lust
one who Is not in thraIl. just ono who
Is always consistently natural and ir.
resistlbly amusing. She IS little Ann
Shropton. granddaughter Of Lord
and Lady Valleys, and child of Sir
William Shropton BY his marriage wi In
Lady Agatha. tho eldest daughter OF the
Caradocs Ann is pictured $ having
a broad little face and wide, frank
hazel eyes over straight and sudden
nose" All that she saya and does.
and that is a good deal. ma tches very
exactly the description of her quaint
ly humorous personality
The most forccful type in the book
is Tho Patrician," Lady Castcriey,
the mother of Lady Valleys, respected
by her son-i law as principle. AR
mored By the tradition OF a culture
demanded by leadership: inspired BY
IDEAS. but always the same ideas, and
possessed OF mind which had ever
instinctly rejected that inner knowl-
edge of herself. or Of the selves OF
others, produced by foolish practices
of introspectlon and understanding.
SO delctcrious TO authority" To com
prehend her entirely it Is necessary to
read the eleventh chapter OF the book,
In which her Indignation at being
chased at an unusual pace by n Cara
doc bull when she was taking walk
across a held, reveals her in a most
chara ctcristic attitude.
Lady Castericy's grandson, Miltoun.
became attached to a woman whom
able. To the old lady the solution of
the matter was simple affair She
said: n
1T is out of the question for man
OF Miltoun's prospects look for
ward to seeing him Prime Minister
some day"
And 10 AIiltoun himself: Don't be-
" oS .us, liOdIiliR anu D1OplnE because
you cannot have the moon. Put on
your armor and go down into the bat
tie. Don't plaS the coward. boy" And
Miltonn obcycd her. He made stub
born revolt. but his world was too
strong for him and his ambition They
meant more to him than love. and so
he flung love aside as Granny Castor
ley had guessed he would and went
on his way alone
His sister. Barbara. was cast in a
different mold. higher spirited and
possessed of greater determination TO
break through the trammels Which
bound her But she waited too long
and lost her opportunity. Then con-
yentionality caught her also in the re-
bound and she yielded.
The story is intensely clever full
throughout of satire. but satire that
is so unmirglcd With bitterness and
SO obviously correct In its estimates
that Inc pity of II all wrings the hear
Like Barbara. the reader feels "the
immortal call that passed on tile wind
in which all tho beauty and color and
RAPTURE of life seemed 10 be flying by."
leaving behind only the sense OF
chains. walls ana fnalfty.