The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
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back to the saloon and applies visor-
GUS measures TO bring tho rccalcitran,
affiunccd to sense of his surround
| inSs and his obligations. There Is q
very amusing account given OF how the
tumhlcd and touseled figure OF the
aforesaid afIlanced Is reduced TO suffi-
f! Client order and trimncss for IL &c
play the part of bridegroom. This
initial step in disillusionment is bu,
the beginning chapter OF the expert
ences of the young woman from the
| East. II Is to her credit that she Is
a young woman OF practical good
sense and enough brightness 20 enable
her to improve the shack to which
she goes as bride, and introduce into
and comfort The young woman tights
gallant fight, but her influence as a
| housewife Is far greater than ner intlu-
ence as a wife. She tries her best
against heavy odds to euro her husband
of habits he has formed before ner
arrival and that are constantly n
stumbling block In the way of any
| success which he may have hoped for.
There Is n very interesting description
of the danger and the frequency of
prairie fires in the West and Of the
destruction to life and property which
they cause. The story Is II very realis-
tic one end is calculated to warn wo-
idealism and imagination.
The young woman from the East
ma herself at last In her Western
home, but not until sho has gons
through "A practical and painful educa-
ton that has fitted her into her new
groove. and taught her something OF
what life in general means.
''Thc Suintsbury Affair"
By Roman Doubleday. Little, Brown
&. Co. Boston. 3l.2o nat.
This Is mystery story, chiefly re-
markable for the fact that hypnotlsn:
plays most important part In It. and
that the mystery is mainly solved by
dentistry. The murderer Is hypnotist
and uses HIS power upon a sleeping
man, to make this man oslicvc him
self murderer. and to confess to
having shot-a blackmailcr, without hav-
ing really gone near him. Points OF In
congruity In the confession are at
once dis covered, but the circumstances
are explained only by the fact that the
really guilty party LETT the print OF
his tcath In an apple which helped to
fill basket on table near the door
where he sat before the shooting. The
apple was taken to a dentist and the
dentist pointed out that the imprint
showed "a peculiar jaw formation and
very long and prominent teeth on the
part OF tho man who made the bite.
Afterwards It was discovered that this
man had been in the habit, az tutor
OF tho college whers the lad who con-
fesses to tho murder attended classes,
OF subjccting the lad to hypnotic tests.
1t was also discovered that the lad left
fraternity supper on the night of the
murder, went hack to his home and fell
asleep on n lounge in the library. The
hypnotist and real murder. after hie
crime, came into the library and pro-
duced his hypnotic Impression. togeth,r
with the Impulse towards confession
upon the lads mind. while he was
asleep. The working out Of all this
mystery ills the pages of n novel that
Is cleverly constructed. and that offers,
In the way OF n detective story. sew
eral new hitherto unconsidcred factors
OF course. the low. story, which is
Indispensable In any novel, is In this
"Thc Light Tint shines In Darkness"
drama, by Loo Tolstoy. Dodd.
Mead Co. of New York. $3.50 net
This play is regarded as somi-au-
tob!oEr aphical and as expressing many
OF Tolstoy's personal experiences. 1t
has been frequently said. indeed, that
Nicholas Ivanovich Sarintsev. 4
leading character OF the play. Is in
however. is Incorrect Toistoy's was a
many sided personality and only one
phase OF his character Is Interpreted by
SarintScv
Aylmcr Maudc says In the preface TO
the play that the conflict is h.twecn
the husband OH one side and the wife
and family on the other. Those who
closely follow Tolstoy's own fate well
know that on this point the play does
not describe his case.
Not the lass on that account does
the play most touchIngly present the
intense tragedy of Tolstoy'S later years
and the impossihiiity in which nc found
himself Of acting SO as neither to vio-
late his own conscience. nor cvoks
anger in the hearts Of those nearest to
| young womanhood. decides that tho
best thing to be done, is for him to
become willing victim and persuade
LalaGe TO try her hand st matrimony.
| AS wife, she is full OF the Astounding
energy which has hitherto given to
existence for her much or zest. She
! immediately informs ncr nus band that
| writing ! shis forte and sets him to
work in the production OF book. IIc
insists that "Reminiscences arc the on
Is thing with whcl, lie can deal; con
seque nily. he appears as the author of
"LalaGes Lovers
"Lonesonc Land"
BY b. NJ. Bower. Little, brown &
Co, Eoston. sl25 net
The untrammeied West in its fullest
sense is the background for this novel
the scenes Of which are enacted on a
| Montana ranch. One can scarcclv
imagine the effect produced Oh i young
American woman. brought UP in the
| conventional atmosphere OF an East-
/ ern homo. surrounded by all OF the
conn "rts and the pretty feminine he
| lohgings that go 10 MI up feminine
| Ideas Of civilization ,,.bar e,,ch . .l,,.,-