The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-29

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NJ z. F. Benson. Doubleday. Page
- Co, Of Garden City, New York
Sl-36 net
n +. Benson's stories OF Engiish
life from a social standpoint nave rem
dercd him a general favorite WIN
American readers. especially since the
publication of the "Osbornes.
Tho present story is written about
the ueopie of small English town
called Riseborough, some dlstance IRON
London, a town where retired army
officers and professional men. desifihs
10 escape from the rush and roar or
London. find interest and occupation
These men and their wives are nat
,ra,,v men and women Of middle age
and established habits. The men play
tennis and golf spend some hours at
she club. and come home to dinner and
new-spapsrs, with chess afterward, I'M
Ness they are invited TO enjoy friend
hospitality, with a game OF cards TO
follow.
The special characteristic OF Mr..
Benson's book ano one specially ap-
narent in Mrs. Amer" IS his power
10 invest commonplace people ano
things with a freshness and power that
reveals their Importance and their place
in daily life and all ilfe
Mrs Anes is middle-asd woman,
leader of Riseborough society, VINO mas
a poodiookinS husbnd. From apsoi"te
security and queenship over her smaii
circle, hse arouses some day to hnd hef-
self opposed by a woman IN who"
neither wifshood nor motherhood mas
awakened her womanhood, that most
DANGEROUS of all creatures or manuiac-
tured things, an UNEMPLOYED smell ha'ie
TO blow to bits bolh nseH ana any
who handled her"
Mrs. Ames's management OF the sit
nation was mastery. And the crisis
of the hook is reached in her realiza-
ton of what she, as woman. owes
her husband, her home and other wo-
men. To pay her debt to duty de-
mands self-sacrifice. but Mrs. Ames Is
eouaI to the occasion. a
ss,uf Of the Wreck I Rise."
By Beatrice Harraden. The Fred
erick A. Stokes Company. OF New
York. .s..s
rhe title of Miss Harraden's book
is taken from two lines of Brownings
sIxion" which run thus:
~Out of the wreck / Rise-pass
Zeus 10 the Potency DER him..
The story is that of a man who. in
MANY WAYS has been an influence for
evil in lives associated with his.
Especially so in the HIVES Of two
women. One OF these women. Men
Linstead. had married and recovered
in a measure her pride and indepen-
dence OF spirit. After her widowhood
she became one of those who devote
themselves to the problems of the poor.
and accepted the secretaryship OF
Social Welfare organization.
The other woman. lamar Scott. as
her mother and grandmother had been
before, was a dealer in antiques and
precious stones, woman OF great pro-
fessional ability and assured success.
To these two women of widely differ
emit natures. turns the man whose evil
habits have over.aken him at last
rendering exposure and dishonor In
evitable
In different ways. each woman for
gets herself and her wrongs and en-
deavors to turn aside the. danger OF
exposure from the man.-1n their SELF
remuneration old ieoliusies and rival
ries are forgotten and the two, from
being enemies. become friends. The
man Of iSnoble nature has yet chord
that is touched and vibrates. He de-
termines to rise out OF and beyond
the wreck of his life.
The book is written with all the
subtle analysis and knowledge of hu-
r.anity which have been Miss Harra-
denis Distinguishing characteristics as
an author.
OIne Epic Of EbeneEer.S
By Florence Tinsley Cox. with IL
lustratfo by John Rae. Dodd. Meaoe
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