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ton and uialOBue, tue eSHeHLldls u a
novel, The Heart Of the Desert
challenges the critic to say aught Of
1t that is not enthusiastic. Its great
surprise, the chief episode of the
| story, Is introduced so dramatically,
| II comes so Unexpectedly, that the
mind Is at once stirred to deep inter-
est. This interest. soon becoming alb
sorbing almost as If it were an obses-
sion, taking possession of the heart,
never looses its hold until the last
page is turned. Then, when the book
is finished and one closes 1t feeling
as of pride takes possession of the
reader-a pride not personal, but for
| the author who could, in this small
compass Of paper and print, present
| "Comedie Humanie," a human epic.
limited, indeed, to the lives Of two
mere humans, but in its scope an epic
Of boundless application as picture
of the strength Of loye-the love of the
man, irresistible in it's power of at
traction, and the answering yielding
love of the woman, overpowering,
greater far than the frail being IN
| whom it is inspired and immessurably
beyond her strength Of resistance.
1 1T is the greatest force In the
world" cries Rhoda, the heroine, as
she pleads for the life of her lover. 81
| know what 1 am saying. / tell you
this thing Is bigger than 1 am!
have fought II, defled ii, ignored II.
It only grows the stronger! l know
that this comes to human beings but
rarely. Yet it has come to mel 1t is
the greatest force in the world 1t is
what makes life persist To most
people it comes only in small degree,
and they call that love! To me in
| this boundless country 1t has come
boundlessly. It is greater than what
you know as love. 1t is greater than
am"
There is something of the spirit OF
the mighty master of the human
heart in the writer who could thus
depict the grandeur and strength Of
love in the heart of a woman. This
is the love of Juliet, the love that
if a man ever, haply. see it in the
eyes OF a woman, will. as long as he
shall live, remain the most priceless
possession of his life.
Thousands have written Of this
love. Frenchmen, Italians, Germans,
have left undying testimonials OF
their genius in imaginative scenes; OF
later years Russians, the Muscovite,
Austrians. Poles and Scandinavians.
have delighted the world with scenes
of love and passion. But, 1t seems 10
me. no men. save Englishmen and
AInEIlCduS. have NOfth 8AASC liz 49,
of a novel passion such as that OF
Rhoda futile. the heroine OF THE
Heart of the Desert"
The story is in its second edition.
proving how quickly and how uniYer-
sally the reader responded to its
appeal.
AS an example of descriptive
power. 1.-THE Heart of the Desert" is
beyond all praise. The scenes in the
1 A. a M Q
of its ever-present haze and OF the
, wondrous effects of refracted light
shining through it. fill the mind with
. admira ton. and to those who have
seen this glorious land ii recalls
scene as of Paradise. The solitude,
, the oppression. the tragedy of the
forgotten cities" of the Pueblo
, country, are only possible of descrip-
ton by the hand of a poet, and IN
the case of "The Heart of the Desert
the pen of a prose poet has achieved
] a triumph as admirable as that OF
: the imagination which obeys the
I laws of versification-
1.-THE HEART OF THE DESERT"
: .KUT-LE OF THE DEsER a,,s,,d BY
in colors by w. Herbert Dunton.
7. Second edition. s1.25, net. The
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@Why Our Collegians Can't Write
The current number of the Literary
Digest (Funk & Wagnalls Company
: contains an article regarding the sins
and shortcomings of the college boy
in his struggles with English COM
, position. It inveighs against the
American editorial writer, comparing
, him with those who write for the
great London dailies and weekly re-
!. | h., 1xra NJ orc II a
latter In the course of the article
may be found this paragraph: We
turn out good engineers, but one OF
them-quite eminent, too-from one
of our great universities, asked me-
, myself, once, who was Shelley"
| Many years ago an engineer officer
J of high rank in the United States
army was stationed at West Point.
, In the drawing-room of the wife of
a brother officer he picked up trans
! lation of Euripides He borrowed it,
; took it to his post quarters and read
, it, He later visited the wife Of Col
onel NJ again and said:
"I have read the book / borrowed
with the greatest interest end with
, deep appreciation of the profundity
of the thoughts and the sublimity of
. the language. Why cannot our highly
+ commended military academy give its
Youthful charges some idea of men
who could write like this author?"
Colonel R was afterwards re-
garded as one of the greatest en-
gineer officers in the army. His last
important service was in connection
with harbor Improvement work in
New York.
New Lippincott Publications.
The ]. B. Lippincott Company. Phil
} adelphia, London, etc, have issued a
: brief catalogue of their autumn publi-
cations. Among other important
: books which 1 notice in the catalogue
= is one by the well-known Captain b.
!, Granville Baker. 1.-THE Passing of the
Turkish Empire in Europe" The au-
3 thor is a man who has served in both
= the British and German armies and
e those who are readers of the National
: Review will recall many articles
g therein published and written by him.
Another notable book in the catalogue
is pickett and His Men," by Mrs.
: IaSalle Corbell Pickett This chroni-
Gle of the deeds of a hero and his
band is profusely illustrated.
], Too Old to Lover Never:
= It has been said that there was
4 never a successful novel without
n love affair The love affairs OF fic-
: ton are to real life love affairs what