The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-04
The Judgment House.

Sir Gilbert Parker has been &C
claimed by some as the greatest
author in the English language today.
Considering there are so many other
writer's whose names will leave an i'm
print by their imperishable contribu-
tons, that would indeed. be a broad
statement. Albeit there are many
opinions concerning the great British
novel1st's permanent place in litera-
ture as a representative of this age,
none can dispute his Judgment House
Is a book that will live and give him
a high rank in letters.
Not since The. Right of Way has
there appeared anything that in reali-
ty has taken such a hold on the peo-
pie. And The Judgment House is not
sensational, but the story of common
place events in the lives of people in
England's better circles. IT'S MARIA
tive is only a glimpse Of what actu-
ally goes on in the households of peo-
pie who are supposed to be without a
trace of care or vice, and yet who aft
eli all are human enough to possess
the cardinal faults.
The story of a petted, beautiful
woman who marries for money and
position, a woman who fritters her life
away on the fads and fancies of social
frivolity intermingled with diplomatic
intrigues into which her ambitions and
1olS1ACoS lSdh llSI, LII ~ oulCOlllS OIL II
all; the story of a life when improper
ly mated, void of a heart interest and
bereft of the affection Of someone of
her own. All is presented with most
exquisite subtlety by this genius.
In his Jasmine flower, Gilbert
Parker has created a character we Oft
en- meet in life. A highly cultured and
keenly clever woman, deeply apprecia-
tive Of all the finer se%nsibilities, she is
the kind who is the inspiration of
many men. Yet because her heart is
not always strongly guided by her
head, she is frequently an uninten-
tional disturber of the peace and har-
mony of many households and circles.
The Judgment House is a story Of
the Boer war, though it does not by
any ear purport to be one Of those
irksome historical novels. But it's WV
i'd descriptions of the early struggles
of Cecil Rhodes associates, Of sturdy
Rudyard Byng and the men who help
ed make South Africa, will strongly
who battled with h elements to sub
due it. (Harper & Bros, New York;
Paris Nights.
Paris Nights and other Impressions
of Places and People by Arnold Ben
nett, who has just given the reading
public that refreshing volume on Your
United States and the philosophic
Milestones, the play that SO captivat-
ed New York, London and Chicago
last year, is the latest from this clev-
er Englishman.
Paris Nights is a book Of charming
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of travel
and memories of travel in several
lands. Mr.. Bennett establishes at once
that delightful sense Of intimacy
which makes the reader his compan-
ton IL Solnc nrn tn tho nrnrn in
Paris, to some of the famous cafes,
and lets one share in some of the great
events in which he has participated.
Under his Vivid pen one loses the
sense of words. The pulsating life
which he describes becomes an atmos-
phere in the mind wherein his char
acters act. His criticisms of his own
London Life, are curiously interesting.
The impression created Is that of a
nan telling his fortune by deciphering
the palm Of his own hand.
Then follow golden days on the
Riviera, frivolous days full of sun
shine and filtration with Hfe's pleas
ures. And lastly comes the section,
peculiarly Arnold BENEFITS, dealing
with streets, roads and trains. There
| is no. writer today who has a richer
faculty for endowing places with per
sonality and with the WITNESSES of
personality.
The book is a companionable adven-
ture into many odd places and. situa-
tons. 1t is sympathetically illustrated
with sketches by e. A. Richards, F. r,
I. B. A., of whom Mr.. Bennett said, eff
I can't get Richards to illustrate my
book, 1 a nobody, George III,
Doran Co., New York;
~ Literary Notes.
New books published today are The
Story of Waitstill Baxter by Kate