The Washington herald., 1913-07-20

traction. A younger sister has assumed
the life duty Of caring for the material
well-being Of her widowed brother. she
only twenty-six and he ten years older.
The restricted home life of such q
situation becomes irksone to both and
each conceals from the other. from 9
sense of duty. the desire for change.
The unknown lover OF the girl Is In
far-off India. and the dismal home In
England becomes to. her almost unen-
durable. as Katrine Beverley grows more
and more Interested in James Blair
through the letters that come to her
from him. Martin Beveriey's marriage
to an heiress with many more charms
than wealth can supply at last opens
the way for Katrine's voyaging to India
to visit a married friend. But the actual
meeting Of the pair. whose friendship has
been promoted wholly by letters. is no
commonplace affair.
In her management OF the climax of
the romance Mrs. Valley has shown
herself possessed Of resourcefulness and
skill.
THE SEAL WHICH HATH PASSED. AND
OTHER POEMS: By George Khngle. Boston
Sherman. French 4 Co. Price. s.
Most Of tho poems in this collection
first appeared In the columns OF the
Outlook. Independent. Congresationalist.
Zion's Herald, and other well-known
periodicals, which fact in itself speaks
sufficiently for the merit Of the work.
The verse Is religious; but that does
not mean that II falls short of the liter
ary requirements of poetry. or that It II
either dogmatic or sermonic. A broader
outlook has been its inspiration. an out
look that reckons not with time but
with eternity. This perspective does not
h.,ll - Hfo ht1f ahnVa tfl
almost unbearable griefs and the great
est joys alike to be ever changing parts
Of q finally harmonious whole.
ELLEN KEr; HER LIFE AND OTHER WORK
By Louise Nystrom Hamilton. Translated By
Anna Z. B. Fries. New York-G. p. Putnam 8
Sons.
The name Of Ellen Key has for years
been a target for attacks Of various
kinds. Friends. in connection with the
issues that have arisen in regard to the
influence of her work, have become enc
mics, and friction has been caused In
many homes. Her ideals and purposes
have been misQuoted and misinterpreted
until the very conviction for which she
stood have been twisted SO as to appear
to be the evils that she was attempting
to combat.
Her critics, not content with decrying
and distorting the message that she has
given to the world, even have attack ed
her personal character; and as the ma
jority of these had no direct knowledge
In the matter. strange rumors and fancies
have been spread abroad about her life
The readers OF her books. who now
throughout the world are numbering hun
dreds of thousands. who desire to know
the truth about this much h-discussed
Swedish author, will be interested in her
biography. Louise Nystrom Hamilton Is
one who has been intimate with Ellen
Key since her youth. She herself is the
wife of the founder Of the Peoples Hos
pital at Stockholm, where for twenty
years Ellen Key taught and lectured
The introduction by Havalock Ellis in
sures for the book interested attention
sUNIA. A HIMALAYAN IDYLL AND OTHER
STORIES: By Maud Diver. New Yoke. p.
Putnsm's Sons.
Sunia is one of a dozen stories Of life
and romance in various parts OF Incia,
whose best quality Is their local color,
so well applied that one cannot be sure
the tales are fact or fiction. Probably
they contain elements Of both. In the
romantic phases the strength and devo-
ton Of the Eurasian maid stand out
strongly and this is especially prominent
in the first story and two others, called
"A Moments Madness and 'Requital."
which set forth the love and sacrifice Of
a beautiful native girl for an English
soldier. Perhaps the best story of al
is THE Heart Of a Maid, which re-
veals the tickle, selfish nature of the
British soldier. who. il these are types,
surpasses the record OF the sailor who
is said to have a sweetheart in every
port.
The narrative and descriptive matter
are well written and the plots Of the
stories are good but when the writer at
tempts to write dialect. the result Is dam
aging Fortunately there are only few
OF these stories, most Of them being
devoted to the social affairs of the royal
and their wives. a cynical
company, who seem to give most of their
time to being unhappy and trying to
make others so. Obviously the life of
a soldier in India Is not a happy one,
and that Of his wife lis even more un-
pleasant.