The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

one l have written since The Quick or
the Dead was published. was II
when wrote that one and that Was"
she hesitated and laughed. It seemed
as II she might have said ten years ago
without fear Of challenge. but she con-
tinued
Worlds End adventured right much
after it's birth and these three refusals
Let me show you their letters she cried
enthusiastically. making one swift dart
ing movement toward a special dra wer
| in her rosewood desk.
oh. you would have enjoyed the first
| one. but l was 80 prov oked that tore
| 1t up. MIR. f. of famous Philadelphia
house wrote that there was material
enough for three books. hut that il was
far too bold and daring for them to pub
lish.
The second publisher wrote sfrom
Boston: In accordance with your re-
quest We have to-day returned to you
the manuscript Of your novel Worlds
End We recognize very clearly. We
think. the Imaginative and narrative
ability Of the book and the energy and
elevation OF its conception. but, to write
you quite frankly. its preoccupations
are OF a type which. for whatever rea-
sons, We ourselves in long history of
publishing adventures have never been
able to publish to advantage
when Mr.. Reilly of Reilly 4 Britton
read the book in New York he took the
first train to Chicago. meaning to make
it the star in their initial performance
as publishers Of fiction. Mr.. Britton.
however. declined to accept the book.
though he admitted that II was tremen-
dously powerful and one that would have
large sale. In response to Mr.. Reilly's
note Of regre Ind chagrin wrote:
Never mind; IL "Brittons- will be
slaves to convention you cannot be.
blamed"
When the visitor asked for views on
the suffrage end OF the woman aues-
ton the Princess smiled again and said:
Il told Mary johnson believed in all
she did. but I never could Join things
nor be a propaganda.
do you want me to he 40 banal as to
speak OF the viewpoint OF the average
woman of tO-day?" she asked, and then
without waiting for a reply went on: Il
venture to say that the average woman
will discover immortality in my frank
discussion OF motherhood and mar
rage. Lots Of them knit false morality
just as they knit neckties. without look
ing.
when was is l had set Of rules for
marriage and the only one can RENE mber
is: Never to allow my husband To ride my |
hobby. especially on side saddle
But now have one recipe for marriage |
and this Is: 'Comradeship mixed with a |
sense OF humor"
Cant We talk about your book?" ven
tured the visitor softly. and the brillia Mt
smile Of the slim Princess enveloped the
questioner. and then she began to talk
OF Worlds End into which she has put
much OF her ideals and her philosophy
OF life.
Worlds End" the name of the estate
and the background for the intense, emo
tional drama Of the novel. il easily recog-
nizable as the home OF Amelie Rivess
childhood, Castle Hill in Albemarle
county. Virginia. The stately old house.
with Its many Doric columns surrounded
by box hedges and grand old trees.
orchards. huge paddocks stretching out
on all sides and with its own graveyard.
forms the setting for this human half
tragedy
The story centres round Phoebe with
her black crow Jimmy Toots). the little
cousin more mid Victorian than modern,
full Of romance. waiting for her hero TO
come. living with her old father. who il
buried in his books. She has the "hair OF
destiny hwny dappled gold. that OF
Isolde. Guinevere and all the great women
lovers OF history. with the widows peak,
which spiritualizes her face: mouth not
OF the spirit hut triumphantly and radi-
antly OF the fiesh. laughter and pleasure
loving. curved out at the centre and up
at the corners. Her eyes are like pretty
nuns in blue habits praying at their
while her mouth IL like an
amoure,,ss in the street below.
Her nature IL to love. to be loved, even