New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-31
OLIVER ONIONS.

OLIVER ONlONS.
.roeY or LOUIE. BY oliver
nnI,ons i.mo. pp. SIS George X. Doran
company.
w,th this novel Mr. onions brings
- conclusion the trilogy begun in
=, Accordance with the Evidence,
I'D continued in The Debit Account
=. 8 FAR and away the best story Of
y. three. partly. no doubt because 1t
,,,,s together with a mastery hand
many threads purposely left loose
- ,Ae two earlier tales but also be-
-. IN these pages the author. in
--..r rs IN fun the life story Of the
.-,-roa,ic Louie Causton. adds 10 his
s,,mo,,s peysorg the strongest Of his
.-..,e-s a remarkable study Of a
,.narkable woman. She dwarfs them
:, 80, the great Jeffries. builder Of
mira by the historic means OF the
.,.rered trading company I Won
M his people were" ruminated
-, mariner. Sir julius Pepper, at the
q ., The Debit Account mat
n.st,on the author does not answer.
y, know no more in the end OF Jef-
,-,.s., antecedents than he himsei
use 70 tell US in the autobiography
-,,ch the first two novels are-ano
,b,, vas nothing at all
- ,s sdvtsable-it is almost neces-
..--to reread In Accordance Win
=. Evidence" and The Debit Ac-
,ou,," IN order to realize to the fuli
~, Onions's sure grasp Of his material
=, s,ops Of the plan laid down by him
.,o-n the first. the purposeful manner
,.u.b,ch he has carried il out. There
.,bs, final chapter Of the second vol
~. 70 which reference has Just oeeh
-,ss How packed il proves 10 De
.I,h meaning in the retrospect from
me last chapter Of this maj s'oly'
which PARALLELS and completes IL.
rouie Causton. who impressed Jei-
re. IS innately superior 10 the other
wor,en ~ the business college We
,s,rn. was the legitimate daughter OF
lady Of the peerage and an eX-soldler
and prizefghter. The women OF her
,o,bers race Nbd always given more
irouble than its men; she follows thelf
bsr, But she is a Thoroughbred
,-d-tbis Is one Of Mr.. Onions's best
,ovcbes-she is that not so much be-
,suse she is her mothers daughter as
hseause she is her fathers. she mas
ne arrogance Of race; she has the
,onraee the fairness. the endurance
= the puginst's code. Already Jef-
ms had given US glimpses Of her IN
ia, numbering. uncomprehending way
. his where women are concerned.
Now We know her and We know what
n. los, I'm her-what might have been
Ienries's diary ended with The
Debit Account" Mr. Onions IS no
oneer shackled here by this form OF
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,sro's knowledge and understanding
y what went on beyond him In the cir
70 Of which his love and his crime
1ere the vortex. The manner in when
y is made 10 reveal 10 US In his puz-
lied way What he does not understand
himself is capital. but, Of course at
lotion Il Is literary artistry, not real
SIN. one cannot help wondering from
tine 10 time how the man could pos
| Hbly have stumbled upon this uncon-
sc.ously revelatory way Of telling his
nory. The doubt does not disturb one
IN the reading. however. and the result
nsiifes the artifce. Mr.. Onions has
n this day Of many trilogies in fiction.
Produced a work which stands apart
ron them all. which interlocks with
,si wearisome parallels and repeu-
tons and which. above all else. is emil
I tHly remarkable for it's study OF
Ivamsn in many women.