The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

All the stories are good ones ,..
one, and perhaps that In good az
II IL could be understood, but /, In "a,
ceived in so mystical a vein that mo-.
but those connected with the shop suSl
as Willie Yeats and A. e. will get mus
from 1t. Stephens wrote It, probahI1
with an eye upon Yeats insteadi,W
O'Brlen, but however that may no N
makes a distinct stoppage in the storAE
and 1t II especially unfortunate tbay
Il is the first OF the stories, just af,s
the lovely preparation had warmed IN
to the receiving point for anythin,#
Patsy MacCann in the next chan,s
confesses that he slept through m
whole of II. but that too is weak PatSM
MacCann in real life would have mn, n
dered old Finaun before he had ha,H
told that story.
Most precise people who would n
willing enough to grant that pa,sH
MacCanns morality is unearthly viii
nevertheless be surprised 20 learn IN,
the three angels who came strairh,H
to Ireland from heaven agreed win
him almost completely in his ideas d.
right and wrong. "They had no prop.f
erty and so they had no preiudice,r
FOR the person who has nothing ma,t
look upon the world as his Entertained
while the person who has sometime
has seldom anything but that"
Their mission is mysterious Thew
make no exploitation of their choice od
Ireland for a pleasure trip. They IN
little that is noteworthy except he,n,s
beautiful continually. which, after an lnl
these days Is an achievement. Althours
a. 90 al
not until toward the end Of the book tina,
they give hint OF their power. They arr
about to leave earth and Ireland for
destination that has been censored. IN.
book having appeared since the war
and they are strolling to the spot wher,
the ascension robes have been hidden
Patsy, by crooked transaction thai
he hoped was his secret. had becoms
possessed Of a sum of money sud-
denly apropos OF nothing at all. one al
the angels in the gentlest manner pos
sible commands Patsy to throw ~
gold over the hedge as they walk alorg'I
Patsy demurs. but after a minute.
obeys. just at the last as the final
adieuX are being said this reproblt,
IN a wave of emotion confesscs thatI
he had not thrown all the gold pieces
away and that ra had allowed ons
of them TO slip back through his m.
gers into his pocket The angel 'Tooked|
at him and a smile OF great Contcnt.I
ment came over his face"
III I were YOU said he. IA ke4pv
it," which is the remark tina, led ml
10 believe that these gods arc peculiarly
adapted to Irish needs.
"Demi- Gods" as q story has fevI
hating places in i. but it may bel
safely recommended TO readers Who'll
have a fondness for Borrow's "Layen.
gro II may be more easily compared
with "Lavengro' than with anything
else. The famous wind on the hc1thl
brother may b. here matched with stilI
more wind and heath. And as for Mary|
MacCann, the tinker's daughter, she
holds her own nobly with Isopel Der.
ners who until now has been thought
Incompatible:
She was big in build and bone and Oh,
was beautiful and fearless Framed In .
rusty shaw her face leaped out instant ans
catching as a torch In darkness; under Der
clumsy garments one OWNED body 10 bel
adored as a revelation; she walked car.
lessly as the wind walks proudly a.
young queen trained in grandeur Sh- could
springs terribly from quietude: shc coui
run az deer runs and pause at fun nigh
like a csrven statue. Each movement q
hers WAS complete and lovely In Itself. when
SHE iitted a hand to her ha.r the free AFT.
Jude was marvel Of composure. % IN gA,|
never have begun, and might never ccA.
Il was solitary and perfect: when she bent
20 the brazier she folded to such an economy
OF content that one might have thought her
half her size and yet perfec,
There arc numerous other passages
that read Ike prose poems. and notable
among them is the list that . given
OF the weird characters that may bel
encountered by the free traveller upon
the high road; the characters who con-
stitute the MacCann acquaintance. The
melody OF the list is quite golden like
the order for the wedding gifts at The
opening Of the "Playboy' that George
Moore so unwillingly admired.
The characters themselves are dra wn
upon such large lines that one know.
them from afar:
A. they hastened along the road they saw
in front OF them two people marching cot"
together and in little time they dr.u
close to these people.
II know the look OF that mans hack"
said Patsy, "bus- can't tell YOU vhe-'
II. rye good memory for fsesh
though, ana III tell you about him IN a
minute"
DO you know the woman that 10 with
him >" said Caeltis
you can't tell woman BY her back
replied Patsy. "and nobody could for they
an have the same back when they hsy. 4
shawl on"
Mary turned her head 70 them.
Every woman's back - different 'ni