The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-09
The Latest Novel Written
IN Keokuk is the Best One
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FICTION. FRANCIS Perry EHiort has
finally risen 10 serious wn-K and pro
dncad novel thai is well worth
reading by the thoughtful Student as
wsa rs by The mnrh ualisned business
man
!. Is ta- CRY from hoodoD TzJs I1;ss
End very highly cplnred rigs fEl d
hack magic 10 the bsEutitm sUnlE
trees and grassy slopes @. Tennessee,
where q msn and maid without any
fee1o-tum business, save the spu u
III Englishmgn
There is not the least doubt that
Mr. Elliott 4ook himself very serious
~ IN tbs writing of Ihis book called
Pals First because spch thoroughly
sa1tstEr1ury work Is never produced
unless the workman tREss himself End
ms TASK very seriously indeed. This
new novel ought 20 excite q lot n
talk al pink teas and q lot Of pedanrry
N pulIfrs-bui II probably VIII no.
because II is SO dsucsdly entertaining
that the pleasure Of reading II WI.
ohscess completely most people and
fher VIII condns their energies 10 TEX
ing their friends what good sLorT II
is One cannot hap wonder wbelner
the author realizes thai the Dominis
is the character around whom fne
whole story -eypiEss, who dominates
the entire tale ar ShriocE dominates
The Merchant u Venice, IN which
Porfia and mRu play subordinate
paris as do DEnny-DdcE End Jean n
the novel
Enter1ainin1 and Also True
The book is q most remarkable dive
into the depths o. psychology, and II
those depths the author collects FACETS
Ind hcEghs with which he builds Q
IRE and later q home with AL the ae-
rurzey OF q really expert student OF
mems minds The best thing about
ne book is that the causes de-
scrbed and portrayed would gen
.raa1y produce the results nsTraL
sd-Dogr writer's o. ncraon have
-ather startling disregard Of things rs
her are when they take dip into
my science; when Elliott set himself
he task Of changing man complete
,e made everybody else On his stage
- q real cause producing the- change
Is such things occur II this universe
where natural Law Is eternal and is MT
o De modified or turned topsy turTey
o suit the needs o. any story teller
The chief one o. the two pals star
q as minister OF the established
;hurch II England a good many
,eople became tired o. stories telling
low very piCus ministers had = lot OF
souble stumbling over doubts and
sumIing their noses against half NE
ng Of that kind IN this norel. More
,ver there Is not a single word Ia II
4 preaching or anything which might
re quoted 10 advantage By pulpit
ret the whole book Is q
,ette- sermon than any ever heard
reached IN ksokuk- Also IL affords
nore undiluted entertainment than !
yer obtained In the same length Of
tine In keokuk. save only at some
timers where Edward f. Carter was
oastmaster.
Every page Paints a Picture.
What has just been said Is not IN
ueit Is only paradox There
Ict1aiIy arg q few preachers whose
e-mons are entertaining and nutritire
& well as ;ious: there are also few
loTels Ike this one which preach gen.
.ins christianity and are remarkably
To brief the plot Of Pals First" Is
o do the prospective reader an In
80 Sc
aid near Nashville, the Tennessee
,siats a picture Of the stage upon
rhich the characters are acting and
slkils: the reader sees all OF these
pictures which are masterpieces Of
fHiSh school teachers Of
English literature may be told that
his book is fun Of some OF the best
,pecineus of yisualization ever writ
en- The story Is In . succession OF
scenes, however. by development o.
/ plot: and the easy graduation ano
,lending of one scene into the other IS
lone In mastery way.
10 Intensely Dramatic.
There is fine contrast in the char
.cters-Daany-D!ck, the Dominic. Doc
or Chiffon, the Squirrel, and the ne
gro servants. The fneness of tAis
contrast Is. OF course. due chiefly TO
he remarkable portraiture in Their
By the author. For
Instance, the old house servants are
zeal negroes. as genuine as new two
lollar bill. and they are the best
irawn negroes one can call to mind
n all English literature
The story is an intensely dramatic
me and no doubt viii be told behind
RUPTURE. !.