Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-14
LATE FRANK DANDY"
WROTE STRANGE TALE
OF NEW DE QUINCY
eTwilight' a Remarkable De-
scent Into the Depths
Plumbed by Opium
Dreamer
OTHER NEW FICTION

OTHER NEW FICTION
"Twilight" CDodd Mead & Co, New
Yorl), by the late Mrs Frankau Drank
Danhv). is love story developed in an
interesting and somewhat unique manner.
Not since De Quincy wrote the "Confes-
sions of an opium Eater" and Coleridge
transiiterated 'Kubla Khan" as the result
OF n dream popularity supposed 70 have
followed use Of narcotic, has the method
Of transcribing the happenings Of the 'twi-
light zone of the metaphysical been so
puccessfully employed thoush many writ
ers have essayed the dcyico Of visions
under the influence of morphia
The drama i'm the present story Is
blend of such visions and the impressions
derived from a series of old love letters
found in an English mansion, to which
woman novelist. addicted to soothing drugs
as an anodyne for wrecked nerves, has
resorted for a rest cure. 4 London pub
Usher, a physician and young. beautiful,
talented and wealthy girl are the figures
OF the strange romance and the woman
novelist 10 the agency of the narrative. her
story in itself being curious and weird.
Mrs. FTankau may he said to have
translgured her own impressions through
the personality of the woman novelist, as
for year prior to her very recent death
she was obliged to seek the solacH cf mar
cotics for her keen nervous suffering
The love letters used in the story are said
to have Been written by a young literary
woman Of London, n friend of Mrs.
FranlSau.
Adam and Eve and n Garden. why
Goodness only Knows the Rest
This is the caption under II. Weston
Tayiors beautifully colored frontispiece
to Nina Wilcox Putnam's novel of broad
humanity and optimistic outlook, Adams
Garden" j. B. Lippincott Company, Phla-
dephia.
The reader will want to be in the posi-
tion of goodness" and attain fun knowl-
edge, after viewing the frontispiecc and
reading the first chapter of this interesting
and well-writteH story. Fancy young
man who owns a suit of evening clothes.
a hurdy-gurdy and the memory of having
sduandered small fortune. Fancy his
plight when his income is cut OF and his
hurdy- y-gurdy is stolen. Well. Adam has
strong arms regret for riotous living,
willingness to work and the hope of Eve.
How his redemption is wrought through
the unique medium Of gardening
vacant city lot and how Eve enters and
dominates his life form the substance of
one of the seasons most attractive works
OF fiction. The characterization is keen
and the plot clever. And the humor is
genuinely human.
If one crave detail Drifting Waters"
by Rachel Mcnamara &C. p. Putnam's
Sons. New York;, will satisfy. In fact
there is danger of Surfeit to even the
most eXacting. For instance, "He took
her by the arm helped her into the taxi.
occupied the seat beside her and they
drove Off" scarcely leaves aught for the
Imagination.
The story is innnossihIe II ia NJ the
revolt of young girl from the jealous
love of an embittered mother a secret
marriage, misunderstanding, and then the
working out of the complications, which,
however, almost redeem the tale. The
descriptions of Egypt's deserts will
scarcely make Robert Hichens jealous.
''Babette" by F. Berkley smith CDou-
bleday. Page & Co., Garden City y. W,
is a dainty French romance. a beautiful
maiden and the cleverest thief in all
France are the leading characters through
out the story. Raveau. alias Ravin as
the gentleman was known to the French
police. after marrying the heroi:c, Babette.
attempts to bury his past, knowing what
a cruel blow 1t would be to his little
wife. she who thought him everything
good and kind II she were to discover
the darkness of his past. Does he sue
ceed? Mr. Smith answers the question
in very interesting manner.
The celebrated ''F p. A." has admitted
for years that he has been much de-
pressed. He acknowledged that he didn't
'get" Conrad at all. At times he has
denounced the man and all his works.
But the day has come. F. p. A, has been
iioored, converted. Recently from THE
Coming Tower" came a sound of singing,
and the words of this chant We're these;
Well. we have lust finished vic
tory" and IL converted us We are
now Conrad fan : and like most new
concerts to any cause, we can think
of little else. For week or two we
are likely to be as much of nuisance
to Conrad-blind readers as others
have been to us in the days of our
imperviousness.
One of the important books soon to
appear is Charles H. Ocott's Life of
William Mckinley" which will be pub
lished by the Houghton Mifflin Company
April 22. Other books 10 be published
on the same date are Lawrence b. Evans
Life of Samuel W. MCCALL; Maurice
Millioud's THE Ruling Caste and Fren-
zied Trade in Germany: Those Giles
pies" new novel by William j. Hop
lxlns; "Blackfeet Tales of Glacier Ma
tional Park" by James Willard Schultz
'Union Portraits" by Gamaliel Bradford
~canoeing in the Wilderness" a new
edition OF Thoreaus essay abridged, by
Clifton Johnson; THE History and Pro-
GtuuIG OF luc HOUSE OF Representatives
by Hon. de Alva Stanwood Alexander
and two new volumes Of poetry, Roads"
by Grace Fallow Norton. and "Gobnns
and Pagodas" by John Gould Fletcher
Willard Huntington Wright the author
OF THE Man OF Promise" was born in
this country OF Dutch and French parents
He was educated both here and abroad and
has been actively engaged IN literary work
all his life. He has been a critic of the
flne arts for many years and has made a
profound study OF Continental literature
His recent book was an aesthetic treatise
ON modern painting and former work Of
his on the philosophy OF Nietzsche has be-
cume standard document. Since his re-
turn from Europe, where he has lived for
several years. he has been the art critic
of the Forum. The Man Of Promise" his
hrst novel now in its second edition. Is
distinctly Continental both in treatment
and subject, and much OF the book Is laid
in Europe. where IL was written.
Among the mid-Victorian gossip In
shane Lsslie's The End OF a chapter"
Just published by the scribners. Is the fol |
lowing bit;
-Thackeray and Dickens used 70 be on !
had farms Nv arandmofhar recalls fha |