Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
Books and Authors

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The Bounder." by Arthur Hodges.
Of nhs .ea, most III, i,nte,Ts.,nE problems
home. The variety Of public on,n, a,
EXPRESSED eaa in regard to this realistic
n n che OF Class Msw x bHrs life has placed it
friends or violent enemies. It's re-
s "" many and positive. are embraced
The 's MeS 5 York extremes san Of op,nIon
scribes the book az literary 1opph-
house" The Philadelphia Press says:
~ Is good deal to say that Amerl-
work that almost indIsputabiy spsiis
genius and yet It Is no exagxeration
70 say that readers OF Thackeray or
ea n'ck @hsn must aust, have ave, felt much the
Fair or 'Dombey and SON.. as the
reader now feels who peruses Arthur
iodEes'The Bounder."
Rarely does an American hook re-
ceive the attention in English papers
test novel. Birth" While this volume
here was received by the most dis
cerning OF american critics. as a work
would almost seem as though it were
TO remain for England to accord II tho
enthusiastic reception which It really
been Ignored In this country-rather
that 1t has not realized the predictions
or Its friends or OF those leading critics
who were certain that 1t would 70
TO far wider circle of readers. than
have Miss Gales previous writings.
Certainly X the published reviews may
be taken as criterion. there is in
England practically unanimous en-
dorsement OF the story as a great piece
OF work. work about which there
can be no two opinions. Hero for
example. are few lines from q Lon
don paper which may be said to be-
typical Of English literary reaction to
the novel: Miss Gales style in her
new novel. Birth Is notably limpid
and free from ornament. At times she
suggests Jane Austen and sometimes
Mrs. Meynell, with the midnight oil
strained away from her prose.
We have stressed Miss Gales style be-
cause very lew women novelists have
ever exercised the patience necessary
to reach her pitch OF craftsma uship.
She. must have disciplined herself as
vigorously as r. L. Stevenson. And her
style Is the apt vehicle for an easy
sympathy; keen observation of life in
an American township. n gay, Kind
humor. and an insight into character
at times almost uncanny: not less so
when disclosing the motives Of mon
women. She understands what very
few women can be brought to admit
that tho spiritual side OF mans love
is far deeper and more subtle than that
Of maid. This Is a remarkable novsI
Miss Gales nicely and daiitiness ara
based upon a strength that Is almost
maIen ~Noos