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WOMAN TRIUMPHANT. Ky vi.
This is great writer's study OF
the life OF srea, painter; The
author attempts to trace the cause
: Is the failure due 10 the 'shadRics
Z of convention" as commonly acccp'-
ed. or to some deeper cause? The
solution is intensely fascinating.
II tells a story very different in
theme and background from any OF
which American readers are already
familiar. The tangled threads OF a
great artists impcllinE genius his
passionate desire to paint the beauty
of the world. his devotion to his wife.
her absorbing love for him. her tea-
lousy OF hi sar,istic interests, their
consequent estranEement and IN"
domination of his i!fe after her death
by his remorse and reawakencd love
form the complicated theme of the
story. Its background, painted with
which his readers know can he found
in all Blasco lbanezi' novels. is Tho
artistic world OF Madrid. the SUR
roundinEs OF the artist through his
struggling young manhood IN Madrid.
In Rome, in Venice. and again in
Madrid after he has gained wealth
and fame.
The author in his interesting intro
ductory note says that ''RcnoSalrS.
the hero. is simply the pcrsonitica-
ton OF human desire. which in real
eternaily tickle and unsa,isfied." So
this gifted artist. the son OF poor
Blacksmith. wins, one after another.
ench and all Of his desires. ,ahility
to paint, fame, wealth. love. honors,
only to find each new Eratitica;ion
or achievement unsatisfactory. But
Josephine. his wife. without gifts
denied In life the thing she most de-
I sires, wins complete success. when.
after she dies, her spirit dominates
him completely.
novels OF its author-a masterpiece
of insight such as only the author
OF The Four Horsemcn OF the Apoca
iypse" and Mare Nostrum" could
produce.
MRS. GLADSTONE. BY her daugh
ter. Mary Gladstone Drew. u. T..
Putnam's Sons. New York.
Loved and reverea though she was,
naturally less we'll Known TO in
word az large than that OF her ia
nous nus band. whose daily lie she
shared tor sixty years,
In this intimate biography, Wit.
ten by her daughter, Mrs Gladstone
is revealed as one OF the most ac-
corplished and attractive hgures OF
u great social and political era.
IL ne: Introductory the author
lection, made aimos, a; random from
scenes and incidents from the cx-
n matsefs ans s9pPs n whS Ct
daughter had personal knowledge. !,
can hardly be called monosrs ph.
because il IS n order 70 reSaii the
in which my u,o:hey lived ana had
her being, and Ter ;his reason | have
found i; necessary 20 ;ouch upon
lives other than her own.
Eize for The abiding sense o. my
fathers presence, presence ihai
seemed 10 Pe7mssie my ;nG;AsT's be
!. these cl!TPses into her l!:e and
surroundings were 10 give truth
full portrait. il was necessary 20 make
we'll as OF hers. for in though; they
were sympathetic and IN act they
were insepa-aoit.
The picture, given OF Mrs. Clad
highest class, loving wife and
most attractive. The lie is one that
is deserving OF eommemoraiion. and
the record Of II should prove o. in
terest 10 thousands OF American read
e-s who are able TO understand the
value OF the service rendered 10 Eng
land and TO the world by the great
Liberal leader.
PRIMITIVE SOCIETY. By Robe;
II. LOWE. Boni & L!ve-!ghl New
which the a SeSss rcs ds''" nev Q.
reams-primit!ve nutua! b.ner; So
cieties and clubs. secret tra;-rnit:es
and limitations. There = 4 .ull dis
cussion in nontechnical language OF
what is known about the sex NE.
marriage usages and family orEani-
cations OF the simpler races OF hu-
mainly: of woman's Stitus. govern
"a m nf ~ ne
OF property. Law and order
"a special effort Is made 20 repre-
[sent the poin, OF View OF modern
sAmer!can scholars whose general po-
Is!tions have altered the whole OF an
;hropo!oGica! theory. Yet which have
s'4een almost entirely neglected abroad
and are little known outside OF scien :
tine circles even N the United states
Jhtre has been notebook since Nor
cams "Ancien, Society from which
the general reader could &c, an idea
people was and is ike There has
been an !nsisteni demand for "a new
book that would include the new
facts tina, have been accommodating
for many years.
With the discovery OF hitherto un-
known tribes and the more thorough
point Of view of an,hropol ogical
science has been rcvoiut!onized and
theories once firmly held are uow
discarded. Or. LOWE. associate cara-
wa ". oPtlcSS d. 'Nt museum 81
Natural History. New York civ has
: supplied this demand in his ;.;neiy
Volume. Primitive Society
The volume Will be especially use
: sul as textbook for sociological and
classes and a u work
OF reference in related subjects, such
as sociology. economies, history. poll :
tics, psychology and comparative iu-
Fisprudencc.
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GENT CRCDGE BY owen Wistcr
The Macmillan Co, New York.
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