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New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
The Secrets of Svengali
By Guy c. Ellington

intervals into melody. Debussy is not
pure atmosphere. Wolf is not merely
poetry interpreted into tone. Else they
were not musicians, but Wagner a
pseudo, Eschylus, Debussy q pallid
Monet, and Wolf wet-nurse to Michel
angelo.
No. Line is the basis Of their vocal
music. And Bel Canto is the perfect
school of line. The painter takes first
pencil and draws his curves and
angles complete, omits no step. His
bridge, but never-ending line that
the eye may follow. Later, with mas
terry achieved, q hint will do, touch
here, a splash of color there. The line
is hidden, but complete, none the less.
Infinitely modulated, flowing through
every part. So with the singer. There
fore-back to Bel Canto.
And hints the book has. My copy
is full Of pencil scores.
Never sing as loudly as you can.
ver-never--never!"
Excessive use of the pianissimo in
the upper register will tie up the clear
ringing tones
''fn singing pianissimo you must
whisper the words"
"Sing with the HIPS relaxed and well
away 1iou tLc tcCIus
Never have the pronunciation too
broad for the voice.
"Sing with almost no breath at ali.''
SIN dramatic passages be sure to do
all your. accentuating and changing of
emotion on the lower and middle
tones"
Why7 why7 Why? The reasons ara
there. Read them. Read it all!
And sing. Above all, sing!
So far, with Mr.. Duval. But our
taste we will not alloy him to dictate
Every singer has choice. Let US
put it this way. We ere agreed that
he must regard his voice as an in
strum ent. That unless he sing there
is nothing. But himself? Is he to be
just an instrumentalist, marvellous
performer, creating beautiful sounds
Or is he to be Aimself an instrument
on which a greater mind than his shall
play? The choice is between Doni-
zetti and--no, not Wagner, but man
whom Mr.. Duval never mentions
Bach. The great performer can weave
out Of Donizetti's line glorious
melody, song without words. The
artist, making himself an instrument
on which Bach, or force through
Bach, can play may achieve something
infinitely greater, a song in which
thought, passion, melody, worship are
welded into one.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
Paris News Letter
By Lewis Galantisrc

Parisians--a banker, seweler, an art
dealer and a hotelkeeper. To these
hot-blooded oldsters she furnishes sue
culent human fare, her hypnotic eyes
and seductive voice giving her ma
lsvolent power over women Of all types
end classes. Unfortunately for her
happiness, she makes it possible for
the banker to assault (the polite word,
| believe) in her apartment the fancee
pentant servant to leprous colony in
the Orient.
Such, one moraiizes, are the evils Of
politics. II Mr.. Daudet were not a
royalist and had not the faculty OF
provoking extreme detestation in his
opponents, this book would have been
left in the oblivion out of which it was
drawn by political quarrel.
nAUDET himself is an interesting
figure. He is the son Of Alphonse
Daudet, one Of the great literary
artists Of the last century. He was
reared by Papa Zola in the bosom OF
repubiicanism, he served as secretary
to old Reinach, and he has betrayed
successively every one who has placed
confidence in him. AS royalist Dep
uty he Is the most violent and vituper-
ative member OF the Chamber, and he
1s widely known, in Gustave Tery's
mot, as ."the Kings Jester" He was
converted to royalism by Charles
Maurras, with whom ne is co-editor Of
Q noisy and not uninf1uentiaI Orleanist
daily known as "LAction Francaise."
would say more about him except
that The Tribune may fear an inter-
national libel suit. (Libei In France,
by the way, Is the most innocent of in
door sports; cf. Dnudet's articles on
BRAND during the lstter's Ministry
Maurras Is a different type. He is
great pamphleteer, Nietzschean. and
occasionally a profound thinker. I be-
lieve ] am correct in saying that his,
also, was a republican debut. But his
republican ideas were in effect ideals,
Mencken had not yet written, in those
days, about government by the people.
and Maurras had to work out his own
disillusionment- 1t is true that, as a
man Of letters, he enjoyed in his youth
the patronage and advice of AnatoIe
France. This may explain, in a moas-
ure, that he became philosophic roy
alist, going thus step beyond the
genial anarchy of his master. At any
rate, he founded "L'Action Francaise''
and took Daudet in with him. When 7
recall Daudet's conversion I think all
ways Of the classical couplet fanilisr
to frequenters OF the Comedie Fran.
caise:
Mon cutie fsts horreurs
Et j'embrasse ls tien. Al
Scan it as you like.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
Irving Bachelors New Novel
BY Isabel Paterson
IN THE DAYS OF POOR RICHARD. ylhss
irving Bachelor Bobbs, Merrill. ~

has dim recollection Of having come
across the name Of the hero, John
Irons, in actual history. John Is a very
likeable hero, not too heroic to be
credible. He ia a young patriot, a
soldier in the Continental army, but
in love with an English girl. He has
to win the war before he can get her,
and the task is naturally hazardous
one. It involves risking his scalp as
a scout in the woods Of northern New
York, then thickly infested with the
braves of the six nations; standing up
against the bullets Of the redcoats in
open battle and running the British
blockade at sea to mako a diplomatic
journey to France. 1t demands also
the courage Of long fidelity in che face
Of hope deferred, and the Spartan
resolution to refuse to take the girl at
the cost of his honor. For any one a
little weary Of the whimpering ego
lists now in fashion as heroes this ia
really refreshing, however naive Il
may be to confess taste for the old
fashioned virtues.
Mr.. Bacheller apparently has q thor
ough knowledge Of the geography of
New York State; there is never any
thing dim or hazy in his descriptions
Of places and things. And even when
he takes his hero from Rochelle to
Paris by stagecoach one sees the road
with curious clearness. The historical
personages introduced arc likewise Of
a high visibility, if no great depth.
Benjamin Franklin gets good deal of
space and little touen Of whitews sh {;
he did not spare himself so much in
his autobiography. And Mr.. Bacheller
has followed the latest fashion in ex-
culpating the English as people from
blame in regard to the attempt to CO.
cree the colonies. Which is as 1t may
be; but they chose the Hanoverian
kings and they held to them then; it
seems rather late to disclaim them
now.
II is very depressing 70 discover one
Of the characters speaking Of che
man." Is it possible that phrase could
have been tolerated since 177s?
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
l<T 'ENTREMETrEUsEs Is q book

* n ENI NIREMETTEUSE" is book
by M. Leon Daudet which
was published last year, and
Of whose existence I was
ignorant until few weaks ago. Since
then it has become notorious. Wher-
ever / have gone it has been men
toned. and in whatever street ] have
ventured I have seen posters quoting
Its most Objectionable pages. Lately
sent for Rascoe's private delectation a
cutting from the French Parliamentary
minutes recording the following ami
able conversation in this Chamber Of
Deputies, Of which NJ. Daudet Is a
member for the city of Paris:
Ernest Lafont (Communist)-Ths
shouldn't be allowed to speak in this
Chamber.
Leon Daudet (Royalist) - What's
that you say?
Lafont-I say that you are q dirty
beast!
The President-Order, gentlemen,
orderl
Daudet-And you are cretin!
The Observation-Disclosures, call
you to order
have avoided the book deliberately,
but after this scene and minded of
my gentle and curious readers, could
do no other than buy 1t and tell you
about it.
It is a very bad novel, huently but
poorly written, the story dragging up
ito an unsuccessful climax, from which
it tumbles feebly to an insipid close.
There is something oily and vulgar
about it's morslizing, something Grass
and rcptilian about its immortality. II
Is not cleanly amoral; it s cold
bloodedly vicious.
It opens with q prologue wherein we
find Marie Sauveterre. still virgin at
fifteen, advising her father TO consum-
mate his passion for the wife Of the
village grocer in the propitious ab-
sence Of her mother. In the following
chapter we are thirty years away from
this touching domestic scene. Marie
gineer who died young, and the m other
Of son twenty-four years old. He is
the lodestar Of her life, a serious. re.
spectacle student living on a handsome
allowance, despising worldly people
and ignorant Of his mothers source OF
income. la Sauveterre has, Of course
taken lovers, but they mean little to
her, for she has discovered in herself
a gift for a more exciting career than
prostitution-that Of procuress. She IL
kept in luxury by four eminent
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

THE SECRETS OF svENGAL1 On Sing
J.. H. Duval New York. James T.
White & Co.
"The Secrets Of Svengali ?" What is
all this bonbast, A clown turned critic
or critic clown? You turn the
leaves.
"Svengali exists! You don't think I
exist. You don't think ! ever really
existed. You believe me a creation of
my poor friend Du Maurier, and any
how he had ms killed off half a cen
tury ago at Trilby's first London ap-
pearance. Yet here I am to-day"
Pah! The fellows a coxcomb.
"Bel Canto! That's what we are
Nothing in art or nature is SO beau.
tiful!'
And reactionary into the bargain.
He would send US all back to Italian
opera, to Rossini and early Verdi !;
worse still, to Bellini and Donizetti.
He would even have US gulp down
Gounod and Mascagni. What next
Meyerbeer, perhaps? The mans
insufferable.
anu INtI. IL pdtlSUCc Oc uUC HuH
bered among your virtues, you toss
the book aside. Do not!
Not fools only wear the motley, and
pomposity is not the only garb OF
wisdom.
There is sense here in this foppish
little book. And, better still, knowl
edge. And not little wisdom. Don't
pass it over, singers. It's written for
you. To help you. Agree or disagree
with the musical dicta. Revel in
"Traviata" or spue it up. The advice
holds. Bel Canto is the singers path
His path, mind. l did not say his
goal. OF that later.
Consider moment what Bel CaRte
is. THAT continuous sound-the same
quality, held loosely, capable Of in
finite meditation, never changing OF
ceasing as the singer goes from note
to note or from syllable. to syllable
Bel Canto. The art of line. Car
you conceive of vocal music withou'
line? Wagner? Wolff Strauss? De-
busy? Moussorgsky Is line any less
line because it is broken? You toss
phrase irto the air. Your voice il
silent. But the phrase completes
itself, rises like bail that has lef1
your hand, curves in the air and fall:
again. You catch it where you will.
Wagner is not series OF isolates
dramatic explosions, resolved at rare
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16


WV yHILE appraising the newer
IA favorites among fiction
v writer's, it Is sometimes In
structive to measure them
against their predecessors; not neces-
sarily the giants Of the craft, but any
of their Immediate forerunners In the
best selling" ranks, say, Of fifteen
years ago. The comparison may not be
all IN favor Of the newcomers. Admit
ting that they have something to their
advantage in vividness of phrasing, in
crisper and more sophisticated style
and in the ability to suggest changing
moods and mental complexities, still
they often pay dearly for that gain.
Sometimes they forget to tell any
story. Generally they skimp on the
cast Of characters;. sometimes they
neglect to put in any background. They
seem to find it hard to deal with COM
mon things without being entirely
tedious or to pull the strings of more
than one puppet at time. They have
a whole bag Of engaging tricks, but,
like the cunning fox Of the fable, they
can't make it on the straightaway.
Mr.. Irving Bacheller. dealing with
"The Days Of Poor Richard" has no
tricks at all. His style has no merit
save stiff simplicity. His psychology
cal insight Is not profound. The con-
struction Of his tale is clumsy: it
lumbers along. His ear for dialect ap-
pears to be little dull.
But he has a story, and It moves
consistently from a beginning to q
conclusion. 1t is definitely placed in
time and space and plausibly mott
waited. 1t is indubitably sincere. When
it is finished one is left with a sense
of having been informed, not mystified.
By these qualities it ties up with
reality. And there are still some read
ers who like that kind of reality.
Such will find this book thoroughly
readablso
AS THE title indicates, the author
~ has chosen the period Of the
Revolutionary War for his story. One
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
Shop Talk
By Hilda Jackson

" RVIN S. COBB has received the
q following letter from a negro in
h praise of his latest book:
N Dear Sir--I am taking the lib
erty to write you what intend to
be letter Of appreciation. The imme~
date cause of this action on my part is
your recent story that appeared under
the title 81. Poindexter, Colored."
say the immediate cause because have
been moved on one or two other occa-
sions to do what am attempting now.
Particularly was l inclined to do so
several years ago when you published
your story of "Aunt Sharley."
I suppose / have been reading your
stories ever since you have been writ
ing for "The Saturday Evening Post"
am colored man, born and reared
and more or less educated in the South.
/ have also spent some time in the
North in various capacities. I have
with all classes of people, white and
colored, both North and South. l have
known, in perhaps half dozen differ
ent localities a Judge Priest, a JEFF
Poindexter and Aunt Sharley, and nu-
merous others Of your splendid char
acters. Anyone who reads your stories,
If he has lived in the South, can real
ize that your characters are not Great
ures of your imagination alone but
the portraits of persons to be found in
every community. l read all of the So
called NEGRO" stories that come my
way, and some Of them really give me
pain on account Of what the writer's
do not know. about my people. Your
writings show a wonderful knowledge
OF the people you write about.
Please accept this personal appre-
citation of all of your work, but most
especially of your stories introducing
negro characters. + appreciate them
because you give us square deal;
give us credit for nobility Of character
and the exercise of real thought in
stead of laughing at US and painting
casions. l think can frankly say that
you "know" our people better than any
other present day writer for the reason
that you have on more than one occa-
sion made the statement that, regard
less Of everything else, no white per-
son knows any more Of any colored
persons affairs than that colored per-
son wants known. Your writings are a
distinct contribution toward the sou-
tion of the problem of interracial re-
lationship. 1t is my earnest wish that
your future may be even more success
full than your past and that you may
for many years continue to make the
country laugh while you make the peo-
pie think. Yours very respectfully,
w. r. COLES.
Winston-salem, N. C.
~. Poindexter, Colored," is Mr..
Cobb's first novel. 1t has been run
ming serially in "The Saturday Even
ing Post" Doran will bring it out in
book form August I.
DR.. Henry Dwight Chaplin, president
Of the Children's Welfare Federation
Of New York, has written another
book, "Heredity and Child Culture" to
be published this month by Dutton.
"Outwitting Our Nerves" Century
has gone to the presses for its twelfth
reprinting.
Announced for publication during
August is a novel by We're Hutchin-
son, sister of A. S. NJ. Hutchinson
author of "If Winter Comes" It is her
first novel and will be brought out By
the Century Company, and they feel that
this book will make remarkable stir.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
ay 1rlbunes s News and Reviews Of Books and Authors
The Ter, Best Sellers

The following books have had the
largest sale during the month of
June, according to "The Publishers
FICTION
Gentle Julia" by Booth Tarkins-
ton Doubleday. Page). A compar,-
ION book to "Penrod'' and Seven
IF Winter Comes" by A. s. M.
hutchinson (Little, Brown). The
wisdom of sentiment and the trar-
edy of ideals.
"The Vehement Flame" by Mar
garet Deland (Harper's). Wherein
Jealousy Is a canker in the heart of
the middle-aged bride of young
man.
Maria Chapdelaine," by Louis
Hemon lMacmillan). The "Main
Street" Of French Canada.
Simon Called Peter" by Robert
heanle (Dutton's). A frankly written
tale Of chaplain's love affair in
France.
Saint Theresa" by Henry sydnor
Harrison (Houghton, Mifiin). A
sensational tale Of pre-war days fen.
turing q terrific clash of strong
wills.
"The Sheik," by e. M. Hull (Small.
Maynard). The sort of adventures
every woman would like to have.
"Moon Out of Reach" by Mar
mental struggle to decide the claims
Of two suitors.
Head of the House Of Coon,be -
BY Frances Hodgson Burnett
(Stokes). A romance by the author
OF Little Lord Fauntleroy."
"Lucretia Lombard" by Kathleen
Norris doubleday, Page. The
woman mature in poise and charm
win, out over youth and unsophisti-
cation.
GENERAL
"The Story Of Mankind" by Hen
dirk Van Loon (Boni & Liveright).
History that any one can read.
"The Outline Of History" by Fl. G.
Wells (Macmillan). A keen mind
and brilliant pen applied to life's
development and progress on this
planet.
"Diet and Health" by l.. Fl. Peters
(Reilly & Lee). Worthwhile advice
on the relation of food to we'll
being.
"Outwitting Our Nerves." by Jack
son and Salisbury (Century). How
to conserve your energy.
mind in the Making" by James
Harvey Robinson (Harper's). A
yardstick to measure the openness
of your, mind.
"The Outline Of Science" by J. A.
Thomson (Putnam). Science made
easy for the layman.
"Americanization of Edward Box"
(Scribner's). The life story of the
former editor Of "The Ladies' Home
Journal" :
"My Memories Of Eighty Years"
by Chauncey M. Depew (Scribners).
A famous after-dinner speakers
"reminiscences.
painted Windows" BY The Cen
tleman With Duster (Putnam's). .
Leaders of religious thought dis
cussed with the same candor which
made "The Mirrors Of Downing
Street" best seller.
"Queen Victoria" by Lytton
Stachey (Harcourt, Brace). Biog-
raphy of rare interest.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
AREE1. By Eaith Dart soni s. Live

rather charming yet dis
appointing book. II has SO
very many possibilities, and
It's author SO nearly achieves success,
and yet elusively misses It every time.
If you can imagine q Hardy novel
written by Mrs. Humpiary Ward you
will have a vague idea Of the impression
"Sareel" made on at least one reader.
Miss Dart evidently knows Dartmoor
intimately, and she has all the sensi-
tiveness necessary to feel and love
that amazing countryside Of open
n,oors and wild crsgged torse, and yet,
somehow, many Of her descriptions are
banal and colcrless.
Perhaps it is because such Il coun-
try, with its rugged, stark simplicity,
can only be adequately painted In sim
pie, almost austere language. Miss
Dart, with the best will in the world j.,
frequently launches into lahored, wordy
panegyrics Of its beauties, which mere
ly produce an unfortunate efgect of
forced artifciality.
Miss Dart does not in any way be-
long to the modern school Of realists:
rather is she ultraromantic, believing
that . certain degrees Of roughness is
necessary TO the course Of true love,
aud that book should either end hap
PLY OF with sgd but decent death.
ssGAREEL" is really the Devonshire
pronunciation Of Sara Hill, g. win
some maid who was bern and brought
up in woykhouse near Dar&moor, in
South Devon, England. Her adven-
lures begin when she leaves IL TO 20 to
her first Situation" as maid Of all
work on moorland farm. Her mis-
tress, Mrs. Ashplant, Is very hard and
dour, and takes full advantage Of her
passive willingness. Her one censola.
ton is the moor. which she loves pas
sionately as quiet, kindly, ever pres
ent friend.
In the summer they take in lodeers.
After several uneventfui visitors
reading party Of college boys appears.
One of them, Allan Liddle, soon begins
to take romantic interest in Saresl.
During q second visit Allan leaves her
under the impression that they are De-
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

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New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

ARCHITECTURE. DECORATION AND
costume books are to be hss ct BsAssgs
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New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

The following books have had The
largest sale during the month of
June, according to "The PubIisher,s
Weekly:
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

VI RVIN S. COBB has received the
q following letter from a negro in
81 praise of his latest book:
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

Announced for publication during
August is a novel by We're Hutchin-
son, sister of A. S. NJ. Hutchinson,
author Of tIf Winter Comes" 1t is her
frst novel and will be brought out by
the Century Company, and they feel that
this book will make remarkable stir
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

II is very depressing 70 discover one
Of the characters speaking Of "he-
man." Is it possible that phrase could
have been tolerated since 1776?
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

WV THlLE appraising the newer
NA favorites among fiction
v writer's, it Is sometimes In
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