Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-20
ny John Middleton Murry

MI. Walki"y's recent reference 10
l'IsraeIi as tho novelist OF love at
HrSt sight moved me. as II doubtless
moved many others. 10 hunt out
= licnrictta Temple" Frankly. ]
vas Fc"p;lcal. douhly sc"ptical. for
'h"r" were two reasons for doubt.
FIRST, because love at first sight IS
thing almost Impossible FOR a
writer To bring on. Hardly any one
since Shakespeare mas managed 1t
convinc!ngly. writes John Middleton
Murry In the London Times. and sue
x. cecds In giving us the glamour with
out employing the limciight. Even
Lucy and Richard. In Richard Fc-
F"T"l.' leave me. confess, compare
lively cold. Indeed. In my opinion.
tho best modern attempt at love at
mrs. sight between gr"wn-ups ~
contained In page Of Henry James
JEc Wings OF tho Dove" and be-
tween children IN tn" Grst volume Of
Marcel rruustE incomparabI. and
intcrminhhie narrative The second
reason was that Dis,.clrs fam
boyant Corinthian manner seemed TO
mo the least likely OF all with which
TO achieve succ"Bs
Enjoys .Hrnricttn Temple"
MY misgsvinrs were justified. Not
than hid not enjoy dipping into
'iinnrictta Temple" enjoyed IL
"Hc""dingly. i}uc not n, all In the
ray was intended by Disraoli. II
not By Mr.. Walklcy 10 enjoy f.. Tho
love making between Ferdinand and
Henrietta struck ~. ns cAtrao-diunr-
lily. irrcsistihly funny Probably II
wns AL up with D!sracli tn" moment
he chose the name Of Ferdinand. rho
lover o. Miranda holds Il place apart
in III" chronicles of love a. Hrst
sight, and ~ must either be that DIS
racli Intended Ia emulate Shakes
pcare. which vas rash In tn. OK
,romo. or that No had forgotten
Shakespeare. which was careless.
Probably M had forgotten shakes
pcar". Otherwise ne would scarce
IS have dared 10 rophrssc tho scnt'-
mcnt. which Shakcspoar" himself dld
not dar" 10 alter from tho form tho
dead shepherd had given IL who
ever loved tina, loved no, a. nrst
sight" pisracli wrote. az though II
were II discovery Of hts own There
is NO love but love a. hrst sight"
And just as that seems a dun YER
zion Of Marlowes line and Shakes
rcare's. DiEra"lvs lovers maze vary
poor Tor very riCD show. II ~
hard TO believe in Henrietta a: all.
she had "a lofty and pcliucid brow."
a. which 'Cr some reason / begin
% smile and tho smile becomes a
laugh when read tina, Language
cannot describe tn startling sym
metry Of her superb hEur"' But
Henrietta. in any case. Is AN uusuh-
sthutial shadow compared 20 Fcrdi-
nard, as. pale and trembling. n.
Withdrew few pHccS from the nvnr-
Wh.lminc spectacle and lcant
against tree In chaos OF emo
ZION. can II he thar modern lovers
arc a degenerate" race or VIII the
things that happen - then In hooks
seem Juat as queer 10 our great
rraudrhidren as tho things that
happened 10 Ferdinand do 10 US? The
Tror man suffered terribly 'Sllcu.
y, Was indeed, for ne Was specifics.
though ;hc hig drop tina, Quivcrcd
on his brow and the slight foam that
played upon his iip proved the az
foul, triumph ~ passion over OK
preston That slight foam would
,crrify = modern Henrietta Fer
haps q, would have frightened this
ono II shc had been luoi.tuG Luck
uy. she was not, she had gathered
a flower and was examining its
beauty
However. Ferdinand pulled him
sci: together when !Icnr!ct,a's faith