New-York tribune., 1922-11-26

up from the village to do tba la
work for. the youngsters. H;s Hi;sahoej
| shirts and things he did b;,aaase owf
t used a little red express wason ri h'
| ing the linen neatly In tbe tb0h, - td lold-
md letting the puppies ride oo'tofD
This device served the douhlo r D Top
OF getting his washing 70 ~ be4ipose
without letting any one see and gond
the children ride. sRlng
There is picture Of the cisv rs,...
Gissing vent in search Of The b@"'Snef k1s
norlzop' ~ IS rare, beautifui ave ~!
ture, as raucn n Gissing's mind = pie- E
the actually. But Gjssing'g idoss y y y
the city, persjsting even aft+r .yeal nes..,' q
OF residence in it, is never ',v,.saS ~sn..
fined or silly, because he knous oFssfe. Z :.
rot as beautiful or noble a. ~ t...,i y y
1t is. lie is conscious that his >, s,,ai,Ss
tions are lofty, and in the rnidss ftss,iea, ?.
them nc can laugh little at himseIgfl \
When Gisslng became a aoomar
he came into closer contact sr;.t ,;Xasker Z,
city,s people. After the iono IN an I;e q
reeting ladies to departments ueyi ol.
locations they knew perfectly = ~ snose ,
asked him only for the pieas,,s.H sas VINO
hearing him direct them. IS 9sae s.,. oI
himself by riding on tho fe,~;ats ~.aosec
gong, home on the top Of bne y
then nc meditated, and loved -. ait. ana
"0h, solitude, that noble ne2ee - 81,
mind. He loved the throng sns ~ .ns
titude Of the day; he loved r.dail npi-
but sometimes he suspected ME-,
lovea them as TOO does-at 9 judis;onsv
distance. From his rather hspbszoauss
religious training, strange words esns
back TO him. For God 80 leyed ~
world :. So loved the word .h,. .ne
that what? That He sent SON. -
else Some day he mus tss.
this out" s' sa'ak
He was more fortunate than no., :,
US. One dav. when he had s,Ii.5
ocean liner into strange port. Il ,sss
his ship to explore what he bslievsss
might be an uninhabited island. knd
there ne found God. There was II.
tie bonfire of sticks where n,irass.
ious being was cooking something i
tin can. The being vas dirtr
ragged tramp. "Gissing stood, aui7s:'
ing with emotion. Joy such az he Lss
never known darted through all h.
cords Of his body. He ran, shoutinv
IN mirth and terror. In fear, in pas55
sion Of love and knowledge and undst.
standing, he abased himself sgd
yearned before this marvel. limos.
sible to have conceived, yet, once ss.s
utterly satisfying and the fulfilm.sl
of all needs" God was biped IN
a ramp. ''s
That is almost the end Of the esc,v
and think it is pity it is not resIy
the end. For on the next mage n;
blues begin. The rest of it is Dretty
and l am glad to meet Mrs. SuanjsI
again and to hear Gissing tell ais Feyr
moral Christmas story to the puppies,
but it is too bad to let everything
down. 1t is almost as sad as if the
author had said right out loud, aAna
then he walked up and it was all a
dream" Much as [ like Gissiny, IA
rather he had gone down with the
Pomeranis than he should live 20 come
back and fnd the Bluebird in the fire
box of the furnace. It is beautifuijv
done, but it cannot be done beautifully
enough. No, no, no. He should never
have come back.
Nevertheless, it is for two hundred
pages and more blue and golden
story and | am grateful for its exist
ence. Among other things, it solves
my Christmas problem.