New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

or month ago Mr. Hugh
|A walpcle made sThe Bright
AI shawl" his occasion for n
Y protest against the inpersi-
nent habit reviewers have of
.,u.ng authors up and examining their
Its after every new book,--cf ponder
3 ID print the relative merits OF
s..hereas and "The Three Black
s.~sxs~ and even more unkinGly OF
ss ,ss,gs Condor" and sAIice Adams
- alI metaphors are not quite true. no
s..ssY hew old they are. and the
ssssirssg Of Mr.. Walpole's does not
20 conceal the logical fallacy of
.ssn,ng eyen the most microscopicali,
,amssystsve criticism to the IRENE
s,kis lifting of tap-rooted radish.
Thsrs Is a far sounder basis of COM
.,,ssn between the admiring an
p..-,sssmerfs Of. say, Mr.. Doran and
- aamiring announcements of Mr..
psss Henderson, though publisher
~ unfortunately, offer no actual
~ s.ha.ssrsphic evidence of his books
-s,s,s or between the reviewer
IA Iesks regretfuiIy back from
'.sss.ts Progress" to "The Man OF
p,assrsy and the gardener who finds
tkas ke sheuld have been faithful to
shs Crimson Globe. The only question,
n. Waipole is sure, that his coftern
poYsries are entitled to ask of an artist
( whether be has for them an indi-
iduel personality that means some
yhing.
lsseems, then, no more than polite to
try arswsring this question with @The
Cathedral" as ones unique bone-after
II, ths memory of aThe TimesD lit
sssry supplements bewilderment when
figures Of Earth" descended upon 1t
. ~ isolated phenomenon need not
i1yhfen one off because, in the frat
ssA there is nothing very mysterious
b The Cathedral" and in the second
s:s it is not necessary really to for
"A Prelude TO Adventure" and
/ y Gods and Mr.. Perrin when Arch
son Brandon discovers which way
ssness lies--it is only necessary not
mention them.
ihe first words on the first page are
/. names of the Rev. Adam Brander,
ashsd acquired so striking position
sss he was often alluded to as the
gIsg Of Polchester; the last words OF
i. fairly distant 459th page chronicle
Iii ignominious defeat and his death,
nd the intervening pages chronicle
IL uncommonly numerous calamities
. ,sst befell him between October, 1895.
ssd June %, 1s97--Victoria the Goods
isa jubilee. Certainly, with the ex-
spsion of Job, who was afterward SO
..hsfactoriiy provided with new wives
ia new. cattle and new children. Arch
j :satsa Brandon suffered more misfor-
] ,anss than any other character in lit
4 .sstars who does not owe his existence
i Mt. Thomas Hardy; more, in fact.
! Aan readers are likely to accept from
ss5 other author than q demi-urge gra-
dsasly giving his creature an oppor-
! ssnity 20 prove dsinterested devotion.
4 One has only to wait for the twenty
& tsh.h page to meet the proud canon's
81 srss blow-his only son, his first-born.
sss saus down from Oxford; and, oddly
snsggh he, came home to Polchester
! "a tho vsry train which brought the
! sss Canon Ronder, who was to prove
4 hs iatssr's Wellington. Perhaps,
B hspst, Il isn't SO odd, because Eng
81 liza psra Of course, only take the
q naa ssstafrive just in time for tea.
4 epass sventy.six the archdeacon's
s. s4 isd shsming top-hat, shining, as
sfsnssn Of The city's majesty, abovs
a erpwd, was snatched from his