Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-14
THE LIBRARY TABLE
By the BJOklOUer

| ROmdntlC OOHeuianS. AS IL 10 sup
plement this warning and to show that
the incompatibility Of youth and ad-
vanced maturity is typical, Ernest Poole
treats the same situation in silent
| Storms" with the same conclusion of
| establishment. Youth departs, to seek
other youth. and middle-age Is not al
| together inconsolable. Welded to Wall
| Street and in his leisure hours perfect
ly happy with golf, bridge at his club.
| q book in his comfortable mans apart
ment, or the congenial society OF
Charlotte 'Wheelwright, his mother-in
law. in her snug little house near
| Gramercy Park, Barry McClurg ought
never to have married a second time.
after years OF contented widowerhood
| He never intended to marry again, but
somehow 1t happened. II it had to
happen. he should have married
| Charlotte, for Charlotte was one who
| made you feel how good 1t is to be ma
| ture" Marie Madeleine sweeps him
suddenly and tumultuously into a swift
stream Of youth such as he has never
known even in his youthful years: but
late suppers. night clubs, crowds of
| eager, reckless young people, sure of
themselves and their ideas. always talk
ing, talking the night away in his
apartment, leave him feeling worn and
old. Even more, the emotional storms,
ecstasy and antagonism. between him.
! self and his young wife make him unfit
| for his high-power work and bewildered
at his own inability to manage a mere
girl.
Charlotte sees from the start how
things are going and what the outcome
| must be, but only slowly does Barry
I IN 10
| for him. The complete relief and re-
| taxation he experiences when he spends
| fortnight. without Marie Madeleine.
| at Charlotte's Summer home in the
| BerkshireS should have revealed much
| to him. but Barry Is not interpretive
and more time is needed On his way
to Sharon. in the Pullman, he leans
back in his chair and dozes. What a
luxury to doze like this. He had never
| dared doze with Madeleine" Back in
! New York, more and more often he is
only too satisfied to have her go Oft
with her crowd Of young friends for a
round of evening amuSements, while he
| settles down to an evening OF work
with "a curious little sense of relief at
being left in peace and quiet" When
| the end comes. and he sees the Olympic.
| with Marie Madeleine on board. swing
slowly out into the harbor. he wonders
/ at first. What's left to me now?" but
! soon realizes clearly that the creates;
| Of his interests is left--the making of
money. And after day of complicated
| finance in his Office. as he prepares to
| go to his apartment for a nap before
! an evening at The Mikado" with
! Charlotte. he thinks of the nights
| when he had gone back TO the excite
| ments and demands and torturing
tY1s ~ hi fu. -
curious mingling OF regret and 4
| dawning relief. he compared them To
| the easy and quiet evening which lay
| before him now"
e NJ Forster showed that ne knew
| how 10 write novel when he wrote
! a Passage TO India; N Aspects OF
| the Novel, he tells something of his
| artistic faith The chapters Of the
! book were first delivered as lectures at
! Cambridge. where he Is a Fellnw OF
! Kings College Like Prof. William
Lyon Phelps of Yale. Mr.. Forster bows
before the Russians as the creates
! novelists Of the world. He thinks thar
/ England has never produced a novels,
as great as Tolstoi or DoSto!evSki
| Thinking OF the morbidity in thought
/ and the lack OF compression in method
| Of both OF these fiction masters. ""
/ might recall points 10 the advantage OF
| the best OF the English novelis;s
| Thomas Hardy. Mr.. Forster believes. APP
| proaches most nearly 10 the Russians
! Like them. Hardy is a fatalist. but his
| fata!ism is external. whereas theirs is
| internal and thus more profoundly in
| evltable. II seems as If this judgment
| should be qualified. Certainly the lives
/ OF Hardy's characters are often swept
! along TO tragedy by external circum-
| stances, but in other cases inherent
| traits constitute the fate and make
| tragedy almost certain. Michae!
| Henchard's brutal egotism ruins his
| life. Giles Winterbournes gentle delt-
| cacy permits him always TO be set aside.
/ Eustacia Yves discomfort and refusal
| TO admit any restraint upon her own
| will lead her into situation from
| which there is no way out. However
| whether or not We agree with all his
| Hardy is one OF the most suggestive
parts Of his book.
Tim Healy. governor general Of IRE
land. was started on his adventurous
| career by Paruell. AS young man
Healy had come from his Irish home al
E
IVES employed in the railway station.
| There Parnell. At the height Of his i'm
/ portance. passed little time whlin
waiting for train In talking 10 the
! original young Irish clerk. Becoming
| interested in him. Parnell aided him TO
/ take NY the study OF law. later EN-
ployed him as his secretary. and In the
end secured his election TO the House
Of Commons. This story is told IN The
Life Of Tim Healy." by the Irish novel;
'st Liam OFlaherty. The title Of the
biography is explained by the reply Of
Hcaly 10 question whether he intend
ed TO take a title. as governor general
so long as the Lord spares me I want
to be known simply as Tim Healy," As
years passed Parnell and Healy found
| themselves less and less in harmony
Parnelrs tyranny over his political ad-
| herents, the scandal connected With
Parnell's personal life. Healy's fiery
Celtic temperament. and his conscious
ness or superior mental ability on his
own account all had their part in the
final break All OF the later history Of
the Irish home rule movement, findS
/ place in this biography.
Perhaps for relaxation after the seri-
Gus effort that must have gone into the
writing of Lord Raingo." novel
almost on the level Of The Old Wives
Tale" Arnold Bennett has In The
Vanguard produced what he calls "a
fantasia" II belongs In the class with
Buried Alive" II We wish 20 place II
| relative to his other works. One epi-
sode extending over only u few DAVIS,
forms the plot. Lord ttrber, noble
| man by grace Of his industrial success.
has yacht In the Mediterranean. The
| Vanguard. When the yacht puts on.
To SEA. there are two kidnapped guests
| on board and their amuSementS At sea
and In port and. Of course. the outcome
OF the mystery make pleasantly
absurd little narrative.
| His theory of hinerAnhX which has