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A Defense of Immoral Books Difficulties of Making a Decision on This Perplexing Matter Set Forth By Heywood Broun I i another column to-d?v we arel printing a Utter from a reader who! takes exception to our statement that! "the business of public libraries is not I ?o promote morality, but to promote reading. she favors a careful censor? ship, and, although she has not read it. I <he believes that "The Moor, and Six peiicc should be banned becausi . ac? cording to her way of thinking, the unction 01 a public library is not sim-] ilj to promote reading but to "promote reading as will benefit, or at least noi injure, the murais of the people." 0( course, it might be possible to dispute this position by saying, "What * immoral?" and to carry the discus >n into columns and columns. We " >:-" point out that what is held to . e perfectly harmless in the literature o? -'lo land is considered shocking in another. An American missionarv, foi r.stance, who had "John Halifax',* Gen ioinan''translated into Japanese in the f that it would be a wholesonn < 1 foi the heat hi n, was : n prised to :._:iii that a government censoi had slashed out hi-, entire chaptei dealing witl the courtship of the hero and h-j '. substituted a row of asterisks and a footnoto, "Hero be asks her to marry i lim But we aro not of a mind for suce, quibbling Wo would rather boldly take the stand that anybody who re itricts his reading to moral books will miss much delightful literature. When we wi re college, a book agent came 'o our room and called to our attention his comb nation offei of the complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and tiuy do Maupassant, illustrated, for So ! down and a * 1 a week for the next sever, months. As v, e remember, the get of Emerson had no pictures, but ho agent showed us a prospectus of ho de Maupassant illustrations which I were in five colors, mostly pink. He s?so talked about the binding and the quality of the paper and we purchased ?no set. It later developed that some of the illustrations were mere decoys, ;? de Maupassant, who was then n stranger to us, proved just as immoral ss the agent had promised. The books revived in us a taste for terature which had been dormant for severa] years, We read them all and ne volume of Emerson, We do not that we are a better citizen for . .. ?t read de Maupassant in our formative -.ear-, 'T;;e stories added ? . ? .. to - ? pat ion foi ?? ighteou ? ness or our d? sire t< -- ipervise the eon duct of othi men, but v e d d have a keei ? ppn it on . ? ? art of tcli? ng .. si rt tory, We did grasp n , - m ? de degree the mastery of the ; - sett i; down : he deta ? 1? wl ich ? . - . ? c ul the rest. We Maupassant and in .?? : read with keener zest other men n the short tatter is that, not, nui ;;?-?? ; heil Yellow Typhoon / -.-<? itrJ, St ' HARPER & BRO 1 H F. R S Established 1817. NEW YORK r In 1 Mi:;, at the age of fifty-two, the enemies of * lernen ceau drove him into what they believed \A_'***V' to be a permanent pi ditical retirement. The world knows how permanent the retirement was. But it gave him the npportunits to put clown imperish -bfy Ins ideals and beliefs, to mould ? hem into t he fer\ i-l vision of his novel. if "The book is absorbing in itself. but, c ing from the pen of the Prei ? ? Minister, the interest is loubled 11? undoubtedly has iroughi out the main factors in modern French life." Philadelphia Public ledger. Net, $1.75. THE STRONGEST By Georges Clemenceau woi BI.EPAV, r\?tl A to.. PubtiKhert .lust l'uhl?sfwd TWO MEN Mired Otlivant Aulhot of ? ?: >?. Son of Battle" cce of literary TUorfcmanj/iip, DOU?LEDAY, PAGE & CO. Tin SOLDIER &y TEMPLE BAILEV ftO* THOUSAND Ali. ?oom Storcj - ?!,?? PLNN PuOtt3?ilN?> Co. PfttLAOf IPMA T \(?imfbmich$?roml ?00K5?IURS STATIONERS. 471 FIFTH A\? opp. i ibpAny. a A LL-OUT-OF-PRlNT-dOOKS" WRllk ?E: .-in get you any ho** ? <? >ili:liii?fl on ?ny lubject Thj mu?t eiparl ??ok flndn extant W'tien in England t-al! >n4 im my l?*,?uO i?r? oooks SAKKR? UltKAl ? O/H bHUH. JoUn HMiitii St. mrtnu????T? HIOHI ST PRICES AND CASH DOWN V*10 <>-'r book?, Wo ?t.-.?iiv want th? ?IT ? EDITION ENCYCLOPAEDIA hi;: ta \n ha 'i ho.ms ? bri >.\ ?nc . *? ?*.*?? st., n, i. i-u^-i.? <s.-3--ii:s John relationship between art and morals. They may- not have proved that the two cannot be combined. In fact, at tiie present day the Puritan tradition is ?till Btronjf, ami men like Shaw and Wells are just as intent upon driving homo a moral ax Harold Bell Wright. But, after all. at least a part of the secret of effective writing is the frank expression of thnt which lies in the Imart of man. The irreligious may hold ' that this is always high und noble, but we of t'ne faith know that man is born in sin and that if he sets down what he ' actually thinks and feels there will be in it something of the moral im? perfection of Adam. Wo have heard it said that before Lucifer left Heaven there were no such things as virtues and vices. The world was equipped with a certain number of traits which were qualities without either distinction or shame. Hut when Lucifer ?nul the heavenly hosts drifted into their eternal war fate it was agreed that each siiie should recruit an equal number of hese human and, at that time, un i lassified qualities. A coin was tossed and. whether by fuir chunco or sharp miracle, Heaven won. 1 choose Balessedness," said the captain of the Angels. It should be explained that the selection was made without previous medical examination and Blessedness seemed at that time a much more robust recruit than he .has since turned out to be. A ten? dency to flat foot is always hard to detect. "Give me Beauty." said Lucifer. And from that day to this tho artists of the world have been divided into two camps -those who wished to achieve beauty and those who wished to achieve blessedness. Those who wanted to make the world better and those who were indifferent to its salvation if they could only succeed in making it a lit? tle more personable. However, the conflict is not quite as simple as that. Late In the after? noon when the captain of the Angels luid picked Unselfishness, and Modera? tion and Faith and Hope and Absti? nence and Lucifer had called to his side Bride and Gluttony and Lust and Anger and Tactlessness, there remained only two more qualities to be apportioned to the contending- sides. One of them ?..un Sloth, who was obviously over? weight, and the other was n furtive little fellow with his cap down over ..: . eyes. "What's your name0" said the cap tain of tho Angels. "Truth." stammered tiie little fol 1. V "Speak '?p." said tho captain of the Angels so sharply that Lucifer remon? strated, saying, 'Hold on there, Anger's on my side." "Truth," said the little fellow airain, but with the same somewhat indis ncl utterance which has always been o nuzzling to the world. "I don't underst and yo i," sa d Hu? nt the Angels, "but ii it's In ? .'. een you and Sloth I'll take a ? liance St op at th? locker i oom ? . : ? ' youi harp and halo." to-da; even Lui ifer wi! adm ' f you j-"' him i:i a coi : er, tl ai Truth ? ? cfhti? ' warrioi of them all trouble is i ? ; - l e n d e n c; logo V? ,i i ometiniof he can't i" "or ci nt ?nies. Then lie will !">h ? ??-.pi i ted'. , l'fi ii'-. n few heads and e Kothing can ?tyind aga nst I ic fei '?- best al.;.. l?e a tity, i s no for nun. Truth holds ?very do? or.. But the trouble is that he still ? ? his cap down over his ere?, and still mumbles hif words, and body know? him until he is a1 east ? ;'?-. years away and moving fast. At distance he seems to prow biggei ; nd he invariably reaches into his back . ket arid puts on his halo so thai people can recognize him. Still, when he comes along the next time and is face to face with any man of this world, the mortal says. "Your lace : familiar but I can't, seem rn place you." If tl.eip is any librarian in the world who cari prove to our satisfaction thai he knows Truth when he sees him. then v.e think it would be a splendid thing for him to censor not only al! the f.ks of his own library, but all the written and spoken words of the world. Failing to find such ;. librarian, we ad? vise ail lovers of books to continue to read "Thai;" and "The Affairs of An atol" and "The Arabian Xights" and not to 'need anybody clad in nothing but authority?, when he raises a warn ing shout, "This is an immoral book." Flitting Phantasy BLl EG SMOKE Ely Karle Wilson Baker Val? Ci verstt; Press > ????? Ha\ en. riio title of this short book o'f vers?? is rather aptl; chosen, for most, of the author's poems might well suggest a passing cloud of .-moke, tenuous and graceful, devoid of enduring quality, but pleasing to the eye. The general level of the verse is quite men; every? thing is written carefully and with a certain preciousness of (fiction; there are no flights of genius and no inex? cusable lapses into poor writing and 6lovenly thinking, The author is per? haps at her best is brief, whimsical fancies, of winch the following is a good example: Some days my thought? are just cocoons?all cold, and dull, and blind. They hang from dripping branches In the gray woods of my mind. And other days they drift and shine? such free and flying things. I find the golddust in my hair, left by their brushing wings. A midly subjective quality Is evident in some of the poems, while others are written on the familiar impersonal theme of tho beauties of nature. Sev? eral poem? on the war. including one rather touching selection, entitled "Graves m France," appear toward the close of the book. "Books and Things" Philip Littell Admirable In Series of Essays HOOKS AND THINGS, Hv Philip l.lltel, ltarcourt, Braco A Howe. Ne? Vori; "The Xew Republic," like all estim? able instruct ou?s, has its critics and detractors. It is sometimes accused of being dull ill style, acrid in tone and unduly cocksure in its expression of opinion. Tli^s collection of essays, all of which woj'c originally printed ill "The \"\v Republic," constitutes a rather effective refutation of these charges. For Mr, Littell is always witty, and not obstrusivehv s<>: his satire is invariably playful, not hitter; and he writes in a spirit of suggestive inquiry, not of dogmatic certitud". The essavs on "Things," taken col? lectively, may 1... described as a critique of modern American life, un pretentiously philosophical and tinged throughout with gentje irony and mel? low humor. The forecast of tiie prob alile effects oi' prohibition in "A Dry Dinner" is a delicious piece of bur? lesque. The author strikes a more serious note m "Henry and Kdna." where ho create- ,-. picture of an eminently respectable American eiti /en, equally immune from moral ir reguarities, new ideas and a sense of humor. The deft strokes in this essay in characterization Fiiiir2,est the finely chiselled figures of Turgeniev's novel--. Mr. Litte.1 pays -4 line tribute to France in "Verdun": and the contrib? utes two or three admirable sketches based upon the Presidential campaign of till?;, and lie treats a number of other subjects, both crave and gay, with a mixture of whimsical humor and shrewd common sense. The author possesses tiie knack of investing themes of local anil temporary interest with the abidinp charm of his urbane wit; and lucid, penctiiiting style. It is rather difficult for Mr. ittell to draw a sharp distinction between "Books" and "Things." His literary criticism deals largely m terms of life: ?nd his observations on life me often saturated with literature. Some of the moro purely literary essyas discuss Browning, Tennyson, George Moore, Bernard Shaw and Swinburne. The au? thor forgives Browning's painfully ear? nest optimism in view of the poet's ardent love of Wie in many respect, lie likes Tennyson's nature poetry, hut linds the "blamclessness of his 'blame less stainless king'" quite insufferable, He feels that Shaw V hatred of illusion sometimes leads him to ignore certain very genuine, if sentimental realities ?hie of the author's most successful studies ?n literary interpretation is the i oncl nd ing ??-. av of the hook. "1 i Petit Pierre." 'Here Mr. I ittell cn presses his appreciation of the imitable art of Anatole I'ranee i :. fineness of touch and delicacy ol thought that might well win the an proval of the venerable French prose master himself. In this essay the author's excellent, critical sense ?a at once softened and illuminated by warm love and ardent < nt husiasm. Written with olar p and grace, free iron- the two familiar dullness and frothines . Mr. I Look deserve ; igh place n 11 ?? ill erature of Americai criticisi . Mi ? si - (Iai :o irt. Brace ? How? are to be coi gra! ulated oi such an auspicious opi i...i," of theii pub] ig ca re? r An Englishwoman s Story Of Revolutionary Russia ? ,: i; nil-: ROLNHKVll P.1UGN Ol [KlUtOIt '?? Itlioda t. Put .;-... M M Hi r] m ? Cuin . . ? ? N. ? Vi The turbulent (ourse of revolution n a - nglc P iss an tov n is vividly di 5( i ibed in this book. 'The authoi ; - ICnglish woman who was living with -i well to i\o Russian family in Rosto\ vhen the Czar was overthrown. She urvived the unsettled regime of the provisional government and the tern porary rule of the Bolsheviki, but lefl when the Anarchists had train.'..! con rol of the I o\\ n and the ? iermans w e re threatening to occupy il Life in Ros to\ during this period wa? certainly : ol charactei ?zed by monol ony. Im mediately after the outbreak of the revolir ion there wi ?- i proi o in ed in er? ase of lawlea c -s : thieves and other crim nais >'. ei ?? gene i ally si t frei ; i he pol ice were powerless to . ope with the ?disoi ?lei. and robbei > and blackmail became the ? rder of the As the pro\ <ioual go\ e i n mi nt be - came weaker and weaker and was finally supplanted by the Bolshevik . the cla.-s war, with all its.horrors, hurst out in Rosto\. AI first the coi servative elements, headed by the Cossack leader Kaledin, retained con <ro! of the situation. But finally man} of the Cossacks went ovei to Bolshe vism, Kaledin committed suicide and Rostov fell into the hands of tl e Red Guards. ' ss Pow? : gives a harrow ing description of the atrocities wh ,: marked the period of Bolshevik rule the organr/ed looting by the Red Guards, the indiscriminate shooting on the streets, the relentless massacre ol all who were suspected of "bourf ? ? lor "counter revolutionist" tciidenc e; Eventually the Bolsheviki evacuated i Rostov, and a group of anarchists took possession of the town. Naturally the-.r regime was not aitogeihei sati factory, and Miss fower took qdvan tage of a favorable opportunity to leave Russia by way of Archangel. ? J ? -1 book lias comparatively little hi torical 'value, but it is an interesting collec tion of personal observations written in an entertaining stylo, W. H. C. Autobiography MY GENERATION ? UUliam .Tpwoti ' ; ,-: t'ubli 111 id b 1! eis Im n Min li i n npany President Emeritus Tusker of Dart mouth, has written an autobiography which is an illuminating interpretation of America's spiritual and intelluctual development during the lust half Of the nineteenth century. Kathleen Morris SISTERS Big in i l?eme, and big in spirit. Mrs. \ orris takes yon through the lives o?' two women- -sisters past an unhappy marriage, into the crisis of their love, for the same man. "The most distinctive novel by an American we have come across in a ?rood many months. It is a fascin? ating piece of work."?New York Tribune. At all bookstores?net, $1.60. DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY About a Column From ?he Nc? \ orlt Library Please do not you join the unintel- ! ligcnt chorus which charges librarians with Baying, "This is a hook which vow must not read." Few librarians say that; what good would it do thi'tn to say it'.' Sonic of them ray: "This is a hook which we have not money enough to buy." Some of them sa v. some? times, "This ?s n hook which would please a few of our readers, and make most of them raise Hob. Is il worth t ho ruct ion it would causo ?" As to "The Moon and Sixpence," I : think it. is an immoral hook. In the first place, your extraordinary praise of it made me waste lour evenings w hicll I might have spent ?tl IC road ing "Sylvia Scarlett" or gloating over the World Almanac. Next, the favor? ite and reiterated remark of the hero "Go to IT?-!!!" made me remember the days when ! was writing daily themes for Professor Wendell, when I would have considered such repartee witty. Now it makes . realize my ago and cynicism. Third, since Stevenson, who could do this South Sea island busi ness, with complaisant damsel, and wastrel Europe'an men. with charm and artistic restraint, who did not have to indulge in a riot of leprosy to get his effect, -nice he ?s dead, and Mr. Somer? set Maugham i- living, that fact made me curse and use immoral language, Mr. Joseph D. roden corn-plains that he could not get "The Moon and Six? pence" at "the library." lie has also been "informed" that even "headquar? ters" will not "take in" the hook, lie does not say which library. Complaints nbout "the library" in our papers are frequently found, upon investigation, to refer to any library between Tren? ton and New Haven. It' ( were bead librarian anywhere, and wer-.- short of money to buy hooks (the one follows the other as the night the day), I would buy another copy of "Sylvia and 'Michael" or of "The Gay-Dombeys" or of "Toss," and let "The Moon and Sixpence" go hang. Hut the New York Public Library, at least, does not agree vith ?ae. Eleven of it j 'manches, in? cluding Gent ral Circulation, have the book, EDMUND LESTER PEARSON. In Defense of Library Censorship May I comment on your statement in The Tribune of October :.'!'? to the effect that it is unfortunate that any one in . " V ace should h: ve tin ; ghi to say : "This is a hook which you )nnts not read . After all, '.'?. e business 1 f a publ ic librai -, is not to promote morality, but to promote reading." : ? e refusal of a public library to "ave certain hooks on its shelves is not tantamount to saying you must not read llu-m file; are ' mei ??:;. I.k; which tin librarj com mitt ee, 11 pre ?-?:.? ing the p 'ople, i 01 aiders inappropi. ate. I lie 1 ii ited ;-? lat? ? being found tl on moral principles, ?I seems proper that .all public institut ions maintained by fin tl - hi n! ! ha e i lie moral welfare of its citizens in mind, and i here fore the '? . ?ness of a iuI ?bra iy ? i ??? iplj to promote id ing, bul to promoti ? nch reading a nil benefit r at least not it lire. 1 lie ora of t hi peo [di In o til . .vords g in itself i not a bet tit to the i i . Iiould not bi given room : n n publ iti . : b rary just ! eca usi ?i book 1 ' would take too long to discuss ? -? -i ipi <?: s of I ? lubjeel I ha vc in ? yel : i ad "The Moon and S ; xp< nee," ;o do not know v hi t bei I would ag?a e with those who have excluded it. Hut, ;? gi ees me a feel ing of gr?a ter ? ?cu lily to know that the public library committee does not accept all hook.-, even if it occasionally deprives a few of re.oling, without cost, a book which i fier all would not be harmful even to the rising generation, for one such 0 i ion l imagine a score or more are omitted which would be injurious in tin i influei ipnn I he young people who have free ai cess to I he publii braries I am not one of I hosi '?'? Il o bel ieve bai ? he America n ' 'oust itution oi an \ other '.' orth; instituticu is n dangei i xpo ed to et il icism. Hut I do think any instil it ion - - n da i g -r when tine.. - io profess to believe in it allow such . - ? m ' ? b< eat tered broadens - io ?' pi'?i est. Tin ! ?bra ry ou M ird . pri fa? -- ii jes ?ojiable books '? tateinent thai the prit rinle or idi '. cri : an contrar\ to the principb . oi ideas i tin \; i cai people, an I puh - librarii are la rg el . ; roi ? ' i b; the i ? ? . g : - ra ion of a argi foreign pon ?at on who ?? uch to o" w ? ? b fo ruling tin chai ai ? -? " of oui couiitrj ?n the- ful re ?I eein : o ine it belt. to he careful whai 1 loks we nviti .? to read with oui implied appro\ al. It ?> bettei for : i i mitiei to dra.' the I ?ne too : ght ? han too loosely, an i to - :clude oi n oi ? .-., ha ' mil - ? book I hai to ? i id even one w Ii ?el open Iy or i nsid iously ind rmiiu fail h in and loyalty to tho ;e high I andai ds of li\ ?ng which mi ':.-- foundation t-.tom ? of our be oved countr; N'eedli ss to -ay, I en :??; >ui ? ol mu imnn i ely, and these - onunent ??? a i e made in the friendl i si sp ril ? iginabie. Miss 1-.. M LEWIS, \\ ell, That's Settled 1 am told ' i at The Tribuiu lia re , , ? -, iad ? vi i . ui favorable review of Professor Tun er's "England and Ireland." 1 am sorry to hear it, foi a a student of t?o- I rish (|iiesl ?on '"m" thittj j ears I declare v. ith emp! that it is- the " rst book of any size, barring Ian Hay's "The Opj.i d Kng-li ib." ever publi ihi d in the L'nited State? ? hat I ? ] > - the truth about the Irish, -i lesl oi An \ re\ i'-',', ei- ' ? t -peal s unfavoi ablv of ' be 1' 'ok : horoughlj discredit ? ,; - GEORGE I FOX We Just Forgot It A-. oi pu nstei'' ' 'i ?i not her may 1 not call attent on to a grievou derel c ? ion ut: your pi n Speaking of Uaotei linck's sacch irim philosoph; you ' i : to refei to lis Mai tet eked " uvi et ness I" : " v . out." W bai youl excuse ' LOUIS UN . . I: M t-:N ER I ist of Labor Hook-, A ? n i onstnnl reader o: -. our columns, I ha\ e anted w ?th a great deal ot nterest tho lists of hooks ?a h ich you ha\ e from I ?me to time published, and have always found them very helpful, S nee : ?i - coui : ry indeed the "? hole w orld seen s to be in a t urmi : of labor upheaval . and si nee I hey tell me at I; ?? libnar . thai the cal! foi books on tl.ubjeel has tremendous? ly, nci ea sed d i) ng I hi past few months, ?ipn cants onstantP asking foi g.; dai :e h heil ?elect ?on -, I has occurred to me I hat ; he r? suit ot some i?arch on my part might be of inter? est for oublicatioi in youi cokfmns. The bool - mentii nod pi osent t lie - abject fi om mai aspects L'he; an fair to both sides and give a very impartial discussion of labor problems, ?? hie Ann : ?c in Labor Policy," Julius !l. Coin ii i l ' ?? Mai m liai i 'ompan\ "Ame rient] - ind Soci al D noi racy," John Spargo I Harpei & Bros. "The Armies of Labor," Samuel P Orth, < hron ich Ana ic a \ ale University Press "Americai Labor and the Mar.'' Samuel Gompers George H pora". Companj "Syndicalism and the General Strike," Art liur ! i Lew is Small, Maj - nard & Co. "Fair Pla.\ for the Workers," Percy S. Grant I Moffat, Yard & ( o. "The Masters of Capital," John Moods. Chronicli of Vmerica (.Yale I "' i vers ' '.- Press - "Hisi.? Labor in the United Stutes," '-' volumes, Join R, Gommons and others fThe Macmillan Company). "Reconstructing America," Edwin Wildinan fThe Page Company). "The Social Unrest," John G. Brooks (The Macmillan Company). "The Age of Big Business," H'irton ? I. Hendrick, Chronicles of America 'Vale University Press), "Labor Problems," Thomas S. Adams 'The Macmillan Company). M. L, BACON. Love Among the Mountains CHRISTOPHER LAIRD By Sidney MeCall. Publ'shetl by Dorid Mead ?- I .. Some day we hope to write a Btory about a (iodo, a nice, feminine dodo, who faint? and loses her head when tin- house i? on tire, and has little hands like (lowers. and heaven blue eyes, and blushes when you mention babies, and all that kind of thing. And we shall lay the scene in the Smith, and honest mountaineers shall remark casually at supper: "They's bin no other ros?.- on the mountings as sweet as tiie one that blowed for you. 1 loved her, boy as 1 was, an' I iiad thought not to love uairy other. It didn't seem ?ike in nature thai- evei could In- sech another, but I've found out to-night as they be." That is. we will if we can. before life in N'ew V'orl? has shat'ered our last lingering belie! .n the dodo's existence. Hut in tin meantime Sidney MeCall has writtei a Southern story of a delicious dodoisl cast, which we can recommend foi emotion.: which twang like banjc string! and characters whoso simpl? eloquence makes, or should make.-tin persons in real life ashamed of thei inadequate mumblings. (The mcun taineer's speech abo-." quoted may b found in this volume on P;>g" "05). li spite of some palpable unrealities there is a good deal of human natur in this story, and the dilatory court ship of Christoper, the naturalist, i told with real understanding an skill. L. S. H. Wonderful Unreality Mr. Thurston's Novel 1 .ight But Charming i HE WORLD OP WONDERFUL RLA.?. I IT K. Tiinple Thurston. P. Apnl-? ton <?- Co., N ? Yoi Those who enjoy their fiction served up in quick-lunch style will find little appeal in tins sequel to "The City of Beautiful Nonsense." Utterly ignoring tiie modern tendency to demand speed at all cost-, and m ali places, in litera? ture as well as ;n automobiles, Mir.. Thurston develops his narrative with t ho mo ;l h urelj non :h?i lance \gain mil again he neglects his plot to in? dulge iti the most unwarrantable and delightful digressions about love, and a spring morning in Kensington Gar? dens, and ?lie crowds in the I.er,dor Zoo. and life in general. flic stoi y itsel f is Quit e si mple ?lohn and Jill go on with the romance which commenced at Venice, in "The City of Beautiful Nonsense." Despite the warning of her worldly-wise par? ents, ?ho gil-] return? ike lovo of the . tr>p? cun i o un young poet and a n osl bring i erself to : he point of mar rying him. At the last moment, how? ever, the inconvenience of living on little but airy fancies is forcibly brought hoViie to her. and she decides that her parent:; are all right, after all. Tar guileless, simple-minded hero ,..,.. ; ? ;. rough life (i ke n modern Si r Galahad, refusing to believe evil <? any one, cherishing the most imprac? ? icabh ?deal - a nd in ?isting that t hey are ,!,.? mos1 genuine realities. Even t he failure of h is ?ove d ream doe : o make him embittered; the end of the story only leaves him a little sad, and puzzled, and wist ful. The author imparts a certain eerie charm to the whole novel. Although the scene is laid in the heart of Lon? don, fairyland never seems very far away. Th" story moves along in a half playfir?, half serious and altogether ro? mantic atmosphere, infinitely far rr moved from the vulgar thrills and hackneyed background-', that rare bo common in ordinary novels. The author's humor in his best mo? ments is irresistible. Ilii description of John and Jill inadvertently, caught behind a cage m the Zoo and exposed to the gaze of a wondering throng is one of the funniest incidents that cai well be imagined. Mrs. Tl urston's novel is undeniably I ght I t on, but it is light fiction of an unusual type ? haracterizcd by a continual play of delicate art ami qua n1 ly i i . thought, "The World of Wondorf il Realty" di ??"- the same large aid enthusiastic audience that greeted its pi edecessor. .. '??'.' U.C. New England Anthology niE T? IWNPHIP I IN*E. It Alb t I>d . ? . Wllsi.i Harp.-i ii Hi -'? w ; ' . , ? ' 1' require- i o Baedek ir to ovei tha' "'I I " Towi -?! ip f.; ne" i to "Spoon River." Mr. v\ ilson has done ;t series of New Engia irrat es : imple, not altogel er i h thrnic, pri se, he gloomy eleme i ? i li fe be ng ;.. edon nant. drab s ?mpiici y about mood : ures that lends a dramatic to though occasionallj the starkn? s : . ? -? to affectation. Si?: plicity may as artificial a-> ornat ei ess, ai ? mes Mr. Wilson j res the impre? of a man attending a weddii g alls. But on 11 ?? w ho] ? tl i re a n and acute ob 5? rvat.ion n ' . ?? ? ; oti bes. 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