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By May Dixon Thacker. The Broad?
way publishing Company, of New York.
I1;60J
The authoress of a nt^w novel of Vir?
ginia life, han chosen ihc Tidewater
toctlon of tho Htate and Gloucester
r.dunty, as the scene for the opening
of her story. As Mrs. Thacker is tho
Ulster of Thomas Dixon, Jr., and tho.
wife" of the Itee. Dr. .1. R. Thacker, of
the Presbyterian Church, who has her
present home in Norfolk, Ca., her
choice of a setting for her romance
beginning at the home of her heroine.1
Margy Preston, of Glen Haven, and
changing for a brief while to Norfolk,
must have been largely Influenced by
jicrttonal observation and experience,
for Thomas Dixon, Jr. owned for a
number of years a beautiful Glbui estei
county estate, nnd did much of his
most successful literary work there.
?The Strength of the Wtjak'1 then
may be considered to have the addi?
tional charm of presenting places and
people that may be identified by those
r.-h.o can penetrate the idealization
which transforms the Individual under
the power of the novelist's pen.
The first Impression and the last
made upon the. reader and reviewer ot
Mrs Thacker'fl work la its finished
? tuality. In construction, in the grasp
of her subject and the development of
her book purpose, Mrs. Thacker dem?
onstrates the ability which marks, her
as artist "born, not made." Tho mind
passe;: swiftly and smoothly from one
?erles of happenings lo another, the
underlying motives and the psychologi?
cal problems being toucher) upon mi
derstandingly and interwoven skilfully
as to the. effect they have upon tho
narrative
The number of characters introduced
is limited to the needs of the situa?
tions In which they ligurc. there being
it scrupulous avoidance of anything
like, overcrowding or of dwarfing or
obscuring the Importance of principal
factors In the story. The heroine. Is
Margy Preston, n beautiful girl, pas?
sionately devoted to her Virginia home.
Dion Haven, where generations of her
people have lived and where snc, an
orphan, has grown into young'.woman?
hood, much as the riowers of the old
faf.hloped garden have done, under the
fostering care of an uncle and aunt,
and several negro retainers, among
them Mammy Clo. who Is tho type of
the faithful, capable .'.oTviint. woman,
in her locality, of n generation or'two
ago. Following the ti.idlHons at her
people. Margy If engaged to be mnr
rlfi lo Robert Norwood, the son of
General Norwood, whose estate, Reerh
f.ood, adjoins Glen Haven. She nnd
Robert, have grown up together and
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Margy Preston, however, counts for
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I heroine. She represents the home-lov?
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girl that is altogether contented with
her surroundings, her husband, her
hlldren and her friends, one who by
grace, beauty and natural wit can
achieve social triumphs, but who holds
aloof from thctn because they have
nothing to <"o with Ihe scheme of
things, In which her heart delights.
I Contrasted with her and with Robert
j Norwood, a sensible, manly young fel?
low, are Julia Karwell, Louise Lloyd
I and Douglas Lloyd, New Cngianucis.
) who are sojourning in Virginia and
, hoarding at Glen Haven while doing
so. Miss Karwell is a restless pltllan
j lliroplst. interested In the negro ques?
tion and social conditions In the South
? geltet ally. Mus Lloyd is a much more
I natural and agreeable character, who
j is free from fads and self-delusions
She has accompanied Miss par well In
j her Southern trip for the pleasure it
j promises and bestows. Douglas Lloyd,
a shrewd, pr.icticnl New Engl?nder,
'has tome South to persuade Julia I-'ar
wcll to abandon her ambitions and
I become his wife at once, repreaentlng
! to her the lack of motlvo In further
I delay and his great desire for a home
i with a wife in it. Julia, feeling sure of
J her power over her lover, and unwilling
! to relinquish at once, her educational
I work among the negroes In which she
13. engaged, puts aside his suit for a
I year.
i Douglas Lloyd is furious with her,
land while he Is at his worst, he meets
I Margy rre3ton. He falls in love Wltli
! her and t.he. with him. Ties binding t!/
1 two to Miss Farwell and Robert Nor
j wood are broken, and the nrst part of
I the story closes -with their marriage
! at hand.
I The second part of the book dwells
? upon the. after-marriage romance, with
; Douglas Lloyd; his wife and children
[living In Norfolk. iBut Margy Preston
j masquerading in. her great grand
j mother's brocade gowns, slender, goid
eii-halre'l and glrl'sh, amid the stir
Iro'undings where she lilted naturally
and gracefully into the picture. Is on*
thing, and Margy. young and untried,
with the cares of wlfehood and mother
boon, upon her. and the problem of ad?
justing herself 10 dlfllcult labor prob?
lems and to the negroes that are the
products of education and so-called
training, is another Douglas Lloyo,
with a New Engl?nder s love of order,
; does not make sufneieiU allowance for
I youth and inexperience in Margy.
j Julia Par well is at hand to widen Ihe
breach between the two There la
jealousy and mutual fault tlndlnr-.
j Then Margy Lloyd takes hei children
and goer hack Id Glop Haven, the old
i Gloucester county home, and Dou^-la.
! Lloyd drifts dangerously near to diip<i
dom in the hands of an experienced
woman of Ihe world, V>efore he comes
to his senses and seeks the fulfilment
of hts true ideals In reconciliation <nd
reunion with Margy under the mot
Ire? and beside trie hearth where, from
first to last, hrr heart alone seems to
be really and truly at rest and at pence.
The main purpose of the book if. the
expression of the author's belief In
the superiority ot Margy Preston,
through her devotion to home, interests
and hey absorption in them. over, the
restless, dissatisfied, das:, of Intellec?
tual femininity which Julia Karwejl
exemplifies. The negro question and
several other questions relating to
social conditions are also brought. In,
and are treated discriminatingly.
Tho style of the book Is most attrac?
tive and Its connection close and
nmooth. The characters are spiritedly
drawn and there Is II it enough of tho
romantic coloring and trend df an
earlier day to remove It. entirely from
tho realms historic, psychologic and
nolUlco. .which have invaded much r?
cent fiction to tli?? pntnt of tedlousncss |
and heaviness.
-Mrs Tracker, the authoress of "The
Strength of the Weak." has lier homo
this winter In Norfolk, Va. She has
the distinction of having written a
novel that deals with Virginia of to?
day an against the Virginia of yes?
terday, in which she has preserved a
flavor and absolute purity of tone that
serves to link past md present to?
gether with forceful and yet happy
Interpretation.
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(Special to The,Times.Dispatch. |
Ashland, V.l.. January s.?Mr. and
Mrs. William l-Iabllaton. if Richmond,
were recent guest? of Mr and Mrs.
Charles llabll.Mon, ?I the Henrj Clay
Inn.
Sir.". Hugh I'lsnnon and son hive re.
turned home after a visit to Mrs
Charles Bridges
Ml^s Gertrude Crenshaw, who ha*
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returned to her home in Richmond on
Krldiv
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ge.rrnan Friday night, has returned
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Bridge riass on' Friday afternoon
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