"rHE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE
SUNDAY, MAY? 7, 1922
"PAINTED WINDOWS" it is to have any hope of a future
dmilitant life, we must still bear in
Sr i (A Review by S. T. Beach) I(mind that the conclusions reached
Ilo o k s a n d A uThe "Gentleman with a Duster," are purely personal; our lack of per-
osonal touch with affairs ecclesiastical
haigrmvdfrom the "Mirrors of
"THE CHILDREN OF THE MARKET a friend of Douglas and having a good in England renders it quite impossi-
LACE " deal of leisure, he watches the the Downing Street" the dirt and grime of be to make valuable comparisons, or
unfolding of political affairs and the illusion which kept Britain's states- to reach any eventualities of our own
By Edgar Lee Maslers nation's progress. He follows the men from gaining a true picture of which might make the book truly
(A Review by I. D. S.) stormy career of Douglas and the in- themselves, has turned his attention va stable. Out of touch with the
creasing dissension over the problem 'ih g n n- lihurch of England, as well as with the
"The Children of the Market Place" of slavery. Douglas's debates are re- to the clergy, and in Painted Dissentingfactions, it is almost im-
(MacMillan) by Edgar Lee Masters iated, his meeting with Lincoln. There dows" (Putnam) he attempts to wash possible to find any particular worth
an historical novel built on epic is a remarkable description of the Re- clean the windows of the church that .n the book from a comparative stand-
proportisstoa f starts ith teI publican convention at Chicago, where we may look inside and see, as they point. It is interesting, to be sure,
the hysterical politicians nominated are the greatest ecclesiastical digni- but I cannot feel that the layman will
thinly settled America of the early Lincoln after a long and frenzied ses- e read it with the avidity which char-
ninteenth century and plunges sion. These and many other scenes tames of England.(acterized the perusal of "The Mirrors
through the tempestuous transitional involving prominent political men of The "Gentleman," who is still mask- of Downing Street." In the latter
era that eventually resulted in the the day are given in convincing de- ing under his screen of anonymity, work, the names, at least, had become
I tail. has presented twelve portraits in 1 a part of his every-day conversation.
modern industrial state that we know The personal story of Mills comes which are arraigned Non-Conformist n "Painted Windows," it is almost a
today. is at intervals as a relief to the long .nsafcangeRthannCasholicAmrican
Through the story strides the pow- procession of political events. Theaand usess le is a clergysan himself or a
erful figure of Stephen Douglas, bril- stress given this portion of the book Free Thinker with an equal fairness student of theology and of theologians,
int aigd dyoip te s l t las is strangely uneven. Thus, Mills' so- and insight. There is an introduc- will be familiar with a quarter of the
liant and dynamic, the small town la tio of e problem of his octoroon tion by Dr. Kirksopp Lake,-quite one men treated.
student who forced his way topliresi- half-sister, his courtship, his wife's of the best chapters in the book, by But granting that the book lacks
dential candidacy. It is, in reality, death, his second love affair and its the way-and an interesting conclu- interest because of a lack of familiar-
Douglas's story for, although there are failure, are all dwelt upon at some sion in which the author attempts to ity with its principals, still, we can-
pictures of Chicago, Washington, and length. But his married life and es- draw together the threads of his bio- sot but have some moiety of enjoy-
New York in their early days, pecially the life of his boy, Reverdy, logical narrative, to weave the web of ment in reading it. Even though the
although the political events and the are scarcely touched upon, his own deductions. If we cannot theories which the author has ad-
scientific and literary influences are However, the book is chiefly a agree with him, at least, we may be vanced and the deductions which he
carefully traced, there is always the chronicle of America's period of find- interested. as raised be not entirely convincing,
same dominant personage in the ing itself. As such, it is a complete, The danger of "Painted Windows," ,he problem which truly vitalizes the
background. Now he is furnishing powerful, and extraordinarily inter- if any will take the work with a work lends some sort of an interest to
the life and merriment of a esting piece of work. sufficient seriousness to merit its hav- it. Even the most orthodox of us
neighborhood dance, now he is in - ing a danger, is to be found simply finds it necessary to admit that the
the midst of a vigorous political cam- The new novel from D. H. Lawrence, in the author's conception of the dig- church, as an organic part of every
paign; but he is never far away. "I "Aaron's Rod," just published by nitaries where lives and opinions man's life, is failing in its mission.
am trying," says the author, "to set Thomas Seltzer, completes an epic of form the matter of the volume. Ad- It is this viewpoint which "The Gen-
forth the soul of a great man who the love-life of men and women, an mitting that the studies seem to be tleman with a Duster" assumes. If
extracted from his environment other epic in trilogy form, consisting 'of, made with the perfectly serious en- lie has not entirely justified himself,
things than beauty; or rather the first, "The Rainbow," then "Women in deavor of issuing a challenge to the at least, he has left some food for
beauty of national progress." Masters Love," and now this novel. The three Chri tian world to reform its way if thought.
does this very successfully. One books have an intimate relation, a
feels with no uncertainty the strength unity of theme. They seem to enbody
of personality behind the actions of Lawrence's own deepest soul experi-
the tireless orator whose life was so ences and adventures. It is interest-
clo ely associated with the tremen- ing to note how in the grand climax
doss growth and progress of this of this monumental series, he has 31NI!I
achieved a simplicity of style and , m'.
country. treatment, which makes the book
There are three streams of interest !read like a piece of light fiction,
in the book, for, besides the historical though it deals with the profoundest
and biographical elements, there is a and most fundamental problems of
fictional narrative. This last is sub- modern love and marrage.
ordinated to the two former. The
story is told by one James Mills, who "Modern Essays" is an excellent
comes from England and settles in collection of 32 essays selected by
Illinois when he is quite young. Being Christopher Morley.
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