. The Argonaut . r the neg-lected graces ot literature. It has muchbeauty, but a beauty not wanting in force,not innocent of the stress of life. His stylehas ever the touch of taste, the magic ofmastery; it is elegant and courtly, or deli-cate as mist, or splendid, in very deed, withthe tumult of arms. This succession of eight narratives whichare The Line of Love, deals first with theadventures of a doughty knight, one Adhel-mar de Nointel, and a fair maid yclept Melite,in the years of our Lord 1355-1356, whichdid take place at and near Puysange in Nor-mandy ; and, thereafter, with other and d
. The Argonaut . r the neg-lected graces ot literature. It has muchbeauty, but a beauty not wanting in force,not innocent of the stress of life. His stylehas ever the touch of taste, the magic ofmastery; it is elegant and courtly, or deli-cate as mist, or splendid, in very deed, withthe tumult of arms. This succession of eight narratives whichare The Line of Love, deals first with theadventures of a doughty knight, one Adhel-mar de Nointel, and a fair maid yclept Melite,in the years of our Lord 1355-1356, whichdid take place at and near Puysange in Nor-mandy ; and, thereafter, with other and diversadventures — in which Love ever plays hispranks—which befell the descendants of theDemoiselle Melite, who wedded an unworthyknight, Hugues dTArgues, after Adhelmar haddied for her sake, for, as the chronicler says, her heart was changeable. These talestake us through two centuries of years tothe fortunes of the tenth Marquis of Fal-mouth and the Lady Ursula Heleigh. We must not forget to mention in pass-. Illustration from The Line of Love, by James Branch Cabell. Published by Harper &? Brothers. ing The Episode Called In NecessitysMortar, in which is relation of the love ofFrancois de Montcorbier, afterward FrancoisVillon, poet and vagabond, for Catherine deVaucelles, and of his villanies. This storyis admirable from every point of and elsewhere the author interpo-lates verse admirably in key with his one which Master Francois utters is notamong Villons poems, and, therefore, not atranslation. We take the others to be orig-inal also. They all have grace and the meritof atmosphere. Mr. Cabell has taken material full of ro-mantic charm, and has presented it withscholarship, skill, and artistic feeling. Theillustrations by Howard Pyle are extremelyhandsome, and the book is a beautiful one inevery particular. Published by Harper & Brothers; $ An Early Venetian read The Island of Enchantment,by Justus Miles Forman, is to like it. Thesto
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