. The Argonaut . V- ?» CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS A December iS. 1905. THE ARGONAUT 489 NEW FICTION AND BOOKS OF FANCY. A Story of Rarest is a book which is exquisite. We donot mean merely in its fashioning, which ischarming, but in that which is far more im-portant, its contents. It is called. Back ToArcady. and it is written by Frank WallerAllen. It might have been written by Ken-neth Grahame: but we know of no otherwriter who could produce such a little mas-terpiece of wholesome sentiment. This ishigh praise; but to go even further. Mr. Allenhas elements of charm on the emotional sid
. The Argonaut . V- ?» CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS A December iS. 1905. THE ARGONAUT 489 NEW FICTION AND BOOKS OF FANCY. A Story of Rarest is a book which is exquisite. We donot mean merely in its fashioning, which ischarming, but in that which is far more im-portant, its contents. It is called. Back ToArcady. and it is written by Frank WallerAllen. It might have been written by Ken-neth Grahame: but we know of no otherwriter who could produce such a little mas-terpiece of wholesome sentiment. This ishigh praise; but to go even further. Mr. Allenhas elements of charm on the emotional sidethat Kenneth Grahame can not compass. Theauthor of Back to Arcady is moreadult in his art than the author of TheGolden Age, and Pagan Papers. Wehave called his book * a masterpiece of senti-. A. T. Quiller-Couch, author of The Mayor of Troy. Published by Charles Seribners Sons. ment, but it is sentiment with blood in yet exquisitely refined withal. It is mas-culine sentiment, the flowers of which are sorarely perfect, yet. when they are. so far ex-cel in form, if not in sweetness, the tenderblossoms of feminine feeling. The story tells of a gentle old man. whoselife has been a pipe, old books, roses, andmemories. and of the mutual love of hisward and his friend, over which he watcheswith the tenderness of one who has expe-rienced a great sorrow, from which he wouldshield them. The plot of the story >s of theslenderest, but there is a certain charm dueto that very fact. It is told simply, and withthe most unostentatious art. In point of style,it is this, as much as the sentiment, thatcharms one. It is slightly archaic, withoutaffectation, and it suggests and sustains theatmosphere perfectly. In reading this book one feels its instantcharm, its loveliness. The auth
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