. The Argonaut . of the dwellerstherein, but most of it is too silly to interestpeople outside of the authors intimate friends,for whom, and about whom, this distinctlypersonal narrative is evidently written. Thecentral characters are Best Of All and OtherOne. We quote an example of characteris-tically pink prose: O Best of All, said he, * I always knewyou saw things through rose-colored glasses—glasses more delicately rose than those ofthe common, jubilant mortal—but now Iknow more besides. I know that you dreamin pink, you feel in pink, you breathe in andexhale pink breaths, your thoughts ar
. The Argonaut . of the dwellerstherein, but most of it is too silly to interestpeople outside of the authors intimate friends,for whom, and about whom, this distinctlypersonal narrative is evidently written. Thecentral characters are Best Of All and OtherOne. We quote an example of characteris-tically pink prose: O Best of All, said he, * I always knewyou saw things through rose-colored glasses—glasses more delicately rose than those ofthe common, jubilant mortal—but now Iknow more besides. I know that you dreamin pink, you feel in pink, you breathe in andexhale pink breaths, your thoughts are pink,and pink is your very soul. But this isenough, or, rather, too much. Published by A. C. McClurg & Co.; $ Guns and people read The King of Gee-Whizz. by Emerson Hough, and laughedconsumedly. Xow his latest book, HeartsDesire. is published, not only with TheKing of Gee-Whizz in it, liut other storieswoven into one. The novel that results maynot be strictly and formally a work of art;. Emerson Hough, author of Hearts by the MacmMan Company. it is a very interesting tale, kindly and mosthumorously told, at any rate. As it is purely of the West of six-shooters,pintos, and strenuous language, Mr. Houghsbook is dateless, the exact period of theconjunction of those three things not beingwell settled. Indeed, Hearts Desire isone of those places which, like Bohemia, hasno latitude nor longitude. The chief characters of the novel are ayoung Princeton graduate, who has aban-doned grammar and creased trousers, and thedaughter of a railway magnate. The fatherof the girl is the cruel one of abigailianfiction. The best of Mr. Houghs people arethose of the West he really knows so these folk are not always wanted : they are forever stepping upon Mr. Houghsstage and entertaining us hugely to the saddelaying of the play. But Hearts Desire does not depend for its sustained interest onits construction. However strongly one mayfeel its sho
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