. The woman gives : a story of regeneration. e himself realized it, nor what he might 458 THE WOMAN GIVES have been if Inga had not left him and the world madehim its hero and its slave. For his own day, he wasmaster and leader. For whatever the judgment of pos-terity may be, as De Gollyer was wont to remark: Itis better to die as Sheridan than to die as Shakespeare,for Shakespeare never knew. The world naturally completely misjudged his career they saw nothing but the oft repeated storyof devouring genius; the man growing beyond the womanwho had regenerated him and sacrificing
. The woman gives : a story of regeneration. e himself realized it, nor what he might 458 THE WOMAN GIVES have been if Inga had not left him and the world madehim its hero and its slave. For his own day, he wasmaster and leader. For whatever the judgment of pos-terity may be, as De Gollyer was wont to remark: Itis better to die as Sheridan than to die as Shakespeare,for Shakespeare never knew. The world naturally completely misjudged his career they saw nothing but the oft repeated storyof devouring genius; the man growing beyond the womanwho had regenerated him and sacrificing her once he hasarrived, Dangerfield himself was aware of this hostileattitude but he never sought to explain it away. De Goll-yer, it is true, told his version of the romance in strictestconfidence to a multitude of friends, but De Gollyers rep-utation as a raconteur was against him. His listenerswere amused, grateful and stubbornly incredulous, know-ing full well from their own experience that women likeInga Sonderson do not exist. THE END. The Truth About France. THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE By OWEN JOHNSONIllustrated from drawings and photographs. -SI-35 net. A vivid and intensely dramatic account of a famous novelistsexperiences and impressions in Paris, at Rheims and Arras, andin visits to the trenches at the front, where he was actually underfire. Included in the volume is the interview with General .Jofirewhich created a sensation when it was published in ColliersWeekly. Inspired and written with a fine swing and vigour. — Bookman,New York. Although ^Ir. Johnsons is one of many books on the war, itis one with a difference. It is a disclosure of The Spirit ofFrance, and it could not be better named. France has beensadly misunderstood in the past; she is coming through the warinto her very own.— Boston Transcript. Mr. Johnson has done an exceptionally good piece of warreporting in his earlier chapters and in the initial and final chap-ters has estimated successfully the unanim
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