Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . a dozen or more volumes. Hisfirst fiction, ^Hephzibah Guinness,^ a volumecontaining three short stories, appeared in 1880; and it was followed by ^In War Time ^ in 1884, ^Roland Blake*in 1886, and ^Characteristics^ in 1893,—the latter not fiction strictly,but rather a series of conversations, full of suggestive ideas, andoften brilliant in reflection or characterization. It was not until thenovel ^Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker,^ in 1897, that Dr. Mitchell revealedhis full power as a story-writer, producing a powerful and skillfullywrought
Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . a dozen or more volumes. Hisfirst fiction, ^Hephzibah Guinness,^ a volumecontaining three short stories, appeared in 1880; and it was followed by ^In War Time ^ in 1884, ^Roland Blake*in 1886, and ^Characteristics^ in 1893,—the latter not fiction strictly,but rather a series of conversations, full of suggestive ideas, andoften brilliant in reflection or characterization. It was not until thenovel ^Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker,^ in 1897, that Dr. Mitchell revealedhis full power as a story-writer, producing a powerful and skillfullywrought art-work. Quaker life and war life have in his earlier fic-tion been leading themes of interest; and in this fine historical studyof Revolutionary times in America, these blended in a story of muchpicturesqueness, movement, and dramatic force. The book, while fullof accurate delineations of the bygone day, is written in a roman-tic spirit which gives it color and charm. The analysis of humannature is keen, — that of one who knows men and women in their. S. Weir Mitchell IOI24 S- WEIR MITCHELL normal and morbid manifestations, but who, by force of the poeticimagination, avoids in his treatment the unpleasantly realistic orpessimistic. * Hugh Wynne * certainly must be included among thelarger works of American historical-romantic fiction. Dr. Mitchell began to print verse in 1882, with a volume entitled* The Hill of Stones ^; and the seven books which he has subsequentlypublished were gathered in 1896 into the single volume of his ^Col-lected Poems,^ He demonstrates a genuine gift as a verse-writer;and in a kind less often cultivated with success by modern poets —the dramatic — he has done fine things. His historical pieces, ^FrancisDrake ^ and ^Philip Vernon,* are very vigorous and pleasing, andshow a sympathetic comprehension of Elizabethan models, a skillfulhandling of blank verse, and a virile imagination. These poems aredramatic in more than name and aim. The lyrics
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