Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-14 | Page 22 | Four Tales of Old

FOUR TALES OF OLD. Fond Adventures. By Maurice Hewlett. Published by Harper &. Brothers, New Vork; A K Dergc & Co.. Salt I.i'k. In thf-sr stories there Is a distinct flavor of Balzac, with an imitation of the older romances, very fairly done, somewhat of mystery clinging to the tales, and something some-thing of reserve, as of strong men hesitating hesi-tating to put forth their strength. There . r. four of these "adventures." The first, a very cruel story, "The Heart's Key," Is located in 'ioulouse, of France, In the middle mid-dle ages, and tho lady had tho worse of her lovcre, the one whom she favored at i he last being the least able of all to protect pro-tect her. The second story, "Braaenhead the Great," Is placed In England; time, i he wars of the Roses; and as disgraceful a ruffian as the books tell of is the hero, though he was lru to the one fealty and that of ;i joyous lad who was the Victim of a lender passion. The third Story. "BucndeliQonto's Saga." is laid In Florence, Paly, and is replete with tho savagery, treachery, ami d splcabb" villainy vil-lainy of the times before Dunte; a brilliant bril-liant picture it Is of that time, splbndldly drawn, and vlvbl In lis beauty The fourth. "The Love Chase," is a story of Padua, of Lombnrdy. a tale of distress and of bliss, with plotting and rascalities rascali-ties tOO many for a Christian folk, such us all the land professed to he. A Cardinal Cardi-nal of tho dCVll'S devotion had his hand In the mix, and the innocent youth was a irtim, as is not uncommon, but is reconciled. recon-ciled. These stories are In a new vein for Hewlett, but they will add to his reputation reputa-tion for all-round literary ability.