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Show THREE POINTS OF VIEW. The Orchard Pavilion. By Arthur Chrls-Tooher Chrls-Tooher Benson, Author of "From a College Col-lege Window," "Beside Still Waters." "The Silent Isle." "Joyous Card-' and Other Stories. Published by G. P. Putnam's Put-nam's Sons, Xew York. ThOEe of us who have lingered over "Joyous Gard" will find deli eh t in the perusal of ""The Orchard Pavilion." Three young men take a summer holiday at an old farmstead in Gloucestershire. In the orchard stands an old stone-built pavilion, the remains of an ancient house, where they meet to t.-Uk and work. One of the three represents the artistic point of view, one the scientific, or. perhaps, the ma-trialls-ric outlook, and the tihrd the religious re-ligious standpoint. Thev discuss their aims and intentions, arid eacii tntes what line he proposes to follow. Xearly thirty years later one of their number buys the farmhouse in will !i, of rours-. stands the memorable pavilion. He asks bis erstwhile erst-while companions to join him In a re union and. when gathered together, they express themselves frankly a? to their experiences ex-periences sini't last they mt. The first has berom a successful author, the e"c-otul e"c-otul a leading barrister nnd tine third a cle'-gynmu. On the followlnc dty the cierrv ma n preaches a sermon In the I!-lage I!-lage church, ar.ri the reunion closes with a further disusion of hops and fancies. The book is a delightful on", written, as are all of Mr. Benson's works, for thinkers, and to them be has presented another delightful mental repast. |