SIR HARRY JOHNSTON has
"gone and done it again," fol
. lowing up his popular success
of the "Gay Dombeys" with a mod
ern continuation of "Our Mutual
Friend." Having acquired the habit,
and having found no small audience
to agree with him in the desirability
of the proceeding, this extension of
the life of Dickens's people is natur
ally an attractive game. It was an al
luring, venturesome idea, and he has
surmounted many of the obviously
huge obstacles in its way with much
skill, but. with all deference to the
distinguished author, and with un
Kathleen Norris.
hurt her is inconceivable; yet to
marry her when lie loves another
woman is also unthinkable.
These people are good people. I
They want to do what is best, and
they want the happiness of the oth- ]
ets rather than their own to prevail, j
But happiness is the least control- j
lable of all possessions.
