New Fiction in Varied Forms
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6. Watts. The MacmUlan Con.pa&y
LIKK its predecessors, this new
| est offering by Mm. Wat
i* a largely planned, roomy
fcffa r. She believes in beginning at
iae foundation?and it must be a
?road, so'id piece of honest masonry
before *he raises the superatruc
ture; nor dot ? she follow the anaJory
modern Ft eel rramc fkj^mpfr,
wnk-u sometimes appears to com
plete iys upper floors before filling
ifl the skeleton. Tin- wails of her
house rise ?ea?biy, in due order,
without eccentricities. It is a fash
ion nowadays & little uncommon,
but it is a sound method One sus
I ? cis too. ihat t!<?- resulting cdificc
'? Vfr-T likely to far outlast some
showier, hastier constructions. Nor
is there anything at all stodgy- or
lii-AVy about it -tLc lines of it are
beautiful. harmonious, satisfying.
There are. indeed. very few living
w riters of fiction in English whose
artistry is as fine as hers.
