Life, 1907-01-24 · page 17 of 24
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The main illustration, captioned "Shade of Her First Husband: poor devil!", depicts a ghostly figure observing a couple in bed. This appears to be a visual joke accompanying a book review of Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler's *The Subjection of Isabel Carnaby*—a novel about a woman named Isabel who has remarried (becoming Mrs. Paul Seaton) and discovers her new husband knows more about business than she does. The "poor devil" caption humorously suggests the first husband's spirit sympathizes with or pities the second husband's predicament of being married to this particular woman. The page primarily consists of book reviews and a published letter to the editor from Meredith Armstrong criticizing clergy who preach doctrines they're paid to defend while secretly harboring heretical beliefs—comparing such conduct to a lawyer defending both sides or a soldier deserting his country.
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Shade of Her First Husband poor DEVIL! opinions on it and is able to express and defend them. That he is an enthusiastic partisan will doubtless be held up against his work, but of course, as a matter of fact, that is just what makes it so well worth while. After reading The Subjection of Isabel Carnaby one is ned to doubt o remembered impression of that first and Jong past success of Ellen Thorneyeroft Fowler's, Concerning Isabel Carnaby. Cer- tainly either our own impressibility or Mrs. Felkin’s attitude and methods have griev- ously altered in the interim. The present book concerns itself with the visit to Isabel (who of course is now Mrs. Paul Seaton) of a young lady of mixed parentage from British India and with Mrs. Seaton’s dis- covery that her husband knows more about his business than she does. Its general character. may best be summarized as 145 preachy and it will commend itself almost exclusively to those who cherish mid- Victorian habits and ideals. In his new story, A Knight of the Cumber- land, Jobn Fox, Jr., is at home again in the mountains and at his pleasant best. It is te but full of the sparkle of t of living; a pretty tale only a nov clear air and tt worth reading J.B. Kerfoot. card Burne-Jones, by G. BoJ Tompany. New edition in one 0, by Edgar Jepson. (McClure, Phillips and Company. $1.50.) Thejt, by Neil Wynn Williams. (Small, Company, Boston. $1.50.) Mars and Its Canals. by Percival Lowell, (The Tompany. $2.50.) wries oj the Panama Canal, by Willis nson. (Henry Holt and Company, Subjection of Isabet Carnaby, by Ellen Thor- Fowler. (Dodd, Mead) and Company. the Cumberland, by John Fox, Jr. net's Sons) $1.00.) A Letter INCINNATI, OHIO, Lire Pustisninc Company: Dear Life—There would be less talk of heresy or heresy trials if the clergy held the same standard of honor as the laity. The mere fact that a minister accepts a salary— oreven makes a contract with a certain sect —binds him to preach their doctrines, as a retainer fee binds a lawyer to one side of the case. A lawyer for the defense who would plead for the prosecution, an officer sworn to defend one country who would desert to another—these are called traitors. Similarly, what should be thought of a minister who, without warning, cither from mistaken zeal, the desire for self- \ivertisement, or to arouse interest in the “secret” suffering of shis soul, springs an heretical bomb on a congregation assembled to hear the brand of doctrine he is hired to. expound? Let him first sever his connec tion and assume another label, then he is free to air any convictions that he may hold. MERIDETU ARMSTRONG. December 29, 1906. KILLED ON THE SPOT Ccomicbooks.com