Word: spiritism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...witch tree and far from the enchanted castle they meet a glant and discover elves; all this in exquisite tinis and April airlness. What a clever hand Philip Boone must have, I said; and I turned to the pictures within to see how the other articles had expressed the spirit of whimsey which must twinkle in story books. I did not find dear Kate Green-away as I had hoped, but I was gladdened by the sight of eighteenth-century villagers dashing round the Mulberry Bush portrayed by the happy fingers of G. Cox; and Red Riding-hood's thatched...
...assumed some of the aspects of an American Dreyfus case. His book may be taken as a special plea to justify the point of view of those who have interested themselves in the cause of the defendants; but it is composed with fairness, and, if read in the same spirit, should do much to dispel misunderstandings which have befogged and embittered the controversy from the beginning. After reading what he has written, one must at least be forced to admit that the persistent efforts to get a new trial for these defendants need not be regarded in the light...
...browns and blacks of common use. No longer will the proud possessor of a "well turned calf" hide it in flapping cylinders, or at best set it forth to little advantage under plus fours. It is only a question of time, and of the advent of a man of spirit, before the black and white of evening dress gives way to silken hose and satin knee-breeches, vests of gorgeous brocade and cloaks of rainbow colors...
...little better than a strong silent man who is rather dumb. How his hatred of women melts before the gentle magic of Effie's home-making, how his better instincts are aroused in the struggle to protect her, how, when she is dead, he feels her spirit urging him to stick it out--all this makes a thoroughly bad novel, and nothing else...
...constitute the greatest charm of the book--it is that very elusive thing called atmosphere. The little French village of Buissac is presented with all the force of one who knows whereof she writes. Seasons change, floods rage, the plot wavers, but one never loses sight of the French spirit as seen through English eyes. For those who like their romances tragic and especially for the ladies "The Old Countess" is certain to be entertaining story. It could have been made very saccharine, but instead it is filled with a rather quiet charm...