MRS. LANGTRY AS NOVELIST.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 678, 1 December 1909, Page 4

MRS. LANGTRY AS NOVELIST.

As the stage nnd the turf aro now declining attractions to' Mrs. ;do Batho (the Lily Langtry of other days), she is trying a now.-field:as a writer of. fiction. . Her first novel; just, published, has pleased: the critics (says a London correspondent), and thay : toU her with varying degrees of compliment to go on and do still better. Tho story, which frequently reminds one of the authoress's training as. (in , actress, is»an effort in the farcical .comedy vein: Jt relates the adventures of iv young married,cbnplo who ngree to cross tho Atlantic in the samo steamer as ! strangers—the husband, an Englishman of title, as' a \ bachelor,' and the' wife, under .an assumed name, as.; a wealthy ; .widow. Their is entertainment in the ; way : of flirtaItionsi .arid they-accomplish,' it. with many amusing consequences. The bookcould, without much difficulty, bo' turned into a play., It reveals Mrs. Do Bathe as' a humorist—-rather, a ,oynical humorist—of considerable parts. There are probably some of her society acquaintances in' London who nro wondering whether sho will be tempted to emulate tho success of Lady Cardigan:,as a.writer of spicy gossip. Sho could, if so disposed, turn out some startling literary fare of that variety. Two publishers have, pressed her for a'.vplume of reminiscences within irie last ,few. years. - She, is said, to havo,- beon, amused by the suggestion, and to havo replied with twinkling eyes and an emphatic- shako of.tho hoad. ; Lady Cardigan's candoiir is not likely, to bo rivalled at present—not perhaps until she produces , tho ■ second volume, which she hao been'asked-to write.' Thi King; by. the way, ■was'among the. first, to send for a copy of, the :book, which she published a few weeks,ago.