"THE BRIDGE OF DREAMS"
"Tho Bridge of Dreams" (George Allen and Unwin, Ltd.) is the second, volume of'"Tho Lady of the Boat" and the final volume of "The Talo of Genji," by Lady Muraski. It is trans-, lated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley, and rivals the previous volumes, in poetic beauty and interest. Genji 'a supposed son Kaoru and his grandson Nioru are rivals for tho liand of Ukifune, the "Lady of the Boat." Kaoru determined that this timo, at any late, Nioru shall not cut him. out, establishes Ukifune in a remote, Country house. But Nioru, who chances to have had a brief encounter with her in the capital, tracks her down, and-his headstrong lovo-niaking, strangely contrasting with Kaoru Js circumspect admiration, reveals to :her a new world of emotion. A hopeless impasse ensues, to escape from which sho attempts to drown herself. Sho is rescued and carried away to live with some nuns. Kaoru hears dim rumours of her, but can find but nothing definite. On the final page ho concludes tha.t in reality some now love is "hiding hex away at Ono just as he hid her at TJji." He determines to make no further inquiries,' .and the story just fades out.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 25, 29 July 1933, Page 17
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206"THE BRIDGE OF DREAMS" Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 25, 29 July 1933, Page 17
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