SHE WROTE "THE ROSARY.”

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8178, 20 July 1912, Page 13

SHE WROTE "THE ROSARY.”

Mrs Barclay is the wife of tho vicar of Hertford Heath. She has devoted some of tho proceeds of her books to improvements in. the church and benefits i'or the parish. She comes of a family interested in "tho things that really count." She is a niece and godchild ot Mrs Charlesworth, author of “Mimsteis ing Children/' a book widely read by the last generation. One of her sisters is married to Mr Ballingtcn Booth. writing-room iu the garden, at the vicarage contains ancestral portraits of bishops and clergymen, and it is said that "the family have an unbroken connection with the Established Chiirch since the days of Queen Elizabeth. In all sections of the Christian church there are ardent admirers of Mrs Barclay’s books, however; tho following tribute to “The Rosary,” by-l>r Campbell Morgan will bo of interest to many:— “One of the finest novels I have read for a long time. It is a story consistent with all the highest sanctions of the Christian, religion, and ono in which the scriptural quotations and allusions are reverent and apt, and reveal a fine spiritual perception on the part of the authoress. It is, moreover, dominated by tho highest conception of art, and there is nothing in tone, of colour, or of music, to offend. Perhaps its strongest quality is its psychology. Personally, I think tho latter part of the book by far the strongest in. this respect, as it leads two people through tho most painful and perplexing experiences into a perfect peace, and that without any sense of strain. I consider this to be one of the finest pieces of mental analysis that 1 know. It is just the kind of book—and there are not many of this kind—to keep, and to read again. The Woman’s Magazine."