28 APRIL 1923, Page 23

An unpretentious little satire of a Pennsylvanian theo- logical student—cruel,

blind to realities and unctuous—who turns author. There are convincing descriptions of a revival, a seance, a tragedy at Niagara, and a simple woman's first glimpse of the sea. The satire melts into a conventional fairy-tale of fame and everyone forgiven.