ABSTRACT
Balaustion’s Adventure is as rich in descriptive passion, in dramatic sensation, in sharply defined, strongly individualized characters as we could desire. Over the misty horizon of the past, Mr. Browning has thrown the magnetic light of his genius, and has shown us the clear keen features of some of the dwellers in that region. Take Balaustion herself, for instance. She was a legend, a pretty old tradition, that was all. Now she is, she exists, she has an individuality, a personality, that can never be obliterated, or taken away from her.…
