Excerpt from The Lords of Dawn: A Novel

As the Proscenium of the Theatre lights up, and the Orchestra commences attuning its instrumentsy the mind of the Audience focuses expectantly upon the unfolding of the plot, and the sustaining of the various roles by the actors.

The curtain is rising upon an entirely new Drama in the Theatre of Life. Heretofore its music has been interpreted by Occidental ears, in the booming of cannon and clash of steel. But there is an underlying motif deeper, greater, and more truly humane - undistinguishable by those ignorant of Japanese melody - and this motif carries in it no suggestion of the Battle Marches of other Nations of the Great World. As to the manner in which the actors of this Drama sustain their roles, the World must be the judge. In this book both historical events and characters represent National conditions solely; yet it would be but a sorry Play that contained in its unfolding nothing of the greatest of all human passions and incentives - Love.

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