Sweet Rocket

"Sweet Rocket" is the story of a man and woman brought together in the mellow, fine surroundings of an old house, where generations have lived and loved and sought, and left the impress of their personalities. These two believe that body and spirit, mind and soul, may meet and fuse for the quest of truth, and it is on this exalted plane that their love finds expression. As in "Michael Forth" and "Foes," there is the thrill of the unknown, a haunting, mystical beauty, and a sense of something always just beyond to add to the interest of this subtly wrought novel."Richard Linden, who is blind, lives on an old Southern plantation with Marget Land, the daughter of the former overseer. Various friends visit them and the conversation turns constantly to the life behind nature and to the abnormal human faculties by which it may be known. A strong dramatic touch is introduced by the story of the ex-soldier who has a sort of vision while he is lying on the ground wounded and remembers that the dying German by his side was his brother in a former life. It is to be hoped that Miss Johnston will continue to write mystic stories, no matter how the Philistines may smile. She does it better than any other writer now alive." -The Argonaut"'Sweet Rocket' is a book pervaded by a haunting sense of mystical beauty and with a great love and a greater quest for its theme....Miss Johnston projects her characters against tremendous psychic problems, leading them into new adventures and the richer love that spring from the universal quest for God." --Post "Mary Johnston, who probably ranks second among American novelists, has already distinguished herself by her fictional treatment of mysticism. In 'Michael Forth' we have a story worthy to rank with anything of the sort that has ever been done, and now we have a shorter novel along the same line, but equally marked by depth of insight and purity of conception....Sweet Rocket is an old Southern plantation where a few congenial spirits have gathered together and where the conversation gravitates naturally toward the finer things in life." -Theosophical Outlook "A metaphysical maze." -The Bookman

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