The sun., 1891-05-02


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"Tke Sovereigus and Courts OF Europe," BY
Poli,ikos ID. Appleton i Co.. is Q series OF
| Biographies OF the European rulers OF to. o.dsy.
| The text is embellished with portraits includ.
! Ing ono OF Queen Victoria from a recent pb oto-
graph. The same publishers afford two
pamphlets In the Evolution Series n-one a
| lecture on Alfred Russell Wallace. BY Edward
! d. Cope and one lecture on Ernst Hack el,
| By Thaddous D. Wakemau. The lectures wero
| delivered before the Brooklyn Ethical Associa-
| tiop. Both pamphlets contain portraits. From
the App!ctops wa have also 1.-THE Iron Came -
| by Henry F. Keennn. novel of the civil war.
story unfortunate in places, as, for instance,
tho place whore tho "eibbering msniac" after
laughing "a dreadful. marrow. ezip q Ian nh.
sank back In piteous collapse. q terrifying
eurxle breaking from his throat while his
| tongue absolutely protruded from his Jaws. ''
The intent OF that passage miscarriea The
author will sec it II he studies the passage
carefully.
oddly and attracttyely prepared. aud 40 COM
pactly mt together that Il wonld hardly be
noticed in the coat pocket. II Il a book Of In
struo,ion and ndvtce There Ara st,lfnl what
players who object TO nny system Of NAV. bnt tho
majority of the skilful believe I'm svs,em. an.
r. r" ehe author Of ,bfs little yoipms. IA a
member Of the Art Whist Club Of philadai.
mia. and IL IA not to be doubted that he spenka
with authority His book ia desipned TO arouse
A more general interest In tho pnme-to WOO
thosa Who have nersr nlaved. and "a assi.e
What Csyendisi1 calls tho moderate nlaver. Il
fells when to lead each card Of the thirtaen
ORIGINALLY. and which card of the remainino
twelvs TO lead In u q second round. Its ruiss
ara sanctioned by the highest authorities
Concise paragraphs Of advice regarding the
general denor, m ant OF the plaver ara mingled
with the rnles Of plav. Il ia An excellent little
0niIc for Whist ravsrs to keen bv thom.
"Ha Fel Among Thieves" now noval nv
David Chris Ia Murray and Henry Herman
IMncmilian L Col. tells Of Young fellow Who
nlnyed too hish at his club IN London. Iost
more than he could DAY. got deeper In the
mire through the assistance Of a precious
honor 10 Turkey 10 be- a soldier for the Sultan.
There IL q bit OF love story. too. but the
fale IA mainly ooncerned with the plot Of viii
iainy and lts conseaue encss, Some Ingenious
am stsur detsctiye work is made possdble bv
the resemb,anee Of the hero 10 another man.
fha ciimnr comes when ono OF the sharnars
rho "a n crInnle with An American aceant And
/ who nronSls himself about In A vheeled ebair.
assails the hero with several syrinees charged
With anhydrous acid lust az the police come
smnshine IN through the windovs, The hero
nearly dies. but not quite. It is brisk story
IN a wav. still the puise OF the reader does NOT
Mauree Thom nson's novel, At Ioye.a En-
tremea " fcassell Publishing Companyl onens
.u-..ra .ha dia,act which "a friohtsn,-ord
nrncaads less .hIv. NOT mueh IA done aftsr nj.
thongh ths Cvicbton ~ IN. tale WITH M. mani.
to,d .nly,rs ana hls largo emotion Al facnin.a
cams a,wsv. n ns Tor action Il ia dissnnoint'
,no 20 Nae q ali coma IN nothino-tha :. awaat
crenn.on,ae oloo,o.n the kias of unnuancb- :
sh,a Iovs and An that SIN. ,bere IA intarest
,n this Alabama story. and tho reader viii And
.h.t hi. Iii nnt aaailv lat 90 ~ +bs littl.
.c..orar r,r, MilIv iunor.nt ana haauti,ni
rhn 1nva. crichton. and IA rewarded vith MIN
",,..t -, .ha came nphlishar. ws han.
sn",h~. roInn,s y, tha IJnknovn TJhr.rv -
oan..tn,,n .,vn .torios nv Won pagan nna
nbont a yamnire woman, who n killed in a
shocking manner.
The avis of Kissing before marriage are sat
forth In manner that 10 intended to stop tho
practice In "An Ante Norton Statement"
a novel, by E. ". Howe (the Globe Publishing
Compapy, Atchison, Ksn.) Aesntlsman whose
wife had been engaged 10 several other gem
tlemen before she married him. and had kissed
them ali. vaa ao ANNOYED BIZ memory of the
fact that he took poison and then sat down
and wrote his impre ssions regarding the mat
ter until the poison overwhelmed him. Either
he wrote with incredible rapidIty or tho pol
son was very slow. The record Of these i'm
pressions constitutes the novel. which 10 of
fair size. II declared lovers and engaged peo-
MIA continue to Kiss one another, We shall think
that earnast netion "a In vain.
"politIcal Science and Constitutional LAW"
nv Prof John W. Burgess of Columbia College
"a nublished fn two volumes (Ginn q Co.
Rostonl Itis comparative study, and ia ac-
com plisbed with such Gle arpess and simplicity
NJ logic and style that the author might we'll
have SHARED his apology for new book upon
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