The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-28
nrief Reviews OF Important and Interesting
New Pubiicatlona.


and is almost certain to be the acknowledged
successor. OF Mr.. Edwin Booth. or this VIC
know nothing. though we have always been
perfectly willing to accept any histrionical esti-
mates which have como to us from tho West:
but this poetry. we must in candor say. seems
to us TO be an exceedingly feeble intellectual
symptom. If we had had tho christening OF it
wo should never have thought Of calling 1t
madness. and II it should be our misfortune to
be awakened from sleep by such poetry we
should not dream Of writing 1t down. but
should cndcavor to forget 1t as soon as posi-.
BILE: and this we say In no invidious spirit, but
with tho desire merely to sct forth tho unmls.
taxable facts in the case.
To sail. and suffer hunger. thirst, and pats.
While working out . problem understood
BY him alone. OF all the brotherhood
That round the throne Of spans good King and Queen
Stood FORTH that day. to see the man between
And whom. their sovercigns then = compact made
BY which their names shall ever shine no. fade.
We suppose that person guilty OF rousing
up and lighting a candle in the watches OF the
night in order to write verses like that about
Christopher Columbus Is chargeable with dis
tinct foolishness. but We cannot see that
either tho act or tho poetry deserves to be
characterized as mad. The clause Ito see the
man between and whom" is certainly un-
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discover anything strong enough to coll for
straitIackct in the entire book.
Amherst Sketches Is an attractively printed
volume Of prose selections from the Amherst
LiLeya,y Mon!l,lu 1t is the work OF undergradu-
atcs. and is interesting and. we may add.
charming. for that reason. The sketches are
taken. for tho most part. from that depart
mcnt OF tho magazine called tho window
Seat"-a department suggested. We imagine. by
Mr. Curtiss Easy Chair" and devoted, like
that delightful establishment, to the brief and
eosv discussion of all sorts OF things. The COL
logo cssavists write with spirit and naturally.
though not always, OF course, in a way to
leave the render unaware OF the fresh and
strong impress OF the Roman poets and the in
cidents Of classical mythology. Tho high
reyels" OF fair Luna" have not yet ceased in
Amberst and tabled Tartarus" continues to
be recalled there when 1t is dark night: but
tho Ancients have no monopoly OF tho win
dow Seat" Lamb and Addison and DR.. John
son sit with them. and so does MIR. charles
Dudley Warner. and plenty OF the sketches DO
away altogether with what may DO called the
retrospective and reverentlal literary quality
The selections are tho work OF upward OF
twenty different pens. The editors are Mr..
Leroy Phillips and MIR. Robert stuart smith.
Any well-disposed reader will nnd the book
Qel&ntlul.
1.-The Hercsy OF Mehetabel Clark" by Annie
Trumbull Slosson Harper & Brothers. Is new
evidence OF the exceptionally capable art OF
this writer in the telling OF very curious Yankee
stories. This is a dialect story purpoting to
be told by Deacon Seth Whipple OF Franconia
to some OF his boarders whom he Is driving
over for look ut his native place. Sugar Hill.
three miles away. 1t Is q tale finding Its sub.
ject in the pcculiarties OF New England re-
ligion. and it IS altogether remarkable with
what unerrng scnsibility 1t employs humor to
the working out OF serious and pathetic
theme A story slightly suggestive OF the
peculiar knowledge and fancy which enter into
this tale was afforded in her earlier book.
Seven Dreamers. but That was loss delicate
and. We think less remarkable narrative
| than this. From the Harpers We have also
The Technique OF Rest" by Anna c. Brackett.
an instructive ana eAcellently written essay
addressed to women VINO have worked too hard
| and who sunar from their nerves.
Tho Governor" is tho title OF the first OF a
book OF short stories by Mr. George A. Hubbard
Charles Scribner's Sons. The Governor is a
New York millionaire who. after forty years
OF ruthless speculation in stocks and politics.
returning for day to his native village to
Goat over tho supposed inferior condition Of
an acquaintance who was disagreeable to him
rs a boy is there so keenly touched by gen.
erous sentiment as to be moved to make the
disagreeable acQuaintnnce's son-in-law. who
Is cashier to firm OF brokers in
Wall street. partner In tho concern.
1t Is readable story. though tho mo-
tive is rather wei! worn. and though the
Governor and several OF the other characters.
particularly the little boy who drives the Gov
ernor from the railroad station into the village.
have a somewhat stilted and improbable air.
The conclusion OF the tale is not explicit. and
1t leaves tho reader in doubt as to the proper
emotion to be INDUCED Tho Governor. re-
turning from the village arrives In town Just
rs tho news is out OF great transaction. con-
Quoted by him. which has shaken tho money
market to its centre and increased by mil
lions tho value OF his own Investments he Is
driven homo from tho station. his secretary
accompanying him. Tho carriage stops be-
fore "a great house with great darkened WIN
dows." and tho secretary announces to his
on, plpyor That tbn innrpav ia oovo plo%oI