Evening journal., 1894-03-26
RECENT LITERATURE.

Spring summons the cyclist. athlete
and sportsman, TO renewed pleasures and
trlumphs. and Outing, rife with all that
pertains 10 healthful recreation, echoes
the command The April number, with
its wealth of illustrations, presents q
sessonRble picture OF outdoor sport and
pastime, and is made doubly attractive
by strong fiction by noted pens. QUAINT
Artist Haunts in Brittany" by Birge L.
Harrison, gives a delightful glimpse OF
the life Of the celebrated French aud
American painters while preparing their
pictures for the salon. "Sx Months With
University Crew." by r d. Paine, a
noted Yale oarsman, gives an inside
glimpse Of the crew mans life,
which has hitherto been described
chiefly from the point Of view
of the newspaper reporter Fish
ing with the Spear, by I'd w. Ssndys,
T. quite in the style Of the authors we'll
known sporting sketches full Of rolliok-
ing fun and sport. "Mv First lnter-
national Yacht Race. by Lieut. William
Henn, r N describes days sport near
the Suez Canal Some OF the other
articles are; Let No Man Put Asunder, "
by Annetta Josefa Halliday; "My Adven
ture with a Lion" by Herman Rave
"Hildas Race" by H. F. P; Modern
Canoe Building for Amateurs (second
psper). by Henry l. Strobridge; "Canoe
Song" (poem), by Meredith Nicholson;
"Lenz's World Tour Awheel;" "a Nights
Sport in Cape B'eton," by w h
Mac; "A Race With the River" by
l. Carew Shirley "a Gypsy River
Song" (p1em) by Charles Gordon Rogers;
STRAY Shots in the Land Of Silver" by
o h HoNarth; Fishing With the
Spear, by Ed w SAndys; Touring in
Europe on Next to Nothing" by J Perry
WoIden; "A Morning With the Blue
Bill" by Ernest Willard Chubb ('6reen
head }; The Michigan Natio al Guard.
10y Captain Charles B. Hall. Nineteenth
Infantry, U s. a. The editorial topics
and records are unusually strong.
"rhe Road Of the Rough, which Gre
ated so much favorable comment when
published In tho Illustrated American.
sometime ago, has been published in book
form IL is a realistic story OF city life
showing the paths from the saloon
lighted streets to the gray walls OF Slug
Slug state prison. Maurice M. Minton,
its author enjoyed the rare opportunities
afforded new paper men for observation.
| He studied metropolitan life FROM the
standpoint Of a journalist aud student
OF our own times No Que yet has
touched New York life so strongly. His
clean, clear descriptions tend toward
/ placing the reader in tue midst of the
scenes described The story shows
the streets where thousands OF
boys and Riils receive their
education In vics The reader Is led
along, step by step. through the
municipal highway from police station,
police court. city pris n court to Slug
Sing. In strong contrast TO life in the
alleys IL life on aristocraiic Fifth avenue,
New York The author demonstrates
how closely allied are the upper aud
lower crusts OF society. la tue. higher
walks Of life man Is tame; Ia the lower
man Is wild. Ia the higher he is pol
ished. smooth, elegant; In the lower he
Is rough, coarse vulgar. Tue difference
Ia local. les corresponds with the differ
ence In social conditions They are set
apart, the stronger from the weaker,
the richer from the poorer, tue hig her
from the lower. All these scenes are
vividly pictured by Mr.. Minton's graphic
pen, and nineteen illustrations fron life,
by Messrs. TrRvers and Varisn, add 10
the intense interest Of the story. There
Is not dull page between the covers.
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