The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-22

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the country" ~ the Europeans out there OK
press It. He satisfactorily arrangcs tho inan-
cial part OF the transaction with the girls par
ents. and settles dow to six months Of quasi
domestic life. Then, whom his time In Kobe IL
NJ, he sends the girl back to her parents and
leaves for homo. telling her he win return;
which Is also, too often, according to the Gus
tom Of the country" It IL q very tender and
pathetic little tale, and, though both the
deep affection Of tto girl and her treatment by
the parents are perhaps exceptional. the tragic
ending throws q strong light upon q state Of
affairs that, as Mr.. Kipling has also shown in
some Of his Indian stories. 10 terribly hard on
the native woman.
In " Leonora OF the Yawmish (Harpersl, the
heroine. who gives Its title TO Mr.. Francis Dana's
book, Is q young and charming girl born In q
lovely valley high up among the hills Of the far
Northwest. Here che has lived with her father.
a misanthropio but kind-hearted old ~recluse,
and Moloch, O faithful negro servant, seeing
no visitors from the outer world. and spending
her time hunting and fishing and reading the
many books In her fathers library. One morn
ing in early June o young gentleman from Bos-
ton, who has lost his way among the spurs and
foothills OF the olympics, lambers up to n
ledge overhanglng the canon, and, while peering
over, loses his balance and falls into tho valley
below. Just how 1t happens is not al
together clear, but no apparently drops
like q bolt out Of tho blue into tho branches Of a
tall cedar. from which he is tossed again to the
young trees lower down and finally deposited,
much shaken but still alive, in the midst Of a mass
of deep rich moss. Here, for q time, he sleeps,
till Weakened by the apparition Of a pale, fair
face with glorious brown eyes, followed by tho
arrival Of the faithful Moloch, who cheerfully
inquiries: Am you broke at all, sab y
He Is taken to the home OF Leonora and her
father, nursed back to health. and, after making
love to the innocent and ingenious girl, returns
to the East betrothed to her. He is. however, but
q poor kind Of creature, and when. later on. his
brother. who resembles him in outward appear
ance only, comes to the happy valley, fights an
offensive tramp, and in the end wins the girl
himself, tho reader feels that things have been
much more suitably adjusted. Mr.. Dana's do
scriptions Of the mighty forests Of the North
Pacific slope, when nature slept, unvexed by the
inroads of traffic and civilization. and when the
timber cruiser" and the logger" were as yet
unknown, are full of beauty, and his picture OF
the idyllic life in the far-away canon is q very
pleasant one.
There is much sweet and simple melody in
the verses, by Mr.. James Buckham, issued in
the "oaten Stop Series" copeland & DayL
under the title Of 1.-THE Heart Of LIFE" a title
which, by the way, Mr.. Mallock used for one Of
his novels two or three years ago. Most Of Mr..
Buckham's unpretentious verses echo the music
heard in woods and felds in boyhood days:
signs of thirsty meadows when the rains of sum
mer come; the note Of the bluebird in tho early
morning, and the tinkle of tho cowboll as tho
cattle move slowly among the clover. Those
who can still find time to recall these things
may do so very pleasantly with the aid of music
such as this:
Down the lane. OIL down the lane. in the days Of long
ago,
How the llacs. white and purple. and tho hawthorn
used 20 blow;
And the dandelions hiding in the matted. velvet
grass
Obi tho summer morns and evenings. when the lazy
lowing cows
Let you dream your boyish day dreams, while they
idly stopped to browse.
What q low. mysterious music in tho elm trees over
head,
TIL the oriole translated. and you know Just what
they said.
Marlowe's "Tragical History of Doctor Faus-
tus." edited, with preface, notes. and glossary.
by Mr.. Israel Gollancz. IL tho latest published OF
-. Tho Temple Dramattsts" (Macmillans). In
preparing this revision the editor has drawn
upon the text Of tho earliest extant edi-
ton. a quarto Of 1904. and that OF
the fourth edition, published in 1916. In
the latter are a number of "adicyones"
to the original text, some Of which, made by
Birdie and Rowley In 1902. are mentioned In
Henslowe's Diary: hence Mr.. Gollanoz has
adopted the plan Of printing the extracts from
the 1916 quarto in italic type. while one or two
omitted passages from the first edition are
given In the notes, the result being o very COM
plete and useful version OF this grand old play.
A very beautiful example of artistic book
making issues from the Roycroft Press OF East
Aurora, N. Y. in tho volume of essays by Miss
Adelino Knapp, entitled Upland Pastures:
Being some outdoor essays dealing with the
beautiful things that the spring and summer
bring" Bound In rough gray boards and printed
upon antique deckel edged paper, with illumi-
mated title page and initial letters throughout,
the volume. of which the present edition 10 lin
tied to six hundred signed and numbered copies,
Is a thing Of rare beauty, and Mr.. Ebert Hub
bard is to be congratulated not only on his
taste. but ON his enterprise In putting before tho
public q specimen of hiRh-ciass work that need
not shirk comparison with tho productions Of tho
Kelmscott, or any Of tho modern artistic print
ing presses. Tho work OF Illuminating hos been
done with delicacy and skill. AS for the essays
themselves, 1t is sufficient praise to say that
there IL q freshness and fragrance in Miss
Knapp's descriptions Of tho beauties of wood
and field that render them worthy of their
setting.
A fine fruity flavor Of the wild and wonder
full West clings to most of the short stories In
the volume by Mr.. Frank Bailey Willard, en-
titled "a Pretty Bandit" (tho Eskdale Pressl,
wherein young women hold up stages and shoot
greasers. and cowboys and Indians empty re-
yolvers and shotguns into ono another with
considerable enthusiasm. Mr.. Willard writes
in a straightforward. slap-bang style. and
with a good deal of rough humor. and ono
or two OF his stories are better than tho average
of their kind.
"Carpenter's Geographical Reader - ASIA"
american Book Company. 10 an educational
work of the kind that should be in use in tho
preparatory classes OF every modern school.
Written in simple and interesting narrative
form, the book describes u journey from America
to Japan, through the Mikado's empire to Korea.
China. Siam, the Malay Archipelago. Burma.
India. Thibst. Persia, Arabia, Palestine, Turkey