The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-10

When tho strange rude chimney In filled with
blazing logs, and lighted by their glare, It looks
like a Druid temple Illuminated by the flames
OF n sacrifice"
Miss Annie Tlint's Sunbeam Stories, and
Others" Bonnoll Silver & Co. is a volume that
Is sure to give delight to tho little folk, for
whom It Is intended. There is a touch of pure
poetic fancy in each Of the tales, and the sun
beams, hero invested with life and tiny human
forms, are lovablo and mirth.provoking imps.
Think Of tho fun VIC havel We play all day
long with one another, with birds, with butter
flies. We know the ~loveliest places In the
woods, where the moss is like a thick carpet,
and where we con dance on the ripples Of the
brook" Tho children, too, arc real children,
and there is no mawkIsh sentimentality, but
an enforced. tender pathos In the story OF
little Tom Riley, who was mos twelve"
but who had n heart big enough for q
man, and so skiltully Is It told that a child
may read and miss much Of the sadness of It.
In and out and everywhere play the sunbeams,
as merry, mischievous, and kindly n set of
sprites as any In the realms of fairyland. They
tumble about on floor and wall. hide In the
flowers, row races on the brook in boats Of tiny
leaves, and whisper Jokes and secrets to their
friends the children. They and their pleasant,
laughterloving companion, the saucy breeze,
are sure to gain warm places in the hearts of
thObo WlsCT IOlk "nO 1.-Two III INC ant VI mako
believe" and have not yet learned to take their
pleasures sadly.
Mr.. John r. Spears has, In The Port of Miss
ing ships (Macmillanh chosen a singularly at
tractivo title for a volume Of three ~flrst-rate
sailor yarns. In the first n quaint and delicatcly
fanciful theme 10 admirably treated. and tho
story, clothed In tho language OF the sailor
man, tells Of a voyage to that unoharted harbor
where lies the mighty feet of
Ships that sailed for sunny isles
And never came to shore.
Gurus things be to happen at sea, says Jack
Servenmalet, cooper and carpenter and able
seaman. as he tolls of his first sight of the beau
tiful harbor and "the great open hulks as
had only one mast and was rowed with
oars and yet could carry the Nuoleus's cargo;
the ships with jibbooms and no jibs but
squaresls instid; ships with lateen forests
and others with lateen mizEens, and no end of
other rigs such as no man ever sec nor no sailor
man I'D have nothin' to do with, not to mention
the craft rugged as we've seen ships rugged afore
time. and them as was shipshape, and some as I
remember Of seein' afore. Wherever did they
all como FRONT Whatever were they there for :
How did we happen to be sailin' into that ere
harbori Why did hundreds, aye, hundreds on
them Gurus hulks, with cur'user flags and
streamers, and with their sails embroidered all
over with pictur's, and tho crews playin' on no
end O. musical instrumental. come out alongside
the ship as was ahead OF us ana give her q well
come hearty IKE as We coulo heal a mile
away. ana then Dear up 10 meet usT
How all this happened and now poor
JACK made nus second voyage 10 tne same port
1t Is but fair TO let MI. spears tell In his own
way. he writes as one VINO knows ana under
STANDS the SAILOR. his descriptions OF an ocean
race between two smart Yankee clippers, q dar-
ing rescue from a wreck drifting In a terrific
sea, and a ship running under heavy canvas
before a gale, are all full OF viSor and move
ment, and there Ii about mis- stories q cheery,
healthy atmosphere OF tho open sea thas ID IN
nnitely retreshing.
Nell Swynne, hltty CnVe' reg Womngton'
Mrs sidoons, Mrs. Aoineton' David darr1ck,
and o goodly company OF other folk who should
DO entertaining, are orought upon the scene oy
Mr.. +. Frankfort Moore In q series OF short sto-
ries UNDER the tueot inc lmpuoent Comedian
and timers VI .. stone i" Coj. "fretty'
witty Nell Ii shown In her house In st James's
street, where she is living unaer inc protection
OF the KIM A sweetheart who. as O link
boy loved her In the oid oranee-sening days.
comes BACK rom sea 10 marry her. dc
knows nothing elther or ner present POSI-
Ton or ner purpiecoiored past I'LL tho
King himse1t chances 10 arrive, ana' In q
moment makes matters cear. inc young
'
pirate on the spanish main with such success
that no mas brought nome q soooly loaa OF Inc
uadiuonal douoioohs ana pieces OF eisnt' ID
nothihg II not Virtuous' nc hihss IN inc teetn
ofthe KING the scorniol epithet OF pronieatel
with ALI the gusto OF the nero OF d oowery melo-
drama wneh no oehes inc ioroly Villain. In
Kitty ChVe' ActresS' a oraeear. ana oomoas-
nc young ACTOR rom tne provinces, VINO mas .
mighty poor opinion OF MI oarric.; ou' - NOR
oughly convinced OF ms w aonnty 10 play
Hdmiet as IL shouio DO played mas ~ means
OF clever stratagem' a lesson given u MN oy
the sprigntiy actress' mr.. Mooro' In tnis, aS IN
his former proauctions' makes no particular Az
tempt 10 give poiiSn OF pertec'ioh u hiS styie'
but as his mar dozen storlee arc tariy INTEREST,"
Ing they VIII DC popular Win that large CLASS OF
readers who want literature OF me hghtest klnd
and are not overpertcuiar as 70 its quaiity.
Mrs. hutherglen and her daughter saiome
had not beer tho most Irrational ana incompre-