The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-12
oily and morbid since tho abduction Of ophelis,

Thus do tho merry josts run on. with patience
and dillgcnt application TO that excellent clas-
steal dictionary OF Messrs. Harpers', o hufnorlst
should find this an almost inexhaustiblo field.
Hadcs must be full Of interesting and well.
known folk, and Mr.. Bangs has as yet touched
only upon the mere fringe Of society down thcre.
Morethan n word of praise Is duo to Mr.. Rotor
Newell for his really quaint and humorous Illus
~trations.
Happy Jack of Carrara, an Australian bush
whacker," who becomes for q timo his Grace tho
Duke OF st. Osmund's, and who is the central
figure in Mr.. 4. w. Hornung's latest novel, MY |
Lord Duke" tSoribnorsl 10 as chocry and alto
gethcr delightful a character as the novel reader
Is likely to moot within q considerable time.
A typical boundary rider tho Australian equiv.
alont for the Western cowboyl he has lived In
his hut on tho back blocks Of q Rivcrina sheep
station with no companions other than a faith
full family of cats, and with no broak In
tho monotony of his lifo save an occasional
visit to tho homo station and the periodical
spree when he gets his chcque and goes to the
nearest township to knock 1t down." A SLOUGH.
ing. slovenly figure. rough in his speech and un;
couth In his manner. he yet has a heart Of gold,
and that innate nobility of nature sometimes
found in the man who has lived long apart
from his fellows, and under the influence OF
tho forest and the open sky. Tho sharp
contrast when such q purely elemental
type as this Is. by a whimsical turn of fate, put
in possession of n great title and n vast estate.
and brought in contact with all the artihciality
of modern fashionable" life. gives the novelist
.oono Gov ,rr,hor,o.o .,,,o,ions ~ r,ro oor,.
cdy and Mr. IIorrung hn. mad, much NJ
bis onnortuni,v In the dolipoation ~ sore
~ Mia oristocr,,s hs Ia Icss succossfn,. one
or ,wo ~ ,bor, boori,. tho .,or,n n, ttrix,on
rather than of Belgravia. and tho inevitable love
story lacks the charm and freshness Of the
On rl;cr cbanters. Int an interesting and unback.
neyed Mot and n tyne of cbara,ter absolutely
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him as n singer whose note was deeper and
whose range moro wide than those OF most of
the mighty minor choir. now issues n third col.
,oc,,,, under tho TN. y, Nav p,,n."
rono,.,d G, D.xl uis vors.s h,y, l,t,, n, thu
,,or, nro,,iros. ,ho, "a ,harac,or,.,t ~ n,.nx
of the modern men, and it were easy, did ono
wish to do so, to pick out here and there an i'm.
perfect rhyme. an upcouth word. or n crude
smile; but whore thero Is 90 much that
is clear and strong, mere minor imperfec-
tions count for little, and tho real beauty
of such poems as Tho Mistress of Wis
ion,""A Narrow Vessel" and Loves Aims.
man compares with the work OF some Of tho
much-ndNCTtlSCu Younger men as the Dal0 liRht
OF the star compares with tho glare Of the
gas lamp at the street corner. The collection. as
a whole. combines something of tho old pagan
scnsuous delight in beauty with a rare spiritual
insight, and to these things il is impossible To do
Justice in a single extract; but these few lines
fairly sum up the philosophy underlying the
whole:
!, This wisdom sinp, INV sonQ with last firm breath.
Caught from the tvi.,ad lore M Ioxs and ps,,h.
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. This thing mot far ia he from v,se in ar.
. Who teacheth; nor who doth. from wise in he Fart.
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