The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-25

same relation to original thought rs some dingy,
battered counter bears to a newly minted coin.
For tho young women who put their senti.
monts mp In curl papers and tho young mon
who wax the mustachcs Of their mind l havo
no patience whatever" says Mr.. Bates. We
don't knpw what he means. but perhaps this
is some subtle form of humor that appeals to
the Boston literary audience.
Mr.. Edward w. 1ownsend's bundle OF stories
in Near a Whole City Full" Dillingham;
treat OF some widely different phases of New
York life. and range from the Poll street opium
don and tho Bowery thieves resort to tho up
o restaurant and tho Tcndcrloin.' They
aro short, crisp and we'll written. those in tho
lighter vein being especially good. Some OF tho
others show the yellow tinge of sentimcntality.
"Tendcrloin Harry" and his stout and brilliant
~ dressed sporting friends. who become 30 do
voted to dear little Baby Rose that they convert
the sideboard into q doll's playhouse, destroy
the poker chips, burn all their photographs of
lightly clad ladies Of the chorus, and set out the
baby tea things on the card table, might have
stepped straight from the pages of one OF Mr..
II. II. Davis's mildly sentimental little tales.
There is a public that dearly loves that sort of
thing, and, from one point of view. Mr.. Town
send may be wise In appealing TO 1t, but. to many
readers. one clever bit of improssionism like
ANo"oIu VI hcTlu, OF ln0 man OutblQo,
Will be worth n dozen such stories as Rose of
tho Tenderloin," or Tho House of Yellow
Brick"
The ambitious amateur orator, anxious to
SAY q few words" whenever tho chance 10
offered. and not always certain that he has any
thing TO say. may DO advised to study Tho
Occasional Address 1" tputnam'sl, wherein Prof.
Lorenzo Scars Of Brown University has written
u treatise upon the whole art of making speeches
about things in general and nothing in ~particu.
lar. Among other things ho will learn to pre-
pare his anecdotes carefully before going
to q dinner. For. says tho professor, ito
the inexperienced there is likely to arise
tho dangerous hope that the occasion
itself will furnish material for remarks;
or that other spcakero will suggest trains
OF thought which can DO seized upon as
the flow OF soul becomes full and strong. Even
an adroit restatement OF tho commonplace of
the hour Is not impossible. and is far better
than tho appearance OF labor in preparation.
Such suggestions should DO received as tho
whisperings Of lnziness and procrastination
The commonplace Of the occasion belong
to the presiding officer as his privilege
and duty in his Introductory remarks; and.
Us for the suggestions Of others, they usually
pursue the exhaustive method rather than
the suggestion, and make the most of what
unused ideas remain to them. Add to this the
difficulty with which cogitations worth utter
ing are pursued amidst entertaining speech and
Laughter and Comment right and left, to say
nothing Of tobacco smoke and the effervescence
of champagne-if It Is that sort Of q dinner. II
1t IL q cold lunch. there are other impediments
to mental activity and creative thought A
study Of this treatise suggests the thought that
there is an opening for a companion volume set
ting forth the sweet reasonableness Of the occa-
sional silence.
In My Studio Neighbors" Messrs. Harpers
publish a further series Of charming illustrated
essays on familiar outdoor subjects by the late
William Hamilton Gibson.
Among the first of the seasons books for young
readers published BY the Century Company are
"A New Baby World" a series Of stories,
rhymes, and pictures compiled by Mrs. Mary
Mapes Dodge from the pages OF the 81. Nicholas
magazine. and, for boys, THE Century Book OF
the American Revolution" by Eldridge S.
Brooks. issued und er the auspices of the Em-
pire State Society Of tho Sons of the American
Revolution, with an introduction by Mr.. Chaun-
cey u. Depew. This Is the record Of a pilgrim
age OF . party OF young people to the battle
fields OF the American Revolution, and Is copi-
ously illustrated.
One of the most delightful young folks books
Of the season is o handsomely bound and illus
trated volume containing Three Operettas"
Narpers,. by tho late Henry c. Bunner. with
music by Oscar Well and pictures BY c. W.
Weldon and c. J. Taylor.
We have also received The Heart Of Old