The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-13

EWV OhTulHhl noEhtb se~S
not indebted to Cymrlo character; on the con.
trary, their virtues are nearly tho opposite OF
Qualities which would have found favor In Brit
ism antiquity. 1t 10 tho Frenchman whom the
stories represents; to Britain 10 due little more
man o scene and opportunity" Many read
ers VIII DO moro interested in the LEGENDS
themselves than In the learned and lengthy ais
cussions OF the s~choolmen, and will be content
70 leave the latter to dispute 40 TO whether Ar
thur was q real king who ever ruled In Britain
or elsewhere. or q mere solar myth, as O French
critic has suggested. To them these prose ro'
mances aacribed to Crestien will always appeal
by reason OF their literary quality and their
FUND OF originality and invention, and the dne
conception Of valor. courtesy and love embodied
In their heroes of the Round Table.
Once upon n time-it seems q very long while
ago-tho gentleman known to readers as #.
Austey wrote Vice Versa" o genuinely anus
ing book. Since then he seems to have become
q very serious person. Tho strain Of produc'
ing q weekly supply Of copy OF the kind
looked for by the readers OF London Punch
might be expected to tell in time upon
tho most light.hearted Of testers. and
his latest book, "Bsboo Harry Bungsho Jab-
berjee. d. A" tAppletons), may stand as
~ sad example Of that saddest Of oil earthly
things, machine-made humor. Mr.. Jabberjce 10
a Bcngnli Baboo. who studies law at ono OF the
English Inns Of Court, and, In his spare moments,
writes his impressions Of things in general In
the pages OF London Punch. As o ~satirical com.
ment upon England's system of education as
applied to her Indian subjects a page or two
Of the book might not be unintcresting,
but It's humor Is of that heavy kind Of
which q little goes o very long way. From
one who has shown that he can do SO
much better this sort Of thing is disappointing.
"Wo proceeded thither upon the giddy summit
Of o Royal Oak omnibus, and on arriving In tho
vestibulum were peremptorily commanded to
undergo total abstinence from our umbrellas"
The baboo In real lifo is a much more amusing
person than this imaginary specimen Of Mr..
Anstey's. Mr.. Bernard Partrldge's illustrations
are excellent.
Elementary Jane" tPutnamsl was a good
young girl who sang in the London "'Alls."
The story of her love and her misfortunes is
told in some 800 pages that contain . too
liberal proportion Of cockney dialect to suit
most readers, Otherwise Mr.. Pryce's book is
interesting and well written. Unlike many
novels that treat Of stage life, It seems to be
designed for the young person."
A useful edition Of Carlyle's Heroes. Hero
Worship. and tho Heroic in History" has been
prepared, with notes and introduction, by Mrs.
Annie Russell Marble. tMacmillansl The notes
are designed to explain for the student the
many allusions to mythology, philosophy.
history, &C., and the quotations from reconcile
sources found in this collection OF essays, Of
which Thoreau said: A his works might
we'll enough DO embraced under tho title
Of one of them. q good specimen brick.
On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in
History OF this department he 10 Chief Pro
fessor in the Worlds University, and even
leaves Plutarch behind" The volume contains
o short photography and indlcss to the text and
to the notes and introduction.
We have also received:
"Reminiscences Of an old Westchester Homo.
stead" Charles Pryor. tPutnams.l
"Some Colonial Homesteads." Marion Har.
land. tPutnams.)
THE Lord of Lowedale. A Story Of the
Sixteenth Century" r. o. Chetwodo. tEstes
& Lauriat.)
(Estes & Lauriat.l
Under the Cuban Flag: or. The cacique's
Treasure" Fred A. o. Ker. Illustrated.
(Estes & Lauriat.)
"Fabius the Roman; or, How the Church DO.
came Militant" Rev. Z. Fitch Burr. ID. D., LII.
D. Baker & Taylor Company
"The Daughter of a Hundred Millions." Vir.
ginia Niles Leeds. u. Tennyson Nicely,
"The Outlaws Of the Marches" Lord Ernest
Hamilton. Dodd, Mead & co.,
1.-THE Clash OF Arms." John Bloundelle Bur.
ton. tAppletons)
18th Eoho-Maid and Other Stories" Alicia
Aspinwall. IL. P. Dutton,l
"Th Potter's Wheel" Ian Maclaren. (Dodd.
Mead g. co.,
"The Vice Of Fools." II. C. Chatield. Taylor.
III. 8. Stone Sc Col
"stuart and Bamboo" Mrs. S. P. Mclean
Greene. (Harpersl
"Undine." De La Motto Fouque. Hlustra-
lions by Rosie NJ. M. Pitman, (Macmillans)
"The Boys of Fort Schuyler" James Otis.
Illustrated By George Foster Barnes. (Estes &
Lauriat.)
1.-THE City of Stories" Frank NJ. Bicknell.
Illustrated. Estes & Lauriat.I
"True to His Home. A Tale of the Boyhood
of franklin" Hezekiah Butterworth. Illus
trated. (Appletons)
"The Red Patriot. A Story of the American
Revolution" VIM. o. Stoddard. illustrated.
Appletons.l
Commodore cambridge" James Barnes.
tAppletons.)
Mrs. Knollys and Other Stories" F. ].
Stimson. (Scribners.I
1.-THE Kings Highway" Amelia E. Barr.
Dodd, Mead & Coz
'song Birds and Water Fowl" II. L. Park
hurst. tScribnersl
."Eunice and Cricket" Elizabeth Westyn
Timlow. Illustrated. lEstes & Lauriat.)
Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous
Women. Empress Josephine" Ebert Hub
bard. (Putnams)
Mature Study in Elementary Schools" A
manual for teachers. Mrs. Lucy L. w. Wilson,
Phi. II. (Macmillans)
Her Place in tho World" Amanda N.
Douglas. lice & Shepard.)
,tUba niatrfrt School m n vVaab ny ooo ,rAo
went to 1t. Edited by Clifton johnson. lice &
Shepard.)
Teaching as a Business" Four addresses by
C. w. Bardeen (author).
"TheE dement's of Electric Lighting. includ-
ing Electric Generation, Measurement, Storage,
and Distribution" Philip Atkinson, A. NJ, Phi.
ID. Ninth edition. fully revised and new matter
added. I'd. Van Eostrand Coz
Mona st. Claire" Annie L. Armstrong.
Illustrated. IF. Warne & co..
Poor but Plucky: or, the Mystery of a
Flood Arthur M. Winfield. wv. l.. Allison
Co..
California In O Day0.