The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15

bred pages in Our Navy in War. l861-lSiS"
Appletons.) His book Ia intended for the home
reading OF school children. and he senslby
limits himself to recountng the essential facts
In sufficient detail to leave lively picture in
the mind OF the reader BY grouping related
events his chapters take the form Of success
sive complete stories about the civil war.
An excellent idea, considering the readers
for whom he writes, is the stress put
on individual acts OF bravery on both
sides and the relating Of episodes. mostly
omitted In formal histories. which show OF
what stun the men were made who fought in
the war. A good deal Of space is given to the
Southern submarine boats and to the vessels
destroyed by mines. which are somewhat mis-
leadngly called torpedoes. This seems unfor-
tunate, for the question Of torpedoes In marine
warfare il still by no means settled. The civil
war naturally takes UP the greater part OF the
book. but there are chapters on tho fights at
Munila and Santiago.
Prince Bojidar KaraReorgevitch. a Servian
prince. as we are informed by the publishers has
visited India and jottcd down his tourist impress
sons in French. These. translated into English.
appear as Enchanted India tHarpers). The
prince seems to have had no unusual oppor-
tunities for observation nor any uncommon
experiences. He sees things specifically.
through the eyes Of a globe-trotter with artis-
tic and sentimental inclinations. His pictures
are Of the impressionist school. dab OF de-
scription here. a dab there. conveying no clear
idea OF what he saw and conveying no definite
idea TO the reader. This he saw at Ahmedabad:
Out in the street a woman. bare backed. was sub
hitting to be brushed down the spine with brush
of cuscus; she scorned to answer me when asked
her whether she felt better but. shutting her eyes
desired the operator to 20 more slowly.
The lady, being n total stranger to the
Prince. must not unnaturally have regarded
his inquiry about her health. while she was
occupied. as an impertinencc
In an ancient mosque. somew hat dlapidated. was
an infant school. Little heaps of stun, pink and
yellow and white. and above them emaciated little
faces with large. dark that had greenish blue
lights in them all moving and rocking continually.
and spelling aloud out Of open books set up on
wooden folding desks The master in his pulpit
listened stolidly with hAlfshut eyes and detected
the mistakes in all this twitter Of Little voices.
1t looks as though the translator had mis-
taken "pupitre for pulpit here. Leaving
out few adjectives OF color. however. II hardly
seems as though the Prince need have trav-
elled to India or to Ahmedabnd to find an in
FAINT school such as he describes. longer
extract will show the best the Prince can do.
1t describes probably the Swami whose death
was reported recently from Benarcs. or at any
rate another one Just like him:
A garden Of roses aud lilies was the dwelling place
Of u very ancient fakr. who had taken vow to 1.-Two
naked, aud only put Oh loin cloth when ladies
were expected He vcnerated by ALL yes, even
by Abibulla who knelt before him. touched tho
holy mans feet and then his own forehead. The
old fellow surrounded by pilgrims wearing
wreaths OF flowers round their neck; he to
meet me- took me by the hand, and led me under
the shadow OF a kiosk. where he showed me large
book he had written, containing account Of the
Joys and eCstacies Of his life Of asceticsm and
pray or. This old had magnificent brow.
and the deep gaze OF his kind. smiling eyes
was fine in face puckered with thousand
wrinkles. INFINITE calm and happiness character.
iEed this happy soul-a naked man in the midst Of
dowers.
At the end OF the garden. in little temple. is q
statue OF the holy OF the size of life, in his
favorite attitude. sitting his crossed legs. Round
the image were the most absurd toyG-and photo
graph Of the German Emperor, As ! was leaving,
the fakr called me back. asked me TO think Of him
sometimes. and gave me one of the splendid yellow
roses that hung about him like glory.
Prince Karageorgevitch's sketches OF India
should be interesting to Servians. and very
likely to Frenchmen as well. especially to those
who admire the preciosty OF the recent schools
OF literature. English readers. however. who
Just now are pretty well provided with descrip-
tons OF India and Indian life OF all kinds writ
ten by persons who have lived long enough in
the country TO know something about II. will. we
imagine. consider the princes superficial and
rather commonplace Impressions OF travel
somewhat superiuous.
In Yale: Its Campus. Classrooms and
Athletics" u. c. Page 4 Co.. Lewis Shell
don Wslch and Walter Camp present an in
teresting and adequate description Of the uni
verSity at Now Haven that will prove attractive
to a much wider public than that Of Yale
graduates. The first part contains a number
OF short essays on many points In college life.
the second historical and statistical account
OF tho various departments OF the university;
for both Mr.. Tech is responsible as author or
| editor The third part. devoted to athletics.
| has been prepared almost as matter Of course
| by Mr. Camp. the one accepted authority on
that phase OF Yale life. The volume is pro-
| fusely illustrated with views and portraits An
omission, marking perhaps the flight Of
| time. but that will be noticed by most living
Yale graduates Is that of the picture OF the late
| Prof Thomas Thacher and Of any mention OF
what he meant to Yale men outside OF the class
room.
| Welsh historical romance. involving. among
other things. King Henry !. and the loss of the
"Blanchenei." has been written by the Rev. S.
Barring Gould and! called Pablo. the Priest"
| Frederick A. Stokes Company Though he
| naturally employs Welsh names Of persons and
| places the author shows constituencies in the
| sparlnE use OF the Welsh language. Mr.. Barring
| Gould's style in tho antiquarian and theological
| books with which his name is usually associated
is not precisely light. 1t is curious. therefore. to
observe. when he tackles fiction, how easily he
| drops into the namboyant language and dra-
matte situations Of the Ne,o York Ledger school
| OF romance.
| largo number OF sketches printed in the
| r., nd haS
been collected under the title "Spoopendyke
| Sketches: The Humorous Productions OF
the late Stanley Huntley" THE Brooklyn Daily
Eaglel. The ephemeral character of " Sunday
| column" humor Is not belied by this collection.
which is no worse. however. than similar
funny" books. Whatever dement's as a hui
morst Mr.. Huntley may have had lie surely
deserved better written biographical notice
than is rrenred to the book. II Is unkind to
say OF any man. for instance that his hodv
was sepulchered in Greenwood or that the
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