The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-23

deserves TO be widely read.
An Alphabet OF CelebrItlos." by Oliver Her
lord, Ia published by small. Maynard 4 Co.
boston. This is an unusual and even nm as.
'onishing book II 10 beautifully printed and
curiously illustrated. Its literature and its
pictures are framed In handsome borders. It's
placks and reds are inherently fine and mako
striking and agreeable contrast. The paper ia
worthy to sustain the expressions Of a two
ioid and triumphal art. Here we learn that
As Albert Edward. we'll meaning but Eighty
Who invited King Arthur. the blameiess and msh,v
10 meet Alcibiadcs and Aphrodite.
Aphrodite sits up quite straight and holds
her teacup daintily. Her cestus is pleasIncly
embroidered. The Prince OF Wales is repre-.
sented rs modern figure Interested in an
tlluities. King Arthur frowns and AlcibIades
titters. Under b. we have pictures OF Bern.
nardt Barahbas. Bismarck. and Bacon; and
unfo'ds to US the artists ideas concerning
columbus. Confucius. Carlyle. Cleopatra, and
Cain. Columbus here has broken bIs eup
Cleopatra has her glass OF vinegar and pears
before her. and Cain Is repres ented as n novels
ist tull OF serious and gloomy purpose. sitting
gu'ltily In corner and holding n horrible club
Diogenes. Darwin and Dante are shown in the
act OF being delighted with the dance OF COM
percent Bacchante; Edison Is represented as
''''N'"h Vut cOHlTINdnCe 10 enable Eve to
laugh In her sleeve: Homer and Howells roll
on the floor with delight when Handel PLAYS
the bagplpcs: Irving aud Ingersoll cut an
lesen play: DR.. johnson says "Pishl" to Jonah.
who tries to tell him a fsh story; Kiplne and
Meats betray certain emotions as the Kaiser
reads to them some original verses: Martin
Luther refuses to be interested in one OF
la Fontaine's fables, while Loie Fuller
IL dancing on the table: Napoleon. using
broom, explains the manual OF arms
to Nero and others: Oliver Cromwell repro.
hends Omar. tho dissoute Persian, who
wanted Jug In the wilderness; Peter. the
celestial doorkeepcr says no to Paderewski,
who IL unable to refrain from playing the
piano; Queen Victoria IL pictured humorously
but hardly natteringly: Rollo and Rem brandt
listen doubtiully to Rubinstein playing that
old thing in F." Swinburne. in n check over
coat. meets sunpho. sartou and Socrates at
The Zoo; Truth. rising from the well. en-
counters Talleyrand and Mark Twain, and
treats them politely; Undlne chases Ulysses
and Umberto. but fails to catch them;
Nantrpe scolds OF the army OF Xerxes.
Socrates sitting meanwhile in corner and
betraying no surprise: and lola presents
The Earth" to Zcnobia the brave and
Zuleika the fair. who ar,fully employ their
hair to conceal tn cir bushes. We venture TO
present one more example OF these ventures
some verses:
vs. Wagner. who sang and played lots
For washi gtcu. Wesley, and good Dr. Watt,
His nrrir.eni plots panied Wesley and wstts,
But Washington said he enjoyed them IN spots.
We 90 not know what the children will make
out oithc book. but there can be no doubt that
there has entered into II a great deal OF highly
ingenious art. Bertram Grosvenor Gooihue
made the border and the initial letters. and T..
b. Bird the other designs. The printing was
done by the HeinZrmann Press, Boston.
Aye. though live TO the age OF the Flying
Dutchman. and sail the brine a. long as he
has done. never shall forget. never shall
lose my interest in. those several sea appear
ances: and. above all. never shall there pass
from my memory that particular incident OF
the seattle silent decks OF the plague ship.
which we had hailed in vain the SIX dead men
sitting bolt upright on the main hatch. with
the moonlight glistening In their boards; the
reek of the plague. rising In a visible column to
the height Of hfteon feet or more from the
companionway: the pirate longboat drawing
inevitably near: the beautiful. sinuous girl
from Jamaica sobbng In her stocking feet:
our captain. comfortably a-straddlc. munchrg
a sea biscuit and slipping n glass o, water and
rum Mr. W. Clark Russell. OF course.
II not his precise language. and this is his
book. Rose Island: the Strange Story OF n
Love Adventure at Sea" Herbert $.
Stone 4 CO.. What a congregation OF
strange and moving thinRs-things the like Of
which Ia to be met with only on the sea. We
who stay at home know not the meaning Of
surprise: our life runs In quiet grooves: We
have 10 conception Of the squalls and hurri-
canes OF adventure that the sea blows up.
Here is our captain sipping his rum-a practice
and priyilegeio' the olden time truly We do
not know that the modern substitution OF tea
ia an advantage. Rum eSalts the spirit OF q
sailor; 1t makes him walk on air. and. surely.
40 long as he maintains himself In this friendly
element. he cannot drown. What strong oc-
currences. daily and hourly on the vast. I'M
needing bosom OF the sea! Here already we
have the plague shir. and the six dead mon
sitting stark. and the beautiful girl. and tho
hale captain partakIng reasonably of rum and
water. while the pirate longboat draws near.
But there IL much more. Man and
the elements contribute to make the
ocean fascinating and terrible. The maiden
from Jamaica fell out OF the cabin window OF
lofty West Indiaman. Just In the eye Of trop-
ical convulsion Of nature. and was fshed IN by
oDservant and decent people on a neIghboring
schooner. They wrung her dry. gave her rum.
and put her TO bod: and when she woke w
she foil In love with the captains son. All
The negro mate saw the girl and loved her 4
grotesque person he was. The captains son
offered to fight him fair. and the negro butted.
And what succession OF varied aspects and
manifestations OF the sea all the time. There
blew moderate wind. The dark curves Of the
sea ran In patient lines. The stars trembled.
large. plentiful. and glorious. Again we have
tho long. keen-edged seas driven in thunder.
and "a well the trumpetng OF the canvas. Be-
fore the girl fell out o. the cabin window a
tail end OF wind trickled through the atmos-
pierre Midnight seemed to be coming down
like a dome in a dark. lowering. sullen after
noon. The moon rose early with dull face,
and to the right OF the faint tremble OF radiance
which she shook into the sea under her squat
was blowing slowly along-a wet squat anced
by lightning. full Of wind. for you could hear
the noise OF II, and the moon looked down upon
II through its sinister frame" Again. the moon
was rushliRht smouldernR In the fog. At the
wheel stood dark figure tnctured by the soft
flame OF the pinnacle lamp, and II was possible
to SEQ few snu iges forward In the gloom Of
the forecastle. HoArso and profune language
arose from the cook. Without shrek or
al. tl,. a