The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-03

sents some original boundaries that might
create complications in Europe. while others
are unusually exact. In page and hall
given to the late Me-. Baynrd space Is found for
this information: e. His death had been ex-
pected daily for weeks. but his remarkable
constitution and vitality deferred the end even
beyond the hopes OF tho physicians" We
commend to the ant-expansionists the map OF
the United States. where by an ingenious eX-
tension OF the boundary line 80 az to include
all our Pacific possessions. the greater portion
OF the Pacific Ocean north OF the equator has
been annexed to the Union. There is much
valuable and accurate information in the book.
together with much that is trivial.
Mr. Winston Churchill. tho American, who
need no longer be confused with his English
namesake as the latter now signs his articles
Winston Spencer Churchill. sails Off on new
tack in Richard Carvel" tMacmi llans) that will
surprise the readers OF THE Celebrity" He
has written an elaborate historical romance OF
adventure. and shows good deal more than
cleverness in his workmanship. His models
are Esmond" and THE Virginians.' and in
plot. situations characters. and descriptions
he seems anxious not to deviate from estab-
lished conventions OF fiction. Tho historical
part OF the story Is used merely as stage
setting for his heros and herones love affairs.
He brings in John Paul Jones and Fox and
Horace Walpole to HELM them along In the
London he describes the ways Of the begin
ming OF the eighteenth century are somewhat
mixed UP with those OF the end. and in spite OF
the authors care expressions creep in occa-
sionally that belong to the age OF trolley cars
and crnoine rather than to that OF powdered
hair and knee brooches. Nevertheless. out OF
we'll worn materials Mr. Churchill has con-
structed a capital story. that retains its inter-
net m ha haa good deal of life
into his characters. He is lavish in fights and
adventures and his villains are very villainous.
He goes out OF his way to show his versatility
by introducing a limited quantity OF Scottish
dialect for which he provides vocabulary.
Mr.. Churchill has shown that he can tell good
story: we hope he will now drop literary gym
nastics and show us what he has in him OF his
own.
delightful book that will appeal to all
lovers OF American country life Ia Nature
Studies in Berkshire" by John Coleman Adams
tG. p Putnam's Sonsl. n set OF pleasant de-
scriptive essays. beautifully gotten up and
illustrated by photographers from some won
derful photographs taken by Arthur Scott.
The landscapes are as fine as any artist could
produce with brush or needle. The Harvest
Time. Egremont." with its figure OF the farmer
in the cornield. might be taken for Millet
We have also received:
America in the East" William Elliot Grifas.
"a. s. Barnes 4 CO..
Prayers at Mass" The Rev. Edward A.
Larrabee. Printed at the Lakeside Press,
Chicago)
THE Porcelain Painters Son: a Fantasy"
Samuel Arthur Jones. NJ D. tBoericke 4
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THE Dreyfus Story" Richard W. Hale.
Small. Maynard 4 Co..
Thoughts OF and for the Inner Life Ser
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University. Dodd. Mead & CO..
Tom Huston's Transformation" R. ].
Love. IF. Tennyson Neeyl
THE Real Hawaii" A revised and enlarged
edition OF The Boston at Hawaii" Lucien
Young. L. s. n. doubleday 4 Mcclure Com
panyD
Contemporary Spain as Shown by Her Nov
elists a COMPILATION" Mary Wright Plum
mer. tTruslove. Hanson Il Comba.l
THE Standard intermediate School Diction-
ary" James C. Fernald. Funk h Wagnas
Company
Duality OF Voice. An Outline OF Original
Research" Emil Sutro. "a. p Putnams
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"A Little Legacy and Other Stories Mrs.
L. B. Walford. Herbert 8. Stone & Co..
Tho Maid He Married" Harriet Prescott
Spofrord Herbert S. Stone & Co..
"A Civilian A.tache" Helen Dawes Brown.
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From Plotzk to Boston," Mary Antin. wv.
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