The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-16
NEW BOOKS.
Brief Reviews of Imp ortant and Interesting
New Publications.

Ne, pubI,cntions
1.rA n..i.,,,ort =, .h. I,c,,.h Nov.ln
,,,,V ~, wtt, c.. -, vi.
Nmeonih.anH rro,! ""Dui -. Ti,.s
sims W heec IN ou'iine ''o eou'.o y, ls
notion from Arthurlan ronahco 10 oto'eneon
and kipling and TO indicate Cohtinentais ouroes
and tributaries In the form OF single essay
divided here and there Tor convsnisnce. the
author presents in outline some new material.
The influence OF Spanish fiction from Fielding
to Thackeray; the historical romance. as an
offshoot Of the historical alleRory; the relation
OF Richardson and Fielding to the drama the
beoInninOs of the Gothic romance In Smollett;
and tracea tbe intimate connection between
Vno,i.h nd Fraroh ac,ion from thu centuriea
,,,,,ad,.,.Iv ,oiIo,tn. thu Norro,n conouest
~, C -. ,a,,,nn 4. int.ndad ,or thu
~, o.o''. ""V VIZ, s...iias in,..,,a.
s,u"ou' 90 - M , - IL, -.
ZION in speoih spoc"s 'npos'' "is NV
eioariy ana simply anu "nhou1 eny un"ee
sary doRmntizing. ana MS essay shouiu 10 Vi
Interest also to the general rsaoer VINO may
wish TO follow some OF the more inportahs
steps whereby fascinating literary form mas
become what IL 10 through NOTIFICATIONS In
structure and content. He thus critically esti-
mates Stevenson and Kipling:
ma ,r.,dont in .rd ,or t,.f. and bs sought to set
n. b,ch into our boybood. when the moral sense
-. IN ,r,Inoa and -. viewed nature n.iysly Stey
.,.on 40 a. he n.rmi,t. In Rad betv.sn tho lines
vh.n h. ,,ood q, . broad highway svept white in
,h. d,.,.nc. hx IN. .unliobt thouubt Of Dick Tur.
,,Ir "a AZ. .,.,,,,a IA. fr,n Iondon 10 York,
vb.n h, v.,t aovr % tho ,e, lie Jaw to the west,
v.rd ,h. ,h.n,om sb,n of Kidd and heard the
ruf,,p cr.v calling "a him oyer the water; when he
,.lt hi, .ol.ton h. eop,d fancy himself going out
IN Ia NIGHT and .houtinv through his hands to
IN. h.,v.n. n.onI.s W I'M hi. ab,ent frtends
Tb.rs "a a, much snb.,,nc. bshind hi, styls a.
h.h,na ~, 80 o,h.r r,.,i.h romancsr n. VA.
.r..in, o, or.i.,.rt wi,b tho dio,um that romance
.b,u,d h. g. moral. ina Ch.pter on Dreams" he
g,vs vi,h .n.c,,, ,.,sr.pos Ia "Dr Jekyu and Mr.
Hva.. IN. ,.,..,. n, nuch OF hi. writing Certain
,nciaents And .,,uation. came to him in dreams,
vbich h. .yfulIv .,cribed TO the w.yv.rd brow.
,,., From Fl,l.rd hints OF thi. kind he built up
~. ,or,.. ~, -.t. bins.l, Iavinu claim only TO
an. .h...,,.r. .,d th. morality Almost avery.
vbsrs IN a,exsnson'. work there 10 this reality.
w. .r. an. ;nc,d.n,. ~ nurs rom,ne. and there
.ra th. .,,io. I..n., stsx.nron WA . Puritan;
a, an srti,, hs wa, 4. bohemian. He wrote an essay
on Francois vllon in which he DID .ean' !u'hes 10
ING A"tnoi VI DAAu VI -. ,,n ...,h..c
story win Niiion ~ nero anu was IN tu'
s,n i,s ssn 'ne '"''D@s W.
''ee''"s s''U "'s
.,,,,,.,,o, =, 81. ustt.r
., 10. 20, nj. nurno.s K,n,ins 4. At viii real
IA, or rom,ncsr Al, r..,i,t beis An i'm pr.ssion.t.
0nRuA fnph hn " n
inc to tho reader the compilation OF the sketch.
whom he has done more than this. is the case of
Mulvaney, he has revived the method of Chaucer.
letting his characters reveal themselves by the tales
they tell He Ia not . romanoer in the sense In
| which Stevenson was. who reared his faofie on
drsams for he always has realistic setting ana
says much about real things he not . rohane.i
IN the sense IN "hieh Scott was. VINO iooAeu ~.
ward hen Tue ronAneet y, mo 49,, .,rs
, moa'fn ''OHi Vi ~, -hi.h anon. on
nen. i.. ,h. 80 d,vin,
,tN%. "a, ,.,,..,ao F,,,ir, ,..,. ,hs pre.,ne.
otrom.nc. a. ,hot And .b.l "A vsll as in bow and
-. "a in ~ coat, a, veil a, in bum ierliu,
o., ,i.,ny ,un.,,.;tion, A, we'll A. in the old in the
| lightning express Az in the stage coach: in Yer
mont farmer a. in Robin Hood; in the fishing
schooner As in the Vikings ship; in the loves of
| Mulyansy and Dinsh as in 1vanhoe and RoWsna
In the huge python ss in the IRE breathing dragon
This is his great distinction IN an age that mas come
to look on its mArVels with duii' pas'i'sey"'
s,n.uss,,, hib,ioorapbieal notes are given
| In an ,nn.ndiI
sand and C,etua" tseribner's) il the title OF
voinms -, .hort s,orss Of life in Arizona,
Nsw Ma,,oo and ths Indian Territory. by Mr..
Wol,ott a clair Bs.rd. Rad men. Greassrs.
indians bor.e tbIeyss. gamblers, and other in
| t.r..ting char,ctsrs ara a plsnty. and there is
| nol..t q, grn novdsr and gore in the tales
| wbioh ara ali veil told and apparently tho work
y, +, man Who b,. been there"
"Ca,heI Hvron,s Profession" by @. Bernard
aha fRrentano,., IA a breezy entertaining.
.nd in many respscts. original novel. which
vs.. nr.t nuhll.bed in England In 1886. The
h.ro C.shel BYRON. IN the son OF an English
oountrv gentleman Who diss soon after Cashel
| "a horn leaving him to hjs mother an actress
~ ha brought IN The mother puts him at a
noard,ne achooI WHARF he displays an abso-
~. in,h,litv 10 laarn ANYTHING from books
hu, -. grsat ,ntItud. for athletics. and finally
I'm. svav 10 .ea bringing IN in Australia.
h.. h. ands smplovment with a retired
nneui.t vho b,s hecome A teacher of boxing
and oymnastica and "a nv him DEVELOPED into
an ,ccomn lsh.d prize fighter Having become
tha champion in Australia. BY defeating all
hi. antaponists he goes TO England and
| .oh,avs. lie success there While training
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