The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-08

her shoulu iall upon Gerard's reputation" she
said, and It was in consequence OF this deter
mtnation on her part that Elven went away to
the monastery and discussed art in its relation
to religion.
New York and Chicago are sketched in the
story. The sky OF Naples over a smokeless
Liverpool that Is n characterization OF this
city; and Mr.. Barry also mentions "a railway
with moving cars certainly not an unusual
kind OF a railway.
The book is interesting and at the same time
depressing. II is full Of the puzzles OF human
existence. which Of course are not solved in It.
1t has m passages and passages Of vivid
portraiture. mingled with long pages OF meta
physics and pure philosophy. 1t pictures q
particular form % the vice OF London at great
length and quite morbidly. and without the
least regard for any connection between the
subject and the general story. Nothing could
he more abrupt and uncalled for than the way
in which the heroine plunges out OF her home.
reviews this vice and plunges back again. 1t is
probably because there is so much and such an
unrelated variety in the book that the reader
feels himself disturbed by II. OF course Victor
Hugo disported himself as he pleased in LES
Miserables." Juggling in the battle of Waterloo
in n most remarkable manner. but then. he was
a Frenchman.
In Shutdown Lcnare." by Frederic Reming-
WI NH'' " pioo'l' We " EtNtIul SlOIltS
told in the manner of speech that an Indian
halfbreed EMPLOYS when he talks English.
SHUTDOWN was Mr.. Remington's interpreter.
and Mr.. Remington reproduces these tales as
Shutdown told them. There is THE Great
Medicine Horse" an Indian myth OF the thun-
der. told by 1tsoneorratseahoos n name too
long for the white men. who called him Paint
in an effort toward simplicity. How Order
No. q Went Through" is another OF the stories.
and the remaining three are entitled re-
spectively Shutdown Lenare's Warm Spot"
shutdown Lefiare's Money and Sundown's
Higher Self" These are stories in which Mr..
Remington's humor mingles with Sundown's
and they are curious and amusing. They are
set off BY twelve of Mr.. Remington's character
istic illustrations. which are reproduced on
rather too small a scale for the best effect.
Some readable sketches Of slum life in Lon
don, smartly written and exaggerated almost
to caricatures. have been arranged on a clumsy
framework by Mr.. Richard Whiteing In mo. 8
John street" The Century Coz and are offered,
we imagine. as studies from the life Of various
social problems. Though lie makes fun Of
benevolent Summing" Of all kinds, the
authors point OF view and. apparently. his
sources OF information. are those OF the anna
teur summer: 80 are the philosophic com
ments he intersperses in smaller type. Several
Of Mr.. Whiteing's characters are interesting.
among them a conventional coster and a flower
girl. whom he seems tempted to make the
heroine OF a story. He puts away the tempta-
ton by blowing the girl up with dynamite.
The quality OF Mr.. Whiteing's work and his
playful humor can be Judged by a specimen
page. His coster receives the visit OF a mis-
sionary in his living room.
He unrolls a colored Autograph, which represents
Queen Victoria Offering a Bible to an inquiring saw.
age, as the true cause of the greatness OF England. -
The chief kneels. in a loin cloth Of ostrich plumes.
Ministers in the Windsor uniform hover in the back.
ground. Her Majesty wears the crinoline Of that
happy middle period when We were still abla to
smack our lips over our own favor as the salt Of the
earth.
what might DO is name % asks Covey at length,
pointing to the chief. Anybody we bin lckin'
latelyF"
MI. Conroy trather uneasily)-oh. no; there was
never any trouble about him-brought UP by the
missionaries.
Covey-what sort o lingo. now. would he speak
in q manner O. %speakin'?
Mr.. Conroy-Sort OF broken English, I fancy-at
any rate. when he's comin' our way.
Cov6y-I s'pose everybody all over the worldll
know our patter bimeby2
Mr.. Conroy with modest p~ride)-Thats what It's
coming to. I fancy. They pick 1t up. like. It's the
tracts.
Covey warming)-An' what's the lingo up yonder.
I wonder?
Mr.. Conroy-Up where?
| Convey apparently too shamefaccd to name . bet.
ter world)-Thatp lice what you're always a -talking of.
Mr.. Co~nroy-English'l do. l think you'll lind.
He does not say 80 in terms. but he manifestly
cherishes the hope that our tongue. IL not exactly
the sole language of heaven. is certainly the one
most in use there. There can be no doubt of the
good mans inclination to the belief that his Maker
is at heart a Briton. He suspects irreverence in the
combination and would no Glad of eacaDe from II hnt
there seems no way. The Lords steadiness. his
constancy, his perfect sobriety Of spirit, his great
constructive activities. his combined justice and
mercy, are all. in Mr.. Conroy's view. eminently
British qualities.
Mr.. Covey has views on America:
1t depends upon the sort O. fore'ner. Amerkini
is all right. Very free with their money. Don
seem able to reckin below sixpence. Bob fer fetchin
a cab sometimes. Theirs is q big country, too
bigger than ours; but we make 1t up in the trim
minis. like. Some O. them's coming over. They
amt got no kings or queens. Sort O. Chairman
elected by a vote o thanks. Don't want nothin
fetched for EN- when they're at ONE: everything in
the 'ouse by telegraph. 1t must be a ard country fol
the pore.
The coming over" refers to the approach,
ing jubilee OF Queen Victoria. the occasion thai
serves to connect the sketches. and is selected,
as it seems. to enable the author to present sew
eral views Of that ceremonial. There is {
mawklshly servile account OF n meeting be
tween the Princess OF Wales and the flower
girl which. with some expressions in the ex.
tract last quoted. and epigrams like As mere
economic formula democracy must ever fade
of into Bellamy visions OF n glorified Pough'
keepsie with superior drains" may lead to the
suspicion that the author is an American trying
to out British the British.
Egotism takes many shapes. but seldom sc
provoking a form as in Mr.. Felix Moscheles's
Fragments Of an Autobiography" tHarpersl
Mr.. Moscheles was born in a hive Of German
Jew bankers ri Hamburg. which. at frs
against its will. has been curiousiy involved ii
the literature and art Of the century. Hi:
father was a celebrated pianist, Mendels
sohn was his godfather. his grandaunt wal
Heine's sister his rich banker relatives opened
his way into the best society Of London, o
Paris and OF Germany. while his profession o
portrait painter brought him into close con
tact with many persons OF interest. II he hac
ed, l-A -.-.l L. ,A,ll .-f ~,