The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-14
NEW HOOKS.
o..t Reviews of Important and Interest
ing New Publications.


ia sons are wooden creations gllded and
s,acsd for the purpose Of ornamentation over
~. d,or Of a house in Jermyn street, London.
,ho rooms OF which are let out to dodgers. Cir
.nm,tances connected with them and particu-
,s,, brought out by the story teller are that
,h.v are sentient and observing animals. not
Outstanding their wooden composition: that
nav can look in at the windows of one pair
font and see what 10 going on there. and
,ho. owing to tho lapse OF time and
ha action Of the weather since their
.yding was last renewed. they are somewhat
.hshby and call unmistakably and rather pa
,he,lcally for a new coat. A British lodger. ono
cant. Darlington. who came and went In four
rhssler bristlinR with gun cases. and who
.sams to have been a martialist given par
,oplarly TO late suppers and rather noisy
.aras Of chance, paid absolutely no attention
the lion and tho unicorn. and they held a low
o,irion Of him accordingly. In their estima-
,,on his ways were distinctly scandalous. and
,bav tried to keep their attention axed virtu-
.,.Iv upon the street outside. though 1t is no
mora than the truth to say that they were weak
.roueh TO look around occasionally In order
10 SEQ what tho Captain was doing.
pnt tho next ledger. an American who
nod written several plays and was then trying
n sell them was all that could be desired. He
ohssryed Immediately that the lion and the
unicorn needed to be regilded. and almost the
first thing he did when he came into possession
o,,hs apartment was to promise to give them
tho finest sort OF new coat as soon as he was
,hle SO decent man. OF couse. was not TO DO
souted by fortune for any length OF time He
had TO ryc some pledges and he parted tenn
,orarly with his watch and rings and dinod
Tor, period on sausages aud mashed potatoes.
rrostenlng the same meagrey and with the
cheapest moisture. and bestowing an
in,on,llcrable recompense upon the
waiter Just in the nick OF time he
sJd a play. and the girl with whom
he was in love discovered that she was in love
with him-she painted miniatures. not very
well and absurdly supposed that she was we'd
ded to her art-and he gilded the lion and the
unicorn precisely as he had promised. Four
other stories are included in the book. On
the Fever Ship" tells OF a stricken Lieutenant
who became irrational on the voyage homo
from Santiago. and at the end fell nationally
into his sweethsart's arms. The Man with
Ono Talent" Is the story OF an American en-
thusiast who died In the Cuban cause. Tho
vagrant" Is tho story OF wandsrer who
thought he had lost girl. who appeared bare
footed and fever stricken before the Governor
Of tho Windward Islands. who ran lawn
mower for that distinguished functionary for a
short period. and who comprehended and bore
OF his girl triumphantly Just as tho Governor
mentioned-the image OF the Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain. according to the illustration
found him self hopelessly In love with her; and
The Last Ride Together" is a sketch OF q
young fellow who went raiding with DIR. Jane
son and who was sent to prison for that indis-
ha al aaatl md xyix,i a,
told. They have humor. and they are clever
Ind interesting. The fact that they contain no
word Of soaring scorn for Gen. Shafter. who
neglected to supply canned tomatoes to the
troops at Santiago. should be comforting to
that hitherto most unhappy commander.
Jesse James. My Father" by Jesse James.
Jr., is published by the author in Kansas City.
This 10 hardly 30 vivid BOOK as the reader
nigh: expect; still 1t cannot be characterized
az commonplace. The author in beginning
records IN incident that occurred in Nashville
in 1890. when he was years old. AT that
time" he says. my father Jesse James. was
away from homo. Dick Llddlll was staying at
our house during the absence OF father. 1t
was the night Of st. Valentines Day. While
mother and myself and Dick Liddill were at
home there was sound as II some one
was throwing rocks against tho front door"
Here We have the Southern Significance
Of the word rock" Bono readers
might think there was q Samson dealing
with the James front door. but OF course, the
reasonableness OF the recorded performance 10
apparent to anybody who knows that pebble
lisa rock In the Southern country. Somebody
was throwing stones against the door. Dick
started TO open the door," the account goes on.
but mother suspected that it was some one
had H.
was trying to entce Dick out to capture or kill
him. She would not allow hlm to open the door.
DICK then got my fathers shotgun from a
closet. Both OF Its barrels were loaded heavily
with ouckshot. Before my mother could inter-
'ere to prevent 1t. Dick aimed at the door and
nred the charge OF buckshot, tearing a great
hole through the door panel and splintering it.
DIck rushed to the door and threw 1t open and
ran out on the porch. In the darkness
ne saw man running around the corner
DICK Hired the second barrel straight at him,
pareIy missing him. the charge rafting against
tamppost on the street. Wenever knew posi-
WeLy who the mysterious one was that had
'nsheened US so that night. but my father
always thought it was friend OF his who lived
u'at US IL such happenings were common
shong friends. In the experience OF the
'aheses' 1t can be imagined. possibly. what
.'o manifestations OF enemies would amount
70 The elder James could not. OF course, in
'"' nature OF things. spend much OF his time at
NOME His son saw little Of him. and this book
Na'geIy made up OF accounts OF a pu bile char
eN'r ana OF long standing. It includes two
"r'raFs OF James. one of them showing him
"e APPEARED at the age OF II. when he was
.ls " Quantrelrs gusrrlllas. The book sets
'''h that Jesse James. Jr.. Is at present a
vs'r dealer in Kansas City. that he has the
esteem Of his nelghbors. and that he Is doing
very we'll
tnree stories by Charles Egbert Craddock
e published In volume Herbert 8. Stone &
~ lhe tlrst is called Tho Bushwhackers,"
T"u rom this the book takes its title. THE
Iu'n"hackers" offers to be story OF both in
sDon' and character. The incident is SUM-
en, perhaps. and we should not like to say
,, '',nE less Tor the character. 1t must be
aI VI Tue young bushwhacker that he talks
oII"IAooIY, 1t seems curious to be at the
"o 10 ufaw so much exalted landscape about
,,aS ~ poorly gifted in speech. The setting is
. ."' 'ue Jewel certainly inconsiderable. Here
e'"ehatural wonders OF Tennessee presented
s0 "s IN page upon page. 1t is not pleasant In
IL "i'NhR 10 come upon the split inflnitive
ro MARTY less than startling to read OF a
In 3 lt,kt "a