The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22

bOhS WHObe ulVlueu bynpatnleB at tho De-
ginning OF the civil war made 1t impossible
for them TO take sides with either North or
South in Americans in Exile" IT, Tennyson
Neely) 1t is phase in life which. so far as we
know. has not been described In fiction before.
Unfortunately however. tho author seems to
have formed some literary ideal that requires
the reader to infer facts and events from trivial
domestic incidents with an intuition greater
than that Of n woman or OF a detective OF nc-
tion. and as no time table or diagram or other
guide to the authors intention is provided the
result IL really uninteiglble. This may be due
to the narrative being put in the mouth Of tho
gentle but weak hero who. dazed by the out
break OF the war. is apparently reduced to
vacuity OF mind which just allows him to lie
kept out Of an asylum. This may account for
his being victimIzcd by every woman. child
and man that comes into contact with him.
and even for his feminine tastes and knowl-
edge OF millinery. but 1t Is hard to conceive OF
his having been an army officer. even In tho
days before the war
1t will be inferred. and rightly. from the full
title that there is plenty OF adventure in Mr.. II.
A. Bryden's An Exiled Scot. Being Passages
in the Life OF Ranald Cameron Of Fannich
His Escape with Prince Charles In the Year
1746: His Flight to Amsterdam and. There
after. His Surprising Adventures in the Settle
Cape of Good Hope" lThc New Amsterdam Book
Company. Thehappy com bnation OF events.
moreover. enables tho author to mako use OF
three distinct forms OF English. that customary
In historical fiction that OF the Scottish school
and that OF South African travel. In his dedl-
cation Mr.. Dryden assures us that his historic
cal statements and antiquarian information
are accurate Besides love tale and much
fighting there is a hunt for diamonds and
shooting big game and the usual story OF adj
venturous farm life on the frontier
thoroughly exhaustive account OF tho min
eraI springs Of the United States has been
written by DIR. James X. Crook OF the Post
Graduate Medical School In Tho Mineral
Waters OF the United States and Their Thera-
peutic Uses" lea Brothers & Co... Arranged
alphabetically by States from Alabama to
Wyoming. careful analysis is given OF the
constituents and medicinal qualities OF every
spring known UP to the present time to be Of
value. with brief statements about the sur
roundings and the means OF reaching each
To this is prenxed brief treatise on mineral
waters and their therapeutic uses. and there
is an appendix on potable waters. The ground
seems to be covered com petely and authorita-
lively.
The "Lettres dun Innocent" published in
Paris to help turn the tide toward Dreyfus have
been brought out by Messrs. Harper in an Eng
lsh translation made by L. G.. Moreau. and en-
titled The Letters OF Captain Dreyfus to His
Wife" They must have pathetic interest to
all who have followed the case with any atten-
ton. though OF course they can have compare
lively little value whether as testimony or as
evidence OF character. inasmuch as nearly all
OF the letters underwent rigorous censorship
before they were forwarded to Nine. Dreyfus.
and besides were written by the prisoner when
he knew thew would ba read nv atrapoara
not by enemies.
A little misapplied scientific information,
with much coarseness and vugarlty. makes up
plea for the right Of woman to act in matters
OF sex rs she supposes man does. in Letitia
Berkeley. A. NJ" by Josephine Bontecou Stef-
fens Frederic A. Stokes Company. A sentence
may indicate the authors style and taste:
And the incense her girls offered her was sweet to
her at first despite its subscent OF sicky sentiment
like tho odour of manure her keen ofactories could
detect beneath the perfume OF the choice dollhouse
flowers which tho rich among these worshipers
squandered their pin money to lay upon her shrine.
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss OF the Methodist Epis-
copal Church m ade an official visitation OF tho
missions in India and Malaysia in the winter
and autumn OF 1S97-9S. going entirely around
the world In about six months He has written
in From the Hmalayas to the Equator" Eaton
& Mains) his impressions OF travel during tho
tour. together with many things about the mis-
sons that will provo attractive to Methodists
and others interested in the spread OF Chris
tianity in the East
We have also received:
"A Further Study Of the Othello." Welker
Given. Esq. (The Shakespeare Press.)
Hats on" Arthur Henry Vesey. "a. ".
Dillingham; Company
Tho Naked Truth" Albert Ross. TO- W.
Dillingham; Company
" How to Right Wrong" Moses Samelson.
IF. Tennyson Neely.l
"A Charleston Love Story; or. Hortense
Vanross." 7. G. Steward. IF. Tennyson
Neely.l
The Tousled Hair; or. Old Days at Callen-
der" Frederick Stanley Root. IF. Tennyson
Neely)
Lessons in Lawn Tennis" Eustace II.
Miles. IL. Upcott Gill;
Tho Modern Chess Primer" Rev E. T. |
Cunnington. George Routledge & Sons)
mo Beginning; or. The Fundamental
Fallacy." william II. Maple. wv. H. Maple |
d co.,