The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-08

ease-wild things to all but him and here and
there a rabbit peeped outside its covey hole.
but seeing him went back and fell asleep, more
than secure while flfric watched the night"
Hfric Is tho son OF Theurdes. the sensual
giant who carried of the delicate maiden Sitka.
She set her lips in the firm curves Of lofty
scorn." thinking that this would impress and
deter the monster Not so. Her set features
CALLED him to the quick. Soon thou'll be
tame and meek as all thy kind he snnrled.
When once thy neck Is bent beneath
my yoke. then thou wilt plead with tear
filled eyes and wiring thy hands. beg
ging for mercy oven like the rest who
cannot help themselves. All! WELL well. well.
I'll leave thee to thy fury for awhile" and OF
he went. and she gave him n draught OF poison
shortly aIterward. to which he succumbcd with
an alacrity not in the least modified by reason
Of his great size. His language was not re-
markable for its archaic integrity. and the
reader will feel that the death OF Thcurdes in
wolves the loss Of no great grammaran Do
l not tell YOU answered Huldcbrand, fear
not ghost or devil. Ny heart Is pure. my con-
science and my hands are lifted to the judg-
ment seat of God. / ask no fee Of any man.
much less of gruceless sprites. II such there
be, whose evil lives. according to your phan-
tasy. have drawn upon them the Just punish
mcnt of lingering disembodied round those
haunts their vice polluted And with these
words he passed before his squires into the
outer court and gazed in silence on the north
ern tower. All there was grim and dark; the
bowling winds amidst the mountains dropped;
the dark clouds swung their hammooks Just
below the mountain peaks; but overhead the
peaceful stars looked down. and IN the east the
moon rose clear and bright. Leaving his
squircs TO ogle at the tower. Duke Huldcbrand
turned westward anu perceived the deathke
stiffness of the place where Alba took her
rest" Tho frontispece. by William READER
shows Alba on the tower Anybody will say
that she is very nice lookinR-a little stern and
massive hut not more than the character
Of the surrounding architecture calls upon
her to be. she fits her pedestal: and
1t is to he said of the other pictures.
by Emily X. Reader that they are entirely ap-
pronrate. respecting scrupulously the spirit Of
the text. and lively and interesting in them
selves. Emily f. Reader is little curious in
her account OF Alba. On page 100 this attrac-
tive character takes poison and the text says
that she fell. and turning, stretched there and
lay ghastly. lifclcss corpse. face upward, un-
derneath the stars" On page 1872 Duke HUI
debrand ascends the tower and behods her.
Dead! deadr he cried" and almost as he
spoke Duke Huldebrand staggered and fell
against "a shaft OF broken battlement striking
squres' hearts stand still with agony"
But on page 135 we read: Meanwhile
the setting sun had looked upon the
tower. and Alba's eyes calmly Enclosed.
and Alba's soul awoke as IL from perfect rest.
She rose and stretched her 1.-the young form in
the brisk evening air. The two parts OF the
account are hard to reconcile. but it is alto
gether agreeable to have Alba back again. She
saw the blood OF Duke Huldebrand on the
stairs the blood consequent upon the striking
Of his head with n thud upon the shaft Of
broken battlemeut and gathering some con-
vcnient herbs descended into the castle and
restored the Duke and married him. Surely
this was better than to die a suicide and single.
To be sure she did so die. but this was OH page
120. which was pretty early in the book, and
there was plenty of time to correct the unfortu-
nate business.
The excellent and entertaining news letters
written last summer to The Sun by Mr.. Oscar
King Davis. the special correspondent sent
with the army Of occupation to the Philippines
have been printed in book form. with some
slight additions. by the Frederick A. Stokes
Company under the title Our Conquests in
the Pacific" Mr.. Davis possesses the trained
reporters faculty of picking out what is i'm
portant and picturesque in the things lie sees.
and has besides tho faculty Of describing
them in terse and correct English. He had
the varying fortunes which warcorrcspondents
must expect He started for Manila too late
for Dewey's great fight and left before the out
break of hostitics with the insurgents. He
had the good luck however. to witness the de-
icOusly absurd capture Of Guam. an incident
to which he does full justice, and to he present
with the first troops that shared in the attack
on Manila and the capture of the city. 1t is
needless to say that Mr.. Davis's work is thor
La lie ,lat I,a IN
ing but what he saw with his own eyes so that
his book has the value ola historical document
1t has the freshness. too. that comes from
being written while the events described are
| happening. Some judgments Of men and
| measures may he deemed severe, but they are
| doubtless those held by the men at the front at
| the time. His explanation OF the origin of the
| troubles with the insurgents deserves careful
consideration. We can hardly praiS" the book
| higher than by saying that in their connected
form Mr.. Davis's letters even better read
| ing than they were as they were printed from
| time to time in THE SrS. The pictures arc
| from photographs taken on the spot, and illus
trate tho text.
| "Reminiscences Of the Santiago Campaign. +"
| by Capt John Bigelow. Jr.. Tenth L. S. Cavalry
! tHarpnrs). will prove an agreeable surprise to
| those who are not repealed 10y the atrocious
| cover nor by the recollection OF the writings Of
another member Of tho gallant Captain S
| family The Tenth Cavalry. it will be remem-
| bered is negro regiment: its record in Cuba
| every one knows Capt. Bgeow's narrative
| is a simple straightforward account OF his per-
| sonal experiences from the moment he received
| orders to relon his regiment till he was in
validcd home. wounded. after the San Juan
| fight. In conclusion the author presents his
| views as to how the army should be reorGan-
| lied. Something lingering with boiling oil in
| it should be inflicted on the person who de-
| signed the cover of the book,
| summer weather and vacation time bring
| with them n seasonnhe crop OF short stories
| that may help while them away. They are Of
| all kinds. some good some good but scarcely
| to he read aloud to mixed companies, and 9TH
ers pretty poor Mrs Hugh Fraser, widow OF
| a late British Minister to Japan. in The Gus
| tom Of the Country lMacmillans) gives us
some interesting. well told tales. nearly all
| tragic, OF life in modern Japan. They have the
| realistic touch of things actually seen, and
| la vii M gaif nf