The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-10

temptation to believe that Mr. Monkhouse has
written his book to demonstrate that people
who set aside conventionalities can be as
stupid or more stupid than those who do not
must DO put aside.
The Solitary Summer" by the author OF
Elizabeth and Her German Garden" tMacmil-
lans). Is pleasant picture OF German village
life. with reflections on domestic life and some
pretty baby talk. Though the author conveys
the impression that she was brought up in
Germany, and perhaps is German born. the
British prejudice against things German. or
rather the inability to comprehend them. Ia
noticeable. She objects to the narrow beds
and feather mattresses. to roast goose and too
much eating and to many customs OF the
peasants-mattcrs that would strike n for
eigner. but which native would accept as
matter Of course. For instance. she Is
shocked by the inability OF the peasants to see
anything improper or sinful in girls having
children by the man to whom she is engaged
before their marriage, custom which. how
ever dcplornble. German would understand
arises from economic and social necessities.
and has the sanction Of long usage. II is made
all right in the eyes Of the village community
Ivy the intended marriage Of tho pair, which
takes place as soon a. they and the village can
afford It. as the parish registers throughout
Germany show.
Bohemia has been discovered in that
part Of New York described in legislative in
vestigations as 1.-THE new Tenderloln by Mr..
Robert W. Chambers and lie revels in it in
Outsiders. an Outline Frederick W. Stokes
Company. II is q Bohemia easily created by
bringing young men who dabbe in literature
or art into contact with the vice OF q great city
Its coarseness. vulgnrty and dulness are not
peculiar to New York The author seems to
have grudgc against publishers whose i'm
morality and viany he cxpatiates on ad nau-
seam.
The Scottish and American Poems OF James
Kennedy ~. S. Ogilyie Publishing Company
contains some very creditabe verse in the
Southron tongue. in which patriotic sentiments
are expressed with dignity. Mr.. Kenncdy's
Scottish songs we arc hardly competent to
Judge, though he thoughtfuly provides CLOS
sary at tho end OF the volume. They are put
in the forms we associate with Scottish songs.
some indeed being clearly intended to be sung
to well-known airs. and they are all melodi-
Gus. for Mr.. Kennedy's sense Of rhythm seems
faultlcss. The ideas. we should imagine, would
appeal to Scots who speak his language. The
appearance Of Brooklyn and Fulton Ferry and
Philadelphia in kaiIyard setting is quaint
something like the impression a Highland cos
tune makes on Broadway on st. Andrews
day. Even those who cannot quite understand
them will feel that this stanza from Mr. Ken
nsdy's To the Mosquitoes" must express
their sentiments in this weather:
Lang nebbit. biazin. bitn wretcher.
That FIRE my skin wi blobs an splatches
Till vexed wi yeukie claws an scratches
think I'm free
To say the warld has seen few matches
To Job an me.
"A Gentleman Player" by Robert Nelson
STEPHENS IL. c. Page & Co }. is q tale OF theatri-
cal life in the days OF Queen Elizabeth. in
which Shakespeare. Ben Jonson. Burbage and
other worthless OF course appear. The Ian
guage spoken at the time seems to have been
on the high plane OF that used on the melo-
dramatic stage ever since. but there is plenty
OF adventure to entertain the reader. The
Lady OF the Flag Flowers" by Florence Will
k!nsOn. is somewhat intense story Of
Canadian French half girl. 1t is not as
bad as the ludicrous blunders and fine writing
Of tho prologue would lead one to expect
In THE Real Lady Hilda." by b. NJ
Croker IT, NJ. Buckles & CO... the usual exem-
plary young person OF British domestic fiction
is conducted through the customary trbula-
tions Of poverty and ill-treatment by the vulgar
rich to afiluence and husband. by the usual
revelation OF her gentle birth. In THE VOLTS
Long Howl" by Stanley Waterloo there are
clumsily. The author is least bad whare he
does not try to be humorous. "A Fair Brigand."
by George Horton Herbert s. Stone & Co..,
tale Of Americans in modern Greece. is spoiled
by the authors efforts to be sarcastic what
ever may happen to his story.
Mistress Content Cradock." by Anne Eliot
Trumbull "a. s. Barnes & Coz. is carefully
written story Of the early days in the Massa-
chusetts Bay colony during tho Roger Williams
troubles Mr. Robert ArmtaGe Sterndale's
novel Of Indian life. The Afghan Knife" is
published in a new edition by Brcntano. The
summer boarder's interest in the habits Of tho
natives is transferred to a Colorado Campbellite
community in Windy Creek" by Helen Stu
art Thompson Charles Scrlhner's Sons. 1t is
a depressing story. Fate OF the Black Eagle
and Other Stories" by Russell D. Smith tF
Tennyson Nelly. contains nine stories about
boys on Long Island and in New York that are
not embarrassing. though devoid OF literary
style Pursued 10y the Law" by ]. Maclarcn
Cobban tAppletons). is an account OF n victim
OF crcumstantial evidence who is proved limo
cent by the detective talents OF his sweetheart.
We have also received
The Man with the Hoe and Other POEMS"
Edwin Markham. Doubleday 4 Mcclure
Company
a New System Of Natural Philosophy: Book
The author. Talmadge. Ncb)
Historical Sketch Of the Origin and Organi-
cation Of the Reformed Church in America and
OF tho Collegiate Church Of the City OF New
York" Published by the Consistoryl
Life and Romans of the Rev. r. H. Quick"
F. Storr (Macmansj
John Milton: a Short Study OF His Life and
Works" William p. Trent. C1acmilansJ
Good Mrs. Hypocrite," Rita" IT, NJ.
Buckles x CO..
THE Promctheus Bound OF Eschylus."
Translated w''h Introduction and Notes Paul
Elmer Moo ghton, Mi1lin & Co..
practical lIture." Charles C. James.
(Applctons)
"A Primer OF tho Calculus" Second ed-
ton f. Sherman Gould ID. Van Nostrand
Company
The Moral Dscourses Of Epictetus." Trans
lated by Elizabeth Carter. 2yo|s. u. NJ. Dent
& Co.; imported!by MacmIllans)
Imperial Democracy" David Starr Jordan
tAppctonsl
The Making OF Hawaii: 4 Study in Social