The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-17

care and paved With granitoid. and OF
the beauties OF her residential districts We
will let the author speak To plunge" he
says. from the noise and hustle and Crime Of
the industrial centres into these hons districts
Is like entering an Elsyisn realm. The clang
OF bells. the hoarse whir Of wheels and the tur-
MOL Of trade change to the chirp Of birds In
the trees and the tinkle Of musical instruments
among the houses that nestle amid the foliage
The murmur Of fountains among vari-colored
flower beds. the soft signing Of the willow as II
sways under passing breezes. the quiet Of homo
life. and all the sweet fsncies that linser where
Art and Nature meet. make Of these Boule-
Yards and Places veritabls havens OF happl-
ness" Yes. st. Louis seems TO be all right,
From Songs Of Two" t%Scribnersl. a little
volume Of verses by Mr.. Arthur scherburne
Hardy. we Gull one extract that. better than
any mme will give q hint Of their exquisite
quality;
Beloved. when | read some nne concei,
Wherein ere wrought. as in a Glsss
The features love hath made 80 sweet
marvel at 30 bold an art,
Seeing thou an too dear 70 praise
Upon the highway where men pasa
For when I seek
To tell the ways
0ods hand OF knderness
Hath touched thine earthly past.
Again I hear
Thy own nrst cry OF happiness.
And, sweetest OF Gods sounds. the dear
Remonstrance OF thy giving heart
And cannot speak!
Mr., Harry Roberts In The Chronicle Of a
Cornish Garden" John Lane) writes pleas
antly about a bit OF ground which, while falling
far short Of the Baconian ideal. was yet by
skill and industry developed from a waste
spot into a pleasure giving adjunct 70 a human
dwelling. He gives his reader an excellent
list Of works on gardenins-which Is in itself
a thing OF value-also a list Of winter-blooming
plants and border plants and plants for rooms.
together with hints on the construction Of back
gardens. on bee keeping and on the best va
rieties Of hardy fruits and-with certain reser-
vatlons-his facts are applicable to America.
He writes In tho true spirit Of the beautiful
science and recreative art Of gardening. II.
he says, is calculated 10 breed In its devotees
a feeling Of quiet content, mainly-as many
suppose-beoauss II 10 constantly telling the
gardener Of his power in obtaining desired
and beautiful results, The garden
ing which attracts me Is on a footing with old
Lzaak Walton's fishing. I like to be my own
gardener. and I take an interest In my plants
a. individual living things. as we'll as bite Of
beautiful color and form. I like to see a plant
grow and develop. 10 study its distinctive
features and their causes. and to read about
IL and TO learn what others have observed. A
small. unconventional and healthy house,
a large, and we'll situated garden. a good library
gradually accumulated. a small com potency
and what more in the way OF physical pos
sessions can the contemplative man require?-
"Torel" is the title OF an illustrated volume
which is also called "Life's Book for Golfers
life Publishing Company Our old friend,
Mr.. Charles Dana Gibson's girl, is a good deal
in evidence. On the cover she wildly waves
a wooden arm and she still wears that look
Of pain which has long since become chronic.
Poor dear! We used to think that IL was only
indigestion or some passing pain from which
one day she'd surely get relief. But We have
lately come to the conclusion that she has at
last awakened to a realization Of the awful
facts that she's all out OF drawing-that
her joints are wooden and her legs too
long. No wonder her poor wooden features
are contorted into that look Of lasting
agony. 1t seems a shame that Mr.. Gibson
should not saw her OF = or oil her joints
or do something to loosen her up a
DL anu ulhhc ht St DtNstt my ihbC
that might befall her would be preferable to
her present state OF existence-a life that Ia ono
long-drawn stomach ache. A competitor viii
Mr. Gibson In the field OF pictorial pueriity
is a person who signs his effort Ohio Cushing.
Here, In q picture called Olympus Up to Date
we see a stout and scantily clad Diana balancing
heavily on ono fiat foot and taking aim at the
other with one OF the fre-irons; while a number
Of misshapsn persons OF doubtful sex and
mid holdings on" look on and evidently won-
der just how much she 10 going TO hurt herself.
Classics manufactured while you wait, Here's
a Mr.. Doxey-At the Sign Of the Lark. New
YorS-who sends along the Lark Edition Of
The Man With the Hoe" by Mr.. Edwin Mark
han. This Is issued as one OF a series OF what the
publisher calls Modern Classics. 1t Is fur
nished forth with some weird decorative de-
signs and ~ornsmentatlon intermingled with
the teIt. and has. in curious contrast with the
volumes pseudo-antiahe make UP. q rather
poor Photographic reproduction OF the figure
from Millet's painting.
From the same house We have received a
beautiful, ornate volume containing FitzGerald's
immortal version Of the Ruba vat OF Omar
Khayyam. with drawings by Florence Iund-
borg. Here the ornamentation IL In perfect
taste and the edition Is In every way a worthy
setting for such rare Eastern gems As are old
Omar's quatrains. The verses are ~prefaced
with Q brief biographical sketch Of Fitzgerald
and two short poems. and they are followed
by fttzgsrald's own notes and his short life