The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-02-24

Frsnh y Mason, John Noble. William w.
Park ~. D.ofse Putnam. Henry n Rsed. The
Row " T. Roberts. wf. " " sprssus.
Nls, Francis Turner. y n tpdits. Horaos
y vadiin. Mr. Dsrvln . Ware. Samusl
wells and viss Maria , Wood
Tho readins committee is d"sofibed as an
%arsarra,lon embossed Win certain sletnent'
md ~rfstovs'ives - slas'citr In the ht"t
flars 49, committees receives M salary and
tho work IL entirely voluntary lta r"taohn"l
is sub oct ~ f%rrru'r' changes. Tho reason
fpr thiF hciny 90 ~ !" said. that vhil" many
u .urlatv ~ .iuh woman IL artirls ~ SGT
on 80 ,,".r.''Hr feslIra 'h7t u would 81"
hsf y I%,er,tg stardins IN .ociHty. vet rh'n
she se's mo ,pv~tsi place md dl'"ov"rs
how hard - a ~ tsad v IN oVt .ton ntmn"7'
r. q r'ad crit 90 l'nrstrrs y fh'n y s'n'"1
t.mo. hrf -eil for literary Ttlnding Il art ~
trcc 'ro crf'cIled
Tho ota,t roiuhsrshir ~ -" fsad'nH
courIi'ro - particular ported '' tI"r"'"r"
q dlroIt uins ~ as-orta'r N-s Mary
Morrison NJ '',rlhoro strcot I've '"r,nanent
chairman Tho nome of Parker Il n popular
ora ~ both committees. f'r william J.
Parker Fl. , member ~ tho 'ramlnins com
{. ittss srd ,rs Wi an 7 Pgrksr IL chair
man cro ton ~ tho rrndir' omm'''e"
The ,ther wsmh~rs 80 4 present under
stood g. 20 Nra T. Parker. Mrs spragu',
Mrs CoIe.nln. Nr, Robbins. Mira cabot
Nrt Barrett wendell. Mr. W~h"eIvright,
VIZ, we'll. Mr. Fr,th'ngham Niss nth"r'nH
CONWAY Ml.s Chase. Miss Dewey. YES Page.
Miss Sever. Miss Rann~y. Miss Adams
IN The makeup NJ these committees. - has
h~.n said. every effort has henn made to
secure me names ~ representative p"orle
in Bcs'on's hue Lsss. professional. social
and I|'rrtry lie There are business men.
profess nal men. literary men. societr women.
club women and literary women The novel
at, sara Orne Ievet', is a member ~ The
examining committee - IL william 7 Ar-
thorn, The music critic Mss katherine
Conway. the writer. q n member ~ the rend-
ing comrittee
Tho reading committee hns 'Is' presented
to annual report 20 the hhrarv trustees
The report WIS made ont hv Ms f'rF"r
fl, the ahsanca ~ 'hc prruauer' chairman.
Mss Morrison That Mrs Parker sets much
store bv tNis report and regards - &c a hing
- some moment to the intellectual public -
shown by the fact that she mas been recently
employing Il n. a club lecture She strives
20 show In her repor' how dangerous ard
non-analytical the public can become unless
II has some subtly-Nroucht reasoning power
~ restrain IFS Wild impulse. She includes
criticisms Of books IN her report. This IS
how the mighty Tolstoi fares "a Mrs. Ptrker'S
lecture and report speaking 81 his -Eesur-
~rec'ion,- she saws
1t Ia a powerful but Incomplete work.
giving "A Photographic picture ot tho mental.
moral and physical rlth believed by the
author 20 .Sls' in all c'ass's " Society N
Russia. from the nobility to n. pessg"try
Ml-y Johnston's t. Have and 20 Hold"
ia thus disposed 81 a story with "'rons'
hrish' beginning, a heroine that YOU nrst
wish TO trouuce and then adore, and some
fine scenes scattered throushou' Buy ~
would have been much stronger and would
have kept much more Of lts earl" d'Sui'y
II some 81 the agony had been reserved for
another occasion
Robert Grant. who hns had so much fun and
made so much literary profit out Of sarcastic
commen, upon the ways OF women Il nicely
toasted In the reading committees report
thus. "Unleavened Hread Is a very dis
agreeable and excellent story against women
clubs, written with the intense purpcSe that
aalt- deception should he un asked asevere
indictment Of political nanipulations and
private interests"
And To the followers Of Henry James. the
report IS almost causing suspension OF breath.
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,h. LASS which makes ono constqnlv doubt
,,I ~ th.,r Intention. TO I'll ,hcir moral CON
$50, a,d oblc,,ors. Thny arc rcopla
a,o ,,irs no,hlny nv knowing and OH. fn.ls
IS, n, Tho ws-t. 81 ~ much literary
Iii u,IIe , l,pi,in, 10 ability which make.
.lo ,b,r.c-ors Themselves show forth thair
.u, rraI,ios =, f.. not diamora cut ci,-
- !, f., tho, r.s,irr Hrmond used
49,, LII ,rvs,,i, ,rti.b Az. IN o,nsv.
II mas '''" 't'N'.' VS." I'". ~ 80
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wiped on inc "'''dI! ","' ""4 "' '''''i' W
submit one o. I"H h'No'@ d" 'u" r""''hF ''"-
IH't's- OF tho i'-'oh i"'"t J." run
MARIE 'of"l' "as'"r '"'. ''" ~ S4'
70 be written IN y" urge literary s'''e m
terlaTded ~lth poor ftehch ana l'a"hh'