The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-01
Fiction for All TASTES.


bv Miss Alice Woods in Edges" Uhe Bowen
Merrill Company. She can write, and her
love story is pretty and we'll told, in spite
Of occasional outbreaks of artistic color
painting But why should she drag in
"reminiscences Of Paris studio life not always
apposite, with illusions TO well-known
painters that are often not in the best Of
tastef There ia a strain Of vulgar slang
Of the studios and the street that jars.
The scenic posing tends TO spoil the efec-
tiveness Of scenes which otherwise would
be strong and charming. Where she lets
her hero and heroine act naturally they are
delightful The same criticism applies TO
the authors pictures. they show talent,
but miss their point by trying TO imia
Others The book is beautifully printed on
tinted paper.
The same idea Of utilizing European
experiences in what processes to he a work
Of fiction il applied much less skilfully by
Sarah Biddle in Some Letters Of an Ameri-
can Woman Concerning Love and Other
Things" international Printing Company,
Philadelphia. A record Of Irritation il
combined with commonplace descriptions
of travel. The style is 40 colloquial and
prosaic that the suspicion is aroused that
these are actual letters home from abroad.
tricked out with msde-up love intrigue
Why has miscegenation attraction enough
TO bring into existence dozens Of novels?
In The Inevitable ~. B. Lppincott Conn
pany) Mr.. Philip Verrill Mighels narrates
the loves Of hero of negro descent and Of
artistic genius, with young English " oman.
We can see no reason why the young wo-
man should not have married her mIla,to
| il she chose and lived in England or Ger
many or some other place where there are
| no race pre- JIiics- The Young man in
l sisted on tho United States. however.
where conditions are different He had
oh ject ions ~ hs ancestry and 10 the pros
pect of his uN-pring being more or less
black, cons.' ,iI,ntly the two were bound
| 10 be unhappy. What the point is in har-
| rowing feeling "n these matters it Is hard
to see. Tn. story i bound To be- extremely
| unpleasant and can do no good.
There is a charm about Adam Rush
by Lynn Roby Meekins ~ b Lppincott
| Company, that is diffic ult TO define l, is
| hard 10 make out, in spite Of its being
| called "a novel" whether il is intended
| for grown people or children The hero
| goes through the straight career Of sue.
| cess that Oliver Optic and others have
| accustomed us 20 IN the case of virtuous
youth. From country boy through store
clerk to lawyer he is invariably good and
| conquering Yet there is breath Of
genuine country air through il all that
makes IL very pleasant, III" heroine is
| a fine girl, there is an amusing 81 orekeeper,
| who combines in himself the qualities
Of Poor Richard and David Harum, and
| other characters that are natural, If they
| are drawn after stock patterns We might
have wished more consistency in the por-
| travail of the hero's father and others,
but the story s worth reading and leaves
| a good taste in the mouth.
| Another book that leaves an inexpucably
| pleasan, impression ia The Queen Of Little
| BARRYMORE Street" by Gertrude Smith
| (Flemng II. Revell Company This is in
tended more distinctly for children The
| plot il very slight and little absurd in spots
| but there Is a note Of joyousness. rare in
| modern books. that is kept up consistently
| throughout and a pretty picture Of n per-
| fectly happy little girl that gives the book
| distinction.
| What tho historians will not whitewash
| the romancers will. A lady Of whom a
| great deal Of evil has been said, the late
Mrs. Po,iphar. is fully reha bilita,ed by
Grace Duff1s Boyan in THE Kiss Of Glory +"
@. W. Dillingham; Company. The kiss
| NAV he the one administered in an Egyptian
| pattern on tho cover; more likely il is the
one depicted in colors in the frontispiece,
| a kiss that in ardor would make the late
| Emma Abbott or Miss Nethersole envious