The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-25

In IT, II would make a French royalists
blood boil TO see the lilies Of France
stamped on the purple covers Of book
about Ia Dubarri. II hardly seems digni-
fed for one Of the great financial successes
OF the day. written 10y one OF the great
young authors OF the time, to appear in
special editioA in order to mark the success
Of the dramatized form OF the story. Yet
here IL Mr.. Winston Churchills The Crisis
published by the MacinillaDs in "Hackett'
edition. ornanented with reproductions
from SCENES In the play that are ~ lifelike
and artistic ~ II In he fate Of such pictures To
be. Those who would like to poseess Mr.
Churchills masterpiece In this shape Will
know where TO procure IT,
That wretchcd scapegrace. the Duke
Of Monmo nth. the wives Of Taunton. III"
b cody Assi7e and the battle of Sed NOR
have inspired Mr.. Howard vallings TO write
a novel. BY nulvercombe Water. A Love
Story Of 1875" (Macmillans) Monmouth
seems to act like red rag on British story
writer: every one Of them must try his hand
at him--the late Mr.. Blackmore used him. 80
has Sir A. Conan Doyle and now comes Mr..
vallings. The story is well written. at
any rate.
II the historic side Of American fiction
develops at the present rate the whole
boundlsss continent will not suffice to house
IL. Mr.. Burton Eeb,rt Stevenson. in "The
Heritage" (Houghton. Mi"iin 4 Coz. in
PRODUCES st. Glars and W yne's exIedi-
tions into the Northwest Territory with
President Washington and other worth's
10 float rather thin love story. The young
woman is interesting. the young man less
30, and the story is reilly not worth the
space given to it.
A discussion Of the marriage question
by q very middle-class British suburban
community constitutes the chief interest
of The Housewives of Edenwis',' by Flor
enoe POI ham (Appletons). The advent
Of a suspicious stranger, who goes through
the divorce court for their benefit, rouses
the ladies in the community to semblance
OF life. Some people may be interested
In comparing their comments with what
would he said in an American suburb of
the came sort
The ind,fatigable Venerable Archdeacon
and Ensign Cyrus Townsend Brady. LII. D..
turns out another volume this week. II
is called woven With the Ship. Together
With Other Neracious Tales Of Various
Sorts %. B. Lppincott Company. The
title story IL sea tale Of the Civil War;
the other stories deal with the wild West
with the stage, with the sea and with Other
topics that display the amazing variety
Of the authors accomplishments.
An attempt to depict the border wars
OF the Revolution from the Indians stand
point IL made by Mr.. Francis c. Huebner
in Charles Klbuck' CThe Herbert Publish
ing Company, Washington. The novelty
Of the undertaking and the authors earnest
ness will make the reader overlook literary
shortcomings. The charming picture Of
the latest baby descendant of Capt White
eyes 10 in itself almost sufficient excuse
for the book.
Two Indian twelve-year- olds sent TO a
Government school could not stand civiliza.
ton. ran away and got back to their tribe.
Their adventures In the woods are told by
Mr. Franklin Welles Calkins In two Will
derness Wanderers (Fleming II. Revell
Company. The Indian life may be some
what conventional and the Information ma v
smack of books. but the author does supply
the outdoor atmosphere and the children
are charming. There il an overabundance
OF unex Explained Indian terms-for local color
We DTesufue-dIlu Hllknt nave
avoided highfalutin' English to advantage
1t Is q good book In spite OF its defects.
A story Of the Civil War and Of two
Dromios who mix matters badly ia Mr.
B. X. Benson's -Bayard's Courier Mac
millans) There IA certain ungaininess
about the authors style. but there are bits
that show actual observation. II is a story
Of cavalry mar oslvres, the hero being in
Stuart's command and there Is lot of ex-
citement, in spite Of some sameness There
IL individuality in the book. which is by
no means well written, that marks it out
from the general run Of war stories.
There may be ointment and there may
be impressionism in Mother Earth by
Frances Harod, who, we are told Is Mrs
Forbes-Robe son o. F. Taylor 4 Co J; but
ordinary readers, we fear, will fail to see
them. Several impossible persons are put
In awkward positions and are made 70 say
| sprghty things, A hero who has nearly
reached his fortieth year and has been a
practical farmer must have acquired some
sense even II he was university gradual,
| with Rsthetic tastes. So must the heroine
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