The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24

Sn long ~ thcr" must h" stories ~ adj
venture ~rt in a frame ~ history. u - AZ
we'll tina, IN. scene should H. laid some
~hrrr ON - tho l-aten path We are
rr,irflI. therefore. To I. McNanus for
making The Wager n VI Buckles 4 TO
turn about no siege ~ Limerick Hero,
heroine and villain, all are Irish, and thor"
arc plenty 81 GpIic terms thrown in for
local color The story is shor' and brick
and givrs glimr~'s IL a great man who
ought 10 h. ls,ter known to non-lrish-
mon. Patrick S~ir~fi-ld
II j. rather range in a novel built on the
ucil-Icfu"i lines Of British fiction To com"
upon a British Carmen I, i Miss Theo-
dora VILE on Wilson. who introduces Us ~
her N 7 Bacca Queen tAppl"'on-'
-" - an attractive young person whose
chief fault j. tha, ~ falling into the West
NOR land dialect The dialert l. correct
". hav" IN. word 81 the Rrv Honorary
Canon Ka~nslcv in a preface for tina,
She has a cousin who l. musical and studies
In Germany. which enables Mis- Wilson
TO employ q great many German terms
hesidcS TIE reader Who surmpunts the
linguistic difficulties will probably follow
the adventures and love affair." - thc~.
young Women with satisfaction to the end
The pcrpleNlng inheritance ~ Vi Ripley
II Saunders John kensdie' Houghton.
Mlfiin \ co., was q blood feud that had
wagei for four carnations IN the kentucky
mountains The hereditary passion that
shows up IN him from childhood up is de-
scrihed in ample detail lie has an ade-
quate opponent. a charming young vixen.
10 fall in love with. q mother and other
re,ainers IN set "A his qualities. and finally
writes poetry II l. a harmless ale with
come entertaining passages
For The Cato Of the Kiss NOthrop
Publishing Company Mr. John " Harding
has gone back To the DAYS Of -Hezckiah.
King of Judah lie Describes the life II
IN. Jews and Of The Assyrians. a. he con
c~ivcs II. with lots Of g~orsrousness and
plenty If gore Life was az high pressure
then. AMI language a. well. w. should
judge. and We agree with the publishers
that there II nothing anRmic about the
story
What Mr. Mary Hsllock Foo'c intended
10 demonstrate IN The Desert and the
Sown- ,Houghton, Miff,n A Co We really
cannot maxi. out n ever a Dutch far
mer's ob-iinacv wen, 50 far ~ To force
his child To- drink water from a we'll fun
81 typhoid germs. which vac already killed
his other children and his wife. we might
expect that child TO show frmnc~s 81 char
meter In after life. n ~ survived: hut isn't
that carving nv" theory Of heredity to
an ahs!rd polntf Thor" is a good deal
az misunderstanding which seems kept
up solely for the purpose Of narrowing
the read"r'- feelings and a lot 81 -enti-
mentality which 10 a healthy person mus,
seem maWkish Il il a gloomy world
that Mn Foote has looked into, and. so far
a. zee can 500. q nsedle~-ly gloomy one
Tie way - the t~ran-gressor IL hard
This lesson j. elaborated IN n melodra-
matte wild West setting hy MIR Frank
Lows Mason in To Tho End ~ the Trail
(Houghruu, Minin 4 co.. Once upon
n time Their" wer" weekly periodicals
dcNo,nI q" fc'inu. tho Fiy'ndc Cor-
pnHioH. tho Yankee Bidds. the Wdreriy
Magazine. ~ We remember the names rightly.
and q l"' moro Nher" stories like this wero
printed and reached the public thai on
joved them IN" world has changed
ami how "" find them in book form. pub
llshed ly r"pu,ahi" HOUSES. and offered
to IT, criticised a. literature