The sun., 1902-06-21
Mer~ s,sr,e. foe summer Rssd,rs.

Nsre sssrse, foe summer R~sdlrs.
There is a refreshing deliheratencss
in Tho iov. Story of Abner Stone by
Edwin Carlile l.t-ev "a. \ barnes a Col
that compen-a,e- for H.. brutal tragedy
Tho love Of a midde-ssed man and q Young
girl IL no ne~ theme II Il true. and per-
hap- is more attractive to the middle
aged than the young Here II IL told very
delightfully."-. with just enough Of the coun-
try to make pleasing background. The
hero " amusing and the heroine charm
ing and II IL wanton cruelty on the authors
part To give his story the necile-sly tragic
end IL has Kentucky. he tells u-, is the
scene. hut IL might as well be any other
Arcadia
That irresis,ibly funny was. Mr.. John
Kendrick Bangs. in -Olympian Nights.
tHarper-l. draws the gods of Greece into
the net Of the Yonkers school 81 humor
He II sent up into the abode Of the god
by an elevator which Is run nv Cupid. with
whom Mr. Bangs exchanges facetiou-
remarks lie discovers that tn" gods
play golf and run automobiles and 10 other
things that are done In lonkcrs. u ts
harmless sort 81 amusement for Mr. Bangs
and may serve TO while away an hour or
~ for the thoushtless
4 number of stories which we are told
made tho reputation Of Mr. Robert W.
Chamber. as n novelist are brought cut.
with r-visions by the Harpers under IT,"
title THE King in Yellow They so n
To be the host work that Mr. Chamh"rs
has done Those dealing with insanity
are suitably grursoine; the author seems
20 have an unusual facility Of viewing
things from tho insane narrators' point
Of view The episodes from IN. Paris Latin
quarter nrc dramatic and show a famil-
iarity with Paris topography that ~ not
always found in Mr. Chambers longer
works These short stories are exciting
and well written.
An addition to Indiana's contribution
to American literature Il made 10y Judge
George william Louttit with A Maid of
N. Wildwood The Colonial Press. Fort
WAYNE, Ind The scene is laid In the
Indiana of the Shawne"s and other
exemplary Indians before the white man
exterminated them. and We meet un-
usually noble red men. Tecumseh and
othcr- The story reminds vs. 81 the
Beadle Dune Novels by Mr. Ellis and others.
that We were forbidden 10 read IN our child
hood. save that Mr. Ellis never would have
said -enthuse nv old body" as Judge Lout-
ii, doe. Neither would he hav. intro
duced a treacherous British lady Of NOR"
than doubtful morals or dragged in Dolly
Madison or solid chunks Of historical
narrative.
Another and loss pardonahle Indian
tale l. The Little Chief. story of the
Pilgrim Fathers. 10y Eliza = Pollard IL
r. Dutton A CO.. Isn't u about time to
IL, the unfortunate Pilgrim Fathers alon"'
They have done their duty by their coun-
try their story has been told over and
over again al ndussdn. IN his ory, IN ro-
nance and in the proceedings of the va
r,o,s Colonial societies and aS-oCiat ions.
sill. historical rumance- are the fashion,
and for those who care for them. here -
one IN tho -,errotypcd form with ia" IA
miliar phrases and situations.
Napoleon Bonaparte wa- great man
with full faith IN hts star II he had known
81 the thing- he would have been put
through IN historical fiction. however.
We doub, II he would have taken charge
Of things al Toulon lie would probably
have turned his back on fame and have
preferred to remain a subordinate ofhcer
Of artillery Mr Sheppard Stevens puts
him through all his pac"s IN In the Eagles
Talons A Romance Of the Louisiana Pur-
chase- Iit,le Brown 4 co.. TIL" story
il written in view Of the coming Eyposi-
tion a. ~ Louis |, is written ia the Ercles
vein Of romantic fiction and should satiate
those who yearn for such prov"nder
The natives Of the New England coast
have never enjoyed hrlng de-Cr,hed 10y
IN. summer bolrder- Years ago Young
woman who wrote n story successful fnan-
ciaiIv WAS sued Tor lil-l Wv the Young man
she thought she had f,t,"rrd m her tai"
|, = a summer hoar,ieTs view Of th. native.
W. fancy, that We Set ~ 4 Mad II Bar
Harhor- Nv HenT eta q. Rove O.iule,
Brown \ CO.. Thrrr are ~ofre r"s-i p g mes
in the book. notably whore the little girl
has 10 accu-e her brother before her stern
father, hut the melodramatIc lines an"
drawn pretty thick II II To Miss Alcott
perhap-, thnt We owe the maWklsh admira-
lion OF the foreigner IN New England female
fiction but IL IL hard TO see " hat need of the
Swede episode there IL IN Miss Rovc'- tale
and while equivalents for tho Nhurassant
ueasant hatreds may L. found in Name,
Jotham and his wife are rather too crude
to L. probable.
We fail to sce wha, fate has go do with
Miss Elizabeth q. Jordan's Tales of Des-
,iny- They are rather what tho author
moro ,han once calls fearful ia,"r. ds-
hh.rai.ly Intended To work on IN. reader =
lachrvmal glands They ara all clever,
tho author -enslblv lin ting herself 10 the
psychology 81 lone women. Of which she
knows something. and lowering somehow
l-.s n fNf