The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-04

literary schools like Benjamin Constants
-Adolphe.- and the De Gonoourts I'M
pleasant stun and Flauberts Mime. Bo-
vary An English translation Of this mysti-
cal sentimentalism Is published by Bren-
tano's. with an introduction and notes by
Arthur Edward Waite. The ability to
read simple French is apparently becoming
a lost art.
In a pleasant, desultory way Mr. Laurence
Hutton takes the readers OF his Literary
Landmarks OF Oxford Charles Scribner's
Sons) through the colleges of the old uni
versity one by one, and tells what he hap
pens to remember about them. which is
entertaining, but using Q biographical
dictionary. which is not. The sketchy
pictures In the Pennell manner harmonic
with the tone Of the book.
Evangeline's country retains its attrao-
ton no matter how much is written about
it. An entertaining account Of a besuti-
full country that any one can visit In q sum-
mer vacation Is offered In Down North and
Up Along by Margaret W. Morley, Dodd.
Mead and Company. The trip is from Digby
through the interior OF Nova Scotia and
thence through Cape Breton. There the
author for a while touches ground that is
. uttiC out VI ttc ubuhl Path Vi udNci no
pictures from photographs are too small
to be Of much use, but the maps are helpful
An American Elizabeth supplies "A
Prairie Winter" by an Illinois Girl (The
Outlook Company Pictures Of the country
are always pleasant, even when told with
no great skill. and here we have bit Of the
from September to June.
uvks ok N L -
to have accepted by q number Of periodi-
Gals ranging from Life to TAs Rom's Horn
have been gathered into q small volume
called The Game Of Life a. Vessels Com
pany) Mr.. Hall belongs to the modern
fabulist school Of Humor and Of Philosophy
We suspect that beneath the fat surface
Of Mr.. Halls prose turks volcano Of sar-
casm and sociology that is hidden to our
profane eyes.
A compact and comprehensive Syllabus
for the Study Of the History OF Civil Service
Reform" has been prepared under the
supervision Of Prof. Lucy Maynard Salmon
Of vassar College and Ia published in pam
phlet form by the Massachusetts, State
Federation OF Women's Clubs. The syl-
labus in it's earlier sections covers the his
tory Of the appointing power. The matter
10 dITdnBeu WIN bhlil ana Cledfness ana
the photographers attached to each section
show careful selection.
The fourth volume OF an entertaining
genealogical quarterly The Ancestor
archibald Constable 4 Co.. j. B. Lippin-
colt Company, has come to us. with its
usual interesting portraits and other pict-
ures. Its tone is decidedly pugnacious
Mr.. ]. Horace Round has papers on the
arms Of Warwick. the King Maker. and on
the recent decision In the matter OF the
Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain. There
10 q curious table Of four generations OF
the Pollock family who have nearly all be-
come lawyers. and held many public Offices
Of emolument We imagine that similar
tables could DO shown Of other families
connected with the British judiciary. which
has never been averse to nepotism. The
editor has lively, IL one-sided, set-to with
Sir A. Conan Doyle on the heraldic and
other antiquarian blundcrs made BY the
novelist In his historical tales.