The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-14

was a thing he overlooked and when he told
a story he had to oontrive TO be the oen-
trail figure and TO stand always In me
heroic light. The back ground 70 IN.
| character Is q well-drawn picture Oh ~
! ia a Middle Western manufacturing ana co'-
lege town, and one Of the most engagihs
persons Of the tale Is a millionaire manu- /,
facturer Of pickles, who has large anu
kindly heart. In him a love OF the arus'ic
IL blended with shrewd business instinct
and an appreciation Of the uses OF aovel-
tisement. His face pictured in three colors,
smiles daily upon the public from the Dill
boards Of every city in the United STATES
and his Shakespeare Brand OF pickles
with dietetic epigrams from the different
PLAYS printed on the cans beneath picture
OF the poets house at Stratford, achieVeo
instant success. The working out OF tne
Chameleon's salvation will commend nsen
to the judicious.
ANNA Of the Five Towns Mcclure
Phillips 4 Coz is a simple tale OF love oy
Mr.. Arnold Bennett. In chapter L. en-
titled THE Kindling OF Love- we become
acquainted with Anna Tellwright, FER
vent and somewhat melancholy young
Mr.. Henry Mynors. who IL morning super
intendent Of the Sunday school ana CON
ductor OF the mems Bible class, held IN the
lecture hall on Sunday afternoons. Henry
MINORS is described as having competing
ewes and an acquiline gaze and mysterious
delicious, inexpressible something wmoh
dwelt behind his eyes. Also, there Is Wine
price. an uncouth, disjointed youth, with
thin. honey-colored mustache. wistful
waterv gaze and diffident manner. Mr..
MINORS has the easy, amiable manners OF
a man we'll accustomed to prominence In
the society of women, while Willie, who
wears clumsily fitting clothes and suners
from an involuntary twitching OF his long
rcd hands. Is nervous. The story con-
Germs itself mainly with the rival loves OF
Willie and Mr.. Mynors for the gentle Anna.
II looks in chapter I. as though the odds
must be all against poor Willie. Mynors
has too much manner. As In this instance
sTbey were passing through the gate
when Willie Price reappeared from the
direction Of the chapel.
s'Forgotten somcthingT Mynors In
ouired OF him blandly.
.Ye-es.. he stammered, clumsily rails
,no his hat to Anna. He hesitated for
fraction of time and then went up the
ward toward the lecture hall
Meanwhile MINORS carried on an edifying
conversation with Anna and eventually
took her to the park to hear the band play
And as for Willie, we are told later that when
Anna looked at him on one occasion she
thought Of the text Blessed are the meek
and saw In a fash the deep truth OF It. Not
for any consideration would we mar the
readers interest by limiting at the climax
NJ this unstrenuous tale or anticipate the
pleasure he may take in learning for him
self whether Annals final choice was made
n favor Of manner or OF meekness
A brilliant Book on Astronomy.
In spite of Its title Miss Agnes s. Clerke's
problems in Astrophysics' adam and
Charles Black: Macmillans) is one OF the
most delightful and fascinating books
that have appeared in many yeare. The
art Of popularisng science Is rare, but
Miss Clerke In previous books has shown
that she possesses It, She has presented
the abstruse problems Of a mathematical
science in a form that made them COM
prehensible to all educated readers.
In this volume Miss Clerke tells OF the
various lines along which astronomers
are working. what they hope or may ex-
pect to find out. together with what mas
been already accomplished. She explains
carefully the many questions that arise
In solar physics and In the invest: ;ation
OF the stars and nebule, but has DELHI
erately left out the astronomy Of the planets
and the comets. The book Is intended