The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-15

Mr.. Raymond Fuller Ayres In 1The King
Of Kinkddie and Other Fairy Tales OF
Now (E. p. Dutton 4 Coz. His fun 10
for the benefit Of grown-up people entirely,
and consists in constant illusions to cur
rent matters OF which children know moth
ing, and should know nothing. while pro-
Tossing to tell chld's story. This in
wolves the use OF unlimited slang sometimes
not Of the most refined. The pictures are
rather insignificant. The book had better
not he put into the hands Of children.
Once again has Mr.. Andrew Lang man
aged to CLEAN volume full Of fairy tales
for the Christmas season and this year he
adds to his polychrome collection 'The
Brown Fairy Book" Oongmans, Green
4 Coz. which will probably be as welcome
to young readers as its predecessors. The
editor, by this time, must travel far afeld
for his stories, and levies from Australia
and Brazil and New Caledo mia and the
Kaffir land among many others. At the
same time the old hunting grounds are not
exhausted, and as well-known favorite
as "R1bezahl" appears with the others.
The burden Of the work has fallen, as usual.
on Mrs. Lang. The pictures are pretty, and
the book is in every way attractive.
"Compr omises," New Book OF Essays.
Agnes Repplier's new book OF essays,
Compromises" is q we'll arranged and
brilliant mosaic of interesting things which
famous people in fact and fiction have
said and done, together with running
commentary OF what the author thinks
about it all delivered in her usual style
OF banterng humor and graceful philos-
ophy. 1t belongs strictly to the literature
OF entertainment. and II the reader never
arrives at any definite terminus OF con-
viction in it's perusal he has at least pleas
ant time along the way, The titles OF the
chapters will give an idea OF the wide range
of subjects handled: THE Luxury OF
Conversation, THE Gayety Of Life, MAR
rage in Fiction" &c., concluding with the
pathetic story OF Byron's little daughter
allegro"
II Miss Ripplier's essays are sometimes
bit suggestive of the Woman's Club paper
in their abundance of quotation the gu ota-
tons are aptly chosen and deity woven
together, and the writer has herself the
happy faculty of fattering the reader by
saying what he has always thought but
never formulated in words. To lovers OF
Italy THE Beggar's Pouch will appeal,
with its sympathetic illusions to the pict-
uresque mendicants who push back the
leather curtains Of Cathedral doorways
and pull in the gondolas to the water steps
in Venice, receiving for their unsolicited
service the rebu q Of the newly arrived and
the small gratuity of the experienced travel
Ter with equal graciousness THE Tourist
will! read with a smile Of the hatred Of all
tourists for each other, particularly OF
the travelling Teuton whose name is legion;
1.-THE Spinster" will relish the able defence
of her dignity and the tyranny OF opinion
which decries single blessedness. But prob
ably one Of the best and most stimulating
bits in the book is the tribute to Nine.
Maintenon in "The Gayety of Life" the
middle aged woman who. neither hand
some nor witty, held her royal spouse
with an enduring charm because she 40
governed her humors that at all times and
under all circumstances, she preserved her
cheerfulness OF demeanor.'