The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-17
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON

cd New York Prinser-Msuy Forth
 coming New Book. of Note.
 4 very striking and interesting book. well sustaining her record as gifted writer. is Mrs Henry Dudeney's new story, ..The Story of Susan which is published by Dodd, Mead and Compa- ny. New York. The deIineation of the leading characters is fine, strong, artis- tic, while one gets a picture that lin- gers in the memory, of the people of the times of whom she writes, and their prejudices, bigotry, virtues and tenacity to religious opinions and dogmas. "The Story of Susan is a strong story. It is carefully drawn picture of Eng fish life in the England of the early Victorian period with all its narrow ness, its eccentricities, it's gossip and scandals. it's jealousies and quarrels. Susan is introduced as maid to Lady Barwell, a devout churchwoman, whose husband has grown wealthy, has been mayor of Liddleshorn and has won a knighthood. Susan is pretty, pert, kit tenish as regards responsibilities and indifferent to the cast iron creeds that bound and wearied those of her neigh bors, who were rigid church people, and believed that nobody but themselves were on the right theological tack. Su- san was deemed frivolous by the stern elders of the church. She was loved by Martin Heritage. man reverent, God ly, conscientious. tender and fervent Methodist. Susan loves him in return, but she had to wade through sea of E trouble chiefly of her own brewing be fore all ended well, and the patient love of Martin Heritage met it's reward. The story deals considerably with Methodism and sets forth a picture of it's narrowness and bigotry in the early forties, all of which is supposed to be q faithful picture. and is certainly skill fully drawn. Martins chief ambition church wise was to become an elder in his church. and he had a hard struggle
 The first of the six volumes of a re- markedly unique work by Professor Charles Foster Kent of Yale, entitled Narratives of the Beginning of He brew History" will be published by Charles Scribner Sons this month.
 
 to reconcile Susan's indifference to church forms and rules with his churchly duty. True love wins, but many an awkward dilemma is first en- countered. Mrs, Dudeney errs in con- founding Calvinism with Methodism. The doctrine of election and Metho- dism's plain emphasizing that salvation is full and free and open to all are in plain opposition. But tie book is not , at all dry disquisition upon theological lines. It is no sermon. It is full of grace, strength and fresh humor, and in the weaving of the tale much that is en- tertaining and diverting is brought out < to the keen enjoyment of the reader. The minor characters, too, are delight full, and the time, the people and the theme remind one of George Eliot's sScenes of Clerical Life" The reader of .'The Story of Susan will find it an excellent story throughout, even if it lacks Iia some respects as compared I t with Mrs. Dlldenev's brilliant successes ill Folly Garner and Men Of Mar { iowe's'' and Robin Brilliant" The book has many excellent illustrations by Paul Hardy. Price s1,50; for sale < at Judd's.
 Of. Professor Lounsbury's new book the New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser says; If the reader belongs to that class of persons who rejoice in the consciousness of knowinkg that the pronunciation they have is the best which exists he will very likely be be- seged from now on by malicious per- sons who will call his attention to Pro- lessor Lounsbury's entertaining little < essay on The Standard of Pronuncia- tion' (Harper). Professor Lounsbury proves by accommodating the orthoepic X discrepancies of two centuries that there is no such thing as standard of pronunciation of English words. If you < and I are men of education, your ac- cents and tongue twists are as good as mine, and mine are as good as yours. If you should happen as probably you often have, to run up against an indi- vidual who lives in a region where pro- nunciation is Sinon-pure, and hence you ought, as he is sure, to accept the % antepenult as he does, you may re- mind him that you have used Webster all your life for 8 pillow. He will as- sure you that Webster is not much K thought of in his town. Then what can you reply? It always comes to a stale mate. Old Df. Bacon of Center church, New Haven, Professor Lounsbury re- members, had Webster cited to him once for his correction. What right has X Webster" he growled, to dictate my pronunciation? He is one of my par- isiioners and he ought to get his pro- nunciation from me, and not I from him.
 The worst or the best, of it is that there is no hope of extrication from this Babel. There seems to be one situation K in the world upon which evolution can get no grip whatever on chaos Our race Professor LoInsbury says, has lost K the phonetic sense.
 Nevertheless he would not on that s account throw all the dictionaries to the < flames, A man can choose his ortroepic guide as he chooses his religious creed, Remembering that there are others, and he had better stick pretty closely to his guide; except, that is, when his guide is n4anifestly roaming. Dr. Parr once founN fault with gentleman for put ting the accent on the penult of Alex andriaA The latter writes Professor LounsbMry, defended himself by quot