The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-04


we have directions and suggestions az I
what can be done for them. and especial
what they can do for themselves so as no
TO be too dependent on those about then
The author became blind himself when oil
age had set in. and the manner in whic
he struggled 10 preserve his independents
Of others is pathetic and inspiring as
story Of pluck. Nearly all his direction
seem practical and sensible. but once in
while he drifts into theorizng
1t IL hardly virgin soil that Dr. Gardne
W. Allen turns up in Our Navy and tn,
BarGary Corsairs' tHoughton Miflin 4
Coz For one. II we remember Alright, the
hon Theodore Roosevelt had preceded
MIN he has told. however carefully
with conscientious Use Of original doou
ments and more fully than his forerunners
the glorious deeds OF the infant navy tina
marked the entry OF the United States int,
tho affairs OF the world II If n story tina
will bear rctelling so long as the nntor
stands. and in an acc irate history like DR.
Aliens will be found more exciting than il
tho dozens Of tales o. adventure built or
its Incidents The first chapter. telling OF
the Barbary pirates in the past. il per
funotory and a wholly Inadequate view OF
an extremely interesting side OF European
history. he book would be improved by
its omission. When Dr. Allen comes to
| the American interference. however he
stands on solid ground
The biography OF 'Thomas Moore that
! MIR stephen Gwynne has written for the
English Men OF Letters series (Macmi-
lans' is strangely unsatisfactory The
reason. perhaps, is the authors inability
to work up any admiration or sympathy
for his subject. He tries to do him justice
as man, and certainly succeeds in bringing
out Moore's integrity and high sense Of
/ honor in the face Of temptations and mis-
fortunes. He tells us that Tom Moore was
lovable and popular. but he shows us very
little of that side OF his life He tries 10 BE
fair to him az a poet. too. but that seems
to be too hard a task for any modern literary
man, Popular as Moore was during his
lifetime, popular az his songs still are in
the hearts Of the people. modern litera ~
fashions have drifted so far away from
him that il is az hard to recognize "a It Is
to acknowledge the real poetry that he
wrote and that lives Mr. Gwynne's analy-
sis of his merits seems wnIng with difficulty
from his intellect; bit Of Irish feeling
might have been more in place The book
il a little too much like dissecting butterfly.
We fear that Frederic villierss Port
Arthur; Three Months With the Besiegers"
n>ongmans Green Coz comes the day
after the fair II is too late for news and
too early for definite, authoritative &C
count OF the siege Mr. Villiers had the
hard luck to leave the scene two months
before Port Arthur fell. The improved
sl...4
chief victims so far the war correspondents
few Of whom will be able to write in their
books of things they have actually seen
Mr.. Villiers in his diary does the hest he
can with what he was allowed to see in the
japanese lines
In volume XIII. OF Fairly Western
Travels 174s-lsio' edited by Reuben
Gold Thwaites. IL. y. The Arthur
Clark Company. Cleveland we have rho
conclusion Of William Fauxs amusingly
mendacious Memorable Days in America.
with A Visit to North America 1921.
by Adlard Welby. Both accounts are nm
favorable 10 America and were written
as attacks on tho Illinois settlements. but
both contain a mass Of interesting OBJ
servaton.
Prof. George Aaron Barton. PHI D.. Of
Bryn Mawr College has spent yea abroad
part OF the time in Egypt and Palestine
He publishes the letters he wrote home
n volume called A Years Wandering
n Bible Iands' Ferris 4 Leach. Phia-
ielphial. which Is illustrated with photo
graphs taken by himself There is no harm
u this. and possibly his book may interest
lis immediate circle OF friends We find
iothing in il, however, that warrants its
icing offered to wider public. Travelling
n Europe IL no remarkable feat nowadays.
wen if camera is carried along. and the
raveller really ought TO hive something 10
ay before publishing book
A curious miscellany made up Of prose
ales mostly from the Talmud, and not al
vays particularly interesting or Ineligible
nd Of poems on kindred subjects by poets
+ all ranks has been compiled by Isabel
!. Cohen with the title Legends and Tales
a Prose and Verse" The Jewish Publica-
ion Society Of America. Philadelphia
: is not mp 10 the standard of the books
~ have hitherto received from this society.
II il to he regretted that the book written
" Ma ior Charles f Woodruff NJ. D.. L. SA.
nth the title +The Elects of Tropical
light on White Men" (Rehman Company
lew York; should turn out TO he technical
iscussion Of debatable theory about skin
fermentation The author shows extensive
sading ard great industry. combined with
ne queer lack Of discrimination "a to the
alue Of evidence that affects all anthropo-
,gical research Here we have great
eal about nigrescence and blondness that
of academical interest. byt al the end the
nthor gives sensible chapter Of practica
lies for white men in the tropics.
A gain are hidden TO subject our stomach I
a particular diet. Knocked Foods and =
ow to Use Them, by Mr. and Mrs Eugene +,
hristian fThe Health Culture Company ,
arms us against the wickedness OF cooking {
nd tells us how TO eat and what TO eat. q
e recolect cooking that might have made
! forbear all eating, but in spite Of the
lurement in the bills Of fare offered in e
lis volume we shall put Of tempting the
te Of Nebuchadnezzar for while :
Books Received.
steam Turbines" Dr :. StodoA translated !,