The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31

ish author Juan Valera that by his death
modern Spanish literature loses its most
brilliant and interesting representative.
| He was poet, a critic and novelist and
achieved special literary distinction as a
stylist. He served his country as diplomat
| at Naples. Dresden. st. Petersburg. Wash
| ington and Brussels and at home he was
Minister Of Commerce, Minister Of Public
| Instruction, Councillor Of State and Senator.
Oscar Wilde's book OF epigrams has many
quotable sayings concerning men and
women, sparkling with audaoity but tinged
with cynioism.
ITO get on in the best society nowadays
one has either to feed people, amuse people
or shock people,"
at Ia absurd to have hard and fast rule
about what one should read and what one
shouldn't. More than half Of modern
culture depends on what one shouldn't
read"
All women become like their mothers
that is their tragedy. No man does
That's his
"1he only way q woman can ever reform
man is by loving him 80 completely that
he loses all interest in life."
With the June instalment Mrs. Wharton
brings her story, THE House OF Mirth,"
to very dramatic climax and leaves the
heroine and the reader who is interested
in her In an unpleasant state Of suspense
waiting for the next move The story in
It's present phase is social parable and as
such should be read in the congregations
oA AH1 ~ ro1n
brings about immoral consequences. In
the midst Of all the subtle analysis and
delicate handling Of an extremely rsque
situation, Mrs. Wharton finds time to
introduce a phrase that is interesting TO
read and good to remember. 1t is that
there are just as many different ways of
going without money as Of spending it."
Miss Mary E. Waller, author Of "The
Woodcarvers OF 'Lympus' and Sauna has
lived for a number Of years, winter and
summer, on the Massachusetts coast and
has had ample opportunity Of studying
the quaint characters among the plain
island folk and writes OF them with an
enthusiasm born Of sympathy and affection.
She was, accordingly. much amused at
paragraph representing her attitude toward
the natives Of the island in which the scene
OF her recent novel is laid as being that OF
summer visitor Sauna" has Just gone
into O new edition.
One Of the notable incidents in Mr..
Mighels's story Of the Ultimate Passion
the bribery Of Judge Wright, Is an actual
transaction taken bodily from life. Even
the malign influence exercised by the Judges
wife and the subsequent part played by
her receiving the money at the door al 9 facts.
There were other details even more dis
honorable, which the author omitted Mr..
Mighe,s is at present taking a vacation In
Pleasan tvile N. Y, where he says
he intends to fish and be lazy. The author
il an enthusiastic automobilist, as might be
inferred from the prominent part the big
red automobile plays in the story.
Another OF those unique surprises which
enliven the monotony OF life for the editor
was found recently in the letter box Of the
Critic. bill was forwarded to delinquent
subscriber in the usual way and was re-
turned in an envelope with In inch wide
black border containing the following
letter: -Mr. Smith hos changed his address;
smallpox took him off. am his widow.
Respectfully, Mary Ann Smith"
Mr.. Sinclair Lewis calls attention to the
remarkable similarity between "The Mas
querader,' now being played in London,
and THE Premier and the Painter" written
by Israel Zangwll under the pen name of
J. Freeman Bell in the early EOS. The re-
semblance, Mr.. Lewis says. is not simply
the use Of the time worn plot of promi-
nent man changing place with a man OF
low degree, which occurs in THE Prince
and Pauper' and Hale's MY Double and
How He Undid Me- but that practically
every Ltuation. svsry character and every