The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-14


the man who thinks his imprisonment has
wiped out his crime, his bumptious So
Geological standpoint and various details
OF time and place from which his identity
could be easily ascertained II It were worth
anybodys while, chief among them the
statement that no was the originator OF the
| prison newspaper, the Sidr Of Hope Against
II must be reckoned the fact that the book
contains nothing that could not be asoer-
tanned easily by an outsider Interested
In the prison, that the impersonal tone
takes away the impression Of individual
experience, and that the praise and blanc
are mere echoes of sociological essays.
| Prison LIE Is no doubt monotonous and
uneventful. but it ia difficult TO understand
how person who has undergone the ex-
perienoe and can write 80 huently as the
! author docs should have written 40 unin-
| tersting a story
A collection OF plots Of this operas by
Mr.. Charles Annesley, THE Standard
| Opera Glass Brentano's), appears in new
edition with preface by Mr.. James
Huneker. Though amusing. Mr.. Huneker's
| cleverness does not disguise the fact that
he has merely glanced at the book he in
| PRODUCES. There are here nearly $50 opera
plots told after a fashion. the greater
number forgotten or unknown here. II
might have helped operagoers more If the
operas that are heard we're described more
infinitely. with some reference to their chief
musical features. The general public that
goes to show and doesn't care particu-
larry for the music will DO able to learn from
this book, however. Shat the performance
is about, and probably will retain little more
memory OF 1t than the summary given here
provides.
Some pleasant essays, mostly antiquarian,
by one who loves the country make UP
odd Florence and Modern Tuscany by
Janet Ross 81. NJ. Dent & Co.; F. P. Dutton
& Coz For the greater part they are re-
printed from the English ma gaines in which
they first appeared. The charm OF the
articles on the Tuscan popular songs and
on tho vintage and oil making in Tuscany
will make the reader regret that the author
did not restrict herself to describing the
daily life that she has seen so well.
Dealing with the same land comes a ne~
edition of Hope Rea's Tuscan and Venetian
Artists o. NJ. Dent & Co.; L. p. Dutton
& Coz an outcome OF the new critical view
OF Italian art The reader may agree or
not with the differences and the philosophy
the author derives from her comparisons
but he cannot but he pleased with her in
telligent talk about art and the apprecia-
tive description OF works often outside the
beaten path. The pictures are good.
SO much stress Is put nowadays on the
English and French explorations OF America
that the romantic Spanish side seems TO
be thrown into the background. Probably
boys do not read Prescott as much as they
used to. 1t was well worth while, there
fore. for Mr.. Charles Morris to add a
Spanish volume TO the series
OF Historical Tales published by the
J. B. Lippinoott Company. Here we have
not only Cortea and Piznrro and Balboa.
but Morgan with his buccanee-s and Bolivar. |
the liberator, and Walker the fhbuster.
with other exploits coming down to the |
Cuban war. Mr.. Morris's style ia not brilliant |
but he gives the essential facts.
Mr.. Edward D, Lent's humorous account |
OF his struggles with rheumatism, Being
Done Good Is published in q new illus
trated edition by the Brooklyn Eagle Press.
To the series Of TRANSACTIONS from Paul |
Bourget, published by Charles Scribner's
Sons, has been added that of one OF his
most noted and most disagreeabe novels.
a Divorce Those who accept NJ
as philosopher and psychologist
will doubtless admire its profoundness
and truth.
That American publishers are not be-
hind the English in the manufacture of
little thin paper editions with
clear print is shown by the set,
Of -Macaulay's Essays in six volumes
issued by &. p Putnams Sons. They
are prettily bound, and any volume can
De slipped into the pocket
A superficial view Of very broad field
will be found in Mr.. Charles H. Coohrane's
Modern Industrial Progress" 81. p. Lip
olncott Company. 1t is possible that a
whole encyclopedia would have been
needed to give, even briefly. an adequate
account OF the myriad Of inventions which
he author mentions rather than describes.
Even birdseye view Of the many sided
ADVANCE In a multitude Of directions in
,ecent years is extremely interesting and
We should imagine, must lead the reader
o seek for further information regarding
he matters that especially interest him,
I he is not wholly bewildered The book
will have it's use for reference, too, though
/ might have been improved by more
method In arrangement or by fuller in
Lex. It Is irritating TO think how extremely
lseful it would have been If acoura y and
Ie6nite statement had been the authors
i'm, instead OF popular presentation.
There are many illustrations, some good,
,ut many Of the less important pa is of
machines. OF what use IL a representation
4 the external cover when the whole point
Il an invention lies in the internal mocha
ism?
Many historical disoourses delivered
rom his pulpit on sundry occasions by
he Rev. DR.. David Gregg when pastor