The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-14
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sfstsd aHd witch has had . tee,ienry
" l~hauauFate harmful effoFs eoWe'lmra
transformed lnto conventions and lace
made sacred ~ tfadlflon, Pastor Wagner
would have woman feel me dignity ~ her
hieh piace. witch IN nobility Il eaual n that
~ man, end have tho eoufaee aad pride ~
her aet
Robin tloa,ifelioS - ftls Thanda,s Kip
lins'a new story tor chiiisen. IL aid ~ be
founded upon the interest he ~ gov
Ina children showed In the stories he told
them about England befors IL vas English.
since hia children liked The tales ~ thls
early pssiOi ~ much " occurred 10 him
that perhaps other people might be simi.
ariy curious. and the result IL the Robin
0oodfellow series, which mineles the charm
u ancient tradition and che fascination %
modern England In q curious and auda-
cious style
Jeremiah Curtin Il writing m important
work 10 he called The Mongols, a H~istory.'
The author spent three months among thu
Buriata. He h the author o several hooks
on mythology a. well as tho translator %
Henryk sienkiewics.
o. Henry In his new book. '1he -Four
Million sums up what IL left TO those who
have missed Economically adventurous
experiences waiting In different guisss
about the city. we have grown stiff, .
he says, with the ramrod Of convention
down backs. We pass on, and some
day we come, at the end Of q very dull life.
TO reflect that our romance has been a
pallid thing Of q maria 20 or two. a satin
rosette kept In a safe deposit drawer and Q
lifelong feud With a steam radiator
Count Tolstoi has recently published
q 'Life-Book' Of readings for all the days
Of the year. containing extracts from all
his f~avorite authors. A German transla-
ton Of the hrst half Of this work has just
appeared at Dresden which numbers $40
pa ges. In this suggestive collection OF
words Of wisdom on all subjects appear
extracts from Emerson, S~chopenhauer,
Goethe, Ruskin, Pascal, C~onfucius, Epic
tetus, the Talmud, the Koran and many
others, while for almost every day Count
Tolstoi has added some comment Of his
own.
'The Life Of a Star" by Clara Morris,
which was published on May 0, contains
besides the personal experiences Of the
writer many anecdotes OF such people OF
the stage az Lester Wallack, Coghlan, Irv-
ing, Salvini, and other friends not connected
with the stage-Garfeld, Mckinley, Henry
Bergh. &o.
In connection with the recent publica-
ton Of the delnitive edition Of the dramatic
works OF Algernon Charles Swinburn, it
is interesting to note that a performance
of his .Atalanta in Calydon" IL to take
place In London on June II. This is the
first time that the poem has been presented
in public.
Lovers OF italian poetry are familiar
with the work Of Giosue Carducci, a leading
figure in the struggle for United Italy. His
poems are fervent with patriotism and full
Of rich color n appreciation OF the pict-
uresque value Of Italian history. His
phrasing is melodious, his thought fine
and p~oetical. Under the title of Poems
of Italy" are published translations Of half
u dozen Of Carducci's most typical poems,
with an Introductory sketch Of his life by
Miss M. W. Arms.
Elizabeth Luther Cary's discovery OF
an ancient English Cook Book has resulted
in q volume Of curious recipes delightfully."-
favored with an appropriate extract from
some author of celebrity. Experiments
made with the old recipes resulted in many
delicious dishes, once no doubt popular,
but long since lost under the invasion OF
French cooking. The best OF these have
beer embodied in an unusual combination
Of recipes inc literature entitled Books
and My Food"
.1he Cult Of the Heavenly Twins has
been promoted from fiction TO science.
j, kendel Harris has written a book bearing
the title THE Cult Of the Heavenly Twins"
the greater part Of which Is devoted to
showing that pairs Of saints are usually
mere substitutes for the Dioscuri, or other
twin heroes Of classical religion. The
origin Of the Heavenly Twin worship
the author looks for In the a~nthropological
field, and the critics will have a busy and
merry time disagreeing about 1t.
Miss Fanny Reed, the sister OF the late
Mrs. Paran Stevens, has been spending a
part Of the season in America TO superin-
tend the publication Of a volume OF memoirs.
Miss Reed is a prominent figure in the
Americas colony In Paris, where she has
her home. and il also n fayorite in French