The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17
NEW HOOKS.
Continued from Seventh PGOs.

story OF his small affairs il told in a simple
STRAIGHTFORWARD fashion and Is a wholesome
end entertaining narrative. CIhe Century
Company
"A Toy Tragedy" by Mrs. Henry de IA
Posture a.. P. DuttonD. ia an English story
a. a suartAt of orohan children which no
Lolbt well bred little English BOYS and girls
wi sit quietly in their tidy nurseries in front
al tire OF en- FIRE and re d politely. as good
Oh ldren should. The story is made up of
tho ingredients which they ex ect ia iuven-
ile hction-a de d mother-in fact, two deld
rloshers-an irresponsible father. an made
GU; te income, a hard he rted maiden aunt,
O titled and generous uncle, a dying child
Of great be luty and "A happy ending. The
irrt sronsible father after the defth OF his
second wife ships the childre of to their
spiIster aunt without troubling himself
% announce their arrival. Naturally, an
old lady with a pet dog and tyrannical SER
van 3 does not welcome the quartet with
corciality. The noble uncle comes bravely
- The rescue, az titled uncles in books
always do. The self-secrificipg elder sister
elloss the selfish but beautiful younger
sister to usurp her place in the uncie's
house, but everything il adjusted at the
deathbed OF the selfish sister.
he writing OF a wholesome and enter
'sining story OF family life which shall at
once appeal 10 the interest OF young people
In their teens and satisfy their craving for
the unusual and romantic without over
taxing credulity OF defying probability
Is something of a problem. A more or
lees satisfactory solution of il is offered
In Grace s. Richmond's -The Second vio-
lnB Innuhladav Dana & 10 Tho pnttCh
desired element of novelty ia afforded by
arranging the young people Of the family
IN a small orchestra, in which the heroine
PLAYS the second violin and is nicknamed
sFiddle.' The father and mother take
che nselves of out of the way early in the
tale, as c~onsiderate parents do who like the
youngsters to enjoy themselves. The
capable, elder sister slips on a banana skin
In the most natural way in tue world and
Is put out Of commission for the season,
leaving The Second Violin to take the
pro ninent place she has always coveted
with the ma We egotism OF inexperence.
Under such favorable CIRCUMSTANCES she
develops into a remarkable little parsonage,
energetic, generous and eventually skill
ful in the management OF affairs. and OF
course is rewarded with the one eligible
husband available.
mother example of mistaken zeal and
mi spent energy is embodied in Nadge A..
Eicham's new book, -Blact lie, His Friends
ami His Enemies" in which the writer has
bean at much pains to reduce the fables
az La Fontaine to common lace stories for
the benefit of young children. II is "A ity
that the STORY Lady who seems TO have
O pretty talent for tale telling, could not
employ 1t to better purr ose than she Las
done in this book, which sic calls odd
Fables In New Dresses Old fables do not
ned new dresses any more than NJ other
Goose melodies need new rhyming. To
re ace the classic language of the fable
With such modern eIr r~essions as ~BlacI lie,
lcshl Your Imagination is something ter
Vtlle!' Is a Kind Of vandalism that II ia diff
ficult 10 tolerate with serenity. -Blackie'
l. published by Little, Brown & Co.
'Afoat on the Dogger-Bankr is the most
extraordinary blend ~ sensational adj
venture and absurd coincidence ever COM
punded to destroy a bows appetite for
wholesome stories Beside il the dime
novel and the shilling shocker are tame
20 baby food after caviare The story
begins in England, where a boy Of sixteen
ships as cook on a North Sea ~trawler. and
after making up a friendship with a Chinese
sailor goes in for some blood curdling ex-
Ieriences. 1t finishes with a Boxer raid on
en- English Mission in China, where the lad
snd his Celestial are hunting for a treasure
Ia the hear OF a bronze Buddha. The book
Is written by Fl. c. Moore and published by
the Dana Estes Company.
Boy Blue and His Friends by Eta
Ax,a4fn Rlasa1alI aAl Mayr Erano,a DI,t-Ion
"a a boob OF short stories for very young
readers, written around the Mother Goose
rhymes in short and easy words. Little
Boy Blues real name was Richard Snow,
and he lived on a large farm in the country.
with plenty OF horses and cows and sheep
TO care for and to play with Mary was
Boy Blues cousin, and she lived in the city,
where her father owned a toyshop. but
she had a real lamb that she loved better
than all the play toys. Most Of the familiar
and beloved characters Of the old nursery
fhymes appear in the games and simple
Adventures of Little Boy Blue and his play
mates and pets. The book il published by
Little, Brown and Co.
A picturesque story involving much his
torical, literary and traditional interest Ia
told with skill and freshness Of treatment
by Harriet T. Comstock in "Tbe Queens
Hostage CLittle. Brown and Coz. The period
chosen for the setting of the story is the
latter part OF the reign of Eli1abetb-a time
sxhaustless In possibilities for the romance
writer. Invention cannot be thwarted by
probability. for the incidents Of the actual
s1rpass the most extraordinary fgments
OF the imagination. Every accessory es-
sential to plot and counter plot is at hand
religious contention, treachery at court,
magnifcence Of life, violent customs and
precedents. convenient castles. with secret
chambers and tortuous passages.
tho Queens Hostage Is a tale OF one
Of the many plots against Elizabeth. which
gives q excuse for once more reproduce
Ing the gorgeous pageantry Of the day.
and differs from other stories Of its kind
In that 10 dweIs at length upon the customs
and practices Of the stage. The hero goes
90 London under the patronage of no less
a famous parsonage than William Shake
xpeare and Ben Jonson. plays women's roles
In Shakespeare plays and caves his SOW
ereign In a time Of danger by fearless 10y
atty. There IL an element OF mysticism
In the story rather difficult for the youthful
mind 20 negotiate. and the narrative is 30
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