The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-20
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A FYenchman who can use his ewes In
foreign parts and whose pencil will re-
produce faithfully what be sees is a great
rarity, so that NJ. Charles Huard's New
York CONNIE je TAI W. Eugene Rey,
Paris 10 q remarkable book, wholly apart
from it's merits. The author can draw
in the first place; he has jotted dow what
ever interested him. There are elaborate
full page views Of familiar scenes that are
made picturesque with no sacrifice Of truth;
there are out Of the way bits of the town;
there are countless figures and faces. NJ.
Huard's policemen and street clea ners
are OF New York and not OF Paris, and so
are the types he picked out from the crowd.
The text is entertaining and bright. There
are plenty Of blunders and Of erroneous
0eneralizations such as foreigners cannot
avoid making, but there is a lot OF accurate
observation that displays N. Huard's I'M
usual intelligence not only in understand
ing what he did see but in selecting the
things he wanted to see. New Workers
should be interested in this view Of them
hy a Frenohman who can look beyond the
Paris b~oulevards.
1t took a great deal OF red tape before
Mr.. 8. NJ. Barrett was allowed TO write down
-Geronimo's Story OF His Life" (Dufleld
and Company. Inc the reader will
probably think that the War Depart
ment officials showed themselves over
sensitive to criticism. 1t would have
been a shame to lose the valuable
account Of Apache customs and history
which Mr.. Barrett secured from the old
chief. The story Of personal exploits is
interesting as q psychological study, but is
unavoidably rather vague. What harm
could arise from stating the Apache side
OF the differences with the United States
authorities, whether before or after the sur
render, II Is difficult TO see. Accusations
against persons must be taken with caution,
and complaints Of i'll usage are either so far
| nthe past asto be without remedy or are at
any rate open to Investigation. The Apache
question has been settled a. most Indian
questions have been, so that inquiries into
rights and wrongs would now be purely
aoademical. Geronimo's record. was Ger
tainly worth preserving.
Even the most ardent advocates Of the
expansion Of Italywould be satisfied with Mr..
Ernest c. Pelxotto's title by italian Seas
Charles Scribner's Sons). for he includes
in It the Dalmatian coast, Malta n Tunis.
He describes pleasantly with pen and pencil
leisurely travels with sudden leaps. In a
way the book is provoking for the taste
he gives Of out OF the way parts makes the
reader wish for much more. The beautiful
view OF Ragusa and the other sketches
| OF Dalmati& will make him regret that
Mr.. PeixOtto did not linger there longer.
| He would willingly give up Naples and the
Riviera for that. But these are impressions
OF actual travel and not full descriptions Of
anv Of the lands visited.
Tho mosaic which DIR. Charles A. Beard
OF Cornell University calls AN Introduction
TO English Historians Macmillans) will
doubtless prove useful In his classes, M
perhaps in those OF other teachers. It In a
history OF England made up Of extracts
from standard histories. and the selection
o. pesSsGsa-i&- judicimls~ NeyeTthelessr it
seems o rather costly way Of introducing
young men TO historians as easily accessible
as J.. r. Green and Stubbs. or even Gardiner
and Lecky, and the putting together q mini
mum of work must bring instruction dam
gerOusly close TO text book recitation. The