The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-20
New Editions.


1t was a real loss to American literature
when Mr.. George W. Cable turned reformer
and ceased writing stories that were only
stories. Though some readers may prefer
with reason some OF his longer tales. none
of his books has been so deservedly popu-
lar as the collection OF delightful short
stories called -Old Creole Days" This
appears now in holiday dress from Charles
Illustrations by Mr.. Albert Herter. 1t
might be better to leave Mr.. Cables charm
ing French creole women to the imagina-
ton. but Mr.. Herter's model is very pretty.
He has the example Of Hans Makart and
some French painters before him when
he presents the same girl in different posi-
ion in n picture, but it is hardly an
example to be followed. The smaller
pictures at the beginning and end of the
stories are more attractive than the larger
ones. The boob will make an admirable
holiday gift. Mr.. Cable has not yet at
tanned a complete edition; we should like
10 be able to get The Grandissimes" as
first printed in magazine form, with all the
French dialect.
A standard legal text book, Sir William
r. Arson, Bart.'s. Principles Of the Law
of Contracts" is issued in a new edition
from the Oxford University Press. This
is the elev enth English edition, dated last
April, brought Up to date with American
notes by Prof. Ernest W. Huffcut Of Cor
nell University. The changes in form,
such as the introduce ion Of black letter
heads for the sections and the RELOCATION
10 smaller type of the portions Of purely
British importance, are directed toward
making the book more available for Ameri-
can students. The citations OF American
cases are very numerous. It was fortunate
for lawyers that the Warden OF All Souls
was able 20 write down his admirably clear
compendium OF this important branch OF
the law before he was turned into the
devious paths OF politics.
As interesting a book from the literary
side as was written by the late Lafcadio
Hearn is Some Chinese Ghosts" now re-
published by Little. Brown and Company.
They are studies in the supernatural,
written befo ore h eauthor went TO the Orient,
80 that no photographic digressions inter-
fere with the artistic purpose.
A pretty story by Mr.. Thomas Nelson
PAGE. ~On Newfound River appears In
holiday form with colored illustrations by
Mr.. John Edwin jackson Charles Sorib-
ner's Sons). The author takes advantage
OF the opportunity 20 initiate a bad prac-
tics and enlarge his story. No ham
comes Of IL in this case, but the public
slreIy has the right to ask an author to
stand by what he has written. Where the
stories are of any account the later changes
are rarely improvements. The artists
f~rontispiece is a remarkably beautiful
pictures: his other illustrations are In good
taste and show careful study Of the cos
tunes Of the time.
The translation made by Mrs. A. l.. Wister
Of a popular German classic. a landmark
Of the romantic period, Freiherr Won Eich-
endorff's Aus dem Leben zines Tauge-
NIGHTS. " is published again, under the title
.The Happy.G o-Lucky" by the J. B. Lippin-
oott Company, with many Illustrations in
oolor and In tint by German artists and In
terestinR marginal drawings. 1t is a very
pretty story. which loses little Of It's charm
in this translation.
Two related sermons by Henry Ward
Baecher. The Life Of Christ. without and
Within" are published, as appropriate to
the coming Christmas season, in q handsome
little volume by the HArpers.
The last ma to hide his light under q
bushel il Mr.. Upton Sinclair, and he makes
iudicious use Of his stock yards n&oriety to
aoat his earlier products. In the preface TO
.The Journal Of Arthur Stirling he boasts
~ the elaborate scheme Of deception he
employed to attract attention to the book.
The ~insincerity Of the journal was pointed
out at the time in THE SUN. Another story
20 which he sought to attract attention In
a maRasine article 10 also republished by
h anne house Under it's second tft+eC
King Midas
Maior-Gen. Adolphus W. Greelyls in
,ere-tine and useful Handbook Of Polar
discoveries" is pubIlshed in a revised third
edition by Little. Brown and Company
Il includes the Duke Of the Abruzzi's adj