The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
Other Books.

ren1rr iSt o direct the attention OF the pack
of historical romance writers to the petty
German courts Of the eighteenth century.
Where every little absolute potentate telt
bound to initiate the Grand Monarch with
a miniature Versailles OF soma sort, whether
H. was called Wilhelmsh0he or Sansouol,
and above all with gross Teutonio parodies
Of Louis's State mistresses, there is aoun-
dant material for the humorous romancer In
the actual facts. with no demand on the In
~yentive faculties. There is that father OF
his people, August the Strong OF Saxonv ana
Poland, there is the Prussian paladin Leo
pold Of Anhalt, the old Dessauer' and there
are samples among the forbears OF all the
six-and-thirty monarohs IA Helne pictures
10 us seated on their s~ix-and-thirty stools.
A pictu-esGrs example Of the ptr'gues and
vices of that age Ia presented in this volume
relating Gin, story Of wilhelmine Won Gra-
Newitz, mist ress OF Eberhard. Duke OF Wur-
tenberc. II it had been told soberly.
strictly following the historical documents.
It would have read like a chapter OF Casa
nova's Memoirs" As it is it is related in
that STYLE " modern emotional romance,
which may easily blind the reader to what
h true in tho narrative.
1t is due probably 10 the manner In which
Mr.. Joseph DeniefTe's recollections, "A
Personal Narrative Of the Irish Revolu-
tionary Bro therhood' CThe Gael Publish
ing Company, New York;. were printed
originally that the reader who In unfamiliar
with the movement will find them some
what disappointing. For readers OF the
eJael there was no reed OF relating what
James Stephen and his companions did
or tried TO do, or TO recount the manner In
which stephen failed his adherents. For
them Mr.. Deniefe's story Of wanderings to
, and fro, his pictures of men, his comments,
will have a meaning; to others it must seem
very much as though Hamlet had been left
out Of the o. st. The book IL literally what
it purports to be, "a faithful report OF the
events from 1855 to 1887" that came TO Mr..
Deniefe's own knowledge. It has, there
fore, all the value OF first hand testimony
and must be- invaluable for the details 1t
furnishes to the future historian OF the
Fenian movement. The appendix con-
tains many important papers and from 1t a
clearer idea OF what happened may be
formed than from the memoirs, for these
are only orc mans honest evidence OF
what he knew himself and not a connected
history.
A branch Of the law that is Of peculiar
interest to the public is treated very fully
IN The Law Of Innkeepers and Hotels, In
Guiding Other Public Houses, Theatres
and Sleeping Cars by Prof. Joseph Henry
Beale, Jr., Of Harvard University civilian
J. Nagel, Boston,. Though the author
laws stress in the preface on the theoretical
importance Of the law in the development
Of public service law, we fail to see where
he establishe % this in his fext. His book
Is probably he most elaborate summary Of
the subject that has appeared, and in an
appendix gives the statutes of all the States
relating to IL, yet we notice omissions OF
matters that should have been emphasized,
such as the decisions relating to the ex-
clusion ofJeus and Of negroes, with the inter-
probation Of the constitutional amendments
and in the matter Of theatres. the reoent
decisions in New York as to Objectionable
critics.
An elaborate description OF the bird in
the abstract will be found in The Bird:
Its Form and Function . by Curator c.
william Beebe Of the New York Geological
Park (Henry Holt and Company. The
pathological anatomy Is fully described
with the aid Of many interesting pictures.
People who have the time to mouse about
the cities Of the Old World and wish TO break
away from the guide books turn with
pleasure to the careful antiquarians who
no through q city street by street, marking
che buildings and other sights that have
historic interest. In excellent book OF
this sort, -rhe stones OF Paris In History
and Letters by Benjamin Ellis Martin
and Charlotte NJ. Martin, appears, we are
glad TO see, In a new edition Charles Sorib-
ners sons. After the shops and the streets
and the m seums have been seen no bettel
way Of viewing Paris can be devised thar
following IN the tracks Of some favorts
author, as the writer's have done, Dumas
or Balzao or Victor Hugo, and reviewing
che bits OF their Paris that have survived
That older Paris II going 90 fast that som'
Of that doacribod only seven years ago Ia
ehia volume has already disappeared.
Recent archaObogioal discoveries give
sts interest to Historical Bases % Religion.
by Hiram Chellis Brown Herbert u. TuFnel
and COMPANY, Boston,. Here will DO founs
Of tho A~s=yrtan-B abyloniaI
religion compared with tho Jewish. q
4. . plain presentation 90 facts discovered
vith no aktampt az seotarian Interpretation
An extosision - the prevalent gambling
eams % cards by one Who " a leading an,
shorsty IN 1--we have his own word for "a
vii ~ found IN 'DAlton's Complete Bridge.
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