The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-12


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genious ,hs~f who ssole the sr-ssus~ and
the daughter ~ Ming Rhs mrsinitu..
From that he rroc-~de w English ro9uery
and here he adopts smother m~shod. though
HE chapters retain The monograph type
and are armed with photographers. Ne
hunts for roG,es wherever they are 10 10
found. In leernd. In ballads. In poetry. In
Jest books. In plays. and In more degenerate
tim>e IN the 'Ne~ gaze CasehdAR.r iiSsfa-
phies. and. unfortunately, sociology and
~criminoiogy. The expansion into fact and
theory apart from pure fiction seems In
judicioue and obliterstes somewhat the
authors distinction betwe~n villains and
rogies
In he second volume Prof. Chandler
cham es his method once more He passes
in review all English literature from Defoe
down to Will irwin: II We stop to think. there
are few authors hat IN not introduce soms
character that may he twisted into q rogue
in their stories; where they do not they are
mentioned 50 that hat fact may he noted
Many Of the author's Judgments will meet
with acceptance. though as he approaches
our own times the strain to prove the
roguery Of old friends becomes noticeable.
The need Of summaries Of pretty well
known books 10 not apparent and indicates
that the rigid demands 81 method get the
better Of discretion. while when Prof.
Chandler deals with the popular detective
and criminal fiction Of Yesterday and to-
day the reader may feel that his own judg-
ment il as much to he depended upon as
the professors. The eulogy Of the Sher-
lock Holmes stories. for instance, seems a
little cut of date.
For every subdivision Of his theme. how
ever fantastic. the author supplies a biblio-
graphy. There is no doubt abou his
th~oroughnees. even IL his method seems to
run mad at times. and as a book Of reference
his volumes are valuable. We can only
fray hat they may not become the subjeos
N a college course: courses fully as eccen-
trio appear in the catalogues now. and there
is the promise Of further educational va
carries in the list Of books in preparation
for the series to which this belongs.