The sun., 1910-05-07
aama NaN IllnlIan.

A novel idea. which supplitA material
Tor q screaming farce. will b. found IN
The innocont Murderers.' By william
johnson and PAnl West (Dualsh and
Company, The college professors Who
have been spying on q colleague and have
10 diaposs Of bic inAnimhts body after he
has swallowed q radlum conoOction 0f his
own brewing are IN a decided "a. Ths
complications ariainR frOm the emana-
tons when they deposit him near a pond.
and later when they transfer him 10 q
osmotsry. arc very funny. The authors
have stumbled on a good pOrtrait too In
the shrewd old dean. II Was q mistake.
however. 10 cOmpliCats the plot with
feminine sntanRlamsnts and With the
commonplace olfOrts Of a dstsotivs. u
apoiA what would have been an unusually
eOOd story by making some parts pretty
duh.
From the moment the hero Gsts knocked
overheard somewhere among the Spice
islands the reader Of Henry Miner
RidoOut's The Twisted Foot CHoughsOn
Miniin Company will need an the breath
he has 10 keep up with him in his wild
chase. He will begin by throwing Galde
ell notions Of probability and substitute
tho oraWly sensations Of a nightmare
terror. The author leads him up and
down the islanda. 10 Manila. HOngkong
and Java. There h no CESSATION Of ac-
tivity and excitement till the mystery is
cleared and the young woman h won.
The humOr Of the ubiquitous chief villain
d more aPparpnt 10 the author than to
HE readers; u saves him. a any rate. nom
the punishment which II his duo. A
large addition is made 10 tho vocabulary
u foreign words whose meaning u not
explained. = wholly rsprshensibls prae-
tics. II - q good aud very readable
Story Of lea kind.
Prince Edward Island, with ita Arcadian
simplicity. h again made the sosns IN
L. NJ Hoatg0meFy's 'KiimSay of tho
Orchard IL. G. Page and Company. =
IL q pretty idyl that must bs read SSsE
poetic reverence. Tor the standards q
everyday conventions would work havoc
with IL. The Sleeping Beauty legsnd IL
always attractive: . cynical rsadeF may
wonder At the princes objection 10 finding
her dumb Whsn he haa passed lightly over
other obstacles. The admirable qualities
og the kindly scotch are cOntrastsd with
ths inbOFn villainy Of = stray Latin. We
should have liked 10 learn more Of the
inner nature Of the Italian baby brought
up on oatmeal and scotch theology.
40 far a. We can make out from The
Illustrious Prince 0Attle. Brown and
Company Mr. v Philips Oppenhsim
hOlds that 'Buahido' excussa murdsr or
any other crime. His Japanese princs
exerts his fascination on men and women
alike The reader is left 20 gissa at the
Importance Of che documents hs secures.
and thu manner Of one aaaaaaination n
never explained. From q mystery ssory the
tale turns into q panegyric q Japansae
power and an alarming demonstration Of
that country's ability 70 Ovsrcoms West
oFu civilization with the aid Of China. II
il ths best written pieos q WOFk The ar-
thor has turned out for some tims. though
We can hardly gympathiRs with the ed
miration his women have for the half
caste Oriental.
The prevailing cult ol the infant IL con-
bined with impressions % travel in An
American Baby Abroad by Mrs. Charles
n CrpWdaon Uittle Brown and Company.
There 10 a peFfuRc,ory love tale 10 hold
the story tOGcthsr and an unnecessary
libel on the Arabs who dwell In Egypt
We imagine few American women, even
when abroad, show e. little ssnss a. thOas
described in this book.
The pretty pocket edition Of the stories
Of Thomas Hardy. published By the
Harpers, progress rapidly. Five volumes
have already appeared. the latest being
ths delightful Under tho Greenwood
Tres.' his first story in the manner that
became distinctive Of him. Its shortneas
allows the use Of thicker paper and larger
type than In the other volumes. IL makes
a very attractive little book