The sun., 1910-05-28

" uom AApaMpAAa 70 enoot nefaeh'
We think abe would have mlassd her aim.
Or the cartridge would NOT havO SEplodsd.
OF . correct steel would have detected the
ball had he not arrived when he did. she
was that kind og q woman. Her history
Il set forth fully In Meta Syrstt's OLIVIA
\ Carsw' tthe John Lane Company. New
York;.
II 10 not usual 90 describe tho Allegheny
River or the MonOn gahsla River a. a
golden crown or 10 speak Of either Of
them a. encrustNd with gems Henry
Russell Miller Il able 10 write Of these
imPOrtan, water courses In this way In
his book The Man Higher Up (the
Bobbs- Merrill Company. IRdlAnapOlis). in
which he tells how Bob McAdoo. a genius
in matters puRihstic. financial and pO-
htical, developed from an abused drudge
into the ruler Of the rich and interesting
state of Psnnsylvania We have taken
the liberty " reading into the book the
names Of real subdivisions Of this country
that the author thinly disRuises. I'm
dOubtedly persons well versed In the In 70
trlcate politics of PittsbuFg and the Key
stone State will identify certain OF the
charAetsrs. We do not think that Muir
chell. the Republican boss Of the state
can Be- a picture Of the late Mr. Quay.
However. Il may he. We are sure 1t 10
not Mr.. Penruse OF Mr. 0nveg. Both ~
them are alive. In the hook We find .
CitiSsn OI Rttsburg who believes So
OooOOO b enough. even In these times.
for one man. He 10 q thoroughly -aatis-
factory millionaire -heaFtleas, brutal. un.
scrupulous. properly contalnptuous Of all
persons not ot his class, Ne was most
unkiDd 20 his sister Eleanor. The films
were not u bis kind and Il IA pleasant and
comforting 10 remember that there are
more Flinns than SanRers in the world.
A tAngls Of family rotations not easily
solved is prcsented in -ThS Wife of
AltAmOnt.' by Violet Hunt CBrentAno'sl.
The narrative sets forth the Interesting
adventures Of tho wife oi an hleEitimats
sOn Who kills his father and only after
great delays actually succeeds in killing
himself In tho period Of delay the
wife goes 10 live with the nephew Of her
husband . father. whose derivation. by the
way. wassOoiSlly regular. Such residence.
however. does not in this Oass imply any
impairment Of character, and in the end
matrimony following upon the necessary
suicide saves everything.
Although Ostsnsibly a novel With a
purpose, The GildSd Chair by Melville
II, ,yis..,,, D. IN A,-l.,,., - f,s.,.s,..,.. .
doss not insist too earnestly upon the
purpOsS. To bs sure II does attack the
Anglo-Japanese alliance and illustrate
rather vividly certain imaginary conss-
Qasnces Of tho yellow peril Really.
however. ia interest is in tho romAnos
of British duke and the daughter of the
richest Of all Americans. incidentally.
there is the rebellion Of Japanese
servants on an American estate on
the Pacific coast. which enables the
Duke 20 indulge in somo interesting
riGs practice which might command tho
indOUsmsnt Of any African mGFksman.
A cowpuncher with a Prinoeton edu.
cation. a wholly attractive physique and
q lack of All moral restraint. which seems
hardly consistent with his Nassaa
training is tho hero ~ Frank Mayors
The Song Of the Wolf- CAloHat. Yard and
Company An outlaw, two NsW York
society women and the proper quantity
Of Wild West accessories are also included
in the narrative.
Commencement DNyu,' by Virginia
Church IL. 9 Pzks Company, is the story
oi the social and intellectual life Of Cotton
College. an educational institution for
girls which will hardly bs found IN any
college directory. Il IL a further Teve-
htion Of the always amazing and
hardly lss. interesting romantic rJutins
II girls college