The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-19

Two ,amples 81 sensational history.
If IN. kind that should rot he written.
are published hy Brentanos. both by
Dr. Angelo = R.ppaport. The author
di.claims -ocialisrIC or democratic bias
hut attacks hereditary monarchy from
the. pseudo medical basis. lie picks out
cases of notorious InsanItv IT. ia" ruling
house. III Europe m Mad MaJ"stl"-
and leaves the readers t. infer what
the consequence must hav" been The
stories he tells ar" tho-" 81 Juana "a i."'a.
,h.. Iuckle.- daughter If Ferdinand and
Isabella and mother 81 Charles and
ma brother. II Don Carlos. of Christian
VII of DENMARK of Eric 81 sweden
and II Ivan the Terrible. all with tn"
archaeological side emphasized. IL" pre-
faces th.-.. tales with perverted &C
count 81 som. Roman "mperors. IL -
hopeless 80 argue against thi- sort ~
writing which - accepted a. GOSPEL
truth for political purposes. regardless
Of what the testimony "i competent
historians may h.. II makes exciting
and scandalou- reading. In IN" Fam"
nann.r DR.. Rappap"r' tells the story
of Leopold II King IT IN" B"lglan-
Tn. scandals If his family. IN which
Leopold toward the end had hI1 own share.
ard the attacks on IN" administration 81
m. Congo Ere" state. ar" mad" - out %
weigh tn" desserts of "a long constitutional
reign which on ia. Who'll. was perfectly
satisfactory To the Belgian f-npl" II
l. much more lively. Of cpurs". then an
impartial account would h".
What tn. pu pos. ~ tn" f"unde- 81
IN. SCammon Lectures IN Chicago was
we do not know NT Will n Low. when
hrs turn Ia d"liV.- them came. -.."iF- ~
have thought thai AN au'nhIpgrarhiCal
recital would do and that ~" ind IN \
Painters Progress nhIrl'- S"rIhn"r =
Sons Tn" story 81 hi Juv"ni'" effort,
an Albany and Of his inst steps ~ New
Sor. - mildly Interesting =" are his
reulni.c.ncs.- 81 PAS and II his late
,.a-..r Pa a"cuun 81 Paul Baulry 4.
ra-.cr may h. intended To pui American
Municipalities 80 shame. "" " I-h ". could
share. his high estimate II thai painter ,,
talent, and particularly 81 Tn" Peal
and IN. Wave which was seen IN N-~
York Whist help these 'l"lsan; r";nIni--
c.r".. can give - arI STUDENTS ". r.all,
fail To- S.r They NAV u" "n"ourn gel
h. ,n. fat that Mr. Low mana. r,-l n"
make hrs way ait"- All
Another -x .'r.n.ly In,-'r-iing con
tribu;ion To- the ae"I-. of II;ii" Books
on Art has been ua'i.' hy MR.. E"nry
.Jsnn.~ ~ Our LAZY ~ Ar - 4.
Nc, 'Iurz AMI Company NJ ~ he book
on CHRISTIAN symbolism ~. casts ASIDE.
she. technical. artistic aspect ~ he sub
,c,.t entirely She tries insI"ln 10 "X-
uIain what TN. idcn ~ tn" Virgin means
IN Christian Iif. what ~ ms. "ignIiicanc"
If IN. various manifestations lhat
uaint.rS have tried To depict and IN" en-
phaSixe- her points with reproductions
Of paintings that express her thought.
p.- little book will therefore hardly help
visitors 10 pictur. galleries; II will Assist
thos. who wish 10 get AZ III. meaning
Of pictures and II certainly ought Ia -.i
on the right track artists who dream
81 painting religious pictures.
An interesting account ~ North Polar
exploration has been written by Mr. DriVu-
NJ Edwards an -Th. Toll - the Arctic
seas" III"nry Holt and Company. II -
very on" sided for th" reader who has
not read np ~n the subject must infer
that the exploration hAA ha-n almost
entirely American Tn" author begins
with Barents. Bering and Hudson, h'.
then tells 1T IN. Franklin eXpeCiiIIDn.