The sun., 1910-05-28

Of the world sorrow. and a hs who ssshs
shall hni. Il seema clear that Mr.. Han
good Poes them oftaner than hin readeru
can. Tie looks on Chinatown. for Instances,
through Chuck ConnOrsa apectnclas.
His hook d an interesting revelation ol
tho way In which the mind of the amateur
aooiologiss works; it shows how the
ground 10 prepared for the writing Of
magazine ARTICLES on social iRlquitias.
There arO many good stories veil told
IN the account ot his unsuccessful career
az Journalist. author and dramatist by
Henry Murray, which he calls A stspson
OF Fortune (ths Baker and Taylor Com
panyL The author was a brother Of
David Christie Murray. the novelist. and
met many we'll known people Ia his check
cred career. In the stories he tells OF them
aud Of himself he throws discretion 10
the winds. Ne has written an extremely
amusing book which makes Il rather
hard 10 believe all his hard luck stories.
ho tells two Whistler stories that sound
plausible. Mr.. Murray wrots a novel
which thirty -asven Publishers refused 20
print because they thought Il improper.
though they published much worse hooks.
Tie told this 90 Whistler and quoted very
coarse sentence from one Of these books.
i shall never forget HE shrek Oi 81.
dritch laughter nor the characteristics
comment which followed. BY cad. cir.
such q fool a. that is wasted a. . pub
Usher He ought 70 have been an art
critic. What Mr.. Murray Waa in
Paris once and wished 10 go Whistlsr's
portrait Of HE mother In the Luxembourg
Being in a hurry, he asked an attendant
In French 20 Lead him 20 thu picture.
The man misunderstood him and thought
he said he was the painter of the picture,
10 that Mr.. Murray was treated with a
difference that surprised him. Later he
met Whistler and told him about u and
was answered. oh En- WHAT You are
the confoundsd fellow. chr Why. by CAD,
cir, when went 10 the Gallery yesterday,
they wouldn't believe had painted my
own picturel-
Our lamentable ignoranoe OF his peculiar
form of mysticism makes O'Demid W
LAwler's criticism OF life on a new plan
entitled Past London Visions (lsong,
mans. Green and Company, inoompUs-
hensible. Il seems to contain AstrOlOEy.
metaphysics and alegory thoroughly
mixed. interviewer are autohiograp phical
fragments from which We gather that the
author was a child Of the slums who
picked up his education by himself and
that Mr.. GFsenUoOd employed him a.
reporter on the Pal MGH GaEsits. There
are bits Of excellent descriptions Of low
life In London. and some poetic visions.
What the -oOgsnt plan and. even. sym
bolism- Of tho book may he We must leave
to others 10 find out
A eulOgy oi -Bi6rnstjerne Bjornson. >
written on the occasion Of his ssventbeth
birthday. by DR. William Morton Payne,
has been brought up 20 date and made
into a timely little obituary volume by
the author a. C. McClurg and Company.
Chicago lt gives the main facts In the
Norwegian poets life with much sympa.
thy together with an account of his chief
writings.
An interesting account Of the woman
through whose efforts Mount Vernon
was preserved 10 the nation is given IN
Historical sketch ~ Ann Pamela
Cunningham printed for the Mount
Vernon Ladies Association al the Marion
Press. Jamaica, \. y. on the OccAsiOu
Of the fiftieth anniversary OF the success
Of her efforts Ths story OF the struggle
made Nv this invalid South Carolina
woman 10 make the Washington heirs
soil the estate 10 the State and 90 induce
Congress 10 pass th' biil 10 pathetic.