The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-08

ven trio n EnaIand Win he sifs and .
minsd eompAny thsrs 10 oPportsnieg
for mecs hm. Ths author grUws -
savags. however. IN hsr dsmonstraaioa
% the Worthlsauness % her osicsr that
ths booh baoomss tlrsaosns and ~ becomes
impoaaibls not merely 10 his fellow tras-
sllsEa bua even - q cartoA1nIp. " u
an 40 aAtuFsd book. AppArSntlya tntsndsd
20 gratify the dishhs % Germans that
soms journals Ars trying TO arouse In Great
Britain snd 20 create still mOrO animosi,y
A tragic littls story BY Margaret DSlAnd.
The Way of Peace n which . wtfs's
sslashnsss toward her husband recolls
upon herself. h published separately.
With pictures and ornamental borders
By The Hampers. II 10 told With great
art and restraint: the woman's restleas-
nesa and intensity. the mans patience
and the change THAI oomsa over him
are photographic and the shakers watch
over than liks Greek chorNs.
Admirers of ArsAno Lupin will Wish TO
follow his furthsr adventures In The
Hollow Needls.' by Manhoo Leblanc
(DoublsdAy. PA9s and Company. To
the othor dstsctivss thai oppose the
malsEacsor b added . phsnomenally acute
schoolboy. The authors imagination.
however, ssams 60 have become worn out (:
Lupin's sxpioits consist ehls0y In appear-
ing unsxpeoiedly like q jaok -the-oox
In all sorts Of impossible situations. and
deelAiming about his own smartnsss.
and in impsrsonAiing any ono that the
author finda c0nvsnient. The old mech
hanism In preserved. but no effort 10
made to cover 10 with plausibility. The
pseudo-hist orical additions are dreary and
pointless. Il looks much a. 70 n. Leblanc
had run dry.
The tsle open Water Tor the collee-
ton Of nine stories by Mr.. James Brendan
Connolly (ChAsles Sorbnsr's sons) 10 mis-
leading. for some have nothing to do with
the ga, and others, though they happen
on the water. deal with more important
matters. They are eli good. however;
ve are inclined to think they arc the hes.
Mr.. Connolly has published % far. and
the variety Of topics adds to the interest
! Of tho book The end OF 'Conanming
| Fire 10 great.
| The colIection 81 short stories by tho
| late O. Henry called -Nhirhgign- Double
day, Paeo and Company will give ne~
/ readers q very good idea Of his versatile
talent They treat all manner OF themes;
some are a. good a. any he has written
others show the signs OF haste. All who
recognized his remark able talent have
regretted that 10 was Obliged to do 90
much ephemeSal writing. Even that.
however. rose above the level OF ordinary
newspaper stories.
The task of translatinG Engine sues
lie. MysiAres du Pcuple' has been kept
! up bravely ny Mr.. Daniel DE Leon and
! now the seventeenth episode. The black
smiths Hammer New York Labor News
Company. is ready. leaving only two
more to he done. For the hrsi time
this remarkable romance will have been
/ translated completely into English. The
! episode before us tells Of the struggles
! ~ the peasants under the old regime.
! in the DAYS % Louis XIV. and the no
vocation u the Edict % Nantes.
Whether the crNlstACean or the flower
aiyes its name "a. Mr.. William Farquhar
Pavsoa's heroine. -Periwinkle' tsturgis
and Walton Company. 30 cannot tell.
The authar loves tbs sea. admires life
savers and his little castaway 10 attrac-
tive. even 10 the story he tells Il not very
novel. Hls szuberant language. how
ever. does not lt well with tho Simple
life he describes. he declaims rather than
| n.rrnta. and hia idyl sufYerS