The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-17
NEW BOOhS.
some september Fiction.

,Esnghtful and unusual II nv ma neen
. ''an nv Alice Brown "a hn WlnLsT-
i.4-na'S Family Though m Mifiin Com
,,,,, I'M, r,,da- will meet With only
,r.,-,,,r r,,pl. who's. dutnEs ar" inter
-,,y In. manner no which the h@ro's
nal. s,lltId- - invaded and 49, right
=. ,ru.,ug and rCC~ntri" enough u nave
B ...,r. ,i.,lSe rs m" lat" Frank St'ckt'n
2 ,.-,. 81, q moral. 80 C'urS'. tn IA" expos
,..r.,T IA. need 81 holding t. the real
,n.aga in HE. but ,t 10 well -lgar'd with
b .r,.r and sympathy Tn" author
make, hrr readers Ike IN" pe'ple who's"
l..'s are shown mp, IN" nagglng wife
", nor aut! .I=laSm for What Sh" cannot
r.,.,p.r.ilud. the lecturer VIII lets her
On. Idr.n run . -...,i the grrl who Affects
a liking for what she thinks others admire;
n,t she a In achieves the feat ~ making
a Wholesome. level ne i,l"d grrl. vhr docs
things instead - taking. ch'rmlng and
.,,-active The men are al-' go"d;
...,a hero dos aXpatiats a utle t,u much
r Ieg- and Pan and Creek poetry
na AN tell fairy ~ rrisS - Ch,ld-"n well
Tho author - weakest and most con
,ar.'.pual. strangely enough. with her chit
rrau though they will do She has feeling
f,r NeV England life and for natur" and
a he,rtv -ansa " fun IL Is 4 story that IL
we'll worth reading
little sermon - wives - preached bv
Florence |. Barclay M The Wheels of
Time Thomas \ Crowell and Company
The story tstpli brilliantly and effectively
That n IL s,m~whst melodramatio Is
,uing - the authors being Obliged -
compress events within the limits of a
sh7r- story That hastens psychological
acton
Tho changes made IN New England
village hv thu Eruption 81 foreign labor
are described IN successive scenes in
.Flams'ei Qusrri"s- by Mary T.. Waller
,Houghton Mifiin Company. The
suthnrs sympathy for and appreciation
n the newcomers are pleasing. hut " -
g FrIlt to believe that they could be-
sharei - thor oughly as she describes
nv the Old settlers. All this however
. Incidental 70 the story itself. which
. iragmentaTy and of uneven merit.
The "~~t part. which deals with n pre-
,pc.oI- Young female genius. j. pretty;
tho r4~' part which tells Of \ mans eK-
perences after he has faced the music
sni -arved a term in Jail. il fine There
j. an admirable priest too whom the
reader will like The links connecting
rr".a however. are rather convent iona !.
.. i the relentless woman who makes
much of the trouble. The book would
10 vastly improved by the omission n
IN. asst chapter.
Young woman with moie-n ideas
about ConiuEsl relations wi,hdrnw- To a
oG.'' Connecticut villag" and informs
he husband that IN" is through with
nm ShA newt finds her affinity in a
r NJ" young man who tends IN" country
--prr and demeanS herself with a dis
-agard for ConV entIonality that provokes
%" adverse comments ~ m" women
= the village though II - Viswssr more
,nAritahly by the elderly rustic. who
as-H rnblH IN the =tor" She - tho Lady
II Shenipsi'- ~ described 10y FrDderiC
Iadd lStu-gi- and Walton Company.
The husband rnrrph"n~ihlv endelvor,
"a f"tch hor hack ~ h- hed and board
no Is a brutal and r"pulsiv" person. the
.iitor 81 magazine. m" author informs
~. though his manners betray no culture
II he dos boast a middle name He bs-
C,Iilas his lei-u~" whIl" IN" laiv keeps
HIM waiting "" -'-iucing a far ~rhDoi-
ma arm Who - ~ ~" lady- vav both
com. - a -'Idd"n and apPropriar "ni
leaving tn" laiy free - marry h"~ n"S
AFFINITY such - mnd"rn novel In'
author shows SOFT" aCuUslutauc" WIN
m" asperitI~s Of villag" sowing rirci.-,
hlz villain seems To b" a hlaCS"n"i pov-
trait 81 some person dis'asteful - him.
his remarks on love and marriage and
oths- matters show recent acIuaIntsn "e
with "A metaphysical vocabulary of which
hs has not VET graspet IN" significance.
Tho opening cha piers Of Clara Louise
Burnham'- Clever Rat-y' ,Houghton
MIMI Company are bright The reader
WrII expect enjoyment from tho amusing
old sld. the persistent old ~ II ard from
the ma zginR phIlanthropist Unfor .nst~ly
tho author turns away from the -sasld.
town and peVsonally conducts her readers
through he Neilowstonr Par md throuG h
tho niSady"ntur.s II lovely Young We
man whose troubles seem to arise chiefly
from her own lack of sense All other
women who come IN contact ~th her
Ian,rla cats her own sweetness rather
pals The only relief - IN occasional
breaks 81 the keen ~itted old maid
-tralRhten- things ont
VI Edward n Coopers Ny Brother.
HING John Lane Company begins
= rhlld= story and embarks a bstch Of
rsi-n children ~ assorted ages on a
-aar' They are horne along the Arc 70
A. II Russia and venture rackl"SSly
.,n 10 DhI River m september Here ne
= an p..ppls who might interfere are sent
= trt SIXTEEN year-o hoy protects the
-H.rpyedes and holds IN the Russian
.,nrl'i@, nv force Much - made 81
2 san brutality and several mysterious
,s--rrs comylicats matters
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