The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-01

with which the author - most familiar
The SCENE 81 the title etOry IL ia India
and invites dangerous Comparison with
Mr. Kipling Most uf the other incidents
occur IN Australia and tue South sea-
They are all rather ihsai riCal and lacking
IA genuine feeling. but they are readable
and rntert aiming save whore sir Gilbert
waves sarcastic over Yankees.
/ The stock market il the field 81 battle
I in Mr.. Arthur Goodrich's The iari-
stick Man applet uns'. and a. usual a
mast erful youth imbued with ell the fine
qualities winch Western life fosters g'ts
the better Of an INSCRIPTIONS railroad
King Incidentally he wins the love 4 n
young woman who IL not in her right
sphere and recalls a discontented wifi 10
a sense of her duty His most remarkable
exploit however. "a novelty in tC' ION and
IA life H. 20 roure a prosaic stock broker
tu lungings for a higher life The author
seems 10 have satisfied some under
graduate grIdg" in his picture IT mis-
chief making professor. The story reads
easily
Complications IN the usual course Of
a detective story are created by Mr. Cor
don Holmes IN The lie Berry Afair' I'D
ward J. Ilode New York; by turning
suspicion on the chief d"t"ytiv" himself
Ia" hcrO's iicklrnrs. and calluusn"s-
will ALLEVIATE sympathy; his lack 20 sense
l. r"quisIt" IA stories ut this sort. The
humnT ~ Furnished hv some comic anar-
chi-ts and 10y the laundering OF a rival
detective We imagine the author can
du much better
Impressions Of Mexico and of life in the
diplomatic circles at the capital city are
interviewer with the progress Of two love
affairs m Tn" Star-Gazer-. 10y \. Garter
Guodlue Gharl,-~ SCrihnrr'- Sonsi They
ar" put IN the form 81 letters written by
= vuuug Woman who - - principal IA On"
court ship. her revelations e Va" stat" of
her feelings therefore seem rather cold
blnodal We should haV" preferred Ia
have the views Of an interesting country
served 10y themselves. even II many ar"
dated from a hotel -de Ia Pds"u Tn"
letters are bright and are written IN good
Fugl-h
\ cleaning of stories by Mr. Ilamlin
Garland which have appeared AZ inter
walls daring the last twenty N-tr~ and all
81 which are descriptive ~ Western conn
NV he Will b.. found m -Ofhsr Main
rlv"ll-d Roads tHarpsr-i In spite
OF the dialect the people do not seem ~ h.
cry real Hrd ia" ~nr,iIi sides ~ thar
lives ar" emphasized. IN" book will b"
su .uy.i hv ihn-'. hp Ike Mr. Garllud's
other -ioTi'-
In The Lady - the Spur bv David
P'tt~r,) y ldpplnCntt Iompauvr "" hav"
a liV"lvtIle - unlawf ul DONG m me, pine
lamb Of south Jersey Iu" tIin" ~ are
glad 'u notice - not 'h. present. hu' the
early pat Of the last century for much
NiIllrny Was - h- found m he rural pupu-
hiI,n. The author has MISSED IA. chance
Tor q really dramatic situation toy clear
tug no hero - criminality a. 'he moment
TIE Young woman - ready - Yield -"
would have mad" an exemplary bandits
urie
10 the handy nt'ls edition ~ I'll.
novels 81 Thomas Hardy which, ~"
Hu'p"r- ar" Publishing desperate Rene
d."s- hls been addict Ihf- r- th" f-sr
story Hardy Published one which h.
later vas tempted 10 suppress bat con
gludrd that h- would lrr stand ust
40 It Wa- written The set - nearing
completion