The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-04
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.


u Rider HagEard's new novel. Morn
ing Star appears this month. Tua or
Morning Star. the heroine Of the book.
IL q daughter u the Pharaoh. and the
story IL concerned with her love for
Ramsa aud the perils she goes through.
Fhs important place which miracles
Of the mOst terrible and exalted kind
occupied Ia the life Of old Egypt 10 well
known. Records Of these are TO DO found
in countless monuments and writings and
from the cofins Of its priests are still
recovered Wands such az the wizards
threw down before Pharaoh. In Mr.. Hag-
gard's story these wizards appear WELD
ing the powers Of the good and evil gods
a. they were believed TO do by the old
Egyptians.
Augusta Huiell Ssaman's new book.
-JacquOlins Of the Carrier PiEeOna.'
is a story woven about the historic siege
Of L.eydon In the days Of William the
Silent. and lie young hero, Gysbert Cor
nelIsen. IL an actual boy Of whom history
has given a brief glimpse. The illustra-
tons are by George Wharton Edwards
an author as well as an artist. Mr.. Ed.
wards has rambled all over Holland
lie has written hook about the country,
Illustrated by his own brush aud pencil,
Thomas A. Janvler defines folk tales
in general in his new book, Legends Of
the Iity u Mexico. as historical traditions
gone wrong He gives some twenty Of
these curious stories, with the comment.
AN oG them and most obviously the
most incredible ~ them have the quality
that gives 70 folk stories in general their
serious value They reflect accurately
the tone OF thought aud exhibit more
or less clearly the customs and the con
ditions Of the time to which they belong
Mr.. Janyier claims that Mexico has a
romance u departed glory equal Il not
exceeding the pomp and riches % either
the Moors or Spain.
The title % Charles Miner Thompson's
new story. An Army Mule calls up
visions oI soldier life on the Western
plains. but il is really a simple tale Of
village life and the opening chapter
promises a diverting succession Of eE-
'raOriinary predicaments which recall
the adventures u Mr. ThompsOnS former
record Of The Calico Cat Many II tho
characters Of the earlier story rcappear
in An Army Mule
The interesting features o. beekeeping
have beeu described by many writer
from Virgil 70 Masierlinck Maeterhnck
who carries the glass house in which his
bees 1--we and work with him wherever he
Eo.s. In these days n the heCessity u find
ing suitable and profitable work for women
bes culture ~ recommended a. one II the
b,'-t means 81 gaming a livelihood from
: outdoor work. II ~ an occupation pc
cuiar.y well suited 90 women, A. q requires
PATIENCE and delicate handling rather
than physical strength and preliminary
'ra,u,ng ID Everett Lyon has written
a book On How 10 Keep Bees FOR Profit 10
which Is % 10 published this wces he
deals with every phase IT uis subject
from he cost u the bsekeepers outfit
% tho culinary and medicinal use ~
honey and the kind u plants required
for the successful work u tho hees
A collection - essays on things oU' -
doors a, well a. Indoors. by Maurice Hrw-
stt. ivt published ~ entitled Letters q
Sancna Upon Things a. They Are. TX
tractoi from the Correspondence u Mr
John Maxwell Senhouse Mr. Hewlett
writes ~ the book, a desire has been
more than once expressed that the letters
upon affairs ~ large which NV friend
Mr. Sanhouss addressed 90 his friend
Miss Sanchia Pe-cival should he pub
Itahed m a convenient form. and as no
bUdv can he moro anxious than myself
that bis opinions should he widely known
have prevailed upon my publishers ~
allow ne 20 extract them together with
the necessary matter NJ explanation from
pat true tale Open Country m which
vas first allowed 70 pnt them before the
world
Edwin Milton Royle is well known A.
she author II The Squaw Man. drama
which has been played successfully Tor
/ five years In his new hook 90 10 published
this week he tells m" story u the squaw
mans son and what happens when he
goes hack 20 hls own country IN answer
~ The Silent Call
When Marx Twain set Tom sawyer
and -Huck Finn and the Indispensable
Jim adrift IN an airship over the Great
+ Desert and made hem look down on Arab
wedding provisions and fiirt with the
great pyramid hs meant % be wildly
fantastic and not to In prophetic 81 actual
/ facts. but now that the ImpSrial Aero
I Club n Berlin n planning 20 explore
/ ths Sahara in an asroplans II seems a.
I II Tom sawyer Abroad might he over
taken by men with actual experiences more
extraordinary han the imaginary exploits
I II Mark Twain hero