The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-19

/ w TthAft3 oat WY hN@~
like those 10 her previous volume. FOR
prosperity has httls effect on tbs Flick
ingcq family som. u th- -pi -od-s arc
amusing and ~. are glad when Opal. lE
spite Of hsr education, wakes up To IN.
fact that she has no reason to be ashamed
OF her folks
! There Is mIIch pleasant reading IN Mrs.
l.auraE Richards Up To Calvin's- iDana
f.stt-s and Company. Bns.on. though "
suffers from being a sequel. The people
are IN. sam. a. IN the previous book.
their 6oIngs are A. humorous and
pathetic The Nindly candy pedler Is
| just a. lovable, aud hls sorrow al the
suspicion IL Inhospiiahty when his
friends rid him ~ has selfish guests Is
fine. Those guests. however. are pretty
wooden. ami the fun derived from them
pretty artificial II IL not what We -S-
poet from Mrs Richards. There IL enough
that IL true and delightful in tn. story I"
make UP Tor the defects. however
! We cannot help admirlng the courage
that seeks to attach romance 10 the
lipwan,rS Canal Mrs. Georgia Fraser.
who has done ysomans work IN establish
ing the. identity of The Stone House, e.
deavnrs - attach legend In n in Crow
step ,MI,t.r and kintn.r. New York.
Hs- love story would he excellent. though
II shows that Brooklyn or Flatb,lsh girls
II the Revolutionary period were rs
iickl, and frivolous IN Affairs Of the heart
a. their descendants. II she did not yield
Ia the demands of hist orical topography
The description Of the devious ways
the inhabitants 81 the Gowanus banks
{ wer. obliged To- take in order To get la
New York arr. doubtless correct and
rr,vilt- hut they could be shown much
better by n map han by verbal methods
With rh. holiday season W.. have com.
Ia expect a story II summer Irritation by
Nj Ralph Henry Barbour. with decora-
tive borders and Color.d pictures. This
wears tai. h. calls -Th. Golden Heart
~. h LlppincUu Company. which ~
th.. sign u "A ssasld. tearoom over which
the heroine prcsid.- and in which she
listens - IN. h.rn's lov"mak king. !, Is a
spri ghrly and pleasing duet, in which
tn. author shows light touch bat little
originality
la MADDEN Water by Dam. Coolidge
a. &. MCI'lurg and Company. ihicago'.
another problem 81 the West J., presented
W. have mere the incidents Of the fight
between the cattle hsr'ier~ and the sheep
grazerS on tn. public lands The hero
fights manfully for his side. though whether
II - right or not rests. apparently. solely
on the President fancy. ". -ympa-
thu. with him for being an inch too
short to enter West Point but we cannot
follow tn. curious msa nderings 81 his
, heart 1t looks a. though tn. author
had had two stores in mind and had
told neither clearly There - much
excellent description II Wild life IN Arr
IONA IN tn. book
Their. are the. elements ~ a big story
in Mary stewart Cuttings Tn. Tn
for.-een- tDoubleday. Page and Com
papy, The author has a clear vision Of
n. Girl who - making her way alone IN
a great cl1v and draws a capital portrait
81 a literary fiIrt who ahap's himself {"
every l;Irl h. meets ~h" loses sight Of
tho story. howeNe- when she turns Ia
rather finicky details II costume and f'Ir-
nlshrnSs and mo- very relevant pictures 81
society The reader must max. ont for
himself ho~ a rather matter II fact young
woman with some r"pugnance toward
men goes though the mental change
that enable her To- low" There ~ inurh
cl.ve- writing in the book. and som" Oh
servarion. but the author misses IN. reali-
ties II life
Tn. unpleasant derep;ion 0f sick and
blind man on which the whole story 81
Tn. ProdIgal Pro Tenn 10y Frederick
Dim Bartlett, turns small. Maguard and
Company gains nothing by the light tone
m WHICH IL X told L. NAV he cas-. for
cnsuists Tn, - surely No JoN.. II leads
to a prolonged counting which - de-
lav.d 10y he claims of - desirable young
man hu, ends a. IN" reader anticipates
af;r- various improbable happenings
IL IN rarely thai 10 much blood - shed
IN a short story a Ia He'll FIR. Harrison
nv " u Wat;le9 a. { Pag. and Com
pary Rrsrrn, Th's /. an eight -en; n CEN
turv nighrmar" with hero 81 remarkable
workmanship. who's. hickman. seems
wholly uncall"d for Surely IN" call for
historical tales cannot Justify such
produC; ions AS thi8
Another volume has been added 20 the
pretty and convenient pocket edition Of
Thomas Hardy novels published 10y
tho Ha-pers IN Tn" Mayor of Caster
bridge Tn" set IL nearing Compl.t ion