The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
sosne Ne~ Ftesisa

The latest collection OF stories by Avra
Kelly. Little Aliens CChArlns Scribner's
Sonsl, in OF uneven merit. Where she deals
with the schoOlroom and the children
and par~nts as sesn from that pSDint of
view. her touch " a. Arm and vigorous
as in her first stories. The episodss con-
corning the change Of t@arh-rs. the blue
velvet cape aud even the rather boisterOus
fun Of the athletic gaines are AZ Eood
- anything sh. ever wrote When she
tell. 1T the kitlns pped child or the Lost
immigrant or the dancing girls she
-s--vnz to strike false notes. and in the
op-ning eSSly she Threatened 20 take her
SELF .eriously In the work she lived 20
de- she struck an original vein: she sue
c-eri,-i IA riaking h.r httl- Siidi-h
school children human and interesting
aud let "a glmp~cs IT their true nature
through the. humor that made people
read the stories and laugh over them.
The same ms ~ cteri-i'c- viii he found
IN these later tales
~ long a. he. REM ms a d.nIl-n u his
Kankak-. swamp the reader will like
skid PIln-r- M-nry Holt and Company
His stories are amusing aud the dialect
which h.. uses = entsrtai ming. pNfilAps
The author in hls transliterAtion Inns
noticed for the first time IN dlalsct liter
turs, 50 far as we are aware. the trick
81 carrying on the final COnsOnAnt q me
word 10 the initial vowel of the following
one IL il n common habit. and the dim 70
Guilty presented Ia the eye disappears
when the story - read aloud. The rapid
conversion 81 Skid TO the manners oG
civilized life IN not so interesting and will
excite establishment even though the
influences brought % hear upon him ars
tho-s found in Indiana polls. the mystery
attached 20 him hardly makes zap for the
change. The final pursuit II a villain
through a geographical tangle that calls
for two explanatory maps seems super
si,Ious. even though IL involves tho de-
.oription 81 a severe fist fight. IL looks
almost a. though the author had three
.torie. 20 tell and had tackled them to-
vether. We wish he had left Skid alone
ON his swamp farm: there he was original
and interesting. His later and more
complicated history ~ rather common
place
II a railroad romance that Francis
I yDde has written in The Tanning 81 Red
B,nts Western Charles Scribner's Sons,.
interviewer with a psychological problem
The amount NJ villainy that can he evolved
-tiIl from the uncivihzsd West 10 amazing;
- will keep the reader interested In the
career Of the wong superintendent who
- irving 70 put the road in working order.
even IL the details Of railroad work prove
Duzzlinx. The hero. however. has shown
the white feather on one occasion and the
QUESTION whether his courage will hold
out in the face % the dangers 70 which
he ia exposed gives uncertainty snd ex-
element 90 the story. Various interest
ing railroad men. some girls and some
thorough r,Iffians help IL along.
The sixteen short stories contained in
Alice Browns Country NeiGhbors'
CHou3hton Min Company are all pretty
and entertaining. They relate little inci-
dents of New England country NE with
geeling for nature and a touch Of genuine
h,,mor Whistler the sentiment II such
"A the oersons described would be afected
nv IL not % sure: Il seems in most cases
s,,ch ~ the summer visitors are likely 20
attribute 90 the natives Who arouse their
interest.
A vesy capable and sharpwftted young
o~ruoa with an overwhelming PiSiladel-
phia psIilgrse - the heroine % Little Mias
FaAss. By Emile Benson KnipS and Alden
Arthur Knips CHsFpofBD. Tho reader
will enjoy her Juvenile adventures and
her Quaint relatives and will sympathizs
With her devotion 70 the ancestral estate
The Introduction % a meIodTamAtic
swindIs 90 enhance the interest," In her real
estate deal 10 to be regretted: Il jars with
the aid tone 81 the SsOry. 10 nssdleaa and
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