The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11

along the siberian Railroad. with an eX-
cursion by slcdgc and wagon To Urga. Is
described in Lindon Bates Jrs The
Russian Road to China tHoughton
Mifiin Company. The record is at per
sona impressions mingled with snthusi-
astiC sketches Of tho history ~ Russian
expansion In Siberia The author seems
impressed With tho importance II his
task Of revealing an unknown Russin Ia
his readers and unfortunately finds u
necessary to employ a horid vocabulary
and rhetorical style which az times OBJ
scurr HE meaning ana very soon become
little tiresome he finds significance
in all he sees. and as many II his otIscTva-
tons are ~ trivial occurrences ~ travel
the reader will find u dificul' % distin-
g,Iish the few grains 81 good seed from
the chat Much that he tells II has been
described satisfactorily before. the general
articles on tho condition ~ AFFAIRS m
Russia and IN China aiso add little 20
shat "a already known What real In
formation the author hrs io give about
The lands he has visited makes little i'm
precision on account ~ the exaggerated
emphasis With which Il Is oppressed. the
style which the magazines foster in their
attacks On abuses and e1hortations 10
reform
The beEinning and the end ~ Max
vernon Ia and Ou' ~ Florence Henry
Hol' and Company fully Ju-ufy tho APP
pearanrc ~ "a now Introduction o. a veil
known u.fv N. author makes urapa
raruu- frr q long -rlv Iu florence and hi~
account ~ hI, hunting Tor . hom' and 81
iID Vays ~ tho people are '..l pf sym
plfny and liking Tor things Italian
Elual,v enjoyable arc h- Description
later # street s."u", and ON ~ door
no In h"Jra,u Do" takes OBJ" reader
Nth ham 'r .o" OBJ" p.DrUrn galleries %"
PALACE ..urri", and other sight. ~" b.
a plss-an, companion 100 dong Fi'ruC"
and helpful IN h. -"I''.'ou- ~ th" thing
'u -o" huf there boz covers tho ground
~ other guild" hrnS- After -"a"nE
Florence boz lead. u- through the sur
rounding country which extends To-
PIstoia Lucra and Pisa To" selection
% photographs b. excellent and the
drawing 10y Maud lanktree are charm
ing IN" book will help the traveller and
Will please and instruct th. stay a. home
description II th" Island- NJ southern
California in'rT-p' rood S'th much lni1r-
nation about fishing fas h'"n written
by Charles = Holder under the mI-I"ad-
ing title The Channel lsisnds- a e.
McClurR and Company. Ihicagoi I'm
/ Iortan, A. th" santa Barbara Channel
may h. On N" Pacific coast Oh" English
Channel siill holds i's pr"rmincn"" and
the name h"longs properly 10 the islands
~ the Norman coast Mr. Holder has
written much about California and about
hsh; he arranges here IN an orderly man
ner a good deal that he has already
written about. with spanish history.
Legends, stories Of sport and descriptions
II nature he makes the California coast
islands very attractive.
I In a series ~ brief articles Robert VI
Berry d"-rribe@ Germany ~ N" Ger
mans Charles Scribner'- Non-' The
aTticieS are too short 70 he thorough and
the authors knoWledge ~ rather super
fetal. hlr Jaunty accounts ~ the uni
versities Of music. art and literature are
ahsurdly inadequate and serve n air
his preJudioeS. "" tells many things.
however which viii interest strangers
IN Germany and touches on many points
IN German life.
An attractive corner 81 New York state
u described by " Max Red IN Lake
George and iAEs Champlain' 90 =.
PUtnan's Son-l The author relates tho
history and the traditions Of tho varioa"
places IN that region someS hat vombly
He tells n Champlain and the Indians