The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-09

Gro0toR " me neFo tncuffy OF mflllaf-~
we're Ieas pronounced. He oalls hiro..,
a practical Psychologist: on putting n.
facts before him he at once sets bis srs.,
ON the criminal and Uses the applanc.,
simply TO demonstrate to others What A.
inner consciousness has already raveal,l
TO kimss,f lie docs not dasplse the mrs..
eaDeA of the more conventional sls,,A
% q pinch In procuring HE infornatlon
, and hia calm assurance and intal.
bllitv surpaas even those of y Holn..
paradinR before the faithful waisa
Al this, however. helps To make deter.
tive tale property exciting. qual-r
which the authors have been very sue.
C@ssEnl In impartinE to thess stores
Whistler the creature whose confess,o,
\. related IN IsonidRs Andreiyeh's "A
Dilemma Brown Brothers, Philadelphia,
TRANSLATED by John Cournos. he insane ~
not. he and his crime are rs repul,,ve a.
I th. authors art is grsat ~ making the
assassin tell his own story. the unesr.
tain,y about how much Of Il may \.
,.lieve.l il added TO the problem "a,
10 the examiners. whether no has actsA
under decisions or has heen insane
without knowing IL or has been shAmmtnG
tn es-ape the consequences ~ his art
Z more brutal and less psychological
age would simplify the matter by putting
an end To him a. a noxio,rs hszs,,
a. IL is. his case may be discussed by
! literary clubs with no hope OF q decisive
/ Judgment The translation IN litsls
rough in spots. perhaps with the Inten.
! ton Of giving some idea Of the Russian
original
( The social aspirations Of the British
! lower middle class have been favorts
! butt for sarcasm and ridic,lle Tor nearv
a century. and IL is a we'll worn theme that
Mrs John Lane he's chosen .n-Acoord-
ing 20 Maria IJohn Lane Company
for her satire. just ~ we'll worn an.
the sketches q MRria's more sensible
husband and OF her daughters love
Affairs. There is something eA-ly Viz.
torian in the humor and the cha rart-rs
which suggests that possibly Mr. D'' Mor-
gan and the cycle of fashion have s-s
the clock back and that We may exrecf
n return 20 Dickens and ThackeTAv 70
models. in place ~ the Scandinavians
and French. The ways which Marin
employs in her ascent. however are
universal: the author has humor and =
feminine eye for foibles: she writes en-
tsrtainingly and her readers win 10
amused.
Much better stories have been written
by Fred NJ White than Hard Pre.s-d'
CR. =. Fenno and Company. II turns m
a rather commonplace racing frand
which apparently il new ~ England
There 10 a remarkable lack 81 the -~n~s
81 honor and workmanship IN the PAR
Of all concerned. and the author cares
so little for sport that he dos NOT even
describe intelli gibly the rsc~ that ss's
everything right.
IL il difficult 10 discover what Fll-rv
n. Clark IL driving At in The Carl@ron
Cas- dhe Bobb=-Merrili Company
The reader - introduced to several r~-.
sons at the beginning who drlft ou' ~ 'hs
story: there is hyp"crite. vh"s~ Wis
deeds aav~ in one cas" are only hin'~d A.,
a hero. who il unsynpat hstic. vh"'h~-
on The downward path or reformed =
wholly needless murder and -'urt
Misunderstanding. u lisa nyS'ifyirg ard
embarrassing hodge Podg".
The volumes of tho attractive and en-
vcnient thin paper edition ~ the novels
IF Thomas Hardy. published Nv the HE-
pers. follow one another rapidly Ths
latest ~ appear j. Far Prom IN" Mafdne
Crowd pleasing reminder that v" are
reaching the earlier Hardy. who "a still
preferred to the later one by many ~ ma
admirers. The map giving tho Fictitious
geographical names il a help IN tho r~ai~r
a. well a. a guide TO the real places tho
author had in mind.
The usual combination Of two auihoTs
il required to turn the play sir Walter
Raleigh. = in which Lewis Waller appear~d
Mto a novel; entitled Raleigh ~. r.
I4ppincott Company The authors are
William Devereux and stephen Lowell.