davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24
views Of Many Lands.

After visiting Peru and Mexico Mr.
G. Reginald Enock has favored the
United States with his presence and
writes his Impressions in Fart hest
West" iApplaton'sD The title In rat her
deceptive. for his descripf ions are chiefly
Of places east ~ the Mississippi and his
remarks are general. applying 10 the
whole country. The light and frivolous
touch noticeabl. in his earlier books. but
pardonabIe there because 40 little was
known of the countries described. 10 out
Of place here Thu assurance and fin
pancy OF Mr. Enock have grown with his
books: his -MeKico- was much more
careless and offensive han his Peru. =
and both qualities are aggravated in
this hook. Tnfortunat ely for him plenty
Of intelligent Engli-hmsn have described
the United States before him. 30 that his
has'y and undigested views on matt@rB
he has not underst God are not Likely TO
he accepted nj home any more than they
will he here n his blunders were only
amusing Mr. Enock might b~ parioned.
hut he il merely voluble and unsesing
and has simply written another globe
rotting book.
Another hook on Spai n. Mr.. 8. l..
BenEusan. who writes Home life in
Spain tNFacmillansD Ia we'll informed and
conscient io,Is. although inclined TO he
rather didactic. He describcs home life
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24
Books ON the Ci,ii war.

One of the few survivors who il compe-
tent TO tell the story. Gen Morris SchaH
in The Rattle Of the Wilderness tHough-
ton. Mifiin Company gives his account
Of one Of the most stubbornly contested
nights of rh. war. winch mas heen Toughr
almost as bitterly ON paper since. Schan
was "a Young Lieutenant on the STAFF then
a nd was able to see what was going on
from many points. After all these years
ha tells his story "a wildly as though
~ had happened but Yesterday. and
an interesting story II makes
To bring home the reality 81 the war
nothing can -urpass the stories Of indi-
vidIal regiments or bodies Of troops.
when they are properly written. One
Of the hest of these il }. B. Polley's his
tory of Hoods Tex Brigade The
Neale Publishing Company. an organi-
zation that gave a brilliant account Of
itself from beginning 10 end Of the war
and which had IN. fortune TO he enga ged
in all the great battles The author
served throughout ~ n private: he was
lucky enough or sensible enough 90 pro-
cure the stories 81 the men in the ranks
and to repeat them in plain language
without eNcisiOns or euphemisms. This
ena bles the reader TO see things as the
men who did them saw them and makes
IN. book a most valuable contribution
10 the war history. From Seven Pines
10 AppomattoN Hoods brigade was in
'he thick Of the fighting in the East and
it fought ar Chickamavga and Chatta-
nooga besides
On tho othsr side we have tho record
az the I55th Pennsylvania. a regiment
that saw nearly much arduous service.
in Under the Maltese Cross Antietam
to Appomattox" The i5Sth Regimental
Association. Pittsburg, This is a COM
poSitA volume 20 which many persons
have contributed. II is put together
after the fashion Of most regimental
histories with many accounts 81 indi-
viduals and many portraits. The regi-
ment was recruited in the Pittsburg re-
gion and the editors have thought proper
to include much general history Of Penn
-ylvania and ~ the war in their volume
There IL n good deal that IL Of value in
the accounts 81 what the regiment did.
however. and in these loyalty 10 their
corps and division commanders In marked
The regiment has n glorious record.
The Memoirs Of the War Of Secession
by the late Governor johnson Hagood
Of South Carolina The State Company.
Columbia. =. c.. falls into two parts.
both built on diaries and other materials
which the author preserved. The first
tells the story Of the First Regiment Of
South Carolina Volunteers. which was !
engaged chiefly around Charleston: the |
second deals with Hagoods brigade. !
the campaigns in Virginia in 1884 and 10 !
North Carolina in 1915. II IL an interest !
ing account Of body that did good ser |
vice on the Confederate aide. and con- |
tains many important documents. |
brief biography Of tho author by Mr.. |
U. r. Brooks. who edits the manuscript. |
Is prefixed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24

The reader will feel grateful to Mr..
Walter McClIntock for publishing the
Interesting account Of what he learned
from the intercourse OF many years with
~" BIackfeet Indians in a handsome.
r"adable volume. The Old North Trail
'MacnillansJ, instead OF burying il in a
-"port Of the Bureau OF Ethnography N
N" Smithsonian Institution. MFR. Mct'lin-
'roN tells how he came 10 be interested
- 'h~ Indians. how he lived among them
and how he was adopted into the tribe.
n" hen relates what he found out from
hem regarding their history. their tradi-
1ns and customs and describes fully
mar life. their manners. their religion
and folklore
y - no manual Of ethnogrsphy that
- writes however. but . story OF personal
Experiences and adventures. He draws
vif pictures ~ several fine Indians whom
- know we'll. he Describes hunting trips
and o'h~r outdoor events. he has q keen
N7" for the beauties of nature and q scien-
y" interest In animal life. The trail
ma gives the title to his book lies along
80 f"p ~ the Rocky Mountains. running
from Wyoming into Canada. and was
'H'- mo usual track ri rho Biackfeet
77oes Mr. Mcclintock nc the end Of his
'7iGne describes his journey along it
wren &c visited the northeTnmoss settle
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24
Goodwin Smiths Bo,nood Christmas.

The following description Of Christmas
AZ Goodwin Smith knew It as a boy 10
taken from his recently published "Remi-
niscances~
w. children IN those days at Christi
mastide looked ioyously forward to three
festivals, Christmas Eve and Day.
Twelfth Night and New Years Day.
At Christmas there was in every house,
hold n feast with turkey. plum pudding
and mincc pie.
AT midnight on Christmas eve the child
as he lay in bed heard with ravishrnent
mixed with awe the music Of the waits
in th. street. The mummers. lineai repre-
-entativeS perhaps Of the miracle plays
in the Middle Ages. went in their fantastic
DISCUSSES from house TO house singing
the hymn Christ l. Born in Bethlehem
All houses were deckHd with the evergreen
holly and its bright berries, a piece OF
which. by the way. was cent the other
day to- the Grange from England by an
old servant who had left us thirty years
before.
AT Christmas the children looked for
gifts. though ] do not remember any
Santa Claus. The poor were feasted. and
l think there was something like an
opening Of all hearts. We in Canada
the AngIIcau- among us. at all events,
have preserved ali this IN some measure.
though PERHAPS with some abatement from
the feelings If the old time in the land.
Perhaps the feeling about the sacredness
~ the season and belief in the historical
certainty Of that birth in Bethlehem may
have somewhat declined
"On Twelfth Night. the Feast 81 the
Epiphany. twelve days after Christmas,
we had parties for IN" children. with
feasting on iced cakes decked with little
sugar figures and playing NJ snap dragon,
that is plucklng raisins out Of dish OF
blazing brandy. There was also drawing
FOR King and Queen. a custom OF which
never knew the origin or the connection
with III" ecclesiastical festival. New
Years Day again brought Hastings and
gifts. with good wishes Tor the New Year.
Both on Christmas Day and on New
Year = Day there were family GATHERINGS,
NOR" easily brought about in the tight
little island than they are here do not
remember that New Years Day in Eng
Land was special day for paying calls
or that IL was supposed that by it ennitis&
were buried
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24

From Frederick Wa-ns and Compsnv
We receive on the eve Of Christmas some
very attractive chiliren's hooks The
infantiie tales and pictures nv Baatri Z
Potter. which sas!n 10 ~, as populs-
with Older admirers ri simplicity a. with
the very little ones ara represented this
wear by The Tale of Mrs Tlttlemou=a Z.
Three well known books nv Nate Greana
way form a refreshing contrast to this
years output Of Juveniles The pretty
pictures Of Under tho Window and
-Marigold Garden" have left their mark
on the dress Of infants: the rhymes are
such as they can enjoy. without being
silly They are hooks that should he
given 10 every child that does not have
them yet Browning's The Pied Piper OF
Hamelin." like Oliver Twist has ALWAYS
seemed to us eminently unsuitable
for children. though British publishers
never tire OF issuing new illustrated ed
lions of the poem for The holidays Miss
Greenaway missed the spirit Of the poem
entirely, but her children are always
charming. and her long friezrs Of lovely
children following the piper make the
book a deligh' The illustrations OF T..
Leslie Brooke for The House in IN.
Wood and other stories taken from
Grimm look also like old friends They
are very good. like the stories. and max.
the book one that will please any healthy
child
Two more boys books published bv e.
Arthur Pearson. who seems 10 prefer
sensation al stories for his Juveniles came
to us from the } y Lipeincott Company
-Coo-ee'- by Robert Leighton. has for it's
chief character a rascally heachcomber
whose meanness ia absolutely inexhausti-
bic. The two youths who get the better Of
him have an adventurous voyage in the
South seas fighting the islanders. sailing
a ship under difficulties and hunting for
q sunken treasure ship In Strong hand
Saxou.' by Christopher Beck, a deter
mined youth. aided by the accomplished
hero. chase~ a gang Of scoundrels from
England into the Canadian yilds. with a
hair breadth escape Of some kind in nearly
every chapter.
There IL danger that school children
may become prejudiced against folk lore
IL the enthusiasts do not stay their hand. |
They have folk songs and folk dances and !
now are offered folk plays in The Silver /
Thread and Other Folk Plays for Young |
People by Constance darcy Mackaye |
Henry Holt and Company. The plots |
arc simple enough. though the language
ID rather stilted. but children enjoy that. |
The folk part. 40 far a. they are con-
cerned. must lie chiefly In the opportunity
10 wear costumes. IL II rather queer to
nave the scene between !Snofrnd and
Mime the dwarf adapted for a school
performance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24

on natural history. weather. plant and
animal life. arranged 80 a. to lead the
reader gently through the year, make ur
Mr. Samuel Christian Schmucker's Under
the Open Sky q. b. Lippincott Com
pany). The book is adorned with pic
lures and marginal decorations.
Another nature writer. Mr.. Winthrop
Packard. whose contributions were made
10 the Boet on Erering Transcript. collects
his agreeable articles in Wood Wander
ings" Small. Maynard and Company.
Boston,. Birds and plants attract the
author mainly. The reader will enjoy
sharing his rambles.
In .Brandywine Days (The Biddle
Press. Philadelphia Mr.. John Russell
Hayes jots down his random thoughts
in the form Of diary or commonplace
book running from the middle of juno
TO the middle OF September. He talks
pleasantly enough Of the weather. Of
books. OF nature and bygons days. OF
personal "reminiscences and antiquarian
matters and breaks frequent ly int O verse.
Though bound like law book. mir.
GLEASON l.. Archer's Ethical Obligafi ions
OF tho lawyer" Little, Brown and Com
pany) 10 rather a treatise. we fancy. on
what the author wishes the lawyers
conduct TO be than statement Of adjudi-
Gated law and practice. What subst antivs
law there is on the subject will be found
in the book and also the Bar Associations
Code OF Ethics. The object Of all tho
present ethical agitation. however. is.
we imagine. to make sure that lawyers
shall be ordinarily decent and honest
and not to turn them into angels
The determination of sex has been
and is the subject OF much scientific
invest igaf ion and experiment. IL is not
subject that the layman. however
interested. can handle properly. No
good can come from books like The Law
Of Sex Determination and Its Practical
Applicat ions.- by Laura A. Calhoun The
Eugenics Publishing Company. New York;.
IL serves to demonstrate that little
knowledge IL a dangerous thing. par
I icularly in matters OF this sort. II we
are not much mistaken the authors
theory has been discovered before and
proved to be- fallacious.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24

From inc Pail MTU Gazette.
Tho retirement OF Hilaire Belioc from
the House OF Commons recalls the names oi
some distinguished authors who in vain
sought entrance 20 that assembly Thack.
cray Was defeated when he stood for OK
ford. and 50 was Trollops at Beverley Both
OF them made good uss OF their election
experiences IN subsequent novels. Free
man too proved unsuccessful nj the general
election OF 1899. No wonder. since accord
ing TO hi. biographer he wanted to enthraIl
an audience OF SNmer-etshire rustic. with
eloquent PASSAGE descriptive OF the Ian
des9cmeinde OF the Urn
Talking Of Thackeray and Parliament
Grant DUFF notes the preCicament of the
novelist in hi~ diary under the GEAR 1878
He ~. r. Gre-nl gave IN. the mos, re-
markabls account Of canyhssing oxford
with Thackeray. whose want Of power Of
public speaking seems TO have been per
kectIy extraordinary. ON tho hustinzs he
utterly broke down, and Green heard him
say To himself. II could only 20 into the
Mayors parior for five minutes ! could
wriss this ont quite we'll -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24
A lNansibeak Of Aeronautlc..

How II Flies by Richard Ferris
(Thomas Nelson and sons). Is not happy
title for a handbook dealing with bal
looms "a well a. with aeroplanes. but the
compilation Is better than the title The
author has tried to satisfy q popular de-
mand and deserves success. although
there are marks OF haste In his work. He
has avoided technical terms a much a.
possible and excluded intricate calcula-
tions. yet he gives the reader q good idea
OF the different types OF aeroplaner. Of
how they are constructed and how
operated.
The book is well Illustrated with cuts
Of machines. stationary and in fight.
and with plans and diagrams. There IL
n brief history Of the development Of the
aeroplane from the earliest experiments
in gliding. An attempt is made to ex-
plain the air currents and the laws OF
flight" A fitting tribute is paid to the
inventive genius 81 the Wright brothers.
but credit il given to Bleriot for first de-
signing . machine that was not dependent
upon = starting device to leave the ground.
The Bl@riot mcnoplans Mr.. Ferris terms
the first wholly successful flying ma
chine" One chapter he devotes TO mill
tary asronautics. In another chapter
well known avators and balloonists will
find biographical sketches OF themselves.
Balloons. including the motor driven
dirigibles. are not neglected. Finally
there is chronicle Of aviation achieve
ments and an explanation OF aeronaltical
terms. The author refrains from spec,i-
lAtion about the future Of the ART How
1t Flies is both instructive and enter
tanning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24
Fiction.

We are sorry TO have TO reconst ruct
our ideas Of Scandinavian life. Travel
lers unanimously have borne testimony
10 idyilio pastoral conditions such as Miss
Bremen and Hans Christian Andersen and
the earlier Bjornson described. and we
have believed the descriptions TO be true.
Ibsen and Strindberg. To he sure. have
supplied sagreeabie insides for people
externally placid and honest. but thai we
took to he manifestation Of the modern
spirit. yet here is Miss Selma Lagerlof.
TO whom her admirinR countrymen have
bestowed the Nobel prize for literature.
who describes an extraordinary condition
Of things in the sweden Of sixty years
since. In The Story Of Costa Berling.
issued in a new edition. with illustrations
by Georg PAUL.. by Little. Brown and
Company, she has written a number Of
brilliant Episodes. vivid realistic and full
81 poetry. which even IN translation
justify the award Of the prize: 10 is work
that can certainly hold it's own with that
Of Paul Heyse on the one hand or Rudyard
Ripiing on the other. authors that the
Nobel committee have considered or re-
warded Many Of the episodes make
powerful short stories. when taken
We confess 20 falling tn fathom
the authors meaning and intention.
Scandina VANS may be more
fortunate.
The hero il a minister who In turned
out 81 the pulpit for drunkenness. be-
comes tramp and consorts with an
set Of equally drunken
worthless. who for some reason are sup
ported NJ a farmhouse. He never over
comes his thirst for drink. nor tries 10
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24

Robert Ross IN ire Bystard.r r.

Rob<vt Ross IN Ns Bvftrnd1r
Il used tn -. Carlyle hen I lived "a a
child In Chelsea I regarded him with
extraordinary aversion and fear Ono day
was ssnt TO post a letter | suppose ! wa,
older. though unconscious. a. always. OF
anything ahead. 7 cannoned into Carivle
The imDact laid me Nat on the pavement
where I yelled for spma minutes though
Noothsd eventually by EnRland'- great
thinker.
And then this Is she point NJ the story
Carlyle Owed into his pockets. produced
a halfpcnny and said Kindly. Her. il a
bawbee for Bobby I have tho haifpennv
to this day. when Mr CARLYLE died I Wa.
put into deep mourning. He was the nr@t
and perhaps the most Interesting OF all my
streetsAcquatntanc8s.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24

ment NJ these Indians. and an exciting
story t 10. His book is Illustrated with
many photographs and with colored
pictures u Is one of the most interesting
books on Indian life We have seen and
a vahiabl. contribution TO our knowledge
Of the aborigines
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24
Book EXCHANGE

Advertisements Of second hand
books for sale. exchange or
wanted will be inserted in The
Sun. saturdays. AT DOC. a line
tseven words 10 the line. four
teen lines to the inch. Display
type not allowed.
Copy for advertisements UNI
der this classification must be
received al The SUN Office not
later than Thursday previous to
SATURDAY Sf insertion,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24

AERpPLANES, their buoyant source srising
from lhr Winged Bat Skyudel how conceived and
described On page - of book. Love Is in tho
stomach published In 1870 by J. 81. Daxnat,
originator and author also of The Hash Of Unts
tA>ls The two books. rTst edition. one dollar,
postpaid ard registered. !. ". DAGNAlI-
Publisher. hoN la5. Brooklyn, y. y.
BOY AVIATORS SERIES~-S.K thrilling Air.
ship Rocks for Young Americans. New. exciting
and absorbing Send for Vol ]. postpaid S1c Al an
bookstores. HURST 4 co. 33s broadway. n. Y.
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS bought and sold;
ratslogu. free. Address JOHS REISE. al0
OnOndsga Bank Bldg. syracuse. v. \.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24


a Country has served many purposes:
IL Is we'll suited for auxiliary reading
The introduction and notes by william
Aspenwall Bradley may seem superhuous.
but they will aid children Charles r.
Merrill Company. Thomas Cariyle's
essay on Burns has been edited by DR.
Julian W. Abernethy. who adds some Of
the best known ~ Burns's lyrics. notes
and an introduction; oil for the use OF
youth Charles Y. Merrill Company
What need there 10 for newly editing
Shakespeare publishers may know DR..
Breinsrd Kellogg has done rhs work for
Julius CRsar" and Twelfth Night
Charles + Merrill Company. providing
each play with notes. an introduction on
Shakespeare and one on tho play itself
From Thomas Y. Croweil and Company
come three volumes which. though not in
textbook form. perform the task Of supply
ing -au> Hilary reading" The BEST Amer
lean Orations" and the Best American
Essays" have been selected by John r.
Howard: The Hundred Best English
Poems and they are wholly British. by
Adam l.. Gowans. To meet the require
ments for admission to college Prof
Edward Chaalncey Baldwin has edited old
Testament Narratives american Book
Company. using tho American revised
edition. weshould have supposed tina, for
the purpose aimed at the King James YER
sion would have been preferable For the
little ones who are beginning TO learn n
primer has been prepared in Speaking
and Writing. Book Two (American Book
Company. by a formidable combination
Of authors: william ~ Maxwell. City
Of Schools. New York;
Emma L. johnson. principal Of the Brook
lyD Training School for Teachers. and
Madalsne ID. Barnum.
On tho pedagogical side Edna
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-10
CRAFT METHODS UNIQUE
STORIES OF HOW LIQUIDATOR
DUEZ EMBEZZLED FUNDS.
Government Is Being Severely
Scored Because of Laxity in
Supervision.

PARIS, March 1O-No further arrests
had been made today in connection with
the scandal developed in the discovery of
a shortage of something like S2.O0O,O0O ir.
the accounts OF NJ. Duez one of the
liuuidators OF the church properties taken
over by the state. The severe criticism
of the judicial authorities for the lax
control exercised over the liquidators con-
tinues. however, and the prosecuting at
torney's Office especially Is being at
tackled sharply.
The most fantastic details of the meth
DDS employed by Duez are published. Ac-
cording to these he obtained a commits
sion of $4,000 on the sale of the Stanislas
College property and gave a long lease OF
another property for $1,000 which lease
was Immediately sublet for 5000.
The Journal gives some interesting fig
property Of non-authorized congregation
and teaching orders which former Pre-
mier Waldeck-R Rousseau originally esti-
mated would realize $2Oo.GOOOOO for the
state. After inventories had been made
the estimated figures were reduced to
500. ,OO0. and subsequently to $50 0O0,
coo. when the church issued a decree of
accommodation against the purcha sers
AS a matter of fact the gross receipts
thus far from this property amount to
only Sl9OO0,00O of which sum Sl3. 2OO, 900
has been expended in the adjudication of
claims against the property and in other
costs. including attorneys fees, expendi-
lures and commissions to the liquidators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-10
CAPITAL MADE BEAUTIFUL
BY FRANCHISE ELSEWHERE
-Horace Mcfarland Has More to
Do With It Than They Have, He
Tells the Commissioners.

]. Horace Mcfarland. president Of the
American Civic Association. called On the
Commissioners today and told them
Washington Is the greatest city on earth.
He informed Commissioner Rudolph
that Washington j. the countrys city.
and that he ~. Horace Mcfarland had
more to do with it than even the Com
missioners because he had a vote and
could prod his congressman about il.
To a Star reporter Mr.. Mcfarland said:
ANY one who thinks Washington is
not the best city is mistaken. 1t is ma
tionaI exhibit of civic beauty
In the first place il is the one city
that was planned 10 be a national capital.
There is no other city on earth like il in
that respect.
Then you have such things as under
ground wires, limitations for the height
of buildings and a hundred things of that
sort that make city worth seeing and
living in.
THE man from out west. or from any
other part of the United States, VIII ,
comes here and takes in what you have
goes back home and is wild with the idea
of getting the same things for his own
town
Mt Mcfarland was accompanied by
Richard WatroUs. secretary of the assoc
citation. whose Offices are in the Union
Trust building and who fired the first
gun in the anti-fiy campaign at the Dis
tricl building a few DAYS ago The as
ISOLATION is working to beautify cities.