The sun., 1910-04-23
s,srIes ansi NoNels.


Maurice Wynn Was solemnly advised 20
avoid personal participation IN Russian
domestic politics. But a. a consc'entious
American Journalist. only Temporarily
ia the employ of British. journal ne
scorned the advice. Perhaps u may be
urged in mitigation of his conduct that
on the frontier he shared with the Grand
Duke Loris q satisfying explosion OF =
dynamite bomb. The fact that he loved
a lady whom he honestly believed To 10
engaged In the dynamite industry also
COM rib,Ited To his disobedience. best
OF all, each experience provided him with
the COPY demanded by his astonishingiy
euterprising employers Accordingly Mr..
Wynn did revolutionary Russia with
journalistic thoroughness. That any one
could have had more adventures than he
is a thing inconceivable. These experi-
ence. are narrated by John Ironside in
The Red symbol I.iitle. Brown a Col.
Prof Ca.pAr Urchin was a director in
The stores He had a charming daughter
and An Unsuitable desire 90 find the
phiIosopher's stone He was close ON the
track when lac made an idle bet with
young Mandrake. a pushing candidate
for the post Of -On-in-law. He wAeered
Mandrake an absurd sum that the youth
could not steal anything in his depart
ment aud escape detection. The youth
tried and failed But Prof Crchin turned
him over TO the police instead Of explaining
the .i,lation. The reason for this conduct
was not soon revealed. hut II had very
intinaf. association with the quest ~ the
stone. IL also Influenced Pauline UrchiD.
IL INUaUa .8nA
leaves with a thoroughly estimAble h'ls-
band To tell more would lie To defeat the
purpose of Bernard Caps-. who takes
for the title of this history the ini-rroGa-
cation why Did He do IT, Brsntano's'.
The France oG Herve and JauT@- ~
antimilit Arism and the general strike.
this is set forth With something ~ photo
graphic definitsnss- by N Georges 0hnet
in The Red Flag 90. " Dillingham;
Company The scene ~ the story. a little
village separated from the Lost Provinces
only by q tiuy rivew. naturally insuTes
more than passing reference to the inter
national political conditions and the Ger
man peril Yet the study in the main
"a 81 the Internal condition % a repub-
lac that - the victim ~ demagoR,ies
and of an army become the wreck II
politicians ~ a type not unfamiliar to
the American reader A. a study Of con
temporary France u inevitably suggests
Rene Razln. and Il the book II marked
by hing of the pes-imism which -
not absent In many French novels which
discuss contemporary national problems
Of the present hour u h no less interesting
and valuable because of the unfattsring
frankness Oi the analysis.
Routledgs-san. 20 give a gallant war
correspondent the title he held from the
woman he regarded a. chiefly desirable.
was properly enough American by train
ing. but his International reputation was
earned in the employ of q British journal.
In India IL was his misfortune TO he held
xuilty Of having betrayed TO Russian spies.
a British ain 50 colossal a. Co make the
R,raso-Japanese War necessary TO British
safety weare glad 10 say that RoutIedge-
san was not really guilty. the blame
rested with another Journalist. nglish
by employment but irish by birth and
sympathy But - the lrish patriot was
the father of the lady held chiefly desirable
RoutIedge-ssn naturally shOuldered the
blame and went back to the wars A. an
American journalist. moreover. his pro-
feaaionaI skill was naturally not impaired
by temporary misfortune. His fun his
tory IL narrated by will Livingston Com
fort in -Routledge Rides Alone - y
Lippincott Company
In tn. opening chapter Of John Hot
den. Unionist' 90. W. Dillingham; Com
many. New York; T. &. DE Leon leads
his readers TO expect that tho mouniainesr
svmpathiEsr with tho Federal Gov
ernrnent from whom the story takes its
title 10 a psrsOn Of indirection. That
Holden doe. not hesitate to use subtsr-
fuge when it suits his purpose is true.
but he 10 capable OG plain and violent en-
preston o: ms sentimsnts and Of action
whsrh cannot be misunderstood' The
tale has TO do with tho tracking % de-
serters from the rebel army. with cavalry
raids and with love affairs that com
pIsteIy wipe out political Affiliations and
it relates several interesting incidents of
war and peace for the historical accuracy
og which the author vOuchss.
Of all the villains in Prince lion" "a.
c. McCIurK and Company. Chicago Topeli-
sin. the priest of Tezs'afIpoca. ~ beyond
question tho most r~prehensibl@ Ne
stands on an erninencs of heartIe~H wrong
doing that makes his companions and
followers. bad a. they are. appear a. hat
childrsn in dissolute ways. n Vas most
unfortunate for Prince lion II the White
City in the Grand Canon and for the inno-
cent daughter and niece % Prof Ray
mond 20 fail into HE hands. although the
aMncttty that snvsiopad Prince IsOn dur
lns the days Of preparation for his ssori-