The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-12
FOREIGN LANDS.

man with hobby is apt TO wander
into curious and interesting places, and
that is what happened to william Cor
ham Rice in his search for chimes,
about which he tells in "Cdrillons OF
Belgium and Holland" CJohn Lane Com
panv). Not all chimes, but those that
are Played by hand, with a musician
at the keyboard, were the object OF his
quest. and as fate would have II. many
OF these were in towns that are in the
battle line between the Contending
armies and that have suffered dread
fully; BruGes. Client, Antwerp, Mons.
Mechlin, Ypres, DlXmude LouVain,
Lege, Namur, Neuport. Ostcnd. In
his list he notes many that have been
damaged or destroyed in August and
September. The Information about the
chimes Is interesting and very thor
ouGh. that about the visits to the towns
that contain them is entertaining and
the pictures are beautiful.
Just before war was declared Mary
Stratton had ready for the press a little
descriptive handbook OF "Bruges" Oh
Il. Batsford. Charles SCrihner's Sons),
for which Charles Wade had prepared
100 illustrations. She seems to have
made a sort Of architectural pilgrimage
but enlivens ii with history, quotations
and descriptions. The drawings are
very faithful; they make us think Of
diagrams in which all poetry is left out
and which almost reconcile one to the
damage Bruees may have suffered. To
some eyes places undoubtedly look just
as Mr.. Wade has drawn them.
The glamour OF student days in Paris
L.
writes MY Bohemian Days In Paris"
David Mckay, Philadelphia. He went
there in the sos, very young
British Philistine, studied with Gerome,
and went back to England, apparently
still a Philstine. He tells about the
ways of art students, has many re-
spectacle memories of the Latin Quar-
ter. recalls many practical Jokes which
are not 80 very funny in the telling,
and chats about models and other
chance female acqualntances without
| SAYING anything very dreadful about
| them, for he is a reputable Briton. He
| enjoyed Paris, which makes his book
| readable, His point of view may be
more that of the commercial traveller
| than of the artist but his book will
| help to make youth anxious to invcsti-
gate Tor user lNe NtllBHlS ana llNS-
| terlcs that II believes arc still tn he
| found on the left bank Of the Siene.
An entertaining book OF travel by
| Norma Lorimcr, "By the Waters OF
| Egypt" is issued after five years in
| smaller and cheaper form, with sixteen
colored pictures by Benton Fletcher
| (BrentanO's), The author went up the
Nile to Assouan and visited all the
antiquities that travellers turn to. SC
| that her book il helpful guide. The
| pictures are good color studies anC
convey some impr sson Of Egyptian
scenery,
4 record OF what one American cir
saw in short time is set down in
Seven Weeks in the Orient by NJ
Leola Crawford Gioward ID, Berrett
Chicago. She leaves out the inter,
vening voyages. Half the space, anC
apparently the time, is devoted e
Japan, tho authors next Longest stay
* IN Manila and the ncighhorhood, she
also visits iIongkong, Macao and Can
ton. She has quite clear and decided
opinions about ~ she sees. She tool
Interesting photographs as she wen