The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-24

only practical cure; but they arc re-
Iat,d in tho cod b!.udod. rather in
human way that marks some forms OF
Hritish humor about children. They
ioaTe the impression that tho author Is
tired OF the fashion of dragging chill
drcn into nction. Tho growuup com
mcntS also have Kind OF snorl in them,
so that what on the surface is an idyllic
simple tale seems somehow to be pretty
&! rat1rvd. II IS clever piece OF work
"a The ssuC.
Tho simplicity OF style that marked
Max Adcicrs funny stories nearly half
Il century ago Chlut.t,rizcs also those
published in his latest volume. BY the
Bond of the River" 10y charles Hcbcr
clark THE John g. Winston Company.
Ihiadclphiul. They may seem old
fashioned. but the fun I'm them is more
genuine than in most Of the humor OF
to-day. ard they show no falling OFF
from out OF tho Hurlyburly" Ten
are short stories: one much longer IS a
most amusing parody on the adventure
tales The connection OF these stories
with CoDnock, his home, is moro evident
10 the author than Il Will be TO the
reader. They are universal and not
local
For some reason Horace Apnesley
Nachell has crudge against dealers In
antiquities and he vents II In "Quin-
neys'' George II. Doran Company.
His hero IL ia that business in an Eng
fish province town. lie is selr-conh-
dent. ambitious youth, who has won
the love of a nice Eirl. lie is cngrossed
in his business. but when he fears -
& ltlR hie u 10 e l,.
ter he takes a vow that he Will be
honest ia his dealings. lie sticks to IL
aud finds that il pays Then he decides
70 go 10 London. where he meets with
scurvy treatment from his rivals, but
wins In tho end The methods OF Lon
don dealers as described here are GER
tainly astonishing Years after he IS
drawn into another piece of dishonesty,
but sets It right mt the risk Of running
HIS business IN order to save his daugh-
ter from marrying man unworthy of
her. II Is an entertaining story, for
the two women are charming and the
author IS enamored OF his eccentric
hero.
In 40 far "a the Canadian wilds are
concerned Hubert Footner's "The
Sealed Valley" Doubleday. Page and
region. The hero. a doctor Is lod a long
Journey by a halfbrecd girl TO attend
her sick mother. In the course of 1t
he falls in love with her. She IL a very
capable young person and after she
has taken him through a natural tunnel
! into an otherwise inaccessible valley
tho original part OF the story begins.
Into that valley. which IL self-suhi-
Gent FOR the support Of those dwelling
IN It and also full Of gold, she has
brought two Indian families with the
idea Of eecludng them and enabling
them to multiply with no contact with
the white mars civilization. This opens
/ up the question of the treatment of the
Indians and OF the position Of the half
breeds In the Western community.
When the doctor has done his work he
is put out OF the valley, but he il de-
termined TO get 10 the girl again and
after many harlships succeeds. Then
he finds tina, she loves him, but will
not marry him because sho will not
degrade him into n sQuaW man ard Will
not have children who are neither red
men nor white So sho sends him
away 10 mate with one OF his own race.
, The love part ig powerful and raises
/ the story ont Of the common run OF
/ frontier fiction.
In The Torch OF Life" by Rachel
/ Swete Mcnamara tG. +. Putnam's
/ sons, an English girl with the right
shade of red hair, fact kept before the
| adcr by her name, Titan. Is set free
after an imprisonment Of ten years by
, the death OF her invalid husband Ho
/ was paraiy2ed by on accident immodi-
/ ately after the wedding, had tortured