The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-26

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GIBBS 70 describe in Beauty and Nick"
The Devin-Adair Company, New York;
the moral downfall Of an actress as
seen by her child a sensitive and inn
arlnative little boy lie Is aware Of
nothing but the breaking up Of his
home and the disappearance of the
mother whom he continues to adore.
He is brought up by his father. whom
he bIames for his harshness TO the
woman, and by a queer company of
social derelicts and remains unchanged.
He Is very fond Of IA domineering little
girl who sometimes shares his moods.
When ne grows up he studies art, still
retaining his boyish innocence. lie finds
his mother again, VINO, whatever she
NAV have been to star with, is now
shallow, selfish and malevolcnuy vicious
creature. for her sake he throws over
his father and ueglects his work. She
,rIes 10 drag him into the sordidly cor
rupt life she leads herself, but his eyes
ara opened at last 10 her wlckedne 80
and at the same time the girl he loves
finds that she cares more for his rich
friend than for him. lie goes back to
his father and the two seek consolation
in WORN ItBulSlNt NhOdkh ING tttlAti
portion Of The story is. il is artistic,
clever and very we'll written. The hero's
extreme innocence Is needed for the suf-
ferlng the author schemes to infiict on
him and also In order to intensity the
iniquity Of women.
No less than twenty-scvcn short
stories are contained in John Ayscough's
Prod gals and Sons" Op. j. Kennedy
and Sons. New York;. and some of them
are very short. They seem to be a
somewhat haphazard collection OF the
authors contributions to British Pc
riodcas FOR the themes they treat OF
are extremely varied. \ few are Ca,ho-
lie in sentiment, few satiriZc ritual!stiC
practices but most OF them are plain
mAflzine stories of good average quail
~ The mystery tales have usually
ckpi;Il and ingC NOUS plots Il is pity
that the author could not command
more space for them and should be
obliged to condense them into little moro
han skeleton sketches.
A quaintly realistic description of
Boer frontier life Will he found in l.. II.
6riiiki,,ai.'s The Breath .: ;he harra3"
Herbert Jenkins; Brentano's). The
AUlNOT lanes SItll HiAllS W tNBAeilu i'V'i
'erms and customs: the story Is held up
or funerals, church meetings and the
Ike and Boer ideas about the blacks and
he English rule are made clear. Even
he hero ne, DIS argument to make him
roncede that the Bushmen are human
beings and not variety Of gorillas, ard
me author IL in full sympathy with their
Termination. The story tells OF some
o., The hardships of frontier life; the
people We have not found TO be very
Interesting save "a brilliantly vivid jew
raider who is a lilable rascal.
The portions of Crittenden Marriotts
The Ward OF Tecumsch" 81. Il. Lippin-
colt Company that are pure romance
are entertaining and We could wish that
the author had made more Of that. The
old fashioned tales of the Indian From
tier can always be read with Interest
even Il the same materials and situa-
lions are used over and over again. Mr.
Marriott mas thought 1t necessary t.
bring In some historical matter, how.
over which lac does not make equally
Interesting and which only clogs hi,
story His Tecumseh Is not very satis
factory
English society manners and English
girls are decidedly peculiar If Margaret
Pctersor'5 Blind Eyes" ,Browne an,
Howell Company, New York; is to b.
trusted. The heroine Is wilful younl
woman who is allowed by her family t.
engage in a bachelor girl life In a man.
7er more usual in America in Eng
.lnd. She manages to escape serious
'rolble more through luck than an,
rensth uf character. Her companion
I5NJrra''ly selects a career Of vic.
Even the militant sufragettes show
more sense than these asplrants for in,
-apendence. There are passages Of crud.
ma wholly uncailed for lndecency In I'll,
'ock which the author probably mis-
tfrs Tor strength.
"a Father Ralph" Mitchell Kenner
ey' Gerald ODonoyan writes bittel
Indictment Of the Catholic priesthood IL
Ireland. Tho hero Is trained from child
2'od 'y "a bigotcd mother. aided by al
tlally niEoted nurse, to bc priest
,'e sincerely wishes 10 do his duty, un
1eterred by many things OF which h,
" @pProv's while he Is studying. Ate
us ordination he finds himself thwarte,
az very step by the hierarchy and cor
.t' priests who are made responsible,
'y t'e author for much If the miscr,
" Ireland. BY their intrigurs he il
'-'v'n out Of the priesthood after bein.
'i''pp Of his Inheritance and given M
'' his mother.
H'' dozen bright stories turninl
p school life will be found in c. W
''''ren The Girl from Glrton" C