The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28
other lnterestinE Books.

The charm and the unusual character
OF THE Commuters Garden" by W. b.
Hayward (Thomas Y. Crowell Com
pany), arise from the fact that tho
author considers tho commuter and the
garden he 10 likely to have first and the
science Of gardening with the possible
ties Of profits and accomplishment last.
In the articles which attracted atten-
ton as they appeared in the Evening
Post Mr.. Hayward takes up one after
the other the things that puzzle the
amateur who likes TO potter in his
garden discusses them sensibly and
makes suggestions which may be car
ried out by the ordinary man who has
other business besides 10 attend TO. He
also takes UP other matters that the
more ambitious may have dreamed OF
and gives the arguments for and
against, as for instance whether or no
TO keep q COW. The little book Will be
very helpful TO tho business man with
q little garden; II 10 pleasant reading
too for those with no garden ~ a..
II may be q relief for plain people
living orderly lives to turn from tho
columns OF the newspapers with their
daily record OF divorces, assertions and
other marital troubles TO the PAGES OF
r. ]. Hardy's "still Happy Though
Married" (Charles scribners Sons).
These are cheerful. kindly essays. not
particularly brilliant either In express
sion or tho selection Of examples, but
sensible and optimistic, In which most
Of the incidents Of married life are
touched upon and the way In which
decent people usually handle them 10
told.
Pleasant II 10 to ind Marion Har-
lands name still on title page. In
Looking Westward" tCharles Serb
ner's Sons) she has written delightful
little essay on the duty OF keeping young
in old age. The style and vigor Of her
writing prove that she II living up "a
her principles.
Unusual good sense Is shown by Ernest
Dimnet In declining to write biography
OF Paul Bourget" Constable and Com
pany; Houghton Miffin Company, Other
lives as conventionally humdrum and
respectable AZ his have yielded volumes
10 indiscreet and inquisitive biogra piers.
but the author has not been tempted 10
pry into the details Of q normal French
literary career, the only part Of which
that concerns tho public being the books
written. lilttt tUc Icdu, az
parently with no great pleasure, and
these ne describes conscientiously, even
the poems. BY tho dying off Of greater
writer's and the inclusion In the Academy
| Of nonentities. Bourget. whose novels are
rather dull and whose fashionable psy-
chology is pretty superficial, has attained
! a position OF eminence among the living
| "lmmortals." He will probably retain a
place in the histories OF French litcra'
ture Of the nineteenth century. though
nobody will be tempted TO read his books
Tho stories Of many men who have
been helped In Mr.. Floyd's Self-Mastel
colony In New Jersey are told brightly
and directly In my Monks OF Vsga'
bondia." by Address Floyd (Self- Master
Press. Union. N. j.. They are interest
ing stories and leave = strong impress
sion that tho social experiment thu
author IL trying Is really doing good.
| A thoughtful and sensible survey OF
the chief social problems with which
reformers are struggling 10 made by the
Rev. Daniel Dorchester, Jr.. in "Thd
Sovereign People" (Eaton and Mains
New York; and the author considers
also the part that the church should
take In settling them. Though there
may DO Q tribe too much sympathy for
the reforms and too great admiration
for WHAT Germany ras done In these