The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-07

Though the people in Joseph &. LIN
coins new story, "Cap'n Dams Daugh- |
ter" (Appetons). belong to the Cape. all
right, the action for the most part Is
laid in the city, which will be something
of q disappointment TO the reader. Mr..
Lincoln has taken greater pains with
the construction OF IL than In any BOOK
Of his that We have run across-it hangs
together properly and shipshape and the
moral IL inculcates In unmistakable.
The good Cap'n's wife we regret TO say.
has social ambitions and is eager to add
vance her sex. An unexpected stroke OF
fortune enables her to crafty her ambi-
ton and nothing can check her once
she is started This. Mr. Lincoln UNI
CALAMITY implies, is the way OF woman;
so her daughter decides to give her her
head, a decision that gives the poor
Cap'n much trouble with his women folk
ill she has learned her lesson. The
reader will enjoy the doings of the
women's club and the comments OF the
Cap'n and the outspoken help. The city
youths are perhaps made too contempti-
BILE. but the story is amusing and pleas
ant from beginning to end and the peo-
pie are very natural.
There is some justification with be
ings of Mafeking night in W. l.. Georges
The Making OF an Engllshmsn" ,Dodd,
Mead and Company. Of which the au-
thor does not perceive the humiliatins
side, for the book is simply a glorifca-
ton OF England and the English. the
humorous tone of which in no wise dis
guises the feeling Of supreme self-satis-
FACTION. The narrator is a young French
man who for some unexplained reason
admires the English and desires to be
come an Englishman lie Is simple and
pleasant and accepts the correction of
his udicrous blunders with great amia-
bility. He also shares in some pretty
iCvemaking. The author leads him
through a succession Of phases of Eng
lish lifea boarding house, a business
office. a political campaign. Cnfortu-
Dately he cannot forget the British con-
vention that all Frenchmen are nasty
minded and introduces some needlessly
vulgar episodes. when he does make
fun OF British pccularlties he IL very
gentle with them and usually seems
proud OF them. 1t is a book that We
fancy an Englishman would enjoy thor
oughly and that may make those OF
other nations smile
1t is pure farce OF the hurry scurry
order that +. j. Randall has written in
Somebody's Luggage" based on the
British custom of never checking bag
gage and the national inclination TO use
the same pattern OF trunks. A compli-
Gated mixup Of baggage leads a London
clerk on holiday into a rapid success
hion of startling scrapes, most of which
are funny, though few bring him in
touch with crime. lie is a pretty straight
fellow in spite of his weaknesses, SO that
the reader can feel sympathy with him
IN his hairbreadth escapes. The people
that he is obliged to meet are generally
amusing, and II the joke IL rather elab-
crate and the fun sometimes forced the
story Is exciting and entertaining
The reader wiz share the wonder OF
one OF the women in Ruth Holt Bouci-
Cault's THE Substance of His House
tLittle, Brown and Company that a
man like the hero should attract the
love OF two strong women, for the au-
thor does not explain his attraction. He
will also be perpeNcd by the religious
ecruples which repeatedly afiiict the
heroine. yet never prevent her from get
ting into trouble. The first par, of the
hook Is given up To discussion OF the
relative duties of man and wife when
they have discovered that the latter
cares for ,notber Tn. lac, nor, T.. ana
with the DISSERTATION of nor rather mr..
noseless martvrdom-she INNS, di. in
order to satisfy berse,f and her Io,ar
sh., uh., tho, haze dor. 4, iii, ,rho
,rouble with hooks az This kind and vim
most OF the sordid affinity" affairs il
chat authors ana partioInants are occn.
pied more with explaining the intellec-
auaI subt,eties of ,,,. situa,ior and viii
avoiding the social p.naIties than viii
she great passion itself Tba, 90 what
the poets. IN whom they anneal solely
repa rded
In "Bat Wing Bowles," by Dane Coo.
lidge tF'rederick a Stokes Companv)
,be exner,ences are described NJ a 90,
cietv youth who seeks emnlovment a.
N cowbov in order m he near a ,,o,ng
woman whom he admires. II diver.
uOcS not seem 10 be GnamOret OF