The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-11

r,sa thoroughly delightful book that
y.,non Lee has written in Louis Nor
,.-," John Lane Company. a seven
,.sr,h century tale Of intrigue gradually
d,.entsngled in a twentieth century cor
,esnondepce. one plot skllfully inter-
rov.n with another after the fashion
,,a, Robert Browning adopted much
mo,s clumsily in his poems. At the end
,,s reader is left in doubt as to whether
IN. tragedy really happened or was built
M as they went along by the woman
and the man who wrote the letters. from
,he inscription they came across In the
ptsa cemetery. The romance holds to
ali tho traditions Of that artificial CEN
tuYy ana enables the author to display
her erudition without ostentation; 1t 10
s1cltins enough to hold the casual read
srs close attention. Tho letters pass
between a great English lady and
much younger man Of learning IN Italy.
Notwithstanding the almost bantering
,noe. they enable the author to describe
without affectation beautiful scenes In
both the countries she knows so we'll In
an English that it is a pleasure to read,
There Is distinction in every line.
Very we'll written too Is the eloquent
plea for the equal rights OF woman that
Lucy Re Bartlett makes in Transition
rLongmans. Green and Company, how
ever unconvincing her arguments may
be It involves a love story. for the
authors attack is directed chiefly to the
injustice Of different standards OF mo-
rality for the two sexes. She also re-
sents the protective attitude OF men
toward the women they care for. Her
heroine Is not a militant, but approves
Of everything the miitants do. Her
reasoning Is not as clear as those who
would like to know what they mean by
It Nigh, desire. but her conviction that
their methods will win in the end seems
strong
long drawn out murder mystery
with the usual exhibition OF a detectives
shreNdness has been written by Mrs.
Charles Bryce in Mrs. vanderstein's
Jewels John Lane Company. The
reader is thrown off the track by the
N'uutIbuS lpllf W luliiOi so tidb AhV
brutal murder comes as a shock. At
the and We come unexpectedly on bit
~ good work in the description Of the
psychology OF the degenerate who Is
driven 10 action by terror.
An absurdy dramatic intrigue that
mas little to do with the real story
spolls Herbert Harrison's "A Lad OF
Kent" ,Macmillans). The hero's ad-
ventures with smugglers in the days
when Bonapart. threatened England
are interesting and the fight between
the press gang and the fisher folk
IL brilliant. BY the side of these the
several attempts on the hero's life and
HE complicated lineage read like clap
trap.
Tho story of the landing of the Pill
grim Fathers and OF the first years OF
che Plymouth colony is amplified with
much turgld oratory by Albert II
Plumb in When May flowers Blossom
Fleming II. Revell Company. The
description OF the love Of two OF tina,
ships company. which takes up only
mall portion of the narrative, is the
excuse for calling It a romance. The
author with much pains has acquired
dtstress!nsly pedantic vocabulary
The story cannot help being interest
ing, but may be read with greater
profit and satisfaction in tho original
Journals and descriptions which are
now easily accessible.
The first part OF Elizabeth Cooper's
MY Lady Of the Chinese - -., I'd
Frederick A. Stokes Company 10 In
teresting. II processes to describe fam
lily life in China and to express the
ideas OF young Chinese wife. The
second part describes present condition.
IN China: the point of view may h,
that OF an enlightened Chinese woman
hut Il also may be only that Of a for
egner who thinks the Chinese ma,
nave such ideas. The book is illus
trated with many fine photographs o
Chinese scenes.
There is material for conventions
romance OF cowboy life in Marion
Reid-Glrardot's Steve Of the Bar &c,
ranch broadway Publishing Oom
pany, New York;. but the authors mar
rative style unfortunately never rise
aoore that of the personal items II
country newspapers
notable story published some year
ago under n pseudonyn. my Love an,
is reissued by the Macmillans OF
ina occasion Of Alice Browns &C
hnowlcdgng that she Ia the author. II
season that has been marked by tn
ennrv Of readable fiction the bool
should he welcome 10 those who di