The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-21
CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASONS
LATEST BOOKS
An Exciting Tale Of Surpnses-Mr. Lucas's Kindly
-Helter-skclter Adventure.
British Humor Fearfuly Made Cheerful Tale Of
Marital Infelicity-Historical Boston,
Ralph Connor's New Story Of the Northwest-V Village
Life in Upstate New York--A "Novelization'

sertatons Of these lac es IN Tie .Aort-
comings OF husbands.
Even as early as iJij Eostoa had set
her mark on her fatr daughters. II we
may irus; Eeullh Maj, Ok In Maid
NtNncCut" Olearst'9 International L.
bray Company New rorO, a frankly
and absurd.y conventional romance
New England INDEPENDENCE makes the
young woman scorn the unknown Eng
!.sh cousin TO whom she is afllanced and
he resents having the Sirl forced upon
him. lie finds himself on the opposite
side in the troubles between Royalists
and Roundheads: they meet OF course,
and the story becomes n mere love duet,
helped out by adventures. til they are
married and she finds out who he is
Miss DIX handles the story gracefully
and lightly; the history is mercy u mat
ter OF costumes and. we are sorry to
say. OF antiquarian vocabulary.
Tho regeneration OF diss ,patcd
grandfather Is tho subject OF Albert
Payson Terhunes Dad" wv ]. Watt
and Company, New York;. The author
has very decided opinions about various
public men whom he brings into the
story. He has great contempt for Gen.
| Scott and makes him behave ungener-
ously after the hero has told him to his
face in public what he thinks Of him
This Is in Mexico and the hero Ia dis
charged in dlshonor from the army He
| goes home and occupies the years before
| the civil war breaks out in being the
town drunkard, thereby greatly mortify-
ing his respectable son. He has n
grandson who admires him. the boy
! urges him 10 enlist under an assumed
| name and goes TO the war himself as a
drummer boy. The old gentleman de-
cdes 10 behave: he is strengthened in
his resolve after meeting an old lady
with whom he falls in love: he performs
many astonishing exploits assisted by
his grandson and AZ last is restored to
the army lie; in his own name by Pres
| ldent Lincoln. II is an exciting tale
| that carries us back TO yellow covered
Beadles, but they were much better
written than Mr.. Terhune's thriller.
In THE Patrol OF the Sun Dance
Trail George II. Doran Company)
Ralph Common II hurdened not only by
the conventions he has established him
self regarding the virtues Of the North
west Mounted Police and the superiority
| Of the Canadian wilds but BY the desire
To calvanize into life the hero Of an
earlier romance. The result is great
deal of repetition for those who read the
other story and mass of information
regarding the behavior and the treat
ment ~ the police during the Riai up-
, rising. For the Indians and the half
breeds Mr.. Common has no good word to
say. He admits the wrongs they were
| suffering at the time OF the outbreak
! and tho blindness and inefflciency Of
| Canadian politicians, nut that is only II
| Elorify the police. toward Riel he shows
| still the vindictive bitterness that WI.
exhibited by Ontario al the time. The
| doctors love story, which is new, is
! pretty; the rest Of the book apart from
the historical d!gressions. Is tho filling
/ out Of the earlier story after the usual
! fashion Of sequcls.
| The vivid scenes OF village life I'm
shifting Sands" by Mrs. Romillv Fed
| den IHoughton Miiiin Company show
observation and are interesting. The
! scene Is in upstate New York and the
place may be identified by the sand hills
What these have to do with the story. in
spite Of the prologue and the epilogue
We fail 10 see. The growing affection
81 the child for the man who has pro-
tected her viii, attract the reader: she
becomes rather pert as she gets older
The explanation OF the tragedy is rather
absurd and makes the ending repulsive
Even the dignity of Greek tragedy does
not relieve the situation tho autho,
imaelnes from horror; in the modern
setting it seems unspeakable and there
is absolutely no point in II whatever SC
far as the story or the sand Is con.
Ccrned
Thirty-odd years ago William c. IN
tons Uncle Pats Cabin" Up. J. Kcned,
and Sons, New York; had great influ
ence in changing the Irish land laws
we are told. In reissuing 1t the autho
has thought best. unfortunately to re
write his story. How great the cham
are we cannot tell; tho story of tn,
eviction and OF tho subsequent misfor
tunes OF the farmer are very graphic
so are the meetings Of his friends an,
the shooting that did justice. Much %
the landlords history and all the Amer
lean business only serve 10 obscure tn,
point. The story would he much i'm
proved II II were cut out.
The "novellzation" OF play. IL appar
entity being passed up 10 authors o
! some reputation. Sidney Mccall ha
tried her hand at THE Strange Woman.
; by William j. ITurlbut (Dodd Mead an
, Company.