The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-01
SOME NEW FICTION.

The common deiusion that "IelllnE
the Truth" (Dutfield and Company Is
equivalent 10 venting ones bile OH
things IN general seems TO afTllct the
hero Of william lTcwlctt's "autobio-
graphical romance. At an early age he
rsbelled against conventions. among
them those OF family life and Of re-
ls!on: he could never forgive his par
cnts for deceiTns him about Santa
Claus. He was sent TO an English pub
JIG school. which gives him the chance
10 hint at all sorts OF !niquit,es in those
institutions. He was driven from this
IN disgrace. apparently deserved, and
after a while loft his family to earn his
own living. He began AS n Journal .t
and was not successful. in consequence
we have = diatribe against British Jour
nalsnL lie neNt took up with a show
girl and driftod 10 Tho stage, which he
Eraced FOR several Years. becoming
lady killer and a severe critic Of the
drama and of dramatic critics. At last
lie became tho writer OF suCcesfui
novels At that stage he enters on his
love story. which consists in winning
the affection OF another mans wife,
with whom no ultimately lives out OF
wedlock. In the process he discovers
what he regards az his soul and Is
helped In building it ny by various Inrlo-
dramatic happenings. II reads ike the
outpouriugs OF very superior and
very youthful person who Elorlcs Ia be-
ing disliked by those about him. The
horpine's conduct Is such as a youth Of
that temper might wish II To bc. The
book Is well written; n II Is intended
as portrait Of an unpleasant type It
- effective, Tor the readers esteem for
tho hero Will not be high.
We feel somewhat defraudcd by II. W.
Hornungs "Thc Crime Doctor" C7he
hobbs Merrill Company. TndiHnapolis).
The idea Of treating crime rs y disease
and undertaking to cure the criminal Is
Ingenious, but MIR. Hornung docs not
carry Il out lie merely euunciates the
doctrine and then proceeds 10 detect
crimes IVY his usual methods and follows
his usual custom OF leaving the criminal
unpunishcd so that he may bc utilized
for further adventures. y complex suf-
fragettc misdeed supplies ia" thread o'
the story. AZ told originally II Is eN
citing enough, but Il becomes something
~ q nuisance because n keeps cropping
up in new aspects very lnartistcally
when the reader Is engaged in followips
Mr.. lIornung's other criminal inNen
tions Besides the doctor and tho SUI
fragct'c heroine tho chief characters are
hardened society villain who coples
the manner of speech Of Alfred Jingle
and a more vulgar professional crimina
who may be intended for an Imitation
Of BIZ skies. The talent shown in the
Rafries tales Is not very evident in this
book
A strenuous advocate Of advertising
- mil In,
them 10 the Sunday school in 9TH,
Rouslng Of Parkside" CDufrield anC
Comapnyl in the manner which soln'
ministers have adopted to Increase thei
congreFat lonr. HustlnE methods, ac
cording to- Mr. Rose, are inmediatel,
successful IN charging the attendance
That to HIM scoms the object that 4
desirable. he takes Il for granted tina
,he other things for which Sunda!
school, arc conducted must improv
with tho gain in numbers.
IN Interesting aud detailed accoun
of nc IN Turkey and of the relation
between Moslonl, Christian and Jew
With vivid description Of Incidents q
the Armenian massacrcs some years age
viii be found In Edgar James Banks
AN Armenian Princess (tho Gorhar
l'rosS, Eustonl. The rather ingenuou
love ta- that binds together all thi
Information Is improbable and its sent
ment is Occidental, but II helps TO CIV
vlvidnesl to the presentation of IN
more serious statements.
In his most turgid and confuse
rtNl- Alfred Henry Lewis IN Nation
1alnouS Sew York Murders" &C. "
Dillingham; Company undertakes 10 ~
Tate some tales of lloodGhcd. ~
reader who has tn. patience 10 al
through his rhetoric aud ornamontatlo
may be able " pick out some stat,