The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-04

Tho Torchhcarcr" ,Applctons). She
ia watched over by u charming old
,-audno,hcr and by an amiable but In
SoIent instructor. they restrict them
/, elves 70 Observing her and philosophiz-
Ing about her. no she goes her own way
unchecked and suffers for her own mis-
taxes Her various attempts are him
dered low circumstances. she has the
ability 10 write. but. having married u
matter of fact youth who thinks she
should atteud to him and to her duties
asa mother. she Is hindercd from fol-
ioviug her bent The author seems TO
chafa at what she regards as the unfair
suh,cction % woman TO the will of man.
There Is a good deal OF misplaced af-
lection which seems needless, except TO
maintain the thesis that the highest de-
slres arc not to be attained. The people
ere al very nice. 50 that 1t seems
shame that they should spend so much
Tine u aualv2iug their feelings and
,lNerrs The gentle instructor follows
tho ri,yaihns fashion in being named
Peter. The heroine is reconciled to her
To- A the end on discovering that she
has transmitted her talent to her son.
CheertulneSs under adverse circum-
stances - preached by J. Breckenridge
Fits IN The WoodncNs" CThe Devin-
Adair Company. New York;, with an
optimism that is paralleled only by
1.-THE Vicar Of Wakefield" Absurd as
. err the nnshaps which the author heaps
m 'he kindly family they are all of the
kind that are provoking TO everybody,
yet the happy 70 lucky family. bound
together by strong affection. gives little
heed 10 them and is ready to leave mat
tors to Providence. as the father. who is
blind minister, desires. Their inno-
cent faith is the cause Of the coming
together again of a divorced couple who
have the means and the ability to help
the minister's family ont Of it troubles.
The action Of the story turns chiefly
on the doines of "A humorous but name
less mdlefactor on whom the minister
makes an impression. The author tries
To Disguise the sermon he Is preaching
under banterng humor, but he las writ
. ten a readable story.
OPTIMISM at all costs. no matter how
much 1t hurts. seems to be the keynote
Of "Thc Autobiography OF a Happy
Woman" tSIoffat. Yard and Company,
whose anonymity the publishers assure
us they VIII preserve inviolatc. The
happy woman apparently is a news
paper writer, she relates many painful
Incidents in her life and many hard
fights she had to go through and also
experiences OF other people. These are
told very effectively and will make the
reader sorry that such things happen in
ne They are told with suppressed in
dgn3tion. hut are connected by long
outburst- of elouuencc on the duty and
dasrahihty Of keeping happy all the
same and the authors assertion Of her
own happiness. She often takes COM
mon sense view of things and as often
merely declaimS We have discovered no
reason IN the book why she should not
reveal her name II she chooses to nor
any reason either why she should.
In Romance Of FL Canine Real by
Jarrett r.. Richards ,B. Herder, ST.
Louis We have a curious book, appar-
entity an attempt to blend fiction with
tho "reminiscences of "A lawyer who set
ted in southern California after the civil
va T. As very long book and the
story thar runs through it, the lawyers
fight to- preserve tract OF land for the
rg1tfu owners, would be better II
told much more concisely. The author
dcrc~sc~ constantly however, to de-
s'Hba people in minute detail, to relate
happenings Of little Importance and to
tel stories. all this having little or
nothing 20 do with the main story eX-
,eNc'pt that n came within the experience
.1of the hero. IL Is this miscellaneous
matter that is chiefly interesting. The
book would he greatly improved II 1t
we're prunod down and the real collec-
'ons were dsentangled from the ro-
nance
A-lu tackling the war OF the Re-
telhon, the Rev. Thomas Dixon chooses
To- the hero OF "Thc Victim" apple
'ons) Jefferson Davis. After half CEN
ury. when all animoslty is extinct
IN men OF sense and when the survivor )
on both sides are uniting in observing
: N" great anniversaries as they occur,
y seems a pity to revive the memory or
ancient hatreds. Fun justice can be
done now 10 Mr.. Davis in the North, as
IN other prominent men who fought
against the Union. Mr.. Dixon does not
help h.3 ease at al! by vituperatlon of
mo men who opposed Mr.. Davis nor
does u" give dignity to him by turning
MIN into a school girl hero in the pro-
.orue
story written for the authors o%r
pleasure rather than the readers Is
franklin Kent Chords "The Demo
Ca'o Rhine Maid" cine Dey.n- AdaiI
comranyp. II opens with the descrip-
t0n ~ the rush for the class tree al
harvard, ceremony that ended with
W' Disappearance OF the elm. IT Is
u'' Transferred to the Rhine. where
We hero makes love To a young baroness
WHO tends ~ bo q peasant girl Much
hn'W.u. much misunderstanding
hirh erud,tion and much heavy humo'
pToI"0- q tale that is artificial and not
"'N interesting.
hah Dozen OF the bright stories
tr'f schools that g. w. Bardeen car
y" W arc to be found in The Tria
ia'n.' &C.. ". Bardccn, Syracuse)
]. p has a point that school teachers
can appreciate and others can under
'"H' The stories arc unpretentiou'
o.. .7''rcslmR
~ Nh" start Bcttina Won Hutton II
,mAf'n' tApplctonsD apparently in
i, "'l' +" describe London literary an'
''''' life with satirical humor and Il
'innaratc matters with the difficult!
ROYALTY vets into when It steps out of III
''.''~ Hod becomes .n,augled Will
.''- women Of plehcian extraction