The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-02
CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASONS
LATEST BOOKS
Demetra Vaka's Account the Arn,able Turks
H G. Weiss Satire with Moral
Mira Vorses Penetrating Love S.ory-Irvins Bachei-
lers Disappointing Story-Other Fiction
Works on the Philippines-Col. Roosevelt's African
ok-Essays-Edueational-T

are employed tt. .asy q. f.-i.s,e
enough
The chic: .nter..; IL Beating Barx.-
by si Jennings AMI VIII ir~ir Apple
ton'sb. consists In It's processing 20 be a
true story. TIE hero's "reminiscences
have been edl.~d bT Nr. irwin who
also writes the story Of his earlier
yearA The teriod Ct train robbinG .
no; 80 clear as I; might be. frr IRE
hero 10 naturally relvcsAn. 90 incrtmi.
nate Others The story Of his tfe In
the peni;sn:iary Is more oo-rp.e.s: that
81 his EXPERIENCES after iszv,ng e per-
h.ps more Interesting. The anooun, Of his
can pa.gu IA Oklahoma Il a'kce brief.
II |. the record Of an extraordinary
career. Gu; somehow {; misses the In
spiratiun Of . good newspapcr story or
OF . good biography.
A young monk u sent hack into the
world for reasons that seem good 70
his ssper!ors In Horace ". c. Newtes
The Hone OF the Seven Deviis'' ,John
Lane Company. q pleasant de signai ion
for woman He u strangely ignorant
Of the WAYS Of English gentlemen and
not very susceptible TO the charms Of
women The author has no time to
waste on the impressions society may
make on him. for hs 10 much mors
interested 10 the dolngs Of . sw.naiing
begging letter writer. He has q dAuxh-
ter with whom the youth falls in love.
and their iovemaking 10 the ono brigh.
part OF the sAlc- The confused story
o. the swlndla might have been told
,us: as well without the clumsy con.
trivance that muN lie offensive tn
Catholics. There 10 nothing espe-
ciaily monkish or Catholic about
the amiable hero. nor does there
seem TO be am particular reason
for the he.olne's d,srepuiabl. assoc.a-
tons. We have found the book dull
and disconnected.
Beginning brightly a. a story o. biacs-
mall. Irving Bachelors The Marryers-
fHarpersl decenerates rapidly into an
account Of trip to I;aly. with i'm
press!ons OF sights in Rome. sketches Of
Americans one may NEE; abroad. and
sarcasm on ihose who wish IN marry
Titles and foreigners who try to marry
rich American girls When he has had
HIS say the author winds up his black
mail story rather lameiy. Some parts
are funny. and We assume tina: the
reformed b,acs,naiIer - also intended
to be funny.
In -Four Faces" fBren.ano,s) Will
! lam lie Que1x has come down 10 the
penny dreadful style Of fiction and does
, not even observe ia rules His hero
| founders about a!miess!y among the
| r.isdeeds Of an all powerful but not
very intelligent hand Of indicators
whose success can only be accounted
for b. their hypnotic power over the
| other Characters and the author. The
reader who tries to make sense on. Of
the story will be rnystified Throughout,
and will not be greatly helped by the
authors explanation at the end The
book reads like q nightmare after q
surfelt OF French criminal tales
The fifteen new essays in the yer.
nacu.ar OF tomorrow In which George
Ade jeers a, the foibies Of to-day. AIDE
Fables" Doubleday. Page and Com.
pany). are longer and more elaborat,
than his ordinary output. The brand Of
hufnor is the same. however and doei
not depend on capitalization for Il.
point. and Mr.. AIDES vocabulary II still
such as 10 inspire awe. Those who en-
Joy his satire will like this little book
which Is illustrated by John r. Nc
Cu,cheon.
Several plays which have attracte,
attention may be had In story form
George ecarborough's The Lure" Illus
tra,ed from scenes in the play. is pub
lished by the G. W. Dillingham; Com
pany. The same playwright's AT Bay
has been turned into q novel by Pag
Philips (The Macaulay Company, New
York; and 10 illustrated In the sam
| sST0.Aav0 hS-
and Abraham 9. Schooner. has bee,
noveliZed by Richard Parker fTh
Macaulay Company; the pictures ar
colored Cosmo Hamilton's The Blind
ness OF Virtue" out Of which the pla,
WAS made. has been revised In conse
auence George H. Dorsn Company
Finally the moving picture play step
into literature, Eustace Hale Ball havin
turned Traffic in Souls" into a stor
|. 90. W. Dillingham; Company.