The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-13
SOME NEW FICTION.

The thread that binds together the
"Idylls OF a Dutch Village" by 8. Ulfers
(E. p. Dutton and Company is tn,
split in the church on account OF some
slight differences of opinion in regard
TO church government. Though 1t leads
20 separate CO n1regations the villagers
respect and love each other all the
same. Most OF the idylls turn on the
struggle between their real feel ngs and
the religious differences. a fine lot OF
people they arc his each is shown with
his peculiarities and his good points,
for the author tries to describe the
characters rather than manners and
customs. The stories have individuality
and a high literary quality. which is
williamson Napier.
The main object OF Mrs. Henry
Backuss The Rose OF Roses The
Page Company, Boston,. seems to be
the demonstration OF the authors Ia
miliarity with German ways and the
recording OF her Impressions OF Bremen.
The reader will be as much surprised
as the hero is when the young tavern
singer whom he persuades to 60 to
America with him turns out to be a
we'll behaved young woman who Is
mindful Of the conventions. She for
tunately meets a liberal minded pastor
and his wife, who take her under their
wing. The main part OF the story Is
taken up with the disentanPlement OF
the young woman's past while they are
still on shipboard. and the hero's be-
havior at the end of the voyage. while
unlike anything that might be ex-
pected OF a New York German Amer
lean, may be explained by his justifable
perplexity. 1t is a sentimental and not
overwise tale, but 1t Ia readable and In
some parts pretty. The German pas
tor and his wife are worth knowing.
Many years ago the late Thomas A
Janvier invaded the foreign quarter
south OF Washington Square before II
had become Italianized, and discovered
or invented little cosmopolitan hote
from which he drew stories for a lonl
time. These are printed together nov
in AT the Casa Napoleon" (Harpers)
with a memoir and a portrait OF the
author. They may be a trihe stilted
but they are good and artistic stories
showing a side of New York that ha.
disappeared with the authors genera
ton and an amusing set Of people, who
with some changes In externals will al
ways be found here.
In Bobby" George II, Doran Com
pany) ]. ]. Bell comes down to thu
nursery, which we rather regret. foi
plenty Of others are occupied In por
traying extreme youth and We miss thu
Scottish flavor. His small boy Is tru'
enough, all the same. and 80 are hi
loving but harassed parents. Thei
tribulations will amuse other parents
who can turn away from the study o
their own hopefuls. He has keen in
sight into some Of a small boys trou
bles.
The opening Of Herman Whitaker
Gross Trails" (Harpers), where a will
full and ignorant girl rides into bliz
card, Is capital. II is a pity that tn
story should turn into a discussion o
her marital affairs and that the trouble
caused by her extraordinary behavio
in a lumber camp should serve for tn
needed awakening of her sex instinct
and at the same time arouse the brutal
ity of the lumberman. The author de
monstrates that a camp in the Canada
wilds is no place for a problem story.
fact that hardly needed to be disprovet
The story keeps the reader in an un
comfortable frame OF mind withou