The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-05
NEW NOVELS WITH
VARIED SETTINGS
A Historical Romance Of Old
Mexico-An Impulsive
Bishops Adventure.
SOME CALIFORNIA STORIES
An Tdealistic Youth and Wicked
Gotham-A Stirring Tale Of
the Hardy Norscmen.
SOME CALIFORNIA STORIES

Some curious theories are interviewer
with a love duet in Marah Ellis Ryan's
historical romance OF old Mexico. THE
House Of the Dawn "A. C. McClurg
and Company. Chicaro). The hero is
a remarkably talented youth OF Jewish
lineage. who is on that account perse-
cuted by the Inquisition. lie is n prac-
tical administrator and business man.
a scholar, an investigator Of Aztec and
Indian antiquities. a gifted painter and
. prairie scout. all in one. He writes
astronomical love letters Ia a young
woman in Spain, who has assumed in
the seventeenth century the delightful
self-confidence and Independence OF
character which is to bless her Ameri-
can sisters OF the twentieth. She be-
lieves the letters to he written by the
unworthy youth to whom she i. en-
Gaged, becomes properly excited. crosse,
the sea to get to him and on coming to
Mexico finds that he has been sent into
the wilds. This Is owing 10 misconduct
OF which she knows nothing. She
starts out in pursuit and is met after
a tirne by the hero. who has fallen into
tho clutches Of the 1nquisition and has
had the chance to run away. lie guides
her safely, although against her will,
through the Painted Desert to the cliff
dwellings and tho land Of the Hopis.
After time she discovers the perfidy
OF her betrothed and her love for the
ia eta In htif 10
two withdraw into the wilderness
among their Hopi friends. The story
is told by a nice Spanish boy, VINO ad
mires the young woman. The author
descants on tho Jewish origin of many
Spanlards of distinction, on the abort
Eines of America, on the ceremonies
and habits OF tho Indians. and is quite
bitter against the InQuisltion. Her
story IL interesting, all the same. and is
very carefully written. 1t Is printed on
tinted paper, with decorative borders
and with a few good illustrations by
Hanson Booth
The kindly figure OF the chivalrous
and impulsive old Bishop gives charm
TO "Monsignor Nillarosa," by Pompeo,
Duke Litta &c. =. Putnam's sons. He
IS as delightful and picturesque as Jean
Naljeans old Bishop. and his counter
foil. his loyal. practical. peasant secre-
tary, is amusing. II will seem rather
strange that he should have waited
nearly a lifetime for the spasm Of
energy that makes him kick over the
traces so violently. The escapads in
his youth that sent him 20 fight with
Garbaidi Is very emotional but il is
inconceivable how any man could have
lived during the years OF the establish
ment OF the new Italy without taking
some share in Il, even IL he was a
priest. He is a pure aristocrat and
when he undertakes to reform the land
tenure his scorn for socialists, for tho
peasants and for the landholders OF
lower birth is as marked IS tho au-
thor's. He embodies the new criticism
in q book on the Gospels and Is sur
prised that his church dsapproves OF
It, His chief trouble. however, Is that
no IS converted TO modern lay views
OF marriage and divorce through an
T, event in his own family. This question
the author threshes out I" his own sat-
.sfaction. The inevitable result for
his hero is ecclesiastical condemnation
which. We imagine, would have come
on anybody who acted as he does. with
no need Of tho clerical and other In
trigues the author provides.
For boy who has worked his way
through college and is ready IT, take
a Job az an advertising agent, the hero
Of Henry James Forman'S THE Cap
tain OF His Soul" Mcbride Mast and
COMPANY, New York) shows a surpris
ing Ignorance Of what he wants 10 dc
and of practical life. II Is question
OF degree only, however, with the be
ginner in New York, and the author
tells that familiar story in an interest
Ing manner. He finds romance in his
boarding house keeper, in an ltalai
restaurant off Washington Square, fol
rs the youth is literary he must start
there. in various male and female jour
nalists. Unluckily he Is taken up 10y
a company promoter as his advertlsint
man: this leads the author to describe
the behavior and the wrOngdoinS Of thu
vulgar rich and the people who go th'
pace, with frequent consultation Of th'
newspapers Of tho last few years, fol
OF personal acquaintance with that III
he seems to be fortunately innocent
His hero does not shine during thi!
period. He throws up his job on beni
asked 20 do something more glarlngl,
dishonest than writing his circulars
returns to the simpler life and to hi
former friends, ana then as ne ma
at no time shown character or inclina
.ion to any particular business, he i
'saved by the present panacea of tin
feckless. writing a successful play. TIL,
author has a weakness for fine wri,in,
and phrases which a good copy rcadr
would strike out. The first part Of hi
story shows some observation OF New
York life.
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