The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-14
1WS OF INTEREST FROM THE LITERARY WORL D

during sixteen years on various phases
or insurance and of occasional articles
They cover years that have seen great
changes In the conduct of the business
so that the clear and frank statements
OF Mr.. 1de. taken collectively, form a
sort of history of insurance during a
critical period. They are eminently
readable and will interest the general
reader as well as insurance men. Sew
eral deal with important public ques-
lions, but these also are approached
from the side the author Is best fitted to
speak Of The concluding article is the
tribute to Prof. Henry p. Wright de-
livered at Yale when Wright Hall was
dedicated.
The hymn silent Night" is pub
lished as a Christmas booklet by the
Abingdon Press. New York It Is printed
on parchment paper. with illuminated
initials and borders and with very APP
proprlate illustrations by Harold Speak.
| man.
Some very sensible remarks on the
| appreciation Of art and on art In gen.
eral are made by j. G. Dana in an
article entitled american Art and
How II Can BE Made to Flourish" (The
Elm Tree Press, Woodstock VIZ. II is
the voice OF one preaching In the desert
with none to heed.
A number of pathetic stories OF the
tenements and the streets by the late
Jacob a. Riis, Of the same character as
! those that first brought him to notice,
have been collected under the title
| "Neighbors' CMacmillans). They are
stirring stories that excited the author
greatly. and explain in some degree the
! power he had to draw people to settle
ment work and other reforms in which
/ he was interested.
Memory of the days before Wagner
is revived by the sketches OF Some Fa-
nous Singers OF the XIXth Cen
tury," by Francis Rogers (The II. w
Gray Company, New York;. He begins
with the Garcias and ends with Grisi
and Mario. He tells only OF the great
est singers in Italian opera and has
nothing new to say of them.
Following the prevailing fashion.
Prof Il. A. Cross takes THE Short
Story" "a. C. McClurg and Company
Chicago) as a literary form by itself
analyses and dissects II. provides the
rules for constructing II. and thus pro-
duces a textbook for class use. He fills
out the volume with a selection of good
short stories.
The stories about cats that May F.
Southworth calls The Great Small Cat
and Others paul Elder and Company
would be far more interesting II told
directly, without the long introductions
and the voluble comment. The authors
admiration of the cat almost leaves the
reader in doubt about what the cat aid
The photographs are interesting, but
here too the cats are obscured by tn,
dark backgrounds.
\ memorial volume of Selected
Works" OF Voltairine de .Cleyre. edited
by Alexander Berkman. Is issued b!
the Mother Earth Publishing Assoca
ton. New York The author was brough
up in anarchist surroundings and he
prose must he Judged by persons hold
ing views like hers. Her poetry is re
markedly good; she had the gift.
Enthusiastic, impressionistic sketche
VI the Canadian Northwest, particular
Alberta, are gathered by Janey CanucI
in Seeds Of Pine" George H. Dora
Company. 1t is good journalistic work
IN some cases the author has goo