The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-20

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nor father Is addicted to liquor. her
brother Is n brute. she herself is dis
contented. high strung and romantic.
She becomes engaged to an art
student. whose talent and intrinsic
merits must he taken for granted. but
whose morals in Philadelphia and in
Paris leave much to be desired. The
behavior of very young people is de
cidedIy startling. She watches the
intrigues OF a society woman whom
h admires and breaks off with the
artist. Next she is tempted to marry
an offensive business man. but takes
up with "A Mandy pamby curste in
stead. When she sees through his
emptiness the family affairs are at a
low ebb and she fortunately fnd.
that she loves an exemplary youth.
who had danced attendance on her
mother. and made love to her society
friend. but had recognized her own
merits all the time. The story is we'll
written and the youthful view of the
surrounding w%ickedness IL almost
amusing.
In a different way and with far less
skill some phases of Washington
society are depicted by Temple Bailey
in Contrary Mary (The Penn Pub
fishing Company. Philadelphia). The
women. young and old. are all pleasant
n sweet and the men g~entlemanly,
wen the unfortunate youth who
serves as the text for q temperance
, sermon. The heroine. pressed for
money. takes a hoarder. with whom
she becomes friendly and finally loves,
He is a department clerk. who had
left the ministry on account OF n dis
grace OF w'hich he and the author
/ make too much. She induces him to
AXE up his life work again. and he
finds a new field among the poor
whites of the South. There are other
love affairs and some rather clumsy
descriptions ~ Washington that make
the story drag.
Two stories by David Skaats Foster
are included in one volume. "Our
Uncle william" and mate Sawyer"
THE Franklin Book Company, New
York;. Both are entertaining and both
are marked by a queer disregard OF
literary form that recalls the rural
newspapers. The first story is n vari-
ant on The Servant in the House"
theme: the episodes are effective, the
people natural in spite OF the lecture
form the conversations take and the
story holds the attention. The other
is a mystery tale Of the Adirondacks.
interrupted by good stories in dialect
told by a guide. The main story itself
Is interesting and well worked out.
Both stories end abruptly. II the All
thor could free himself Of the style
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country town and at the same time
preserve his fresh point OF view his
merits would be recognized. for he can
tell a story.
The portrait of A selfish. designing
young mink wholly effaces the heroine
Z Marion Ames Taggart's THE Elder
Miss Ainshorough' CBenziger Brothers,
New York;. She IL made so completely
heartless and INSCRIPTIONS that the
reader becomes impatient Of h,r sis
ter's blindness and weakness and has
little sympathy with her sacrifices.
Some OF the minor characters have
more life TO them. The heroine is a
Catholic IN a Protestant community.
hut religion has little part In the
story.
There In much action with automo-
biles and a%eroplanes in Here's 10 tho
Day" a war omance by Charles
Agnew MacLean and Frank Brighton
George II. Doran Company. 1t tells
of the trouble an American physician
had in getting the young he
loved ont Of Luxembourg after the
Germans had invaded the country.
There are good Germans and very bad
ones In the story.
Tho politics and customs Of ficti-
tious foreign States are at the au-
thor's mercy. Winifred Graham in
Can a Man BE True?" mitchell Ken
nerley. New York; Jerks tho reader
violently from one thrilling episode TO
another with no regard for probability.
A little more conference, considerable