The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30

sN MaF.al = RtHtt dt'hN Aiit'-N@'''ff
,.r.. or remarkable power and work
rar.n,p The people are all Protes-
,,r,. .yiur not far from Belfast, of
winch the author paints vivid pictures
r., heroine * small shopkeeper
clear headed enough to he successful IN
,..,.,.s who is tortured from begin
Ming fo end Her acceptance OF what
hof,Il- ncr may seem very Ike fatalsnl'
tpi her ability to forgive the wrongs
do-o 10 her and to make allowance Tor
,eo fa.lirgs ~ others ennoble her. She
has beon cast off by her family Tor
marrying the man she loves; he Is
self.wiucd. unprinCiplcd wanderer; so
Oar as the author Allows us to know
hin. brute with no redeeming char-
scteris,ic. He abandons wife and enid
sf,cr soducing his wife's sister and Is
not heard Of again for years. the TWO
women live on together, notw'thstand-
ing what has happened. the one dong
tsr duty and rearing her children, the
other waiting for her lover to return.
When he comes back, a broken down
trsmp who has been In jail, lndlnereht
snd brutal to both, the girl VINO had
loved hin, IL disenChanted, but the VIE
t.kes him in and tries to make some
thing Of him. There are many long
oils IN tho picturesque English that,
We assume. the north OF Ireland people
,.u which seem almost purpose .ess
Pm, they show the character and the
vsvs Of these irish and from each talk
tho IMPRESSION formed of the persons Is
modified. We get TO know the two
o.,r,.n for example. more certainly.
Distressing in many ways as the story
Is IL is told admirably. We should feel
sorry 20 have missed knowing Mrs
Martin.
The hero OF W. Dane Banks "James'
George II. Doran Company begins as
how by Cultivat ng the power OF get
ting his own way: his manner Is that
~ , spo!,ed child. and the people around
HIM are s.nguarly compliant. lie Is
NJ. embarrassed by scrup.es and as ne
looks further ahead than his neighhors'
who seem urCommouly willing to oblige
him ne is successful IN business THIS
DEVELOPS his seif-sufliciency and lands
him In a lad financial mess from when
10 cNtr,cates himself by throwing over
the .irl he Is engaged To and inducing
% v..ithirr young woman ia marry
hm. an arraU cement satisfactory TO Az
concerned. Inc uut,Iui's S,tu'To % ;:n
sharp promoting type would be more
csf.,,.yc Il his ideas of business trans
actions were .ess fanc!ful and were less
governed los sentiment. The behavior
az the hnanccrs who have cornered
IN, market and caught the specializing
hero short Is extraordinary. American
fiction about these get rich quick
Young men has, as a rule, been more
humorous than this British example.
The readers medical vocabulary VIII
be greatly increased by the perusal OF
John Rolands The Good Shepherd
Frederick \. Stokes Company. This
tells Of the experiences Of an American
physician with a past while acting az
village doctor in Tyrol. The past com
prises a sordid woman scrape, intoxica-
ton and. we surmse the abuse of drugs
The hero fights its manfully, with the
assistance Of an American woman who
isat hand providentially. Unfortunately
the author lands him In the village Pas
sion play, which confuses the story
somewhat. There il more discussion
with the genial parish priest or the
hcros wrongdoing than II seems to war
rant. The scenes in the Innspruck hos
pital are vivid and the descriptions oi
Tyroese life are pleasing, though the
peasants are presented in far IRON
fattering light. The heros persona
history, however, Is not very interest
ing and the Passion play episodes Nigh
have well been left oNt
In 1.-THE Magic Tale Of Harvanger an'
Yoiande" George II. Doran Company
q =. Baker uses blend OF the saga
and the medieval romance styles of die
ton consistently and successfully. The
young hero is reused from his pastora
calm by successive strange visitors wh'
spur him on to adventure and later CONT
10 his aid. lie IS mixture OF poet an(
palddln and goes through many eXcit
ing and porplcXiug experiences TIL IN
reaches the maiden he is destined TO love
Tho iovcmaking is very pretty; thu
lovers proceed through other adventure!
until the author places them in sta
ton suited 10 them It is a pleasant an'
enjoyable tale; II any allegory or mora
Is concealed IN it We have failed TO de
tcct IT,
thread Of intense love story in "Th'
Cpmrade of Navarro" by Harriet Ma
lone llobson CThc Grfith and Rowan'
Press Philadelphia, connects the cpl
F''o- u French history from the mas
Saolo of ST. bartholomew 70 Henry W.
o"'Duation that Paris Is worth a mass.
Further m deeds are added to thos
'7' history attributes to the Catholics
:" That tho reader Is likely 20 sympd
M" with the hcro's adherence to hi
i''h .r spite Of the Kings argument
d'iruc" Of his apustasy In what wa
ms rather polcmical tale inculcates IN
feeling for universal peace we fail I
Ee
Tie sensational kidnapping OF an a.
'a''Ne y@ung woman by the descend
on" i The lucas enables Caste
I"r'UN m The Bride Of the sun
.H''lur Mast and Company, New
,"'D 'o utilize his readings IN the earl
History of Peru. THIS mit.gates the e,
'|'m.nt of the chase after the victim
u which AN forms Of locomotIon al
'nro. ,i The story Is coherent aft'
fashion untl the ritual sacrifice h5
N''H carried out, The young woman
h~osesuont rescue IS very abrupt, u
l'ANor must take 1t on faith. The stoI
y Tor Inferior Ia NJ. LerouX's Grimm
''r a Their worst.
- as owing to the war that Life in
norman Crack Regiment" by Baron We
".'.i. wa0 we are told, - Graf vc
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