The sun., 1915-03-13

, society in which they have been
brought up. So long as they stay there
they retain their moral indepe ndence.
nut when they prosper the man is In
cllned to deteriorate He has streaks
OF eccentricity: for instance. he rushes
TO the Grand Central station without
his trousers. he tells his lite c!rl M
Christmas that there is no santa
Claus, he lives in basement on
Stuyvesant Square and then I'm n
warehouse. Through him. however
amid several rather pcrfunctory de-
scriptions of bits Of New York Mr.
Corbin enunciatcs a number of theses.
among them that now everything goes
To the very rich and the very poor
ana nothing To the great middle class.
who should he the salvation of the.
country, that women Of that Class
should be enabled To- have children
without making the social sacrifices
that entails: that the unfit should he
suppressed and not pampered. that
the principles of Christianity are mis-
understood and that the churches
should turn 10 the Mosaic law. He IL
severe on rich colleges and their pres!-
dents and on other matters. some of
his chapters are entertaining stories
III themselves. in ctters he IL carried
away by his preaching.
In The Little Missioner" rNppia-
ton'sJ Nina Wilcox Putnam combines
very "ntertainingiy "a love story with
the account o' q town election Sh"
j. merC!lcss To- her hero. "a rofu;m poll
uCian Just out or college. who under.
takes To deal with political machine
ana an outspoken boss The heroine.
simple village Rirl training 70
be- "A missionary. has much more sense
than he has. while he is drclaiming
ANA protesting she in combination with
the other women H. Interviewing tho
voters The machine = verthiuwn
for once and the young man gets his
political start as We'll as the girl Il
the women prcdom.nato in The story
and their political ability j. glorihad
they certainly deserve II. The artist
with his free love ideas ather jar~
on the rustic picture even If he does
marry the " man author offhaud
The struggl" between ranchmen ana
u mesteaders iS the theme OF T. NJ
Bowers The Flying Is Last stand"
Little. Brown ana Company, Tn.
familiar company - enlisted in fight
against tho Vaccinations uf a femala
land swindlcr IN which the ingenious
Andy Green takes tn" Load. Lest in
t"rcst IN that should fIas thu s,N-ycar-
Old heir - the ranch provides more
">Clttmtut. Those who haV. read tnr
previous sto.i"s viii rui y hearing
more Of the FLYING { uutht: those WHO
meet II for the first time Wi want To-
turn To- ~ prrNiuue history \ sequel
i promised
II Is no very >Nmpilh.,u. h"ru that
SdneN WillIsms Nas selected IN "A
Reluctant Adam" Iiought.n Miffiln
Company. lie has no strong anec-
tiuu for any onl no particular am
p.t."n. hut drifts along prosperously
enough. Possibly the author thinks
he represents the aVrrts' man. The
bp' Is records Tho Sur.t~SiN" Instances
N which women drew him a little ont
"f himself IlI- Indifference appar-
ent.v. makes ,utm love him. hu, Ne
cannot give anything Ia roturn. Onr
he marrir> ana his -ffpr, to mt>"
his wife helrV" that he !-,.procates
her love j. p!t.fll There is hIr,,-
ton on sh.puutrd. there : an intrigue
from which he wthdrtWs thery =
philanderIng with another mans wife
who b'res him after a while In every
case he asserts that tho woman
tempted him Finally at forty he ho-
li"veS hc has fallen in love with
married woman who holds 20 her hu.-
band. II III" Story were ,uld in 'nc
first person tho reader might easily
express h.~ opinion Of tho man, as II
is he cNCitcs too ltt'c interest 10
warrant the recital Of his amatory
exploits
\ Sprigh'ls ,a.c of the manner in
which an acute husband prevents the
h.rt hc has married from getting into
serious mischief viii ho found in The
Tanning AmOrcttc" 10y IN" late Anne
Warner DLittle, Brown and Company.
II IL mainly vivacious repartec. but
the story Is short enough and absurd
enough to he enjoyable.
Although Lucy Pratt in Felix Tells
II CAppletons) inveighs against lit
eraturc on the child" and promises to
give the Child's views Of parents, she
soon forgets the promise and turns 10
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