The sun., 1915-02-27

Y j. a review of a guol many
familiar phts, of American life ra her
.,an q story that Philip curt ss has
miscellaneous sketches that ase con-
rectcd 10y having a common h.1p. VINO
passes tar IN somewhat pcrfunctury
y,c affairs In tho course of his prog
-ess. Most Of the steps in his adj
,an'e are probable enough, but some
tines IN are forced. The episodes
are vivid and trut to life. though they
s-e mair5d as pictures by a tone cr
.rrclcrcnt fdCetio. sness which IL
amusing. Tho author has his say. in
pretty colloquial languace. about
educational fadF. unions and r!kes.
tao militia, life Insurance. endowed
colleges. professional athletics in uni
versit.es political meth, d.. news PAPER
reporting. The criminal law. society. the
manufacture Of a successful play ana
many other ,upi.s he is funny and he
IL severe about these. but d.oIs them
oil quickly without trying To- exhaust
u into the back rooms of saloons, mo
l5iies parlors and up san Juan Hill.
The minor characters are lively and
entertaining. the changes of scene are
ap.d and while the reader may be a
little confused and out OF breath he
VII keep int rested Tho authors
bng .dst is an excellent example of
-ae Eugi-h generally spoken in New
YORK to-day
The or~n'ng rf Gtorrey Corson's
romonc Of staten Island. "Bluc Blood
and Red Henry Holt ana Company
prom sing. we should like to watch
.oN tie children of the Irish tug.
h0a' captain and the aristocrats from
100 hillside get IN together Their
Intercourse iS. unfortuuat ly. cut
short and the greater portion 81 the
story is sacrificed To the description Of
much marital and extra marital dis
sens!on and IN sery. Though we can
rot symp1thlze wholly with the
pleba3n maiden's in.atuation for the
eru v" can only admire her con-
duct up to the moment when she
gives him up because she knows he
Uu'. not love her. our respect dimin-
shes when we find her showing her
0Hectiou for him after he has mar
ied the girl he loves and discovered
te- complete seltishness and frivoliiy.
H Is IN the unpleasant position Of
living on his wife's money. which gals
him a. he loses his fondness for her
The author has made him an an
midTsted pr!g. but not even the eat
and thunder storms OF Staten Island
midsummer can excuse his CON
ilct To the young woman who loves
IN. That is a clumsy artifice. foreign
' anything We have been allowed e.
know Of either. designed merely to
arrow the feelings 10y making the
woman suffer. The author has
evidently token great pains IN writing
story; lie has described the topog-
Apply ~ Staten Island instead OF
conveying whatever atmosphere may
10 pe .uliar to that region.
- long as Elsie S!ngmaster was de-
'r!h NJ a Pennsylvania Dutch farm
inc community N Katy Gaumer"
lioughton Mifiiin Company We could
AVE wished that she had retained tho
'alec; in The conversations: il would
Rave mitigated the juvenlllty of tho
'o.nt of view. The heroine Is a very
'mpu.S,Va and wronCheadad Young
rirl, who keeps us interested while
she IS 4 child The whole community
mixed up In a rather stupid mys-
cry Tor which an innocent man suf-
''rs unduly as well As the reader.
The youth who attracts the heroine
IS anusinsly ridiculous: her cure Is
're''y severe one. The author dis
nrnscs death with a lavish hand The
90 people are interesting and at
'factv". tho young ones have not
grown out Of the books for girls"
stage yet.
Tie cheerful study of the waning
r. passion has been undertaken by
NaheI Herbert Timer in The Woman
N0r"' 1Itrpers). \ woman author
'aS h.en carving on for long time
~ intrigue with a married man, who
respects his wife and will not leave
'er. We are treated to his perplex-
'"s and ~ long discussions about
'N"r duty 20 the wife and to each
oh"r. Gradually tho wife begins TO
suspect her husband and the unfor-
'Nnei" man, for whom 10 he sure we
'Sn feel no pity, ~ nagGed at home
'nd nsg-ad by tho woman. He grows
cooler and she observes II and be-
comes hvsterical. Up to the last few
pages there is nothing TO show that
y" relation was other than a platonic
hHn'ty; only that assumption can ex-
nam the ~oman's horror AT the con-
'''l nj triend who is supported by
or lover, or the behavior Of the man
snd woman in an extraordinary drive
''rougf Tho country Yet the author
chooses ~ Intensity the agony Of the
"omine final abandonment by In