The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-11

periences Of AZ unsophisticated youth
from. the West who wishes to become
an illustrator. He has "A good opin-
ion Of himself. a fondness for harmful,
companions and morbid ideas about
women. We accompany him to a
shabby boarding house and become ac-
quainted with it, inmates, VIC take
an excursion on a Hudson River
steamboat: VIC are told II the resorts
a low salaried salesman might fire.
quent. Then the hero makes a lucky
hit and becomes the fashion for the
moment: with plenty Of money he is
able to do the town in proper style
n h author enumerates places Of
entertainment with the industry " a
Baedeker. After he comes TO grief
he decides to work in arnest and with
the aid of the right girl. whom he has
found at least, he becomes a reputable
illustrator. 1t Is rather difficult to
keep Interested in the hero's realistic
lack OF sense and the analysis OF his
amative spasms Is unpleasant besides.
1t may be possible TO substitute real
names for illustrators. editors and
periodicals. II any one cares TO. There
is much good work of a Photographic
kind in the book and the author has
certainly described vividly the blind
craving for the pleasures of city life
that attracts callow youth.
In The Curved Blades" 81. Il. Lip
pincott Company Carolyn Weiss
favorite detective not only exhibits his
powers NJ intuition but also allows
himself to fall In love. The
Of the victim and Of all about her are
so outrageous hat the reader may
regret that there is only one murder
to he accounted for; the author m
ploys all her artistic skill in making
the ome spiteful. After suspicion
In directed to one person after another
on tangible evidence the detectives
intuition. as usual. fastens the crime
on the most unlikely one and evolves
an intricate chain Of evidence to prove
his point.
1t II purely nautical realism. more
likely the record Of an actual voyage
than fiction. that Frederick Niven pro-
vides in The S. 8. Glory" George H.
Doran Company. 4 gang OF cattle
men Is collected in Montreal and their
vicssitudes on the voyage TO Liverpool
are related. They start by getting
drunk and fighting of landsharks on
shore and are gradually licked into
shape on shipboard. There are scamps
and some fine fellows among them;
the author makes them all very life
like and mansg es to- make their pro-
sale occupation interesting enough for
the reader TO be sorry when the voyage
Is "
In a lyrical tone. with the use Of
many French explosives. which are
generally correct. Frank l.. Packard
In THE Beloved Traitor George II.
Doran Company sings Of the love OF
q patient fisher girl for an erratic
genius. He Is q fisherman and a self.
taught sculptor. An eccentric Amcri-
can millionaire with a beautiful and
imperiouS daughter takes him up and
makes him famous in a remarkably
short time. The young man is infatu-
ated with the American siren. who is
q heartless fiirt, and is intoxicated
with his fame and success. He for
gets the girl he has given up and his
Ideals. but she watches over him. He
Is brought 10 his senses after several
melodramatic incidents and the ordeal
OF an Ellis Island inspection and re.
turns to France and his old love. There
is much absurdity In this operate tale.
but II u told with a spirit and elo-
quence that covers many faults and
the figure Of the girl redeems II.