The sun., 1916-02-13
SOME NEW BOOKS.
4 Painter " Urca ms.

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zach spsr. M ous laud of phdni"tu-
$50 Dead. or jhc "t.i-iia -liocn.
~" follow 81 'tinl .uelsIrc.
We struggle fo' t"uth or frr -r'"-ur".
Unreal q. pam. 90 dream
50 I ialhom = world c,t.nguIshcd.
You fashion q m.n.. l"fi.
We live In q -. ptrdtc drrtm.aui
Where never sho7' meets ghos'.
The book bears iht titie of The las,
sketch contained. .Ntluugh the stories
were written as isolated biographies.
when they cam" To- b" huuud together
they were found to have connecting
links throughout: c.the' kinship be-
tween the subjects. described. or SINH
larlty in period ar locality. 50 that
finally the author decided To place
thom in Chronological order beginning
with Diana Bos,iilc. vino died in 1898.
and ending with the authors uncle.
Roddam Spencer Stanhupc. who died
in 1905, ana naming the volume after
the last biography. which the author
hoped and believed would i,nSe:' long
est in the memory OF the reader.
II one discard the idca that tI.s
writer. with her def, touch for person
ality and personally illuminating ancc-
dote. chose her suhjc,,s because
she had access 10 some what in
accessible nIanusrripts. 4; hard
TO say just why she chose the
subjects herein contained. The ma
teral used FOR the a',ctr'' "f Dana
Bosvilic and that of her son was sup
piled m TN, fo.m of Diana's scrap
book ard drcc; rrm.uls cnr.s IT,, I.adl
Macdonald NJ the Isles The da.d for
william Charles Kcppci I.nYu Alhc.
marie. we're provided 10y Mr. .>Ifred
GARNER. grandson of the subject of
the biography. Those FOR the story of
Nine. Jerome lionaparic were Supplied,
1t would seem hy Count dc Gailatin.
grca: -sTa ndson uf NJ Pcsoaul,. az
whose house the beautiful Elizabeth
Patterson met her hus oauI and uy
DR. Richard eaton Of Liverpool. coll
lateral des,endan; - Mrs. I:"oe,t rat.
tcrson nee eaton: and 10y Mr.. Muir
RAJ. nee Patterson. whose grand
father was a brother "f william Pat
ters"a the lyther Of Nine. i;ouapartc.
Richard eaton also supplied much u
the matrria' tnl the lfc of Charles
Carrot of Carrol,ton. - favorite II
destiny whose biugra ph!oal sketch -
merged into the account OF the social
triumphs H. Europe .f his three beau
tiful - adidu-ilicrS. tire lannon's
Cation sisters. FINALLY the details of the
lives a.. liccruS. the uachndn painter
of animals. and of Euddam Spencer
Stanhope, the Pre- -l;aphaelitc painter
OF dreams, were SUI piled ny mcm-
bers of the authors own family.
In reviewing all the characters
contained IN her book the author
suggests tina: the real value ot
life lies no; necessarily in frlition
ur attainment. ouj in the >.nglencss oi
puiuose and the buoyaut courage with
which catn follows after and exempt
ics his dream.
The biography Of Dana BlS, lie -
practically made out Of that Wv. 'in'ls
lady's scrap hook 1t was the custom
of those days for ladies who we're pur.
suing culture nr even vide knoW,cd dgc
Of affairs TO own !, scrap 10 X in which
they kept miscellaneous assortment
Of quotations. epicramS r.ul.o '.
acrostics. fragments "r ,Ir!uUs iufor-
nation, verses. g., Sr.n books were
a source of endless gratiii,at.on Ia
their possessors. rendering les, tedious
long morning calls; less fuI nf scandal
the wei afternoons when ladies yawned
over their cmhruidery less ,Nasperat-
ha At "a Ia.
elders Of tine fanny had appropriated
the family coach ana SegN.turs and
when the younger members had Ia
forego their exercise ifuut for lack %
Q man rvant. without which aiten-
dance they could not decorous'N walk.
DANA was Tn. ,au.htcr or Sir VII
lam Wentworth uf l;rcltuu parl; IN
Yorkshire ana latCr the wifc Of Cod
frey Busv.llc "f Tnurp" lltU and
GuntlNait". She was a friend nf Lady
Mary Wortic" Moutngu and even the
surly Dr. johnson describes her as =
mighty Intelligent 'adN Ter hus-
hand ''iS q man uf advanced VI US
the host of wilkes ard other rcfurmcra
OF that day. I:cr not "hook i" more. de-
void of irppercs and trivialiiios ;han
was usual at the time aud casts many
sideligltS upon the thought and va
ricd research Of the liberal thinkers
OF the time. The little n"o.> parch-
ment bound and mLci Scllowpd hy
time. gives cNiderc" Of n fairly nm
trammel,oi pud indep, n,lrn; miHd. al
though sl"!lng was evidently NOR" in
dulgcntly viewed IN those days than
at prcscr;
One Of tho cary entries gives Lad!