The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
More Chsw,bcrs Love Talcs.

More Chambers Love rates.
In The BETTER Man (Appletons)
Robert W. Chambers has old fifteen
love stories. some with the lightness
of touch that his readers have come
to expect Of him. some with The prom
iee Of something more. In the first
half dozen or so the scene Is laid in
the Adirondack woods. where the au-
thor seems to have been impressed by
the r%oughness IT the half civilized
male inhabitants and TO have worked
himself UP to some degree Of excite
ment over the conservation OF the for
osts. II will he a pity II out Of such
material he does not create something
bigger than these graceful tribes
which are popular. he has shown in
the past that he Is capable OF II. In
these as in the Southern tales the girls
are invariably beautiful and fascinat-
ing. love is always OF the lightning
flash kind and the courtship is bright
and expeditions. Two or three OF them
are as amusing bits OF amatory farce as
Mr.. Chambers has written. The reader
will be grateful to him for all this
light hearted love making and will
hope that in time that Adirondack
tale will he told.
Al Infant Matchmaker.
A very small boy. who H. persist
entity inquisitive, dominates his elders
in Isabel NJ. Peacocke's Ny Friend PM
tRand, McNally and Company. Chi
cago). He meets IN a dentists office
the narrator. who Is a budding law
yer; a pretty girl. a slender spinsteT
and a stout old gentleman and has
captivated them all 10y the time his
loose tooth is out. His growing in
timacy with the lawyer brings abou'
better acquaintance with the girl too
and what with their endeavors tn en-
terrain him and his conversation the
reader is kept amused by their love az
fairs to the end. Interest in the chile
brings the elder pair together too
The little boy is funny II lovable
his talk is natural and so are the in
cidents. The story is charming. II
We are not mistaken in ii Australia
again claims equality in English liter
allure. Tor the scene Is sydney anS
only an occasional phrase or name be
trays the fact that il is not England
or the United States.
The Amateur criminal.
The difference between burlcsui'
snd the real thing in detective ro
mance j. hardly disCcrnible as r.. Phil
Ups Oppcnheim demonstrates in A.
.imiGJlC Chdrldtan Little, Brown an,
Company, a thoroughly amusin;
story. The hero is a genial rich Amer
.rap. whose wife makes him unrom
tesfiSie at home and who urn
for amusement To the study of tn
ways OF criminals. lie mixes in thei
affairs and is abetted by his Lowell,
daughter. The two have all the ap
pearance ~ professionals, which doe
not deter h narrator. a well to Il
young Englishman. from falling ii
love with the daughter and shieldini
the father long before he finds on
the truth. The old gentleman enter
into the schemes of real criminals i
order to show hat he Is smarter a
their own game than they are and in
Oidenually to undo the harm the
Aaye done. The result is a story tina
has tho excitement Of a detective tai
and at the same time absurd situa
tions and some really humorous pas
sages. The last episode is a goo
short story, but a little out OF place.
An IdyI Of Manhattan.
Memories OF the days when shantie
and goats instead OF skyscraper apar,
ment houses decorated the west sid
Of Manhattan are aroused by Min
Wilcox Putnam's Adams Gdrdcn I.
B. Lippincott Company. Her her
a been setting the pace along tn
Great White Way when he finds him
self suddenly cut off from his supple
He INDUCES in "A final tear. finds hin
self drunk al dawn on the street |
n dress suit and high hat. pay h
last money for "A piano organ an
starts up Broadway with it. by III
time he reaches Columbia he is tire
OF the vagabond business and tries I
sell his organ to n junk dealer Twin
in a shanty on an empty lot near Il
river. The dealer has the wanderin
fever: he disappears with the orgaI
but leaves a deed for his other pos
sessions 10 tho youth. who thereupo
develops q yearning to cultivate IL
soil, gathers various interesting der,
licts around him and starts n gardeI
The heroine brings her dog To him
be cured and he cultivates her "A,
quaintancc, Tie turns his lot wit
great speed into Il profitable flow,
e. garden and finds that by doing this !
has fulfilled the condition that restor,
his fortune to him. The fantastic T.,
nance IL well carried out, though II
villain is rather ridiculous; the wal
are picturesque and lifclikc and q
street girl is mcrcilessly realistic. "
nrc grateful 10 the author for this g
fort to invest the cliff dwcllcrs' regi,