The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-25

OF THE SEASONS
LATEST O
Another Glad Story by Eleanor Porter-A Modem
Girl in a Modern Setting Adventure in New Guinea.
Two Scottish Tales-A Chinese Villain Comes Back
to Life-Tarzan in the African Jungle.
Historical. lnterpretative and Piejudiced Treat
ments Of the War-Armenia's Tragedy.

While preaching her wonted ser.
mo Of joyful trust in Just DAVID
tHoughton Mifflin company. Eleanor
II. Porter has succeeded In writins
an artistic and tlaw less story. Her
boy musician IL poetic. and natural
both In the solitary cabin
and when he IL brought into contact
with men. tnconsciously and very
charminGly he straightens out the
tangled love AFFAIRS OF two attractive
young people. Ind in the same way he
softens and renders human II puritani-
cal old farmer. lie PUSHES innocen'ly
into many unconventional situations
from which he energies triumphantly:
IL this leads enthusiastic youngsters
to try to initiate him they nay land
in trouble, The author never makes
q mistake with her boy hero, such
as occasionally make some readers
weary of her optimistic heroines. VITA
him she stops at the right moment.
The simplicity and poetic fancy Of the
story will be appreciated 10y the grown
up readers for whom 1t is intended
and by children too.
An unusually attractive girl with
q very modern. out Of door bringing
UP discusses various problems intel
1igently with "a man IN Justus Miles
Forman's The Twin Sisters" ,Har-
pers). and the discussions lead natur-
ally and prettily to their finding out
that they love each other. The girl
Is so modern as to have been brought
up by an amlablc but weak father lead
ing a life apart from his t~heosophist
~.,se ~..H n.s sk.. .yfVtfs. saV HtSfaT
The authors contention that heredity
does not and environment Is
all powerful would he more effective
IL the girls had any resemblance to
either parent and If the n who had
received the traditional feminine edu-
cation We're not IA sly and hateful
mink. The Victorian training Of
women. which was all our mothers
and grandmothers had. did not turn
ell into Becky Sharps. The hero
ines admiration for the Western"r,
4 concession to the ri fashion.
u inexplicab,e and will not be shared
by the reader. The comments on suf-
frage, dancing and other topics OF the
moment can hardly be taken seriously,
but the author has worked Out a good
love. story and has drawn "a few in
teresting people which suffice To make
his book thoroughly enjoyable.
The plot OF Leslie Moore's THE
Wiser Folly" &c. p. Putnam's Sons)
which is a tr!fe melOdramatic. involv.
ing the transfer Of an estate, is OF
slight importance except that it serves
to bring together a number Of delight
ful people. or these the kindly lodg-
ing house keeper and the humorous
hero have perhaps the most To say, bu;
the children. the old people. the pretty
heroine. all gentle and lovable, are
equally interesting. The action turns
on the struggle in the mind Of a
colonial. who after years Of exert!on
has obtained d Judgment awarding him
an English estate that has been fol-
centuries in the possession of another
branch of the family. He feels out OF
place in his new surroundings, he has
no wish to oust She Kind people who
have held L., lu prefers the free life
4 which he is accustomed; finally h.
decides to give il all up at the moment
that his claim is proved Ia he bascless
The people and the charming way In
which ii is told make this story one
Of the ~plcasautcst We have come
across.
Another sunshiny, ever smiling ana
cheerful young person eNerts hei
charms. in Mary Rose Of Miiiiin' iAp-
%pletons), by Frances Il. St-rrett. on
the u~npromis.nS material contained ir
en- apartment house, the author pru,
IDENTIFY does not strain credul.ty, fol
she places 1t outside Of New York
The little Girl is ioqudcious. as all Of