The sun., 1916-11-18

constructed Il 10 Q Dickens theme
treated according to the ideas Of
modern realism, and gloomy though
tho picture may Be It y true ana
brilliant. The girl 10 taken up ~ we'll
to DO friends. studies abroad. and on
her return falls In love and - married
She has no luck, for her husband u
engrossed In himself. and when abe
takes up her music again and tries IN
American tour she 10 only partially
successful and her manager cheats her.
On her return she fnds that her hus-
band has run or with another woman,
leaving two children on her hands. She
works hard to support them, but.
though she has met the right nan At
last, he fails her In the time Of need;
80 she sacrifices herself and marrtes Z
rich man. That practically v her end.
though the author hurriedly allows her
after many years to become . widow.
to lose her son In the war and TO
marry her lover. II u rather hard
to make out her character, notwith-
standing her self-sacriics and her
queer loyalty TO her people, or to dis
Germ the artistic temperament In her.
She hardly appeals TO the reader. how.
ever sorry he may be for her mis-
fortunes; that 10 where the author
fails in common with other 'realistA"
THE FAR CRY. (DsAelA 4 co.)
7 NJ HesFy lfilneP Riaseus.
(Sl.95.)
An unusually good story Of sAven-
ture IL told by Henry Miner Rideout
In The Fdr Cyy (Duffieid . Coz. After
some affectatiOn and effort at impress
s!onism has been surmountsd. after an
elaborate shtpwreck In which two
younS men are prominent who are 20
play only . secondary part subse-
qucntiy. We get to . desert island In
Philippine waters and find the hero
there. Then the story becomes fairly
direct and interesting. After some
Robinson Crusoe experiences the trav-
ellers arc directed very ingeniously To
another island. on which an eccentric
Englishman resides with his lovely
granddaughter. The hero and his ON
panions defend them calamity against
an obnoxious enemy. There 10 IN
abundance Of mystery and excitement
an excellent hand to hand night and q
satisfactory ending.
DLITHE M'BRIDn. (MaenMIa.s.)
~ BeslaA Marie DIX. lol.3S.D
Two street waits Of London manage
to get aboard . ship bound for New
England In BeulAh Marie Dix's Bnfhs
Mcbride tMacmillnns). The girl Il
a capable young person and makes
herself useful. She IL taken up by ~
amiahle young widow with q baby and
by a masterful Boston spinster. wht
shows even in those very early Colo
NAL days the qualities that havs
marked her kind ever since. Aftel
they land the girl 10 sent - . bont
servant to . farm. There ahs gets int
trouble because she takes rthingD 4
help her boy shipmate. who II OF mucl
weaker character and has been abuset
by Q harsh master. Tho indians stsa
the widows baby. and the girl. VII,
runs after It. 10 also taken captive. Sh'
10 saved by her boy friend and 3 dis
reputable relative. ana hnds . goo
homo at last with the spinster. tn
incidents In the story are simple an
natural. In accordance with the fact
Of New England history: the girl I
charming Is we'll a. level headed ]
Ia o pity that the author should hav
taken tho trouble 10 study thieves jar
gon, for Il ADDS little to the interest.
THE INVISIBLE BALANCE SHEET
John Lane Conpany.) y,
Katrina Trask. tet.Ao.)
A very common type Of young ma
Is the hero OF Katrina Trask's The n
uisihie Rdldnce Sheet John Ian
Comnnnyl; he has had Q college cdu