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THE SUN. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1915.
BOOKS OF THE WEEK SEEN IN REVIEW AND COMMENT
CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASON'S
LATEST BOOKS
New Fiction by Mrs. Burnett. Sidney McCall, Ralph
Henry Barbour. Louis Tracy and Others.
What an American Woman Saw in the Marne
Country French Pamphlets Balkan Problems.
Many Sides of French History Books on Art, Vaca
tion Resorts, Cooking and Other Themes.
In adopting the fulry tale tone In
The Lost Prince" (The Century Com
pany) Mm. France Hodgson Hurnett
compel her render to adopt the
faith, ulo, without whl h a fnlry tale
la tnriwtngle. The email boy will
aooept the oonatanry and perfection
of her boy hero more readily than
grown up reader, who have learned
that moat boy, even with the bent
of Intention, falter sometime In fol
lowing their IdeuJa. The boy ami his
friend from the etreets are lovable
chapn, even If they are preternnturally
gifted, and the qualltlea they dlnplay
are such aa boys can appreciate. They
meet with extraordinary and ex
citing adventure, which the author
haa contrived out of whut seem to
be a very kind Interpretation of Ser
bian hlntory combined with touches
of legends and moralities. They come
out of all difficulties brilliantly by
obeying dleclpllne, which in the chief
lesson Inculcated; we only resret that
the author haa not mnde room for the
rest of the band of attractive little
rajjumufflns, who shared In their train
ing but were not u '.lowed to take part
In the renl game. It in a pretty tory.
that older render will understand bet
ter than children, but that youngslsrs
will enjoy, too, particularly If It 1
read aloud to them.
A capital mystery story has been
written by Victor itrldgen in "A Rogue
iy Compulsion" (Q. P. Putnam's Sons).
While the hero, a convict. Is escap
ing from Dartmoor we are mnde to
sympathize with him. rSSJArdlest of
the matter of his criminality. We are
Wholly mystified by the strange group
of persons that come to his assistance
und plan to make use of him When
he is lei loose In London, however,
the author's Intensity relaxes, he be
comes humorous and epigrammatic,
amusingly enough as a rule, but oc
casionally a little out of pluce. and
on takitiK up the thread of his In
genious Intrigue again, while he con
Unties to hold the attention closely
he comes down to the ordinary level
of mystery tales In his style. HIS
villains lose much of their cunninn
possibly because German must now
be made stupid, and the hero's genial
ity covers all sins against him. It
1 ati entertaining tale, which In the
first chapters is brilliant and finely
writ ten.
The first part of Ben Ruck's "Thet1(
Wooimr ..f Rosamund Fayre luooa,
Mead and Company) is bright and
Sm using fsree with .ts satire of the
modem woman of social activities,
thp mixup in the glr!s that the hero
(alls .11 love with, and the pleasant
outing on the Trench seashore. The
author' touch is not so licht when
she undertakes to unravel her tangle;
the hero's cjuix"tlc behavior convs
pretty close to stupidity, the heroine
is not wholly admirable, and the au
thor unfortunately trie to soften the
wooden little female martinet who
tnnds between them. There Is a
rather mrtlingly frank passage In
which she explains the physical dis
taste she has for men, which Jars m
o story written in the vein of the
lightest comedy.
The obligation of parents to keep in
terested in their children's desires m
the lesson preached Sidney Me-
Cali in 'The BtllTUp l.atch" (Little.
Bnrwn and Company) by mi-nns of the
story and several long discussions in
it. A moribund Southern town and a
love affair that has draff Bed for
twenty y. are are
b.
th stirred up by
ind her son w In
'"""" " - j
return from the outer world. An ami
able and Indolent lady has shut her
self up with tin' memories of the
Worthless husband she lost years ago
and Is bullied by her rebellious daugh
ter. The scenes between these two are
decidedly .It igieeal.lt
much
m
Velvet Voice and
Pink Kimono, thei
romance of NewYork
nnrlprwnrlfl the nitrht
life, the hectic, the sordid,
the magnificent, and the
shifty
George Bronson-Howard 's
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verj wonderful story revealing
in quick flahes 'lie heart of ii strong
man '1:11 n .tr .1;, .iinl hru'iht back
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forcible than ladylike. The friend from
the outside takes matters into her 1
own hands; she reads the riot act to
the mother and the lover who has
danced attendance on hr ull hi life
pack the girl off for a visit to New
York and seta to work to restore the i
decayed mansions In the town. The
effect of the shaking ut ts that thalm'ht have been better omitted
girls return with the proper regard for
the mother and also with lovers of
their own. and that the mother and her
old beau develop energy enough to
marry. The author haa great faith
In the efficacy of women's clothes, i
which are described with proper ml- 1
nuteness. There are pleasant descrlp- 1
tlon in the story and ome unpleasant
' I
I passages.
I Another pleasing summer flirtation
I tale by Halph Henry Harbour. "Heart"
. "Oil-in i.l I.. 1 .1 J'l'l O' oi i . oilll4Jlvi. I
begins auspiciously. A wandering !
pedestrlnn nrcompunled by a dlsrep
utalde dog puzzles several New Eng
land rountry people by asking for a
house which he descrlle but knows
not where It may be. When he runs
across it he rinds pleasant people In It.
Including the right girl, who Is get
ting over n broken engagement. A
he has means and social position he
stays on In the neighborhood, display
ing a vast amount of assurance, much
frankness and more eccentricity.
Amusing at first, he becomes u go.'d
don! of a bore as the story goee on.
with the Inevitable wedding at the
end The other people are bright and
entertaining, so is Mr Barbour's hero,
for that matter, at the start. Like
some brands of bohemlanism, a little
of him goes a long way.
Into the quiet life of a Breton fish
ing village, with its peasants and art
ists, lmls Tracy in "Flower of the
Corse' (Bdward .1. Clode. New York)
Injects a somewhat conventional melo
drama of the outer world. This Is
brought about by a shipwreck, and
his description of the resrue is spirited
and tine. The heroine Is n splendid
girl, though she 1 addicted like tin
rest of the characters to dissect and
explain things at great length; her
unworthy mother Is a well drawn type
of a selfish woman and the Breton
fisherman Is capital. The other people
nre either conventional or belong to
the stage. The story Itself Is not edi
fying; though propped up with a
t of unneceaary villainy. It is the
common enough occurrence of a wife
who hn nhnndoned and divorced her
husband returning to trouble bis life
The re are bits of scenery und of Bre
ton customs and with the sen Mr.
Tracy wakes up. The story holds th-'
attention.
The hero of Zona Hale's "Heart s
Kindred'' i Macmilluns)
presented
to us as a sort of caveman with me
primitive Instincts that flourish In the
West. He rescues the equnlly primi
tive but charming heroine from a dis
tasteful marriage, which makes It
necessary for them to go Kast. first
to Chicago. There, unfortunately
they run Into the question of war.
about which they differ. They proceed
to Washington, apparently still in the
garments with which they started
and discuss war still further At last
the hero comes around to the hero
ine's way of thinking and they marry
A perfectly good story turned without
excuse Into n manifesto against WSJ.
In "The Bachelors" iHarpers) Will-I '
lam Dana Orcutt while discussing the I
effects of the tender passion on the ,
middle aged masculine heart avails
himself of the opportunity of freeing
his mind on a variety
matrimony, 'he duty of
of subjects;
parenta, cob
i. ft education, protection, corpora
tions, bookbinding and first editions
and particularly the glories of Har
vard An uiiiusl'le. easygoing Bos
ton lawy er, who turns out to be the j
hero. Is his mouthpiece. The centre
of attraction Is an unlucky young girl
a perfect magnet for marriage. She ;
is sought by n rattle brained under
graduate, likewise by a Boston nnan
Oler with business Ideas about mar
riage; moreover, her mother wishes)
... .....L-.. oi, for I i 1 1 1 1 1 ir n her voutli,
. a nearly insane recluse by marrying
Iter to mm lastly inr i.l;ri ...on
in
love with her but keeps It to himself
and foils the other schemers. The
author has n fondness for the recluse
Which the reader will hardly share
LET YOUR CHILD
SET THE PACE
FOR HIS CLASS!
Your child need not be a prodigy need
not . indeed, be gilted ibove the average,
to set tht pace for hit clan.
Whether lie ia to be a laggard or a pace
maker dependi very largely upon hit
home-training upon the little things
of his daily life - upon the tiling which
you control, or snouiu control.
TEACHING
in the HOME
By ADOLF A. BERLE. A.M.. D.I).
Author of "The School in the Home."
telln how and where you can help your
child to derive the most from bit school
years, bow you can spare him the
humiliation of failure, bow you can
save him from three to five years of bis
11I100I life, bow you can help to make
the sihool better by sending better
material to the school.
4i All Booktlltn
Moffat, Yard Company. New York
v. aW m iubb . v . -j
JACK LONOOH Author p
the Star rover."
and is rather severe on the masterly
mother. His financier seem a pretty
raw product for Harvard and BostOB
to turn out. There Is a good deal
' humor, some qufcft and some pretty
holsterou. In the book and much I
which, from the artistic point of view. I
it Is
an Interesting book all the same.
Ho many complications surround th.
murder mystery which must be solv 'd
In Mrs. Charles liryce' "The Ashlel
Mystery" John Jjine Company I that
it calls for much willingness to be
enlightened, on the part of the char
acter as well ns of the render, to get
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"ul '"7,. . , ..
dren, nihilists, Brent tt ehtrlolty or
the part of the victim, besides the
I performances of an Intuitional del re -
rlv .litt .... ft,., it t lai.1 I. ... fro... Ili
criminal, who Is n homicidal mnnlac
the least satisfactory solution to a
mystery tale. The author does suc-
oeed In confusing everybody.
An entertaining story that Is also
a first rate bit of artistic work has
ibeen written by Hubert Hudd Whit-
ing In "The Judgment of Jane" Mof
fat, Yard and Company). The mys
tery Is contrived Ingeniously and kept
In Its proper place, while the black
mailing villain Is painted brilliantly
nnd with loving care The other chai -1
acters are satisfactory, though more
might have been made of the heroine
The charm of the story, however, lies
i In the way It Is told, and here the au
thor avoids Various perils. He oens
! with a confiscation of wit that might
I soon become tiresome, but stops In
j time, und his later epigrams are all
the more effective, men ne sKeirnes
bit of New York life, but contents
himself Judiciously with Just a touch.:
enough to recall the place or the lm
pression to those who have known
them. We nre grateful to him for his j
explanation of The Bronx: "It was1
as if each real estate owner had made
his individual guess as to th Ultimate
character of the section, and they
had all been wrong."
ASPECTS OF THE
WAR.
France predominates In the latest
batch of books about the war that have
come to hund. Notable among these
era two narratives of personal ex-
1 perlences that have more than temj
rary value By n curious combination
of circumstances an American woman,
! Mildred Aldrlch, settled down in a vti-
I Utge near MeaUX, a f. w week before;
1 the war bn ko out, stayed In It dur- '
Ing the fighting and in "A Hilltop on
I the Marne" (Houghton Mifflin CoOl
pany) record! what she saw and what I
I to.or.ened to her wh'.le one of the great
()f battle WS1 being fought She
I mokes no attempt to write military i
history, she simply Writes home to her i
I friends what was happening to her.
It Is a valuable and extremely inter-j
tsting little book in "Paris Reborn"
iThe Century Company) Herbert Ad
ams Gibbons gives his version of a I
s'ory that has In en often repeated.
1 what went on in Parti Until the btr
mans were driven ba.-k. He limits
himself Wisely to his own experiences; j
he noted many things of apparently
slight importance but significant and
Interesting, among these the moods of
Americans aril Kreti-hmen a the
meaning of the war slowly broke upon
them. He adds h.s testimony about
the seriousness with Which France re
gards the tu'-k. which England does not
yet understand. To the even more j
common class of Journalistic iv)k 1
which base on a certain amount of j
personal information, much theoretical i
surmise and explanation of military
action and strategy belongs "Behind j
the Scenes at the Front" by George
Adams, a correspondent for the London
Timet, With these belongs 'he trans-!
latlon into English ui th ados rcux
Klein ''The Diary of a French Army
Chaplain" (Andrew Meiros... London),
which was noticed gome time ago in
Tiik BVH, when the French original
app, ared.
The many pamphlet! that continue
to coine from runs aeaj mosuy who
questions Wltlcn have ticen cummoa Dj
later events and possess ror DM mo
ment only an academic interest. Buch
are Henri WeUM dinger's "U Neu
trnllte de !s Hetfflque" and Henry Car
ton de Winrt's account of '.a Hel
ghiue en Tcnv d'Aslle," with several
collection of svldence intended to
mouse popular Indlsnstioni "l.'Alle- I
niiiune s'SOCUSS," by .lean de Ileer;
"Occupation Allemunde A Hruxelles,"
by 1. I nimont -Wildeti, and the snme
author's tWo oilier collections of ex
tracts from Qerman newspapers,
comment las A Demand torment
I'opinlon"; nil parts or a 'Pages 1
a.'luelles" series (lib. 11. 1 et Qay, I'urisi
Who ephemeral nature Is sIikAH In
the title. To the same category be
longs Prof. Pletro Kedele' eg plans tlon
of ' Why Italy Is at War'' in BnSllSh I
translation IQ. Bsrtero s Compagnla.
Rums), a pamphlet issued by the So-I
cleta. Italians per II I'rogi esso del'.e j
Hclense, With these should be Joined
a vo'iune containing Kngla t il's justill- 1
cation f .r entering the war "K igUnd'al
EVE DORRE
By Emily Viele Strother.
A charmlni idyllic little tale,
clean and aweet as the breath
from a rose garden, but told with
such simplicity and truth that it
i entirely free from sentimen
tality. New York Times.
Nt, al.iM. At Any Boekstorr.
E. P. DJTTON k CO., Ml St b At., N. Y.
(mac MtnAN) m srYIli"MEIDr
a- .1
mW Mm ELIZABETH STORK. .
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SIR, ARTHUR QUILLtR-OOUCH.
Author o
"MICKY-NAN, RESERVIST
( Af PLtTON )
C.uarantee to Belgium and Luxem
burg," by c !. Sanger and H. T. J.
Norton (George Alien and Unwinj
Charles Roribner's Sons), a careful
piece of historical work, giving all the
historical parts and the full text of
the treaties.
Though In form attd in style l)r
Marlon I. Newbigln's ' (Jeographlcal
Aspects of Balkan Protlems" o. P,
Putnam's Sonsi resembles closely a
doctor dissertation, It brings together
a mnss of information, Imp riant at
the present time, which cannot easily
lv procured In such convenient shape
The author begin with the physical
structure of the peninsula, which is
needed to understand military opera
tions; then describes the peoples that
are Jumbled together In It. with their
differences f race, language and re
ligion, and ends with an elaborate ac
count of agricultural conditions. The
nhime Is Illustrated with maps Ac
eminently sane and impartial pam
phlet by Henri and Andre Lirhtenberger
discusses "Ln Question d'Alssce-Lor-
raimr" (OhapelOt, PaTla), a;d explains
the difficulties It presents Whatever
the outcome of the war may be. A
number of pleasant literary articles
contributed by George W II Russell
to the (ml Newt during these
months of war are collected under the
title "The spirit of England" (E. I'
I'utton nnd Company). Their Imper
turbable launtlneaa testifies t
that England doe not yet ri
she Is t war.
the
fact
that
HISTORICAL.
tine portion of the subject of prof
Charles Hodge Hasklns's I.ow.11 lec
tures in Boston. "The Normans in Eu
ropean History" (Houghton Mifflin
Company), wis dealt with prett.v
thoroughly by the late E A ru t man
und he would have handled another
portion, the story of the Normans in
Sicily, as no other man could if he
had not started so far back He prob
ably frightened others off from writ
ing u complete history of th Normans,
u tusk which prof. Haskins says
has not been attempted, the outline
of which he offers in these panes It
is nn sxtremel) interesting story that
he sketches out In his lectures, a story
that would be more coherent and ef-
Author aS H ffW
festive, perhaps, if h had ben Isaalnearl) ever) egperimeni in technique
conscious of the culture of hi audi- is regnrded as a school of painting.
ences and had repeated the stirring
episodes Instead ot referring to them. '
We hope I'rof. Hssklll may vet
write that story with something of
the epic spirit, perhaps taking the
BnsjMah part for granted and laying
stress on the Vik.ngs. tin invader of
France, the crusaders and lh? con
querors In the South.
It Is a rather eccentric pilgrimage
that James Morgan has taken, and th.
results, recorded in his "In tht l-'oot-
tep of Kapoleon" (Macmlttans), arc
very entertaining Starting from the
birthplace In Corsica, he visited ever
place to which Napoleon went, appar
ently in the same sequence, to Rlbu
and Waterloo The trip to St Helena
was omitted, we fancy At every stag(
In the Journey he relates the Inrldi nt
111 Napoleon's life connect..! w.th the
place, constructing a son of topo
graphical biography. He dwells chiefly
on the personal matters, though he
re'atea the history us will It is a
method of dealing with history that
has gone somewhat out of fashion
in these scientific days, but which Is
far more inspiring to the reader than
tn( porrt nuls!s of essential
facts
from which the human interest has
been stripped which are put before
youth nowadays The book Is illus
trated with many pictures
ln "High Lights of the r'renoh Rev
olution" (The Century Company) HI"
lulre Ilelloc writes up very plctur
tSQUOly half a dOSSn of the bt st known
episodes to the end of the Terror. To
earh he prefixes a page of historical
notes. There Is no Indication that Mr.
Uelloc ha anything new or impor
tant to say on the subjects he deals
with; he has. as most people have,
his personal views about mnnv of I lie
men of the revolution,
i to express It frankly
but hi
He 1
hi situti
rumiiwH,
SPARKLES FROM NEW NOVELS
ll II. 1. 1 M .1. I in Ii K.
Man and nit are our.
tinr. Sht think
h iiV'tVi.'
There are few thing viort painful then tn pry into the , nti ma it of tho$9
ve. have tnrrd.
A'o man tan appreciate, tare intellect UUy, another NMft'l dtxire fur a par
ticular u'oman.'
Prom "JafTory" Inne.
Bp Mil. JOHN l.4IC.
A woman nouadau- Ml Ual Al old tn her clothes.
A dinner pary traoedu iti when a man who once complinienttd a woman on
her eye compli went her instead on her cook.
The end ot the world isn't far off, Ut me tell you And ft) you know wh.ue
doinQ it iif Strvantsf It't Hcrrantn who arc keeping down the population.
They won't ao ntar bin fe,mUim nnd that' the reason the hct people don't hare
any familif oi alt, or they're obliged to kep tenant. So rreryhodia dying
of. For pou can't keep the world going without familie, can yout
From "Maria Again" (liv
I W 1
fW -11
MARJORIE BENTOM COOME
AW Kot "TME DUAL ALU ANCI"
( DOUBLEDAY PACE )
for Instance, that
rise to the height
und he shows that
reasons, but he in
the unavoidable (
Lafayette failed to
of his opportunity,
he understands the
b o polite to drnw
nclusion. His book
is Illustrated With Interesting portraits
and other picture.
In universities with large libraries
it is possible to send st i, d.-nts in his
tory directly to the sources, Where
that is impossible it has been found
advisable to give instruction In the
methods of research at any rat.- by
printing the material available in
book and making the student draw
his conclusions from it Such a text-
k bis been prepared bj Albert
li,'..- white and Wallace Notesteln
m "Source Problems in English Hls
tnry" Harpers). The eight topics se
lected show good Judgment on the
part ' f th, authors. The book should
s, rve usefully the purpose they have
in mind.
ART.
k that will be useful to the
A hi
many persons who visit picture exhibi
tions and the larcer public that Is
Interested In art and would like to
f irm son'" idea of what the modern
fashions mean has been prepared by
Wlllard Huntington Wright in "Mod
ern Painting" tJohn ljne Company),
ll will -.Me more serious students
ulso as a record of the efforts to be
Original at all costs of the last gen. ra
tion. That the author begins with
Manet indicates the limitations of the
subject ; m preliminary chapters lie
traces baik the origins of the various
movements to painters who would !
BStOttnded at the Ideas imputed to
them but who had this in common
With their successors that they re
volted against tradition and authority
Monet, Renoir, Cesnnns hers ate
treated almost as ( iid Masters, and
Tin mthor dwell particularly on
tie preciosity of the very noont
schools: he tries to explain whut they
arc driving at and employ the quaint
vocal 1 ilary . mployed by their ad
mirers, if be does not succ ed iti mak-
Ini! hlmseM clear it Is not hii fault
Cubism, apparently, is already out of
style, and hi last words are HutUrlsm
ami Synchronism. Later develop
ments lie treats with caution The
painting he describes is almost entirely
l'n ni b. for the other artists he speaks
of were brought up on French models
Tli. Look is Illustrated, some of the
pictures in color
it Is a book for Collectors that Wal
ter A liver has Written In "Marly
American Craftsmen" 'The Centurj
Company 1. a book that will provoke
the reader because It does not tell
more, 11 opens with a brief account
of the modern craze for American an
tlquea, then tells of several branches
of collecting furniture, woodwork
clocks, pottery, silv erware and pewti r.
and so forth with something about
the Interesting men the collectors have
brought to notice. It Is here, perhaps,
that the author disappoints, he givi s
all the Information about these early
artists and their work that the col
lector requires and then stops That
is proper enough with the obi rot he
has m mind, but the readei would like
to know Momethlng more about the
Wlllard 'he Terry and the other
Worthies, apart from Ihi manufac
tures thai collectors prize
The medium A. ! Anderson has se
: looted I"'' the expression of his views
I m "The Itomanoe of Leonardo da
I vinei" 1 Brent a no's) makes it difficult
; to Judge them fairly lie has definite
, opinions about the manner In which
e.udi picture came to be painted, about
I thi turnliig iHilnta in Ut?(nttrdoi ar-
thri nrt i u
thfy (in
New York with
its brilliant lights
and threatening
shadows
Ne w York with its high
hopes and blank despair
New York with its palsied
I youth and flippant age
Baffling, ciuel, alluring,
mirrored with crystal clear
ness in
George Bronson-Howard'a
Impressive New Novel
i.ttrat t:
I THE BOBBS-MERRII L CO., Publishers
tlstio and Intellectual development,
about the Idens on which he acted.
I His suggestion that the history of
events should be examined, when art
critics debate over why the artist did
, or did not do certain things, 1 cer
! talnly enslble Hut instead of pre
' Renting the evidence on which he bases
his opinions In a form that will per
mit of Its being tested, he put It In
: the shape of imaginary tide of epi
sodes In Leonardo's life with equally
j Imaginary conversations, so that, save
i for some historical facts, It Is Impos
; slble to distinguish between what the
author has found out nnd what he has
made up It Is neither fish nor flesh
Having come of nee. Prof. John ('
Van Dyke's "A Textboos of the His
tory of Painting." which has stood the
test of years and use and remain still
the best brief American manual, is
uJUd In a new revised edition (Long
mans, (ireen and Company) The re
vision Is a thorough one. embodying
, the discoveries and the new Informa
tion of the Inst twenby years, nnd some
consideration of the Inter names ln
art but the body 'f the book, with the
author's sane Judk-ments. called for no
great change, The author's sense of
perspective mskes him Stop before
reaching the latest misdeeds committed
In the name of art.
A brief and clear account of the
artist who preceded the modern ec
icntrlc schools has been written by
Arthur Ho.-l.er in "The Harbison
Painters" I Frederick a. Stok.s "om-
pany). He provides biographies and
description of the picture of Millet,
('.Tot, Diaz. Jules Dupre. Troyon.
KoUHseau. Daubigny and Jarque and
illustrates them with reproduction!
Ihelr paintings, many of which
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