New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-01

which reflect into hers the long agonies Oh
vcafs Thus wandering for two iiyelons days
and nights, ahe sits down at evening b. the
road side, wasted with sleeplessness and hun
ger. The tranquil influence Of the time began
to steal over her, when she perceives near Ihe /
roadside dark and naked building surrounded
BY d wall and with graz windows. CLOUD
of dust arises from the track of an approaching
carriage, shaped Ike the dens for Wild beasts
that are drawn through the country on Wheeis'
and looking on il as il passed she sees q hite
face pressed against one Of the bars, and eyes
glaripg like fire. 1t was Mr. Warburton' On
bis way TO the msd-house.
Here one would suppose the tragedy might
be brought to legitimate finale. But not 80.
Harar must be reproduced on the stage once
more. She ia again sought in love-agaln ner
heart is touched by the mystic cnchsnsment-
again she pledges her troth-and goes to the
steps of the sacred altar. An insane Impulse,
however, breaks of the ceremony-the mar
risge torch is destroyed before it is lighted
and a veil is drawn over oil the subsequent his
tory of HaQar. We will not go into the IN
natural details OF the second lovemsking, and
its blighted hopes.
Such is bare outline Of the plot, which our
authorizes has developed with all the force OF
her sombre imagination. revealing succession
of pictures 40 revolving in the contemplation,
As they were monstrous in their invention.
We object to the employment Of materials
| ike these in fictitious work as hostile to the
true purposes Of art. The shrieks and howls
Of msd-house might as well be set to music,
] or the writings Of patient under the sur
/ ceon's knife made tho subject Of picture, as
to find theme for romance in such morbid
spasms of passion. Granting that their proto-
types are TO be found in nature, 1t does not fol-
low that they are the legitimate subjects OF
art A depraved taste may delight in loath-
some natural scenes, but no true artist will
give them the preference over the revelations
Of beauty with which the Universe il filled
Still stronger is the objection to employing the
most rcpulsive diseases Of humanity, as the
ground. work Of imaginative composition. The
sentiment which leads ne to veil the inSrmltes
of the body, suggests modest reserve in re-
spect to the distempers Of the soul. Bus in
this volume, development Of passion no less
repulsive than the psroxysms OF insanity Is
dweit on witt pleased and lingering satisiac-
ton. and the most brilliant cOlors Of the ina
gination thrown over the polluted remains Of
the charnelhouse We have said that such
scenes, even if natural, are not artistic. But
they cannot claim 10 be true to nature IL is
stated in the preface that the story is founded
in fact This does not alter the ease. There
NAV be anomalous facts as well as monstrous
prowths OF nature Such grossly Improbable
characters, although something Ike them
may have been found in experience, cannot be
regarded as normal specimens Of humanity.
Indeed, when we look little closely at the
pcrsonsgcs Of the story, we find that they are
composed Of the most homogeneous elements.
Warburton is represented Is a clerical dandy
IA smooth, superficial, heartless fellow in
silk surplce, who never fcrgets himself and
WHO is under no temptation from volcanic
temperamcnt.-yet he not only rains the girl.
to whom he had given his love, but on rIdl-
culOus pretonce, forsakos her in delirium
Of jealousy, snatching the baby from her arms
aud conceang its dead body for years in
drawer of his study table When the denoue-
mont comes to head, the sleek, self-;onscious
Nathan Warburton disappears from the scene
oo IL. ,oaJ IN tla 1nnati. asxinm Than .tO-
seph Arnold who sfterward woos and wins
The heart Of the long. suffering iIagar-a wO-
man OF noble aspirations, OF n fond constancy
Of nature, aud born for the most passionate
end devoted love What sympathy could ex-
i,t between this highly gifted being aud that
conceted mendaeious and coarse-minlcd brag-
gadocoi Yet hc not only seeks bus gains the
heart of this woman OF martyred affections,
and TIE unnatural union is only broken off on
the steps Of the sltar-The progress OF the
stor, Is impeded by various episodes which
have the most distant possible bearing on It's
development, snd serve 10 still more embarrass
the inarti6cal and complicated arrangement
Of the plot. With oar conviction, SO frankly
expressed thay hacar is failure, We have
not lost our iaith in the genuine ability OF the
suthcress She has heretofore displayed too
rare and beautiful endoNments 20 permit us 10
doubt her genuine poetic inspiration. The
SIGNAL detects of this work do not arise from
apy lack Of power, but from love OF literary
experimenting in defiance Of she suggestions
Of pure and healthy taste.
THE CHILDREN oy IlGHI
In depth of thought and natural dslinestion
ofcharscter, We must regard this work b. Nus
Chesebro as decidedly inferior to her :" Isa,
which We welcomed as production Of uncom