New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-22
Plot of a Modern Novel.
A writer in the New York Atlas gets off the fl

A writer in the New York Atlas gets off the fol-
lowing:
The preface must end-after dedicat.ng the trash
to my afflicted mother,ii " dear papa,' or to
Miss Carrie" somebody, with" and if these
pages only turn one reader among all who may
peruse them to contemplation of true morality,
and so enable him to lead better and purer life,
the author will feel happy in the conviction that
her labor has not been IN vain"
The novel begins with description of gentle
Ada Montgomerflorency, the child of wealth.
reared in the eapacous lap of luxury, and spoiled
by indulgence, as is illustrated by terrific scene
OF passion between her and her doting mother,
who is woman of the world, the dear girl''
insisting upon taking walk with Reginald Fitz-
clam, a handsome young gentleman with dark
moustache, and born of poor but respectable
parents.
The father Of Ada is purse-proud aristocrat.
Ada's brother is wild rake, and in every other
chapter breaks his mothers heart but persuades
her, Immediately after, by his penitence to get
his father to give him twenty thousand dollars
more, with which he can pay his debts, - and
abandon forever the gilded halls of crime, and
the bewildering, deusiye attractions of the gam
bling saloons.n The brother fights half d dozen
duels suddenly disappears until the last chapter,
wherein he turns up reformed, with a prineely
fortune, a charming wife, and small pocket
Bible, which latter valuable he declares ne has
carried next his heart through all the storms Of
life as memorial of his sainted mother,n whom
he once called an old fool, and whom he supposed
10 nave Gfeu aiOTesdiu broken neart. Ada
determines to wed the amiable Reginald, who
while with her at a fashionable reunion, pro.
poses an elopement. She sheds a few tears,
sheds her manlilla, leans her head upon his manly
bosom, sobs and snufies; he brushes tear (of
perspiration) from her cheek, and hears her MUIR
mur an assent. carriage is prepared at the
turn of a dark lane-alI Is in readiness, when the
coachman- proves treacherous, and the indignant
aristocrat of father. in his drawers, stockings
and dressing.gown, rushes upon the ilI.fated pair.
followed by the mother, with " disheyelled hair
streaming eyes, and disarranged night-gear. The
brotheraalso appears, ustireturning from mid.
night orgie The brother, in beastly state of in.
toxication, is suddenly soberei by the state ot
affairs, and grasps Reginald with one hand, and
in the excitement of the moment, presents night
key loaded with tobacco crumbs, instead of his
pistol. He discovers his mistake. Great hea
vens, my pistol is pawHed!' ~ Reginald escapes
The gentle Ada is dragged into the house ant
locked up. The coachman is rewarded for hi.
treachery, and il made the head clerk of the indig
nant fathers banking-house. Reginald rushes 81
to the roar and carnage of battle somewhere--ns
wherever there happens to be d war at the tim
the novel is being written He enlists as the drive
Of baggage wagon, and in one month becomes
corporal, sergeant, captain, general, commodore
returns home under an assumed name, is electe
United States Senator, and makes d tremenaon
speech the first day he takes his seat.
The gentle Ada has - fit of sickness y poes int
decline and Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress, and ha
no appetite for oysters, once her favorite food
lHc iistocfdtlC ldtneF, 10 humble her, insists tha
she shall marry old Skeezicks, the miser. Sh
will die first.n Her father discoses the fact TIN
he is on the eve of general smash-up. To saw
her doting father, she consents that d damon
wedding shall take place. " Farewell, dear, dea
Reginald, forever; but your image shall eternal,
be enshrined in my bruised heart.n a chapter /
devoted to the miser goating over his prev an
his triumph over the aristeeratIe father, who ono
kicked him out of his banking house. Eyerythin,
IS in readiness for the nuptials when the Hon0ra
Bile Smith originally appears. Grand tabieau
Miser Is charged with forgery, arson, murder ani
bgamy, by Reginald, and falls dead, after confess
ing his crimes, and bequeathing his i'll gotten gains
TO the gentle Ada and the bold Reginald, who ac
cept them in order to found hospital for mariners
and longshoremen.
The usual finale takes place. The pair live long
and happily: the treacherous coachman is forgiven
and in time becomes the captain Of the fast sail
ing, clipperb built, Erie canal Sally Ann. The
/ hospitals not built, but the money Is put out at
| interest" for the benefit OF the poor, when the
| poor shall have become too old TO work. " Hail,
| Columbia, happy landl' The novel goes forth.
and before the publishers have sold three hunlred
4 copies they announce" Ninth edition now ready Y
l Tremendous sensationi The book Of the age! IN
4 paralleled sale!n Then the opinions of editors,
| who have never seen the book. are given, and the
ataented authoress, Miss Matilda Maria Jane Fla
| mingo q Is 4 noteriety for perhaps month. Then
/ she and her book are seen and heard OF no more
| by the humbnggea world
| CREDIT SALE.-We call the attention of the trade
to the sale ingram carpets heopskts dy goos etc.
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