Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-20


Bragg.
C,pT,rNBRAsp OF THK CFNrIPEDE. \ Pirate Of emit
inenco in the West Indies. His lives and exploits
Together with some account Of the manner In
which he departed this life BY Harry GIlns9,
tn A. Wise U. 5. NJ Author Of - Los Gringos,
9o. New York; Harper Bros, publishers lSo4
The good old sea novels, like those of
Marryatt, are becoming slarmingly scarce
nowadays; certainly without reason,aor, II
the maxim that the supply is equal TO the
demand hold as true in literature as in life,
we should have, in good sooth, plenty OF
novels of the ocean. There is an inexpres-
si5le fascination, to us novel-reading lands
men, about the sea and about all pertaining
to it and all sea stories and romances are
sure Of lasting popularity as long as there
are still schools and school-boys. So Rob-
inson Crusoe, and Moby Dick, and'the sea-
novels of Cooper and Marryatt, have pass
into pleasant and certain Immortality
They will forever enkindle hidden fires of
adventurous longing in the restless hearts
of ambitious boys. And, among the same
class Of readers, what, in want Of some
thing better, so eagerly sought after as
the piratieal tales in yellow covers,
stuffed with blood and horror, like
"The Bloody Pirate of the Black Gulf
and others Of that iIk, which form part
of our earlier memories. 1t is because such
U0OlS a. si--~A uzill hA road rnnlA-A '~----
thing of a higher class takes their place,
that we deprecate the decay of oceanic lit
erature, and long for the appearance of
new Marryatt.
Lieutenant Wise has, in a measure, filed
story of Captain Brand is the best, are full
of fascinating and thrilling interest. He is
a much better writer, and a more artistic
constructor of fiction, than the gallant Cap
tain who is the standard comparison in all
this line of composition, but he lacks Mar
ryatt's irresistible humOr, and sinks, at
times, into a melodramatic style, which re-
reminds one of the yellow covered volumes
aforesaid. The present novel is certainly
a Thyestean banquet of horrors. The hero,
Captain Brand, is an murderOus rascal, lone
who can smile, and smile, and be vii
lain, but most indisputable cut-throat
and scoundrel. His exploits, his loves, his
crimes and his cruelty are the burden of
the volume, and make decidedly the most
fascinating story of the season.
The novel is for sale by ]. B. Cobb & Co.
MAURICE DERISG, or the Quadrilatoral. Blythe au-
thor Of Guy Livingstone" ''SwOrd and Gown,
E. ~ W. e nrla pur1.
The worthy publishers of this novel acted
wisely in dropping from its title page,
among the the list of the authors produc
tions, the title of the one just antecedent to
this, viz, Border and Bastile :" for it would
serve to remind the reader unpleasantly of
the authors career in this country two
years ago, when, fred by sympathy with
secession, he came in hot haste from Eng
land to New York, and in his subsequent
disgraeeful adventures succeeded, unfortu-
nately, in becoming for brief space, the
laughing Of the nations on both sides of
the Atlantic. But, though many have re-
membered the author in criticising the SOL
dier, and wondered that the delineator of
such matchless prowess and unrivalled
strength should make such an utter failure
in the lists as did he, it is perhaps hardly
fair to remember the soldier while we Judge
the author, and while we cannot forget the
former We will not let his memory prejudice
us against the latter.
Maurice Dering is novel of the same
class with "Guy Livingstone"-charaeter
ized mainly by a certain muscular force,
which, although extravagant, is still most
fascinating. The book appeals strongly to
the universal interest, if not admiration,
which physical vigor and intense passion
will always command. Its heroes are Ber-
serks in power and passion. Its women are
brilliant, beautiful, queenly, capricious. Its
colors are luxuriant and vivid. Its charac-
ters are powerfully though hastily sketched,
and one of them, the type of character
which the author loves best to draw, is un-
equalled-the bold, bad, baleful, brilliant
Gerald. The plot of the book, though con-
fessedly suggested by Dumas unrivalled
romance of the "Three Nusketeers," is
original and interesting;and it is, aItogeth-
er, very readable and interesting novel.
1t forms part of Harpers Libraryof Select
Novels, and is for sale by J. B. Cobb & Co.
MARGARKT AND HER BRIDDsMAIDs. By the author
Of 81 The Queen Of the County" Loring, Pub
Usher, Boston. 1864.
This book, written evidently by wo-
man, and as evidently by one whose pen,
though perhaps powerful, is not yet ma
ture, possesses considerable freshness and
originality, and will prove of considerable
interest as a book for summer reading. 1t
furnishes abundant material for diversity
of scene and character, and the reader is
borne very pleasantly along its pages
" from grave to gay, from lively to severe.''
1t will prove a very agreeable companion on
the cars or at the watering places.
FOrsale by ]. B. Cobb & Co,