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THE SUNDAY mEuCuRy.
MISS BRADDoN AND THE

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''''''' ' RUPERT VSq S66%lSo:i 6SV.il,oi
TuE SECRET OF %hNrNapov HALL.
THE OPENING CHAPTERS
OF This most rcm',s,,e and & unprecedented s.ory
TO f.scinaie the i.guations Of ten. cf hop..nd. of
Ieide. and whst the public appetite Tor further de-
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htinost needless to sav that the
for the PAGE. Of tho SUNDAY MERCURY. hm
srin than any other weekly new,parcr in kmsric,
could abort 10 riye for serial story has been psii
,., CoMPtiiTioS WAS USELESS
ith slorlnai determined that nothing in the vsy ot
li'iFf Novcltv, which money can procure, In eth.
er nrsisrugar shall he wanting In iu columns.
ono OF Tho lest critics Of Romance nov living, to
lore the proo .SST St the s9 ~ "a 1 bc
RUPERT GODwlNi
THF SECRET OF WiL4rNapoy HALF.
decidedly the best and most sutmncins prod ucton
6c'd heh praise tor che is To day, bcvond question,
t'e ygtori. nr'.i" - fhs Ssrsniv.fre hiRions of
Itlpie rho 81 edk thd An0lo-Nsron tongue Each
new vork hat she ssues u In such demand thai her
pushCrs fad IL next 10 poIsiblc 70 supply Niitons
las. enough to meet the .ni,h. She is completely
.ua,cr q the stiaton" in knglAnd, asking and Oh
aning what price she ploasos Tor hcr rom .nce Nor
10 this 10 b. wondered A. Tor MIS- Nraddon IL really
| 1T LITERARY PHENOMENON,
As the Msdicean Venus combines the ,eper.,, per-
,,ctlon, Of .ll women, 80 she seem, 70 combine In
authors Her plot. are ~ deep ami inscrutable and
| hsr lanfuase oiten A. lofty aud souCutrAnciur, hs
bUiwLg'e her humor "a infectious and irrssistibo
a. that Of DioEESs; her hos scarcely eclipsed by
that Of NioruR huoo, while in thrilling Incident
and -td adventure hor narratives not Hurpassod
even by DUMAS. IL Is not surprising, therefore that
| all the popular English MAGnzines are oontendins
| Tor her ayors aud thst In this country she h,s
taken the lead of all other trnnsatlnntie ur,"rs of
fiction. Tho flrst instnllmcnt Of Rupert tod in
| or, The Secret Of Wilmington Hall" viii be found
no .seur In fiction has perused but II tho pre-.
ludo excites wonder aud Gu ostv II 10 not too
70 say inst these feelings, mingled With admiration
ami sympathy, will increase with every succeeding
| chapter, 10 the end. Human Ingenuity may be dc.
fed 10 guess the donoueincnt, or To foreCa the eN-
taoriuary, vet not incongTuous chain Of incidents
which lead up TO the grand finale. Mystery succeeds
mystery, withou' trAn.ocuding the posalbiitics of
actual lie; and the Drain oi genius, after spinning
the maeic web In which al heart. and in'gnAtions
will bs caught unrHvUla tho wondr, ua thre ad. III
| the same iacillty with which II y owe them
The chsfscicr of Captain Harley Wexford. THO
mrny noble hearted, cuutdlng sailor: of his ienler
and oyins iiu, Clara, and their beautiful dangbtor
| Nloloue; Of Rupert noiwin, the dark minded aud
desperate hnNncier, dangerou, man of strong pas
siOue ami capacities for ov; ot his Nily hilent
cod iCulcd aui wachiul clerk, Jacob naniCl.on. OF
lhomi'irh, the mate ut tho Queen Of tho IIliea'
aud Captain MCsttOrd's stauuch aud true he, n I'd
friend are osch stamped with strong indiyduatios
In tho opening chtptcTs, sud these indivdnaiiuo.
are maintained through all tho vies-itudes Of the
story TO tho Close. lt IL tho great mont Of miss
Hriddon's pofsonGgs that they never taik Mrs Brad
con. EveTy one Of thom, down 10 the mo,t snlordi-
nate character In the plot, has separate identity,
which Ia always preserved. Therefore, they arc
rcIies to the reader, who recognizes them at once
actual men and women, not tho mere vapory erca-
tiOns of weak, unToguaiod fancy. They do nothing
cay nothing inconfistent with themselves. Thou
special characters Whsthor good or evil, ars
mover lost sight OF In the -hirl VI incident or the
lars coniphcations OF the pot, and after haviul
pc-used their history, pympithiZed With tho good
and rhuddorcd at the turpitudo Of Il bad, the reader
Ienombers them loss aa tho dran,ails rerso'.a. o
| Romance than pcrrons whose career no ha
watched. and with whose dong' ho has been isnIai
II /, the sif and privilege Of scru. IN mi. dcpsr
ment OF literature to ling out its hguies In relie AZ
that one can never 10 confused with mistaken foI
ano her, and In this particular Miss Bfaddon has
superior among nVinE writers.
| There Ia an immensity Of cant and humhus said
aud written In theso modern DAYS about sensation
| uoyclists" aud "sonuAtiOn novels" Boshl what II
work oi fiction iOrt Ia u Intended 10 put pups /,
s,cR OF to rouse aud inicresIi ANY fool who car
WIitr at all eau sr.to flat story, The pross eein
With fiat stories, good for nothing but wrap groce
, I,cs in OF to limo TRUNKS; Mho wants 70 read di
dacic tale, dul aud dismal ~ "Hcfyoy'e Meditation
Among tho romh,"i When society desires soli,
Tetiiug 20 appuos itself TO standard, solid books lu
novels are, should lie, works OF Imagination thai
appoa to the imsgination aud stir and gratfy III,
love ut tho marvellous NmCh eAAtA at least In
lAtplk form, moro OF lCfA, IN every human hfe
Ihuso NhO admiro heavy, commonplace stories-i
any such there bo- cannot, OF oouf.o, appreciate
Mia BIgddon, who is .
A SENSATION NOVELIST
: Of tho highest class-ths class 70 which Bulver
. | Mnkie Collins, Hugo aua Dumas bslOng-and
Nor OF IuE JOIIkOI SCHOOL
OF the mCdtOcrcs, Of whose tame efforts Byron hA
We said that they arc 40 middlne, lad .oTo Dot
RUPERT GOODWIN.
| Or
THE SECRET or wILMINGDoN HALL.
| "a ID HfI = tha
, all. II fulhls all thO conditions Vi - popular 70
| inanco. -.... -. -
| rpsrklcs iu oyory pago lhoro 10 no strainin
aitur ,toct and vet the effect produced 10 powo u
: | once read, II mover be iOfbOtton 1t conveys
good cesou In narrative Of surprising interest an
], | coLdueI the eadoT thi ough
A MAZE OF ADVENTURE,
10 a conclusion which hO could not by any po,aibit
0 | anticipate, ani provides an abundance OF
: AMUSEMENT ON TIE ROAD.
| Shakespeare uays
!, "Dnn word OF nature makes the whole world hin y
] ! The Wit, humur Ani pathOs OF this latest nIi
greatest production OF ns most Etted authore,
wll have tho same eject anu tor the same foasOn
= thcy not forced but genuine, and there OF
|, thvy VII . . -
and find an echo IN every breast. In fact he or ,h
4 Who cannot relish the hrurIuo and afEling din
y lOgue, te touches OF deep feeling, and the rare ri,
" OF Rupert ,tOdNin, or the secret Of lining IO
- lfil," IA only COD, Gud deserves 10 bs TIM,
- kii.ed II that were pUssble, for lack Of soul an
"A sentiment.
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