The New York herald., 1866-10-06
BooK NOTICES.


BOOK NOTICES.
APFARE CLEMENcEAU. Memore de pAccuse, par
Alexandra Dumas fls. Charles Lassalle, New
York.
This reprint or the younger Dumas latest and naoa
effective novel probably indcious than its pro
missed translation will be. II will enable those already
familiar with the language and habits Of thought Of the
French to admire the storytelling faculty which, BY
excep ion to the Law Of intellectual Inheritance has
been from Alexandra pSre 70 Alexandra n4
and moreover The superior insight Of the into hs
philosophy Of actual life in Paris ~
The story itself Is painfully interesting II ID told "a
N. Rollinet. advocate at the royal court In written
confession from Pierre Clemcnceau, selaccused OF the
murder Of his wife, and awaiting In cell his trial His
"reminiscences OF infancy and childhood including ths
tomcnts he endured great Parisian boarding school,
hell full Of little devils, permit the novelist to intro
duce US into the humble and busy homo Of love chila
and fond mother who, unalded and alone dsvotss
her life to him. These and other by uncommon
phases OF Parsian life uncommonly well depicted
Only mistake is made in the picture Of the juvenib
pandemonum to which, with great sacrifices and ths
pures ambition, the mother OF Pierre unwittngy
signs him until he escapes by amost fatal At Of sick
The mistake, however Is such . often seems
inevitable when Fr nch writer brings In English
ooh0v0
Andre Minati, who mysierously prcnsurss . sister d
his, destined TO be the heroine OF the story Boston
boy. sT am from Boston" ''whcres thar" sIA
America Such is tho alogue between Pierre and
Andre when first they meet and fight, Of course The
latter beaten, but 70 his fest the mplacabs
foe Of Pierre and remained lons as he lived
happily not long N. Dumas finds the source q
Andres bitter and persistent persecution Of hts school
fellow ''n tho humiliation Of his defeat in the con-
sciousncss OF his destiny in his vtiAted nature in hb
American blood perhaps In the recollection Of orturss
which he had inflicted by his father upon q
another complexionl" Obviously, Mr. George h. Moor
has not yet favored NJ Dumas the younger With . pre-
sentaton copy Of tho Hstory OF Slavery Massachu-
setts and he that e pcular institution
has recently been abolished in Boston. the homo u
Charles sumner and Wendell Phillips and william Lloys
Garrison
Upon leaving school Pierre becomes favorite pupil q
NJ Ritz, fashionable sculptor whose had been
OF his school feows NJ Ritz rejoices fhe opportunity
Of assisting the development Of genius superior 70 hin
own. and facilitates BY all means at his command
Pierres rapid advancement towards fame and wealth
Here artist lie In Paris Ia portrayed by n. Dumss nb
with mnuicness and fulness not unworthy Of Balzse
He takes OCCASION moreover, 10 punsh severely thJ
Bohemians whose ideness and Irregularities have In
vovcd In unjust reproach those real artists who have
never entered bOnemia or VINO nave skeIy uavoreo9
and escaped from that perous but enchanted territory
He stgmatizcs the Bohemans mpotent wretches whs
die and naught behind them but their unpaid biib
and the smoke OF their pipes.
At a brilliant masquerade party In The house Of y
Ritz, Pierre falls desperately in love with La gin
thirteen fourteen years OF age. exQuisitsy lovely
specimen Of the which Alfred de Musset thus apoe
rophsed: "Sese Allowable, otsard e1sroe d charRaaa"
liza 10 angel Of beauty who Afterwards transformer
into demon Of vice. thanks 10 Mnsu. her father. ana
the Countess Dobronowska her mother The latter v
Becky Sharp ovande and admirably n she delneatea
by the French Thackeray.r Tho shit rapidly
tho progress Of the storyfrom France To Poland AM
Russia, from Paris to ST. Petersburg, from dismal Rus
sian country seat 10 tho chateau Fontainebleas
where Pierre and Ia passed delicious honeymoon.
then again 10 Paris with is ambitions and ~ disap-
pontmen,s It's gaetiss and its decsptions asr =
fatal disclosure and duel with or Izas half Dozen
lovers to Rome, and back again 10 Paris. and 70 mum
der which 10 described powerfully tho double
suicide in Eugene Sues /" wandcring Jew"
But deeper than the Interest Of the story 10 s sien
ac and moral purpose. The author has undertaken 70
In Pierre and Iza, and incidentally In Andre, ths
physiological and psychological problem involved in the
Of natural and adulterne children And he has
no sss boldly attacked, and has invoked legislative ad
In repressing tho social customs which leave woman
IOuuolln1
hospital, enai!ins wrstchedses. shame and prossts-
tion upon abandoned mothers and incalcuiable woes
upon sens, Of iIlsgumAis chIIdrsn. He would
risk the possible abuses q . repeal Of the French
aw which st present prohibits "a rsAeAs d IA pasC~i
By legal protscton for young wouen and BY sdncains
young chastity, no would hope check the
ages OF Ii greas social evil which has hitherto bass
the wIsssi leeislatorsL
Lofty tho moral purpose Of this novel undoubtedly
i s subtle analysis Of characters which the posos
Of vice has been hsrsdisany transmitted and in which
Its symptoms have been aggravated BY circumstances
might in English, 70 those unfamiliar with the subjsc
prove hazardous experiment some ef the scenes oS
passion through which cur author he's felt u necessy
70 carry Pierre and Ina In order TO diaxnoss properly
their and prescribe enec,naly for the rsatcns
Of oil similar casss nigh. English versions Of his
Doms ass Cass<liss, BE- apt rather tsmps than -
Our or rEx DEPTHS. THH Story ov woxArs
LIFE. T. u. Peterson Brother, Philadelphia.
This q reprint Of English novel which has the
same moral purpose as the "Anairs Cemencean'' of
Alexandra Dumas the younger But the story--she ola
terrible tale Of suffering and shame"is here written
down profssscdy By . fallen girl Mary Smith, who
has been rescued from the depths Of degradation and
By Christian banda strong hands too those Of the
Hon. and Rev. AIbere Berkeley muscular Christian %
the best and rarest type Mary rescued, but ony V
die on the eve Of her marriage kind hearted farmer
who. knowing her whole history 10 ready and cassr v
make her his wife, But courageous ~ the writer shows
herself 70 be she has st much fear Of Ma Grundy
before her eyes let Mary live 70 Be married Some
parts Of tho work is TOO highly Favored with tho
lower kind Of tract syie s.sly denounced BY an English
bishop. One unplea-snsiy reminded Of the pious
maud which wraps up "s,snscI'ca iacss" In paper
vesns only some stolen suspicious tsis 70 tempt the
prursu, curiosity Of prscoccus boys q they syiy peer
into the booksbcp winaows IN hoinven sresl 10 Lon-
srsph,csIIv descrbed ~ " George Augustus SalA ~
sCasuaIr 0rurnv ood had borrowed the writer's pen,
and ne purpose for whieh u IVES written m beyond ell
prxiss - rr
rM MTloHAl GAME.
The Tsuruassent st Aubuvn.