New-York tribune., 1867-10-17

This novel has u preface, which, however, the
author is much too refined to call preface butentites
Z" frs ga loctesT" And this advertisement to the
reader dcposes and says that the story was originally
written for military periodical wherein jt was re
seived with much favor by military men; in cOnse-
suence OF which reception il is rcissued in peIna
Aent form for those unhappy warriors who could not
obtain il in the magazine IL is incredible that every
officer in the British Army whose foot was ON his ma
tive heath, and whose name was MacSmth, shOuld
not have pawned his last epauete 10 buy the current
pumber OF a story absorbing. and so we suppose II
In for the Indian and Canadian market that Mr. Lip
pincOtt sends forth this brown muslin cycopedia oil
blood and thunder unless indeed he holds il mp to
the chieftains OF the Army of the United States as
tbe glass wherein those noble yonths should dress
themselves
1t has been misfortune to read an earlier mover
by Ouida" Yon shall find in the comparisons be-
tween MacedOn and Monmouth that the situations
book YOU are both alike. There Is aTyer IN Mace
don; and there is also moreover, river IN MOn-
mouth; il is called Wye, vt Monmouth; but IT is out
of my pTans what is the name OF the other Hver; f;
but Ills all one tis like as my fingers IS To my lin
vers and there is samOns in both" "OUlda is econ
s,nc of resources. Given a fox hunt, horse race,
. gaming table unlimited intrigues. several rifles
sast women tailors Jews, volume Of tactics, Vo-
eabnlary of slang, amber hair, white hands, general
lndecency y classical dictionary aud the result OF
the brew is half dozen Etwo-volume novels whose
only difference lies in the title pages, and the hap
tismal names of the unheroic heroes and heroines.
The Honorable BERTHE Cecil second son of ViScount
oyalheu is the Achilles OF this lliad l. Is
of course, very tall, very handsome, and very aris
tocratic There was y period following the success
fn appearance of Jane Eyre" when all the heroes
Of diluted fiction shaggy, short saturnine, and
savage The reaction has set IN. Ii is NarcisSus, not
erson who now wOOS, and wins, and wears. Beauty
and grace and genius, and blood and breeding are
IA plenty blackberries in pages like these; and
every aIistOerat has them oil, and every plebelan
hasn't the ghost of either Now, like all good Ameri-
cans our heart goes out to ariStocrat. The cheer
full spectacle of the elevation of class at the cost OF
the painful degradation of the multitude thrills us
with delight and fills MS with profound and satisfy
ing sense of the fitness of things Our best hat was
hopclcssly 1attened in futile attempt to catch
glimpse of the Prince OF Wales when he rode through
Broadway. and above all Americans do we hold Mr..
SC Abbott enyiable. Therefore when we found that
the honorable BERTHE. and his intimate friend, Lord
Rockingham and his papa and his brother. and his
comrades in arms, were prominently and To the OBJ
scuratiOn of all other qualities aristOcraic, we care
fully studied these so eminent models of morals and
manners, thinking i'm humble and far-oh way to
mold ourselves in their likeness What were it not
worth to impress the driver of a sreetcar with our
naughty mien, and well-bred RORchGtGHceR What
were it not worth, on Saturday afternoon in the
Park 10 besrde our hired hack with the loftness Of
n lord, and the listessneSs of noble Briton3
The first element of an aristocratc entity We find
" be laziness, utter and entire. lazineSs which
refuses to saturate its handkerchief with Jockey
Clab or fasten the buttons of its gloves. lazineSs
TO which reading its morning paper is a hardship,
and lounging in its carriage fatigue. A laziness
which is rude which is coneinptuous, which is deS
picable
Hardly less emphasized is the ability to swndle.
true blue British gentleman, it appears, matter
what his income is compelled by the freemasonry
Of his Order TO incur mountains of debt, which he
has neither the ability the disposition TO pay To
cheat his tTadesmen TO strip the very Jews 10 draw
post obs to give paper which is not worth the ink
upon its face.
II ho be a sluggard and swndler. he has not
proved his noble lineage unless he turn ont game
Eter rs we'll To earn money is disgrace beyond
atonement TO riR it at cards, or dice Is the airy
accomplishment of gentleman. Playing whist for
hve-pOund points is the innocent recreation in which
the sturdy British intellect unbends after the strain
of morning with its tailor, OF the shock of a dun
frem low-liyed creditor Let not the young AmeIi-
hs has yet attained the measure of aristOcrat IL
remains that he should race horses that he should
own a stud he who cannot pay his laundress's bill
that he sbould bet high with no money 10 pay his
bets: that he should emulate jockeys IN the devil
may-care fashion of his riding. and the voubiliy of
his turf slang
Nor is this enough. The genuine ariStocrat estab-
fishes in town mansions, opera singers Of
questionable beauty and unqueStionable brass.
He endows with shooting boxes and SUI
burban villas, ballet girls brief Of skirt and
brave of tongue. he conducts the most hazardous
and most serious of tliraions with the wife OF his
friend. He cOnfdes these amours with more or less
IHinuteness of circumstance 10 the chivalrous keep
ing of his ody-servant His days are emptiness and
dishonesty His nights are rotng and debauch.
And, finally this model gentleman who has ailcc
fion for any human being profound enough 10 make
his pulse beat quicker breaks that yscus he calls his
heart when forced TO abandon his race-hose forever
Itis some excuse for him. however, that the
horse is much more worthy of his love and grief than
any human being with whom he comes in contact.
Lest our enthusiasm he thought 10 blind MS, let us
burriedly sketch the of this new knight with
ont fear and without reprOach Chivary is not dead
while Cecil lives.
In the very opening line we learn of his virtues.
He is fastidious concerning his tops. Not those reel
ing toys which lay. like Heaven about him in his in
fancy but the fair facing OF bis hunting boots. They
mnst be cleaned till the leather aud the ackey in
capable of further polish. And them if there be the
least tint Of brown, where all should be fair his
virgin soul this new D'Orsay will not incase his
manly calves in them. Not he. He will be set quick
4 the earth, and bowled TO death with turnips
first. He has right to he fastidious about
his boots. however for the "mcoTigble
tops" which were introduced To us, are set down
"beside six pairs OF their fellows and six times six
of every other sort of boots that the covert side the
haatbar fha fat-vyhv Size that use when II IL