The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-06-28

the late Minister to England and his daughter
l Elinor. with the laster OF whom Give falls
Elin0r Grey pays visit to Eastburn and on lnQurlx
AFTER an Old friend. Ruth S0thern Is shocked upon
learning tlat she had been led astray and had gwen
orth 10 q ooy which died soon after it came into
The world. She seeks out Ruth and sees the likeness
{ aer betrayer who Is no other than Give: Re-
u Tning to Mrs. Thornton Ein0r attends a f6te, at
cn Give declares his love for her. when she tells
hiL that she knows all and Degs him to go back to
does not love the girl Mr.. Grey goes into the fresl
dent Cabinet Elinor makes the acquaintance Of "a
Mr. H. assiten, who asks her hand In marriage, which
she pr &oises c0ndtOnally. Meantime Ruth has be.
come an. object OF anm0sity to Miss Laidley, ward
OF Mr. ,vEey, and the latter aided by Mrs Punt, an
eccentric literxry woman spreads scandsaous re.
ports about the poor girl. Nearly all her acquain.
tances cease visiting her Rossiten who s most I'M
reasonably jealous OF Give picks q quarrel with him
and publicly tels him OF the stories being circulated
about his wife. Lsuckiiy no one knowsoi hts having
seduced her a1d' ne Is able to rescue Ruth'S
reputation and to silence the caIumnies
Eiinor. who mad remained q hrns friend OF
aud subsequently e0pes with Miss Laidley whose for.
tune Mr.. Grey uses in speculation with Mr. Hackett,
woman, with ludicr0us habit OF displaying her
literary attainmenrA Both are ruined. hut MISS
iclng hers Finally Ruth dies OF diphtheria, alter
passing year OF unclouded happiness with her hus-
band, and, as might be expected, Give marrles
The great fault of this story is the loose, unoon-
nected manner Ia which the thread OF plot it has
Is constructed The manner IN which Give Is made
to marry Ruth IL quite abrupt inartisc and her
death Is so sudden and unexpected that II
TO enable Give to marry En0r. Besides. as we
have remarked before, there unity in the work.
EnOrS are BY no means small. The style IS Clear
anu vigorous, the dialogues are animated and In
ierestllg, and the characters are, with but or
two exceptions admirably drawn. The author,
whoever he Is, displays marked ability for novel
wrlung. W.T., MIN niue more care IN ms future pro,
US he will assuming the writer 10 be q mani stand
at the head OF American r0mancers.
Foster. In eight BOOKS. Boston: Fields, Osgood
Co. 1862
The completion and publication In one large
volume OF Fosters biography OF Walter Savage Lam
dor will doubtless insure for the work a larger circu.
laon than II would have had II h haa been published
in separate books In the United States Lander has
many admirers, perhaps more than IN England, and
TO them compete history OF his life Will be pecu-
harry welcome Mr. Foster has done his work tho
roughly Every event the career OF the author OF
"Geblr" Is narrated In plain, simple STYLE which
adds greatly to the interest OF the book or course
as the friend OF the poet, 1t was natural that the
Is scarcely impartial as 1t might have been made
by less Interested blographer. Whatever estimate
pos,eriGy may place upon the abilities Of Lander It
wlll never give MIN first RANK IN literature. His
very eccen tricities OF temper which 70 many per-
sons accompany the highest order OF genius, were
But, although we do not believe that Land0r will
rank IN the literary world with the Byrons, SCOTS
that to use air. Fosters language flame very sure
ly awaits him. The author OF the Imaginary Con-
away from the knowledge OF men. We nave spent
several very pleasant hours IN the perusa OF the
book before US and can recommend 1t as being de-
cidedy entertaining.
JEREMIAH AND HIS LAMENTATIONS. With Notes.
Critical, explanatory aud Practical. Designed Tor
ID. ID. New York: u. Appleton Co. 1869.
what . curious medley OF contradictions and
diverse opinions and views must appear In collec.
tion Of all the Scrtptura dissertations and CON-
mentations which have been written and published
since the Reformation The mystery, too, in this
connection, Is that In spite Of the great volume OF
religious literature that has been written but Few
ministers agree with each other Id their expostons
OF Scripture, each taking view quite different from
that held'by the Others We cannot say, however
that these dissertations not useful, and that the
book before possesses certain value we have no
doubt. Dr. Cowes has already made q reputation
for his works on the BIBLE, ana In adding Jeremiah
and His Lamentattons' to his other volumes has
done we'll lie believes that the Prophet Is not hcA
IN high estimation as he deserves TO be- and holds
that 1.-The history OF no other prophet bears SO close
analogy with the history OF our Lord" From thus
standpoint OF iaith the dissertations written.
HINTS FOR SIX MONTHS IN EUROPE by John II. o.
Latrobe. Pniadephia: J. b. Lippincott Co.
We doubt IL there Is q more terrible creature than
the ordinary tourist with Diary. Fresh from the
home OF his youth. he stalks through Europe, pencil
In hand noting down everything he Sees with a we'll
settled purpose Of rushing into print on his return
hsme The worst OF IT, too. Is that he Is encouraged
In this sanguinary intention by friends whose par
TALLY makes them forget that the most difficult
thing imaginable at the present day Is 70 write
really Interesting work about Europe Some few,
ike Bayard Taylor, for instance, succeed In giving
fres facts the reader but the Of those that
fail Is Myriad. Mr. Latrobe started from home Ia
April, 1865 and by october OF the same year had
gathered materials enough for work OF 354 pages,
In their usual style OF excellence. Mr. Ldrobe de-
clares That tne following pages make no pretenslons
to the dignity OF book OF travels We must sup
pose them, then 10 be merely the Impressions OF the
summer tourist. They are, indeed 10 use the words
Of the author 1.-THE programme OF tour through parts
OF France. Italy, Austria, saxony Prussia tae fyrol,
switzerland, Holland, Belgium, England and Scot.
land.n Mr.. Latrobe has not written bad book,
EFFORT we succeeded In reading 70 the issth page,
recognizing In every sentence Old acquaintances
many years, but TON, hapless conjunction . with
whom We nave grown heartily tired. ON reaching
the Grand Canal, with rs gondolas. We so.emnly
closed the book, with the sincere hope that the
friends OF the author might be able TO nnd more plea
sure In It's perusal than we did. Doubtless. too.
non est disputandupl.
THE IRISH BRIGADE AND FRS CAMPAIGNS. With some
Account OF the Corcoran Legion. and Sketches OF
ham, A. d. u B0ston Patrick Donahoe. 1859.
Those who have read "sherman's March," by the
same author. will scarcely ueed our assurance that
this book Is well written and entertaining No body
of men In the Union army won higher repu.aton
than did the "Irish Brigade" Its history Is there
fore. Of value to eli who would learn the achieve.
ments OF the heroes OF one OF The greatest wars that
ever convused the world. the deeds OF the gallant
lrishmen who comprised the brigade are here o.
tingly told. The manner In which they emu!ated
the lerosm Of Their forelathets 81 almost ever ess
tie feld IN Europe forms one OF the most interesting
pages Of patriotism In tue annals Of we VniNo
states.
ArHALrAH. A Novel. BY Joseph Greene, IL. New
YORK: Carleton, publisher, isss
THIS book will take rank as curiosity OF modern
literature. The scene Is actually iaid during the
thirty second year OF King Dav!d's reign over inc
Jews, which 10 fur back enough, Heaven Knows Tor
the purpose OF romance. the intention 70 70