, 1869-11-06
NEW BOOKS,

SynAnlS hSD OTHER HOMES. BY EDWARD r.
HALE. Noston: Fields. OsGood i Co. Chicago:
Western News Company. 1869.
Nj. Hale has uaaht \ very considerable repass-
ton simply upo1 tho basis of literary ecteutfeatJ.
Ills .>ory Of "The Man Without q County, pno-
Ilshed tn the Atiantte Monthly some time slocc,
gavc him q w1delye1tendcd popularity, because
IL Wa 80 !pgetlously constructed that had every
appearance Of truth. Ii deceived even The ro"t
cautious reader, and there were few who did not
sol1ow over the wre;ched fate Of that DayA on
ces. who wns forever banisneA from his nst.se
land, and el fonud the ties Of co1ni5 20 strong
that he could never call aUy other iand hit OWL.
The story made crest popular sreccss+ and
when It wns discovered that the hero VA myth
| tie lamentat,op oyer his suffering t11ned 70 al
uirztiou 1t The 1ktlinl mannet tn which Inc ~fsAf
/ had provoked the readers tears But there u
always danger tr repeating N eccene1ety OF tpia
,.s oowcycF euecesa1ul thc original one may
| nave been. When The b*peldeF rAa sesn !ne aid
den mower which 1osts the oraelc, the mysseEy oi
the oracle is gone forever. The Moon HoAa
and the Gold Dng we're scty cleyes literary
| traEa to catch the credulous, mud were even mofs
kneres>ful In their ~sy than Mr. nale's very ecse
a:tempt But the!r authors never ventured upol
the REPETITION. 1t u dn1l rste which acccpta u
wooly norse and the FIJI Mermaid twice Peop'
w1.l read and admire the ftst time btcanse tne
a1c uncertain whether the narrative Ia t1uc Or no'
| N6eu lucy nave OuEE Gc1Etulkuc4 tnAh A3<t %A~
there Is NO more nyescs1, and the second oaE7s
} lite haa ~ little zcst NJ glass OF Eoda-Tasef cN
= lied acrusa the street. Nh4t was entertaining IN
| skilful then, becomes tedious and &hrcadbns
now, as any ore II ADMIT who read "The Ma
without Country" q few years ago. and sl
down 10 read +" The Brick Moor, y bJ ths same n
r | rho. ID 1nc same periodical now. Hare re nj
seen NIL The strings nni appliances, Nj. Hat
xblch xlpked the eyes OF The Virgin aud clo1ae
0 the eouine hack with xoo17 Have ne not A1l se'
@ bow The rpsg7rian smashed the w8&cn aaa Inc u
and now viii you smash another for a.:
In thik direction, Nj. Hale has flgnslt5 1auea'
x be has u,oduoed nothing which has tAfen any nt
&c upon the popular mind compared Will ~,
,e nrts sklliu, = literary anpostale" - -
Of trcccst. which Vas ~
y, asi was sudden, furthermore tended 10 M
;" MI. Hale car1leaa, lie grew Inaccurate ~ ass
ca ment, erruneonn 10 raet, and sl'pshod II ~
or- worse than all these detects, he assumed tnas
ev popularity wat 50 1xed that 2pIshtnE CON
=, tspn his pen, aod bearing the lsnpt1nt Of fie!
~ ptsood i Co, would ~ immediately r~Ad and
II. ceptca. Accordingly We Sic treated 70 1t
hc cfeary commonplace ~ the "ThirtF-oue 81
"a Seen IN T.hirty.orc Dsyt,"in the AELaHeie All
-. ncs, OF which \ actoolboy would BE- ashsme1
no his spbssonic eeltoo. daye True, the lmtrtn'
k&- F.u,k / Co. Is valuable. he "a lucky aut
1ry Hto CAD re. the coveted monogram On bis Y
III rare: but the Monoaram never bal harder i
~" IN nnax 81 tae tide OF popular opnlon than
ely 1as. enns,ou III the Almanac We mlsta1e II :"
.be Hr1ek Noon proves any lighter soah. -
inn MI Edwuu Everett uGe is do!ak TOO N