, 1869-08-21
NEW BOOKS.

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| uopc. rur r.rpv ~ ,,,v ,,c-,,,- VITA,
| WustIaiiuns. Boston: Hobcr1s Drutaer.: CnI-
| cago: Western NeHB Company. t6d3
Miss lcge!oW's position IN tic world OF En3,Lah
| poetry e 50 definitely liked that any work from
her pen must command attention The present
volume Is fairy s,ory In PROSE, and very cle4rly
Indicates that she will be assigned high place
IN prose as in poetry. "Mopaa " 10 really POEM
! IN prose. All the detlcac5 and tenderness OF her
inpgnstpn, her ftlIc!tous forms OF eIpresslop.
and her weird picturesque genius ind inu play in
| th.s delightful little story. And there Ia 6oue-
l. thing characteristic shout the esory also It Is
| unlike all other fairy stories, tpssuuc1 na the
| fair.cB ate strongly t1dtrlduallzed and pps5ess
traits, bo:h physical and Ucptai, Which not
! only distinguish them f,pn uortsls,
| but also one rom the other. Mis-
1ngelow seems 10 have the key to fatry world aud
when we enter tie enchanted res1u With her. she
! does not exhibit, 10 us tho ono conventional TINE
Of fa,ry 10 which We haye been accustomed, but
whole world OF fairies divided into tribes nnt ns
| tlonr each poascss1ug their own characteristics.
1t Il gorgeous world through which she leads Us,
and the manners aud CUSTOMS OF IT. title people
arc ns singular as thcy are diverse. She Invests
her fa!1ea with eeratu degree of humanity which
] only interests Us the more. Thus, Tor instance,
when The wicked and om!nops raven suddenly
6notchcs oac OF the little fairies OIL. or Jacl,s
hands and gulps It down At a swallow, showing
TINT even atr1es are enbect to the common lot Of
mortality, re cannot help leellog OF Involuntary
sot7ow nj the little ones untluely fate, and Of
correspond ng indignation at the r1ycn1 who pey-
pctrAted the enorEpous decd.
The Ytory Of the book We may BREEZY indicate.
i little boy, Jack, out In the reds With his nurse
o,d sis,ar acnias ,ha nn,,otC ,r,nr ~ . tborn
trce. ana viii Tho nroyerbial csre,easnesa of
uurses Is allowed To Chamber into It, Willie there
he rnds falrya nea, v4th thrre nt.Ie fa.,4cs m
II. tiny little creatures OF exceeding beauty,
naned s1onaa Jnvtntpn and Ro1.1ctta ia mia
tba rai1cs in his vest nnctet and nttemnts IN re-
tnrn. INT nnda the anrrtnrr nv which he had m.
tered enddenI7 closei m. one Of the fatrIes IN
structs h,u, to whis,le. Hhereupou an alb.tross.
nurned Jenny. mills hin, ont through hole IN The
top OF ,he trunt. and, taxing him upon her back,
Hnarg nEay thrnnph the c]onds with him and hi.
fairy freight, OF for Fairy-laud. They narrowly
escape destruction by coming Into collision with
who has forgotten to hing out her
light; but, finally, after travelling ell night
through the clouds they drop down
tuto beca1med sea, wnica Is crowded with yes-
scls Of all descriptions; vessels OF the spap.sn
Almada; yeasels In which Cnsar sailed to Britain:
pirate yeasels; and yessels whose Captains III.
used their crewR The Albatruss choose one Of
these, self.propeNlnK craft, to take JAck up tho
Wonderful nyer. with his tnrce la.r1ea ;1sck
geta aboard, not without some protests from tho
pcarly nautilus. some Of whom he collapses, The
boat sa,l5 In between tgo brown cllrs and b.
tween them nowed ,.sn sne wonderful m'ef' Ms
pocket, The shores were eunrded By uulti.udea
~ -. .o,oraa no1,ina,ns wnn ,,a 49, tnt-tr-.
u tohe-sotofeu AanAu.oes wno atH 'no iaiae
90 h. ren+ m nntI1 ho came ta heanfifnl litr1e
h,r III 1onds N n conntrv ,nn.htteI hy vornrn.
vho are ronnd m erpv Morning. an, bv I'M
WV e'o "oao " up etet9 lo. 49, - 80
En'hes Hup nh'e neeA etosA5 uheu ~ tAiS "ol'tl
aoou, M to boro nole Ia tic bact Of bis hcad,
49, 49, 80 - - .a-@Ss -
he makes his escape not without dl0culty, to his
s,,s ,on 1.sS ,e,nvn p tho nio, hn neoaTnos Yar
=. ran,- y. .,.aS .,tt,, g ~ - - ,rs- ~ - n,.o
- " 1919 e.sus =. ~" wv sAe s'eo
them, who has been watching hls opportunities,
Suddenly fnatches at one OF Jacks Little fairies,
and aWntloWs IT, rand then they al ny Away Jnck
arrives nj another boau,.fn countrT Inhabited nv
so,rn ,,,1 fo,- o,,r.s -, roo - ,,,-,r a,n,,t.
oncd III c1ee IN t1o for1n OF a paIlot lie res
cues the unfortunate creature Rnd then sets E4ll |
opaIn arriving shortly after nj town with nobody
IN n avcent NJ, oyd ,rnr,nn rho 10 thn s1.ro
cfueI tasEmaEser In ne!Shborng town. JACK
ra1somH her, and she changes TO tho Fairy Queen
She eailB WILL hiu, and thny enter cays thSoa.u
.vh,rh fho rIer runs INC Uueen.x f.rnrrn furnish.
inS tneu tnc l!HhL a meet o! oncks toW t1cm. ana
finally bring them TO landing place, 6troWed With
coseltns and v,o,cts Jack and Nopsa take
,ar,s., -,,h w. nr..n 1,,n, ~ mn r,n,In |
IN ihis realm long, for fairJ spple"Eoman. whom
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