New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-03

into fullest life and Powered, and fruted' III eFeI
richer splendor. We could count on our ten nnsoiS
tbe men among rs who, in tins uue sense'
know French. And they cannot alolo "
translate it for the public, because III u"y
they could dash off an article Whlch p"SS .ioin a"
much as the long and severe LABOR oi Voluino Va
TJnco or George Sand. One Of the ten, fortunately
-, 60 -, from, the door no animal more savage
,bon a Graceful hound whose price is above ruDes'
docs sometimes give us q book Of an author whom
ba loves INIT the other nine prick off the wolf WIN
ther unrestinR pens and write stories more OF less
GOOD for tolerable pay. The fingers OF one manu-
would reckon the German scholars ameng us VINO
could render that difficult speech as our
ten could render the French. One Oh tnese
is q lady who gives excellent "oIA' anu
some excellent promise. But she' Coo' 10 ~
moved from the necessity of grinding out SO many
chapters a day for insufficient wages Most VI 'no
German TRANSACTIONS VOuchsafed us are, az Des' OuV
negatively good. They escape grave errors Ou! Uiey
escape also the sinewy favored force Oh Lhe "a s@
vixen the original is 80 fortunate as u HaIo l''
pubshers would but discover that the people "o"iu
gladly pay for admirable foreign stolles' essays
poems admirably translated, rainier Inali loI Vn0
Vol, 1rasbv everlasting flood of "originap matter
which browns out the sparkle of most OF our maya
lines and weekly papers, they would themselves pay
srch vnrices Ms should command the work, and ma
their nroft in it, We do not in the least dscredit
American literature in saying this. Indeed We
boIeve that nothing would so improve our own
magazine and newspaper writing as the influence Oh
the best Continental minds, and we greatly heeu 'o
standard of comparison. Nor, since the best uans
lation must always be expensive, Will our own "Oih
be driven from the market.
1.-THE Haber Meister7 is sketChy story of a curl
ous Bavaran experience. The Haberfeld was asecret
society instituted in the dark days when justice was
too high a thing to belong to the common people,
and when so shadOwy and Irresponsible ulouhal
as this ignorant starchamber was the best prolec-
ton the vulgar could hope The story IS simple ana
common, the birth of the heroine being involved III
the usual mystery, and the hero discovering the
secret at the proper moment. The rustic life ana
uncultured power of the Bayaran farmers are plo-
turesquely described.
Waterloo is the third Of the Erckmam-Cha-
train SERIES and the sequel of THE Conscript.' IL
displays the same delicate genius which secured the
success of the former two. The translation Is in some
respects better than either of the others 1t Is evil
IDENTIFY most conscientOusly correct But either TINS
very endeavor has fetered the translator, and Tor
hidden him the airy ease of the original, or he lacks
Imagination. So, while he is clearly familiar with
spoken French, and therefore often gives MS much
lighter dialogue than have had before there is a
certain primness and exactncss about the whole
which donot belong to the Erckmann- Chatram series
at all But we are glad enough to get translation
without foreign doms, and glad enough, too to get
these simple and noble stories III their popular form
They are convenient in SIZE creditable in type and
binding and among the best of the lesser novels for
! Summer vanderings and Summer readings.
Tile Sacristan's Household" by the author Of
Aunt Margarets Trouble" is a very charming
! story. It. too is German its scene being prov
! ince as large as handkerchief and properly
| proud and high-mnded. The studies of character
| are bright and fresh, the movement OF events is
| natural and direct and the quaint and hOmely
village life so lovingly and faithfully revealed
that we know all its odd ways and odd people, and
like them as well as their clever historian would
have us The lady has quick sense of humor' TOO
and o delicate touch of satire. The Court circles are
| very magnificent and funny The little Cinderella
is so enchanting small drudge that one IS delighted
when the tap of the godmotheT's cane is heard and
the big yellow pumpkin turns into Her Grace's
coach. Allthe more enchanting is she in not caring
for the gilded COACH after all, but in thinking that
love- and home, and Otto are better things. 1t
would not be hard TO exchange the coach for Otto,
however so the little maid is not so heroic for Otto
is royal sort Of fellow, though lord Of his presence
| and no land beside. We have not sfor many a day
read peasanter tale than this of Lippe-Detmoid.
| The young author is fast coming to be counted
among the best of the secOndclaSs of English novel
| lists
-"Leonora Casalon7 bears the name Of Trollopc on
its tite-page. But T. Adolphus Irollope is much
cleverer man than his brother. George Eliot has
! written the one admirable English-ltalian novel
! None other stands beside it. But after it come
Adophus Trollopes in very creditable rank. lie is
| not man Of high imagination, but he is scholarly
| r,iloeopbica1 and DOetic in fpmpcTamCut His
method is simple his characters are not striking, nor
| great, but natural and interesting He is. per
haps to bccompared with the pleasant Of THE
Initials or with SOuyestTc 3" LeOnOra Casaloni"
is clever story not absorbing but never dull. 1t is
picture of the Italy of forty years ago, an Italy
which revolutions. railroads, liberal influences
and the reign Of law are fast banshing from
existence. Mr.. TrOlope loves the ripe physical
beauty of Italy as we'll as he loves her life in her
art in her literature, and in her children. And that
which is fair 10 him lie TeprOduces in fairness, that
his stories have the atmosphere the color and
bloom of the beautiful land, After The Initials"
one felt that he bad spent months in BavaTiaand after
"Gemma and Leonera" one has lived in Tuscany
and Rome, and the mountains. Adolphus TrOlOpe
is almost as minute in his touches as Anthony. Per
haps Italy saves him from being tedious, but we
would rather think it is his imagination, because
that glorious minister is so COMMONLY ignored among
the innumerable modern tale-wrights. If there are
few great English novels there are hosts of credta
bic stories of society, and manners. Why have we
almost monet If the answer be that we have no
fixed society, and the verdict of the skful novelist
concerning us, echo that Of the philOsophic tar
on the Western Islanders manners they have
none and their customs are disgusting it may still
be said that there much in our life that is dramat
ic, much that is distinctive and characteristic. We
have dozen of the cleverest story-wrters, but not
one Of them offers rs q novel. Even ADVERTISING in