The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-04
QnhInafinna.
Mss BRADDoN IN AMERICA.
THE PUBLIC AND THE WHITE PHANTOM.

Publishers cannot always gauge correctly the extent
Of a favorte authors popularity. This was clearly
proved Sunday last by the tremendous rush for the
SUNDAY MERCURY containing the first four chap.
tiers Of Miss NJ. f. DRADpoE's exciting story, entitled
TIE WHITE PHANTOM;
on,
TIE NAMELEss CHILD.
Provision had been duly made to meet an unusual In
crease In the demand for that soyEIglGN or THE
SUNDAY PRESS, but the large extra supply was quite
inadequate TO SATISFY the extra requirements OF the
reading public, the whole edition peng swept OF In
few hours TO tie ohaern OF hundreds OF belatei
applicants for copies. The
SECOND INsrALLMESr
Of nom Elk TO seven columns will appear in the
SUNDAY MERCURY OF TOMORROW,
and the popular appetite for the rev story having now
ned, the issus h6fd will be
equal 70 the and In the meantime the uehp6omted
OF the present week will be glad to learn that care
fully prepared abstract OF the chapters already pup
lshed viii be prenIed - the installment In to.
morrows paper. As nothing material to the interest OF
the narrative has been omitted In the abrldgmcnt, the
later gusts in this BANQUET OF ROMANCE viii en-.
Joy ne heartily as the thousands who stole march
upon them asst Sunday.
New characters make their appearance in the forth.
coming chapters. and the plot thckens as the story
proceeds until the interest becomes almost painful In
its intensity. The scene at tho Black Raven Black.
frlas London, IL worthy OF the pen OF Eugene Sue IL
will remind the reader OF the description Of the 7apl
fidnc In the "Mysteries Of Pars and there at least
resort Of thieves and murderers the City OF New
York, which might have served model for drink.
ing den OF Mother Bess" How the fair author Of the
| "Whlte Phantom " could have become thoroughly
| acquainted with the inner life" OF the dangerous
classes OF the British Metropolis as this work shows her
70 BE- IL peihap as great marvel the story itself;
but then on the other hand she seems to be just init
mate with all that underles the Gterns surface ofthe
world Of Fashion Her dromatis persona OF every
social type and they wildly represent vices virtues
and weaknesses Of the grades to which they sevcray
be ong II the fault Of superficial novess who
deal IN horrors by the Wholesale, that the dreadful
| dongs Of their boody.mndcd personagcs gtatu.
tous acts OF wckedness which does seem
10 be any sufficient motive. But this the case
| with MISS BRADDON. All criminals don't cell Their
souls for trincs They have always important
ject in view and II is only when tempted through the
dominating passions propenses of their natufe--as
Jealousy, avarice, envy, hatred ambition, or revenge
| that they risk every thing to attain H.
In the White Phantom" we zee that the handspring
| OF Lady Blanche Navasours cruelty, Teachery, and
hypocrisy fierce ambition that siences the voice Of
conscience and smothers every womsniy instinct. In
GAMBIA, the Thug, have the result OF education
which ineulcates Assassination virtue. The
energy with which ladoTa Mgnkton deyotes herself to
the exposure ana pun hment OF Lady Blanche nne
Illustration OF the workings OF love, Jealousy aud re-
venge In short. 10 this powerful romance, In real
the origin OF all tho eyll. and eon,c entousness
| predominant over every other mental attribute the
source OF all the good.
The incidents Of the story certainly romantic a1d
extraordinary but in tns pect they might easily be
paraeled in the criminal records OF the age Nara.
ves quite wonderful though written IN the same
fascinating style, might be culed from the cause,
| oee6res" AMI the kewgate calendar. Fiction cannot
transcend the atrocities which dsnsure the pages "
the current history Of the times, aud 10 the White
| Phantom" genius has only impaired poetic cooring
| TO train OF supposed events which are not incon.
sstent with our experiences OF Lies terrible realities
FIJI pans, superficial stories do the taste OF
| American readers, and therefore the SUNDAY MER.
| Curry lets them severely alone. The seriaI romances
which appear In its columns always OF character
| to fAscnate the Imagination stir the feelings and
| hence is unequallcd popularity o. "story Paper"
But this Is only OF the features-and the most
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braces variety than any half dozen sheets pub.
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