The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-28


ed and soulsearching stories published In the col
umns OF an American Newspaper rs about TO sirte IN
terest, and enchsnt the reading world It Ia entitled
THE WHITE PHANTOM,
on,
NAMELEss CHILD,
and is nom the of the Queen sensational Fiction.
MISS NJ. n. BRADDoN,
Author OF
" oscar Bertrand" "Aurora Floyd" Z" Three Times
Dead" Nobodys Daughter" &C. &C.
The first ns.allment Of this remarkable serial will
pear In the
SUNDAY MERCURY
TOMORROW.
and win be continued weekly In the pages Of tina.
NEwsPkPzn THn NATION, until completed.
Leaving the slow aud ieaden Literary weeklies the
melancholy task OF dosing the public with the milk and
water and napdoodic " Of Imaginative literature.
THE SUNDAY MERCURY provides lie countless read
with GENIAL and inspiring mental beverages
drsurhs That simulate the fancy and awaken tho
strongest emotions OF the heart Authors who sail By
chart and the tracks OF the I" Ancient Ma
riners Of the OF Iomance not permitted 10 bore
the public. through its JOURNAL with their
dull and desultory yarns. Its stories SENSATIONAL
in the true acceptsuon OF the snk stocking Re-
viewers may at Tales OF this character, but 10
nevertheless notorious that works Of fiction that do
not produce powerful sensstion speedily 70 to "the
would think OF soacng their weary minds
with dictionary an almanac Of seeking recrea-
ton in stories incapable of exercising the curiosity.
wsrmng the Imagination, or impressing the memory.
Miss Braddons romanccs among the most
markable OF their class They arentenseiv sensational
and OF the best OF tn have been reproduced
drom the authors proof sheets) In the columns OF
THE SUNDAY MERCURY. Its readers have had mo
quent opportunities OF passing judgment upon them.
That Judgment has uniformly been highly favorable.
hut IL he we'd 10 TUu
NANrLEss CHILD" will he awarded higher need OF
praise than ITO any OF It's predecessors nom this samo
wonder working pen.
The narrative opens London and In that city and in
Paris the most terrible Of this and truly
original story transpire. Nothing could be more in
genious more admirably devised to provoke and
bale conjecture than the plot OF the romance. No
clue is afforded TO the de9oueenf until tho mai chap
reached and the solution OF the mystery which
dclcs the penetration OF the most acute reader during
the progress Of the tale perfectly consistent with tho
cCdirg circumstances. Love. ambition, devoted
friendship, comsummate hypocrisy, avarce remorsc,
hatred. and revenge, are the agencies employed by
the author working out the story to rs grand caas
rophe The principal characters Hubert Monk
artist OF genius; Lady Blanche Vayasour(of
whom he is dcerly cnamourcd) erqustely beautiful
daughter OF fashion, with marble heart and relent
less viii; 1sidofa Monkton, Hubcrts cousin. secretly
and madly In love with him Gerald Mortimer. Duke
OF Arlington, whom the cold and cruel Lady Blanche
allurcs into her tois aud marrics Philip How
land Che footman Of her LadyshIp and accomplico
In awful crime Gambia. East India Thug whose
creed Is assassination Mother Bess. the ogrcss OF q
den q iufamy called the &" Raveu;" Perciva Holm
wood, an eccentric Millionaire. vino il lifted by Lady
Blanche and VOWS revenge Sebastian Coutes, Span
sh Sculptor passionate admlrer OF Is dora Monkton.
and the enthusiastic friend Of her cousin Hubert Jo-
seph Maldon. coldblooded posoner Luigi Maatesta.
italian Jesuit who has his heart the Pope
dom; Aurora, nameless founding; and John Pfim-
Minis professional Cheap jack" with large heart
st. Glessstyle OF eOcuton. and rich fund Of ecnu-
| inc COckney hamor. The White Phantom" through
whose instrumentality justice Is metei out TO tho
| guilty and the wronged righted figures couspcu-
DUSTY the most thrilling Of the but
whether this mysterious avcnger Is TO be clas-ed with
the spectral fraternity with mortal men, IL m enig-
ma that the threwdcs novel reader will be unable to
solve until the author all doubt at rest In the con-
| GLIDING paragraphs OF the story.
| Almost every phase OF social life In England ant
France-rom the highest to the lowest, and most dc
rraced-is portrayed In the Of the narrative.
The course, the opera the masquerade. the
try far the abodcs OF humble poverty, the haunts Of
rcdhaudcd crnc are all the Of striking events
IN thus strange evcntui history. There tedious
dgressions sopornc passages nothing that irrelc
want or ncoascqucnt but the story sweeps on with.
out impodimctt-a grand, tumuliuous stream OF incl
| dent and adventure, from is commencement to rs
close. When Miss Braddon ptunes and trims the OF
sprug of her Imagination TO suit the prudsh tastes Of
magazine ed tors and pra-match critics, she some.
times ln-s fails but when she gives Tree scope
her prolific fancy and the Journalists nj defiance,
as she has done In the white Phantom. the Name.
less Child" she always achieves triumph. Her yil'
laIrs are rot the monsters Of dsempered BRAIN bus
genuine repr, sentayes Of the dangerous classes Of
ccty, with their motives laid bare and their plots and
purposes disc osed An ntuitiye knowledge OF human
nature one OF tie Tarrst gins OF genius Miss Br al.
don seems To possess H. and equally SAUL In de-
pic Ing the brightest and the darkest phases OF human
character, IN the White Phantom" the subtle and
.utl.tt ,s tho ao,w
rlGce her sou for wealth and cCrouot; the Cheap
jack" who jews the public but clings to the child OF
his adoption with fathers tenderness the
| less pagan with whom murder Is profession; tho
hgh-nindcd and unsuspicous peer whose heart nights
against the evidence OF senses the sordid servant
who regards crime commodity. and the Jealous AZ
den who the Nemesis OF the tagic tale are deneated
with such conummate skill that the mind
gard them ~ types and shadows and takes as deep
interest IN their doings and their fate II they DO.
longcd to the world OF fact Instead the realm OF c
\ ton The story opens well, and It lie much
sNy that the interest deepcns with each succeeding
Shar!er until It eliminates IN the concluding scenes
| THS SUNDAY MEkCURY has now two grand serial
romRncts "a progress In ITS ample pages (vlL; THE
LONDON APPRENTICE; or. 1nE GoLDsNITus
DAUGHTER or WEST CuEPE," and "MY LOVE KATE
or. TuE Dreadful sECELr" by Pierce E.anl. and tho
| WHITE PHANTOM or, TUE NANRLEss CHILD to
be commenced tomorrow, Will make three No week.
publication ~ this counry has ever run three stories
OF equal merit with these the time; indeed
tacre no other newspaper Ia tue United States mat
could devote large space TO This branch Of ntert
tuIe without seriously curtang other departments d
Journalism, But the FlFTY.sIN COLUMNS OF the
GREAT SUNDAY NEWSPAPER.
which arc EXTENDED to EIGlIrY.FOUR COLUMNS
when Triple Sheet is published afford sufficient space
lor every variety OF interesting matter which goos
| the making up Of model public journal.
In addition TO its continuous romances BY the most
popular authors OF the day, TUE SUNDAY MERCURY
| is the mcdi,a through which the best novelties
humorous essays, and bur,sque sketches written IN
tins country Introduced to the public is also the
only news arcr IN existence that presents the people At
0rse with INSIDE views OF tic various phases OF social
ufe IN the Great Metropolis.
In oIdef to uudcntand new York in itJ various
Gets, social, commercl, aud uottlcal, It is abso
ute.y ,c.,tary to read TIE SUNDAY MERCURY,
or that comI rohCE,ye journal contains the curreat
history Of tne clty, unabridged. There alure OF
i've business paper IN which II II not nj least tho
equal Of any daily paper published IN Amera; there
IS no Characteristic OF q hrstcnss literary paper in
VII l. deficient: IA humorous DaDeF IL ia mora