, 1870-05-23
NEW BOOKS.


<t Contarini Fleming" 'Coningsby.n +" iyian
Grey" and 81 Henrietta Temp1e~ could varite
wou1d prove uninteresting, although . quart er
OF 3 ceutu1! has elApsed since those works,
carrying Mr. Dimaei to the ripe age Of IS,
which tempers the buoyancy and cools the
passion In most men During that quarter OF
q century, NJ DisrAal's literary star has been
obscured in the cloudy sky Of politics, and the
1ising gene1ation knows him better rs the e1-
Premier and the 1ndsunted leader of The OPP
position to Her Majesty, than as the brilliant
Iterateut. The announcement, therefore,
fhat after so long an interval Of silence, Mr.
Dis1ae1i would give one more novel to the
world, created q genuine surprise and set the
literary gosappets busiy st work What every
enc expects never comes topass- With the book
before MS, it is curious to look back upon the
predictions Of the Iterary-wise- Solemn Sir
0raclcs shook their heads and mutteted of the
1oo1ishuess Of the old man, s1tting down in his
gray hairs to challenge the bril1iancy, ferTor,
and Imagination Of youth, when the frosts OF
age had cooled tho blood, and political nar-
zare for twenty-five years had callousod the
old veteran And they got out their Il ViVisn
Gregg and " Coningnbys" only to find that
- 1othAir" WAS full Of the fervor Of youth, and
Ens perTaded with equal br;uiancy OF nnaggins-
zion, just as felicitons in description and snal-
yEis Of character, and more powerful in argu.
7aent- Others thought "Iothair" must be
come old manuscript, waiting its time ; bu
these, too, were mistaken, for "Iothair
deals with the Italian Rovolutions the Fenia1
uprsings, the EczmenicM Council, the Eist
reform question:, and other living topics oI
to-day. The pEnraent pzudes thought they had
discovered in Ioth&irr An abhreviatiou o1
sLofha1io," !" and, letting the thonght grow, az
eumed It to bs true, and spread the newf
abroad until it Tas generally accepted, and II i
now quite widely believed that Lothair" is an
Immoral book, whom, in reality, there Ia not
&aint LOT immortality in the work unless the
Platonie admiration Of Lo1hair for Theodore
may I've tortured into such
1pthair is a young man just coming into
vast possessions. ono Of whose Euardisns Is
Scotch Presbyterian, with hearty hatred ot
PoFery, and the other IN Anglican Clergyman
who h1s gone over TO tho Church OF Holnu,
and appears in the opening OF the work as
Cardinal Grandson, the one aim Of whose life
is prnse1ytism. Between these two opposing
forces Lothair is the shuttlecock, and. as tht
story Advances, auxiliary Influences are
brought in On both sidea, sud poor Lothair
tossed about Gko vessel without rudder
Rrenfbam tba country ae.t of a dnke. four q
whose d2ughtars are married, while the fifth
Lady Corisande, Is get in hez teens
Iothair. in most reckless WY
falls in love at first aight with The Indy Co1i
sande, xud asks permission Of the Duchess II
oner his guit Ihe Duchess, who is a ahrewI
xnnr1, f1f fhe vnr1d sti1frI1{v nzrr7as tha head
7onp ardor az the ~ounr barn:
~ ~ M, .n snar,s ~ 20. Tontbf,, ,,s,+sros
:satd the Duchess II married early. myseif, an
my children married early: and am ver7 happ,
nop1 + p1a Qs asesbs eS - 1' me Soe
me conditions cannot but believe, Of that leile
JEEich w AZ seek ,-.
nnf ~ nv nn;n,essfc % ctrre II Il rrre tne riTc,s
IGatenp1sten !,
nv dear young fnend." SAD the duchess, 70
"a - 1nneh SeeIssnn. A''sA' v. ''@'~' ~ SfsA
have Seen quite enough Of IT, said Lothian
Mnt StI+ = ~ rhnta ~ t,r. nnl ~
7heT Tcr caish nc at an1tf1eI, tney shan inflc
any paalty theT please"
tna riad tn 4nrn III II nossihie tnc cnnreT
.satinu III lighter vein. -
tMas sefy gIana pahs.y. tt oe4ese, aos a,,s
1uste,i rEii al saw and heard. It seemed to =,
mass q aseanon: 1als.hood aad ma!isn,sy:r
full But / ID not mean merely going to p1rte
for society, meant knowledge " the world an
opinions @ on Is adails Of lie. . 'o|''' ,0'>''
= are sireudy 1ozred on erery subject; that Is :
more. they Tttfneyer change"
II could not SAY that o1 corisande,7 said tn
Duchess
Duchess, and saia: !. DOES ron: Grace Sc an,
a1 a6esr fnenS + M Indeed is What you would ga
ch, -scseP 3 Esq formed and its future is pei
picking nj 1enst to me, !, uurMuFed the mother
aho faas moi 81 simple nature Of her sisters /
Is a deeper assn more complicated mind, and
1eTesl Then, lighter to tone, aed she I'D ADDED: fo o.
90 not know ye1y much q Us 11r to know more
GyerYbody under this roof views you with regard
Wbeserer ne are you Ktl always ma q home
q. present, for II atstreeeee ae~e- -Aaa :aea 81.
tooE his arm Aha pressed II, ana ny ths lime tnel
EAd gained she cfp1nef ground
Iothai1 leaves pleasant Rrentham, with it.
Protestant influences and agreeable society;
and We next lind un 1t the house OF Lord st
jerome, His wife and daughter, Clare Arun,
GEL a1e @ea1ous NomAu Catnones' lAe to1
mer "deroted her whole life to the triumph ot
LIE Catholic cause, aud h.d become recog
n1zed power III the great contedefacF *hlft
3,as vet tn n1ay perhaps. \ mighty part in Ii,
u ---15 y nr S.,.... -:
1nttunes VI me "oliA 4ue u1uentel LIZA
destined herself for bride Of the Church
<4Ohl I have no Tin. M country.- said Mia
Arundel AThese arr moi tInes for In or coun
1ry. Rave cfyen IN sii these thinrs for nv Nas
asE.r
siBut are our times so tzyinR as that n inquire,
luthair.
tsTbey are. times for new, cruzades y saih Mis-
Arundel. > vim ene1VF. A1honeh il NAV be Of ,
different character from the old II were maj
]ru~ frrS r+7or
1est deeds to 6e dupe rs The siere Of Ascalou. Q
even as the freeing Of the HOLY SepuIchten
A. Tho r3+vor7 cornt,r ,n.ne;cra NJ 7 A.,