New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-31
n,cKp,o's NEW STORY


,.,o cprrent number of Eroy Saturday April ''n'
.ertains the first and second chapters oi Oilo No"
storv by Charles Dickens, THE Mystery oi E""A"
Drood1 and the publishers celebrate tue oo'''V"
giving up great part of the perlodicai 70 s".'.e
cenneeted with the author and MS "orhs, WV
mage cartoon on tinted paper, drawn ny MI 10y
shows Sam Weller introducing the prinC'pH 100"
a.. IN Dckens,s novels to Mr.. Pickwick. who may
be considered the ancestor OF tna' 'h.e'.s,s -
Mr. Evtrnce has caught good deal OF the splrl' Vi
h;aa,I;oot and his group will repay study por-
tai, 81 the novelist adorns the first page ana tneio
go , nictures Of his house at Gads Hill Place ING
nou story deals with phase Of life when Iichc"'
has not hitherto attempted to portray
teal life in an English cathedral town,-anu lrOn Wv
brief elimpses thus far afforded u.s. we see 10 io'
to regret that he has stepped aside from n'o NJ
toned path A scrap of conversation DC" 1911,
Tone. Chief Verger," and the Dean Is $3.50
favored with Mr. Diekenss oharae'o Nv, -,
and an interview between NJ. jasper '"0 10Y
Tor and Edwin brood his nephe"' o'oi "'Oe' '
in the precentor's lodgings reniii,uS NC "a oV"o
rihtost domestic scenes in the earlier novels
so +Sot II hints at the Mystery to he
saroIorod hereafter The authors power of terrible
"a fan,ostc description is illustrated in the opening
.ho,tor a scene in a resort of cpium-smokers ana
tho ia the passage which the artist, Mr.. Elldes has
chosen for the employment of his pencil. We quote
part Of it: ..,
shaking from head 70 foot the man whose scattered
has thus Enthusiastically peced itself together
At length rises supports trembling frame upon his arms
and looks around. He is in the meanest ana CLOSEST
SrSt Of early day steals in FROM miserable court He
hes dressed, large unseemly ped upon ped
1 ao dressed and also across the bed long
wise are a Chinaman, Lascar, and haggard woman,
ns sTS a nG Of Spe to Snde H. And as she blows and
shading IL with her lean hand concentrates us reu s
Of light it serves in the dn morning AS 'A"' "
Another :" says this woman, in a querulous rafting
whisper. Have anotherl"
He looks about him, with his hand to his forehead
dnfgSt ISe woman goes on as she chroncaIly com
plains Poor me, poor me my head Is SO pSa. anei ~.
slack is slack Few Cinnamon about the Docks and
fewer scas and no ships coming n these sax soss
soul won't ye market price is dres hsh nsi
nov, More nor shilling ana 5penTe 10. and Jack Chi
other side the court bur he ca r 40 II a.
She blows al the pipe abe speaks, and occasionally
bubbng at IL, inhales much Of its contents. -
30 me, me, my lungsis weak. my lungs is bad irs
eS SaS sis shakes iS Ike to drop 6
and to my poor SELF II have another ready ior
snd pay according my poor head makes my pipes
of old penny nkbottes We see, deary-thls Is oneanu
OF tins thmbe with this little spoon and so fills,
deary All, my poor nerves. got hard aruk 4
me. TO speak Of And 1t takes away the hunger as
well as whites, deary.
She him nearly emped pipe, and sinks back
turning her face.
He rises unsteady from the bed lays the pipe npon
the hearthsone, draws back the ragged curtain, ana
looks with repugnsnce at his three companions lie no
tees that the woman has opium smoked hersel1 INTO
strange likeness Of the Chnaman. His form OF cheeR,
eye aud temple and his color repeated IN her sad
Cinnamon convulsiyely wrestles with one Oh ms many
Gods, Devils perhaps, and snRrls horribly Inc Las
laughs and drbbles at the mouth Ihe hostess 10
stu -. ,ro,,,o man r,rses
face toward him. and stands looking down
at it, visions OF many butchers shops, ana puDne-
houses and much credit or an increase OF hdeous Gus
toners and this horrible bedstead upright again. aud
this horrible court swept cleani what can she Tse TO-
under any quantity OF opium higher than that !-Lhf
ne bends down his ear. TO listen " her mn1VerinsS
As he watches the spasmodic shoots and darts that
break out OF her face and limbs like tul lightning out
of dark sky contagon in them sezes upon him
tnsomuch that he has TO withdraw himself 10 lean arm
chair by the hearth,-plsced there perhsps i0r snch
emergencesand to sit in It, holding tight, until no has
got the better Of this unclean spirit Of imitation.
Then he comes back, pounces on the ChnaIDan. ana
seizng him with both hands by the throat turns hun VIC
lent on the bed The Chnaman clutches the aggressive
hands. resists gasps and protests
"What do you sayr
watchful pause.
"Unintelligiblep
Slowly loosenng his grasp he listens to the ncohe
rent Jargon with an attentive frOwn. he turns TO t
s ssT a5 me y drsgs s h o th asen attitude eares
with his eyes, ashes about him fercey with his
and draws phantom knife 1t then becomes apparent
the has taken possession OF his knife Tor
safetys sake; for she too starting up and restraining
and e1postulatng with him, the knife visible IN her
dress Lot i'll his when they drowsly drop back, SIDE by
side.
As our readers have been already informed this
story is printed in Erery Saturday from advance
sheets for which Mr. Dickens receives compensation
AM VET MORE SUAKESPFARIAN CRITICISM