New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-02

BOSTON.
, trrpApN NOTES.

L. r.
=. .,-,,. ,r,>,,, ru1FF-A ROMANCE WHICH II
W -, ,,TuIIR HELPS ON DIPLOMACI-LLh
sUrPARp's NEW BooKSUhANp-nU OH AZ
,,,rptrAN LITERATURE - An AMEhiOAM
Inn AUROAD'-MRS. GuELIhS hOA5 ~
.,WusoRn-THE SCENE OF NlLlti lE'
WiN', 80, Az CORRESPONDENT OF TIlB TRIBuNRl
-, Feb. 20.-Thc variety of thieves Is
-, s,r,, thunder Custon-houscs, ana some s'ea'
-. and between these ohenses are various N'"''
,,op The arch thief OF souls Is not the oy oi' WIZ
,cs /, us III the cuisc Of an angel ol hShV a WY
,,,,,.tii Tibet indeed, the one VINO laNt h'Su'
,clcl me alike OF sleep ana Of omui- ll'cl III 'n'
St.ht =" for that is tine quaint title OF DOOM ny '
,l,,, Prescott Spohorl--a new and really wonderful
,oor,, which Roberts Brothers are about to publish
ITO reader does not willingly lay II down het"eeh com
u,r,,mrut and fins. II was evidently written ~ W'c
hcaf-at sitting one would say II TO write over TWO
apudred paces az sitting an achievement Wi'uh
,s limits OF human power There Is no break III INC
rothless interest-uo trace of WEAKNESS or Tagging
er-no place where il seems 70 You that the "on
d,rful story which holds you ike the eye OF the
Mariner could have known pause. You can l""'y
writer goiuc into the garden sparkling ul'o'I INV 1
hight of a June morning. where every 'HinH - ,.,,
GLANCED and blu>hcd. and gittercd' ana I'oAInN' VIZ"
lie white rose which had seen the sIhl anu 49,
,,,lo into tbo chamber where the wind SHOWN INV
Golden, siken curtains, hanging about the pea Oh WIZ
tbc Dsad Man Law. with the sharp, htte' u'''' en-"
l,ifs beside him. and the wonderful majesty VI D''''
1tsf 4ef Saelf
80 chastity horror to the storytellcr's lips came thluN
a., s,,,erces of u lf, time-thc AL which had UP
80 tins supreme sccuc-and theale is tod nreath'y'
a ot be tried in the Court OF Prose- LOT II neIol' w
40 LIN, ~ POETRY II has none OF the ordinary stage
,rcrv of te novel about il. There Is no POSING ne
t the rtsIo millinery, save that once catherine
Teoudesforl. stands the frcsiOw, fronting the TWO
,,,, VIM loved her IN dress of some god-cOloied ID"
,ri with knot of vivid scarlet gcraniums upon Atr
ro,.. with her pale ColdcolOred hair, the sudden
~ upon her checks, her wide and shining cyeSa very
answering spirit of the flame" Thus her portrait is
.nut,d and she needs no second vosunIns. 4heI' lS
none Of the ordinary !" paddng'-no balls 10 tN"'
trautes no broken engagements, no ineVl'abIc horse
men The whole utcres; is concentrated III three S'on
,r,,o, sor,s brought out with lights ana ,sladt
IS vivid as Rembrandt used in hS F!tI'
which terribly suffered and sinned but with the kt'
Of the Divine them still II IS not uncommon IN books
at least to marry the wrong man, thinking hu u DEE the
rrht ono Catherine made the less common mistake 81
marrying thr right man, believing him 10 DE the wrong
unc: ~, ont of this miscOnceptOn grow, the tragedy '
the tale one seemed 10 her, radiant IN beauty, as
she sat iu her drawIngroom and sang TO those wv
always tLost twC-hcr song, sadder than Ihekla
"SuuoW DE all my sport;
since here 10 breast
Lends ne its own support
And heavens rest.
sorrow be all my stay!
For no arm
UplOlds as 1 sway
From storm 10 caltI
sorrow he all my graccl
No siuIlc there is
To CNerTUu my face
When flung nom ms,
Ceorrow! Lift thy sword,
Whose hghtnings shine 4!
Destroy at word;
For am thine.