New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-31
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

LOVERS.
IFROM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF IHE TkisoNS o.
BosToN, Oct. 26.-There are schools III nv
4on IA wen as in paintings schools whose style anu p
,so tharo 10 no mstaking. In OF the skelhgs Whch
ohers BROTHERS are about to publish Jean ngeoW mas
uroved herself nOvolist but she is not nOVenst as
Dickens was, or Thackeray was or as George Eno'
IA she does not graphic such questions as Chartsn'
the penal code trades unions and unauc asyus rs no
the too moral at least the too didacue kmgsey ana
nc with whose morals much fault has been founu,
Charles Reade. She does not write brilliant anu
yiyaeiOus stOres OF society, Ike MIS- Eu"ai"s,
or paint tender, exqusitoly finished Dttie Caono'
nietures like the author of "Rose-Garden snu Una
- :, Ohio holorgs IN the same school with Miss
Yonee whose "Heir Of Redclyhe" charmed SO many
readers Love is not the chief business OF nor hoNo
neither is religion in any cant sense she docs V
of church-golng fine art as does MISS SEVEN ""
rites no nages on which the reader Is not maue " io
an, an ,ca Of right living the one thing 70 Wlch al
else mpst WELD AS George Herberts sweeper MADE
srpdeery divine by sweeping as tor EOus laws e"o
makes dress and music ana dining and taking SO many
yneans Of right living. Doubtless many OF her young
,aav readers Will wish they too were called 70 serve
60 NV having Mrs Brand for a maid, and wearing so
apv beautiful Paris dresses; and were 20 ind any
tant with the book should wish that little less I'M
porance gwen to gowns, and that one were no'
made so constantly TO remember the class distinctions
20 important 10 the peace Of mind OF Enghsh society
For instance after the yacht which the heroine is
Anus domcsto0tcd has rescued from raft horde Oh
miserable, halfdrowned and almost starved sufferers
and after this heroine has given her clothes 10 INC
women and children and her loving care to All youo
not help smiling AZ her uneasness over the too iahaI
manners OF a whom she takes for an American anu
a sailor but who afterward proves to be an Englsh
gentleman" He has asked her to look IN his jacket
for a book and as she turns it over she says;
am afraid this Jacket is quite spoiled -, ,o,,.
lie smiled and answered gently, On 1t IS OF no con-
sequence dare say your brother will lend me some
Fancy ~ 'a'' sailor dressed mp in Toms clothes My
brother indSedl was SIrpTseo aI wy tTniy and
when lac added, And If Che same kind hand TO Wmeh
20 many Of indebted will produce pair o seis-
sOrs TO tim INV hair" felt cheeks glow with dis
comfort could not wait on TINS sailor so cOuoIIasy,
u he sInied in my face and asserted such Peile''
@My maid shan bring you pair Of scissors" an;
Twas moving away when he said IN haste
Excuse me. have annoyed yoni' ,-,,
Nowhere on land rs 80 much difference acknoWleIged
between the empOye and the employer a. mere Is ~
ihe mast" TO assert equality did not then Know Jha
this just as much the case IN AmSicsh shlps1
thought perhaps il was not ana iet Ve4eN VIII u{ ser
for what right i'm such had to be OHendedf 80
t Si for The SCISSORS: and when the man repeated,
bave ANNOYED vou" 1 replied. II So 10 Is only be-
cause / not accustomed TO the manners OF Aner-
cans; they differ much from ours
In What respect = he asked aud ne looked plz5leG
was little heightened, but could not Wltl0f"W from
EnSiis6 sailors always speak TO ladies as that
did whom YOU have just seem answered
The look Of surprise increased but yet he seemed to
catch part Of 10y meaning instantly, for he replied;
lie did speak with half the respect that feel
Madam Uhis last word he added dOubfuly, and rs an
after-thcught). had not expected such an answer,
and began TO feel puzzled IN my turn Here is your
book ,ald handing IL; ana as sa9oeH q, ni Gu
COuntenance i'm which amusement seemed 70 be strug
cling with q kind Of tender admiration.
No one overlooked Al so 6cfOIe-no never in my
NJ life; and ashamed Of myself 10 feel how i made
what worse the man was actually aware OF my
commission and meant 10 help me out OF the scrapei he
am not sailor nor an American MADAM" again
marks Very few Of MS can claim equality with one OF
your sex and character i is 50 much above us ,
Herr u your book i interrupted hastsy. mere
NO inequality thought Of but that OF station
cause 1t makes II easier Tor me 10 oer you my assist
ance" . 49,. A., -. ia,
draw, feeling thoroughly worsted and puzzled 30
whom aud what this man might he but the swelled
Ineut Ouite lnvOluutanly slight expression OF
prise escaped me, and. relieved at anything which
''T1is is Greek book; is it yoursp
"Ycs, it is - and with ready tact he did not add the
'You are an educated man. thcni"
TIE smile shOne III his eyes, and softened the
corners of his mouth.
Docs that surprise you 2" he asked
Every much indeed; ] believed you we're one OF the
sailors"
luGulgent toward my youth He, however, did not
refrain FROM laughing, and laughed too bur- though u
w9s al myself was relieved at the turn things Lad
taken.
He were indeed but a churlsh astronomer who should
devote bic telescope only to finding the spots upon the
and am ian TO confess that the blemishes in Miss
IngelOw's work few and small while its merits are
worthy Of al praise. IL bright, witty, tender delicate
conscientious aud altogether healthy. II docs not owe
particle Of it's interest murder bgamy forged
letters moral trapdOors OF any kind. II commences
with the herones childhood when she and her brother
Tom were an IN all 10 each other. Her father
fortunate, and 70 Australia, and thither when
little Dorothea only ten, and her brother Tom two
years older the mother followed, never to return again.
rs IL proved At this epoch the children
adopted nv their mothers "Uncle Rolln," rich and
kindly but eccentric man. who hated 90 shore
and passed his life on board his yacht, the Curlew
a fore-aDd-aft schooner Of 800 tuns luxuriously
htted up for " a home on the rolling deep" Missy"
very happy the Curlew while she lay at anchor
but dssraceiuly seasick when they put out TO sea.
Uncle Rolln, therefore, concluded she unfit for
sea life and placed her school for nine years During
this time she saw him and her brother only 1t
was long, solitary dreary stretch Of years without
even the comfort OF grsh tompalionshp fOrthe school
was a chldrens school, and remained there after
ten years Of age this pupil for whom espe6sl
masters were hired. She alone in her studies as in
her life and grew up Ike hareben in glade-fresh
q dreamy, innocent unspOiled, but with kind of shy
half pathetic sadness Of look and manner, the natural
consequence Of such life. At nineteen, she was taken
on board the Curew, as another young lady would be
taken She would have been almost dangerously
glad for strange change in her brother who seemed
20 have grown reserved and cold. He avoided as far
a. possible all illusions 70 their happy childish days to-
gether OF which she would have loved to talk, and
seemed 10 withdraw himself from close sympathies
in way for which she could not account Still she
happy on the yacht from the first; and presently life
became eyentful They sighted burning ship, and
rescued from 1t one sole passenger from whom they
learned that raft with thirty people aHost.
They overhauled this raft. which l have before