New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-10
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

WOMAN" ROUGHING IT IAN APOLOGY FOR
INFORNIATION-AN EXPENSIVE BREAsT-PIN-
A WOMAN AT THE INTERPRETATION or
THE "COURTSUIP OF MILES SIANDlsH,' 81
MIR. SIDNEY WOOLLETT.
IYRoM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TllB TRBUNhI
BOSTON June ca very charming niue
story which j. r. Osgood Co. about 10 puhhsh' 10
entitled "Orly Three Weeks" The heroine Nora
Kavanagh IS the typical Wild Irish Girl OF song anu
story-ful Of pquancy and archness. ana untu'oleu
grace beautiful, as hedgerOses sparkling Win uo" an"
bushing AZ the Summer. She had one Intimate leinue
friend only; and the selection somewhat singular
a COW Mily by name Absurd this choice seems
YOU become interested in Bly, as II 1t were human
soul which looked out from her dark Eliminating patient
eycs Won do not much wonder when Nora says to
her: 1T j. too bad yOu should not be allowed
20 90 20 balls, only because you are cow am
slre Won would behave much better than great many
Of the ladies' And red hair is all the fashion" Inc
character Of Nora remarkably well drawn she Is tue
rarest possible combination Of clear commonsense l"
neal ability and careless Oity; Of conscientious hfin
ness and ardent PASSION Of fascinating Ignorance anu
keen intelligence. She loves with love SuonS dc
death and lasting as life and yet she can turn TINS ioVe
out of doors al the bidding Of outraged conscience ana
Get an the forces her strong will TO keep guard against
IT, whether you see her hugging Mlly and feenDs her
with dangerous dainties such as mangel-Wurzeis' or
whipping cream for dessert and then coming down 70 ul
Nor five minutes aferward radiant IN muslin ana roses
scoding her fathers lazy Irish tenants into spasmouc
sttempts At order and industry; listening with her
dark lashes hiding storytelling gray eyes, and the color
flaming on her cheek to the Wild love OF her via young
lover. She is always natural and fresh and winsome
Dcrmot thought it small thing TO sell ms
sout for the perfect JOY Of three weeks
Of her love- and # the old legends are true men nave
made worse bargains before with the a1ch enemy
Dermot himself, the hero was Young man sucil "S %
constantly carcering through English hcuOni suonScI
IN body than in SOUL in passion than in prncpe yeUa
rprc1iu WI
wins all suraces and who is always better loved than
he deserves 70 At one stage Of his sentimental mise
res ne takes into his confidence yachting iAeno VINO
understands sohooners better than swcethearts, ana
consoles him in the following eminenty pTacucal man
ner:
,,Buv a Yacht It's worth a hundred wvesl don't
understand Young ladies, but 40 yachts; lhty are
never croseraiued or cantankerous, don't spend your
money or v OF humbug you; they win cups for you,
take YOU an over the world IN any WealneI keet gu
well and Jolly an the time and sell III the eu iHt lNlce
what You bought them for Come what Qualities mas
any young lady put against suGh as those 5e sure
,f IL was meant for your good that this young lazy
fIbhed YOU il sort Of warning TO show you that
no man can happy unless he cuts the lades ana BUYS
yacht. Buy yacht say is a palaSSe lot 49,
woe You could easily afford 10 Keep one Oh 70 luhs ana
the would take Won 10 Norway or the MedelT2nean OF
America even though not perhaps comfortably across
The Atlantic. though do know fellow VINO goes every
year Boston IN 2ltunuer Dut sboulu j care 10
- with him. Ready a'OuJi'
The tale ends sadly enough Poor pretty Nora, lays
her bright young life and Dcrmot turns Iomanlst
and becomes "a Caneite monk. The rest Of the people
thCir dead-go on marrying and giving In marriage
buying gowns and gaining gains, and Ike last years
roses whose dead pauses TO remember
Nora is forgotten by one poor staryedIookmg
monk, who, as each years November comes round
spends day and night praying almost without ceang for
the departed soul OF hcT who had been his HES one
love-
For pure finn know of nothing which has been pub
l.hed TINS wear TO compare with Rougning It, by
Marx Twain Samuel S. Cemensl, a New-Engand'
though not Boston, issue. 1t IS large ana handsome
book. full OF the funniest possible Illustrations In ms
preface the author peniteny deplores the fact that
there is information In the volume, concerning an inter
estlnr episode in the history Of the Far West-the
rise growth, and elimination Of the silvermin-
ing fever in Nevada. Take IL all around
he says there is quite good deal of information in
The book Iregret this very much; but really it could
not be helped: information seems to stew ont OF me
naturally like the precious Ottar Of roses ont OF the
ottar Sometimes # has seemed 10 that "a give
worlds could retain my facts; but ii cannot No. The
more caulk up the sources and the tighter get, the
more leak wisdom. Therefore, can only claim in
diligence az the hands OF the reader not justification"
Having thus deprecated censure for any misplaced Wis
dom which may be CLEANED from his pages, the author
commences his irresistible tale 1t is funny everywhere
perhaps u IS funniest of all when he sQOurns 10 salt
Lake City, and learns TO understand the Mormons
through the revelations Of their GENTLE nelghDors'
Next 70 the stories mdnigh murders and destroy
ne IOuuQ IL the most lultlcot4hB ts " sAt
md hear the Geutics talk about poygamyi and how
some portly Old frog OF an elder, a bishop,
= margies girl; likes her. mauies her sister; likes
her marres another sister likes her, takes another
likes her, marres her mother; likes her, marres her
father grandfather great grandfather and then comes
back hungry and asks for And how the pert
young thing Of eleven viii chance TO be the fayorte
wife and venerable grandmother have 10 rank
away down in their mutual husbands esteem, and
have 10 sleep In the kitchen like not Then follows
picture which the silent men who surrounded Rip
Van Wrinkle among the mountains would have hOWled
with laughter Of the Fayorte Wife and g." the pert
little wretch short sleeves and short clothes and the
totterinc grandmother whom she is rebuking Very
comica Is the account of Patriarch Brghams perpexy
when he had presented IN q moment OF gushing fond
ness a breastpin TO his darling wife No c. Any fortu
nate Gentle would have supposed the matter ended
with the SIS paid for the breastpin; but not
70 with Brigham. Wife after wife came
and demanded breastpin, and Brigham
bong man Of peace was fain 10 yield While the Cen
tile who told the story was there the cost Of that breast
pin had climbed 10 $780, The poor husband sighed Bit
tery as he said Even this is not the end For have
an this Territory Of Utah. have dozens OF
wives whose numbers. even, do not know without
looking in the family Bible And mark you every soli-
tary Of them Will hear Of this wTetched breastpn,
aud every last one Of them viii have die" There
great surplus Of In Utah, apparently, as
there dearth OF them in the mining district Of
which he writes further on, where, day, wild
motion was aroused by the rumOr that woman had
come the sight OF a calico dress hanging out Of
eHgrants wagon. The miners crowded round the hus-
with their command, short but not sweet;
." Fetch her Quit" he said, IT is my wife, gentleman,
che is sck we have been robbed Of money provisions,
everything, by the Indians; want 10 rest" Fetch
berout We've got 90 her" But gentlemen the poor
thing she" Fetch her Outt He fetched her out"
and they swung their hats, and sent up three rOusing
cheers and Tiger and they crowded around and gazed