The New York herald., 1874-12-06
VIEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY DECEMBER s4QUADRUPLE SHEET

ner TO come PACK again and live with him. she
naturally refuses. he IL dying and sends for her.
fShe goes TO his bedside, and he tells her the
l riDle secret-how near the insanity ne inherited
! ne dies. Then she goes back to America has q
deathbed scene on her own account anu oegs
Charley stuart TO marry her before the breath
and she Immediately revives"
over al lday ~ questions Mss Rachel. with touch
'THK FROZEN pEEPn
n you 1ans 70 read story tnas wiii lasten your
Rachel TO Felicia. "try Wflkie Collins Frozen
Deep There Is enough incident crowded into
those few pages TO make an ordinary novel OF
three Volumes"
Fred, who is seated by the window reading the
Introduction TO rhe STORY, chimes IN, II should
like to have seen the drama as IL was played az
Manchester at the Douglas Jerrold memorial Just
10 1e OF 'ns mr. Ms4f
Aldersley. Mr.. Wikie Collins; Richard Wardour,
Mr.. Charles Dickens; Lieutenant 5tevent0n, MI
Charles Dickens, Jr. Bateson Mr.. Shirley Brooks |;
Darker Mr.. Charles Collins. Just imagine such
castl"
Dickens created great part out OF Richard War
dour, but l cannot imagine role more
wholly foreign 70 % the great novelist's character
Dickens did he did well; but It must have been
considerable OF q task for him to have assumed
the character OF such passionate. unreasonable
lover as Wardour. I do not wonder that Clara
Burnham did not love that man. None but
spanish or creole gir " would IKE lover o. tnat
grl out OF her LIE. To be sure he turned out we'll
In the end and conquered himself like hero; but
no girl could have married him and been happy.
Frank Aluersey Is mucn more to the feminine
taste. He Is everything that is loveabe. For
my part cannot see what there was about Clara
B1rnnam for two such men to love 50 Desperately
q sentimental girl, who was gifted with second
sight To me she does not possess halt the charms
OF the pretty Mrs. CrayiOrd. But, then, mems
women are seldom women's women"
"Just hand me that book,n said Felicia, 81 Will
sit here by the fire and read 1t before dinner"
William +. Gill & Co are the publishers.
1.-THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND"
Fred had read "rhe Mysterious Island" as 1t ap-
peared from month to month In Scyi0ner'S and
had just brought y copy In book form from Bren-
tano to mail to friend, .Tne best character in
this story OF Vernes," said he 'is Gideon Spiett.
the HERALD special II all reporters ana cor
respondents were made OF such stun It would be
good thing ior Journalism: Hear how Verne de-
scrlbes him :-"A man OF great merit, energetic,
prompt and ready for everything, full OF IDEAS,
having overrun the entire world. soldier and art
ing neither pains nor fatgues nor dangers when
IL was necessary TO know al-for himself first, for
MS journal arserward genuine ,sns nero O curl,
one OF those intrepid observers who write amid
cannon balls. chronicle under bullet fire, and for
.sWhat Q splendid iellowlr exclain both OF the
young ladies at once. .'Tcil us some more about
THE Mysterious Island Fred.n
"WelL then, to begin. Pour men went adrift in
balloon. and were wrecked upon desert coast,
1000 miles from their native land. These men
Neb c0lored man. They found that the land
they were cast upon was vast island. There they
lived like so many Robinson Crusoes, making new
discoveries every day and meeting with the most
astounding adventures Jules Verne knows how
to tell an improbable story with every sembiance
OF truth, and to make 1t more attractive than re-
alty. like his stories exceedingly but 1t seems
to me that this one ends very abruptly. believe,
after 1t is completed in the Xonth1v we win have
II altogether IN book lorm."
''TEN OLD MAIDS"
ssTn oil nv 7
came across such book as this" said Felicia, one
afternoon, as the volume IN question slipped of
Ten Ola Maids: and Five OF Them Were Wise and
Five OF Them Were FOOLISH tnat the book would
have some snap at least The story ls Of q young
OF lncendiarlsm. where he died from cruel treat
ment and whose lover deserted her on the eve OF
marriage. She buys farm IN the lar on country,
takes four sisters with ner, buries her fathers
body within sight OF the house, puts up high
WORK in the fields IKE men and spends her own
time in roaming through the WOODS with a gun
over her shoulder In quest OF game she Is only
iron, and beats her sisters TIL the blood comes
sets bulldog on any one who calls upon her,
back after ve years and prays forgiveness, but she
viii not need his prayer. While living near her
hung and this remarkable woman takes her seat
at the loot OF the gaows and witnesses the entire
operation. Tne poor lover kicks his last KICK and
dies. When the Jaer comes to put the woman
out OF the yard ne finds her stiff and cold; 'one
drop Of blood cOOred her parted lips. Her heart
had burst The real murderer is discovered and
takes refuge In a barn. woman who has
grudge against him takes gun and goes out to
snoot him, but before she has time to fire the man
fails OF OF beam upon pitcnfork and Is pierced
to death, but tnat does not prevent the blood
thirsty woman from firing one round of shot into
his dying body. There Is not redeeming feature
Ia the book | never heard so many slang words
and expressions in my life, nor so muca
the heroes is proposing marriage to one
OF the herones his speech Is so full Of
that oon. y made me blush blush
were the foolish and which were the wise old
maids, for they all seem very foolish. cannot
"Tnat any should write 1t is not so strange"
adds Miss Rachel; .'but that publisher could be
found willing TO publish 1t Is more than surprls-
Ing"
CATER THE BALL.n
Like Mr.. WegR Felicia often drops into poetry.
couch that she Is seized with poetic sentiment,
or sometimes after she is snugly tucked under the
u mo oveT rou Ne5 or
Joaquin Miller. After hearing Albani IN 'Lucia"
the other night she had toucn OF sentlmentalism.
and when she retired TO her bedroom she picked
up volume OF Nora Perry's, "Aiter the Ball and
Other Poems," and sat with her leet ON the fender
and began to read aloud to Miss Rachel, who was
snugly curled upon corner OF the lounge. II
like tnis verse, cousin Rachel" and Fecia read:-
And one face shining out like star.
And one voice sweeter than others are are
Breaking into siivery speech.
IL WAS y 6au HLJle pOeIus L WISH CuaL MAUI
might have lived and been happy too.
"Did Nora Perry write tnat waltz OF Won
Weber's'2" asked Miss Rachel. II am very fond
OF thar little bit, and have 1t copied In my WORK OF
poetic selections. 1t Is about 2 clerk down in q
dark counting house who heard hand organ
grinding out Webers last waltz, and 1t tells OF the
memories the music recalled to his mlnd.n
eyes, here IL !" and Felicia reads:-
What Is 1t brings that scene OF enchantment
So fragrant and ire sh from out the dead years,
That Just for the moment I'll swear that the music
OF Weber's wild walizes were still IN my eafsf
What Is It. indeed, In this dusty old alley,
That brings that mig hit or tnat morning In Junef
What is 1t indecdy-I laugh to confess IT.
A hand organ grinding creaking old tunel
:.
That one memory only had left me lonely
And grey rded bachelor, dreaming OF Junos
When the nights and the mornings from the dusk the
dawninga
Seemed set to the music OF Weber's wild tunes
at seems to me-" said Miss Rachel "that all of
Nora Perry's poetry Is set to the music of Weber's
wild tuDes There Is delicate sentiment about
her verses that makes them very charming when
one feels in the romantic mood" and the two
musinQ-the elder nj N haf haN