New-York tribune., 1874-04-25
THE GOSSIP IN LITERATURE.
SOME NEW STORIES.

charming voice a nice little "mush OF concession in
character she only ful6s her mission, however, for
the heroine OF the popular novel seems In
measure have got the somewhat boDy, sarcastic
and fervd STYLE and out poor, pretty, and
pathetic. She is drawn etheriay mild, and she never
knows her own mud-principally because she has
none. This little Gretchen rises TO the occasion
OF being fallen in love with in telescope mandatory
In England wherein she works for daily wage. Her
has sent the dove there from her native German
nest because being fair and musical and student in
certain eonseryaoire, evil and distinguished l,a
Ian baritone, Notturino has appreciated her and her
voice the extent of wanting both. Having thus been
safely got out Of his destructive path, she goes to
polishing telescopes, and singing so industuousy
and well that young model OF all
che manly British virtues finds in her the
ideal dreams. But cloud hovers the two!
There popular musical festival and Gretchen
sings beautifully in the oratoriO only to be discovered
by Notturino who OF the solosts- Fe Fl! 70
Fun ~ says he in bgSSO profmdO. He persuades MS
friend, the prtaa DONNA TO persuade Gretchen 10 80
away cultivate her splendid voice for the stage Inc
doves little head is turned at the thought OF he All
music and foOtlights; she disregards matrmoh@I
offer from the manly young model. aud away she
goes leaving behind her only the blue ribbon he hsd geu
her 10 at the festival Her journey short QUO
however AcOnvenient person. IN the form OF NotVho
deserted wife, appears, and whsks the gr Oaek 70 her
and Germany where she studies seVerai years
her something mdrFcloue' anu ot i"''
again whisked over TO England aud married 10 inc
young model who has all this time been greying very
much and getting very sick in the astronomical business
This is the general plot OF the book there are divers
entertaining accessories For heroine who has no VIII
and no sort Of common sense, and is chiefly blue eyes
and blush, Gretchen is exceedingly interesting and
.'Tbe Blue Ribbon s the whole above the average
OF novels.
The heroine OF "Jupiters Daughters is another
young lady rather ndetermnate character but as she
Is French she may be excused on the grounds oeducaoh
and convention. The author Is OF the strong minded
class OF noyests the way in which she is continually
setting UP oharmingj girls to bowl them down with
misfortune is little less than exasperating. Nor Is it
true 10 nature things are always turning upside
down and wrong side out 10 real life. Mrs Jenkn leads
a gentle, SOFT lovely creature up to something nice
like a schooboy to tart-Says: "Don't you wish
you may get Z" and straightway lets her down
very hard 10 be unsatsaed to the end OF her
existence In fact this writer OF "Who Breaks-Pays"
with her sympathetic but careful cruelty is exactly like
Lewis Carrolls Warus, who cordially inviting the
young Oysters 10 pleasant walk, pleasant talk along
the brny beach, presently sits down and devours them
on o convenient rock:
81 weep for you," the Walrus said;
"I deeply sympathizew
With sODs and tears he sorted out
uoSing RHSg n his .TS pocfe li9Ss handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
Pauline Rendu is amiable girl VINO falls In love
with what appears be a b6e noire 10 French mothers
- Journalist Madame seOws and Pauline is obedient
until one day In the country she gets lost in great
storm and Vipont finds her Poor little Pauline! Then
Mother Nature has al word to say more potent than
Mother Reudu's. The young man catches her In his
arms and she neses her head his bosom softly, cry
ing and he keeping her company. He Immediately pro-
poses for her lily hand but her venerable mother
cannot forgive his journalism says she looks
pp example OF all that is worst in France and
divides the two remorselessly Pauline sighs and mar
res ducats aud good-natured inferority, and Vpont
ueappesrs during the Paris siege to watch over her
safety while careless selfish husband is In Algers
Naturally vlpont badly wounded, and is carried to
house. where, with several Sisters OF Charity she
Of him. There sad parting; of he goes
20 Rome TO take in the Dominican Convent, while
Pauline heartbrOken and faded returns TO her fathers
house with husband who has lost his chief charm-his
money Prayers the daughters OF Jupiter" said
the ancents and it is with these celestial mnisrants
that book leaves its heroine, disappointed woman
fighting her way through pain 10 peace Nor does all this
complete tale OF the worrying she undergoes
leave my readers to find out for themselves what other
tormens Mrs Jenkin iucts upon her young lady This
squeezing Of a mouse under a mountain Of misery is
readable 1t must be confessed.
Here the heros quaint description Of his ideal wife
in T. Hardy's Desperate Remedies:
"oh he says. must be sirish aud artless yet he
'ts piquant Yes he said that must be in her; she
must have womany cleverness And yet should Ike
hard ne said which brings me back the girl again
and so fit backwards aud forwards. must have what
comes suppose. lie said, and whatever she may be.
thank God she's worse! However, If he might give
final hint TO Providence he said child among plea
sures and a woman among pains was the rough outline
al his requirement ~
And this very much what the heroine, Cytherea
raye sand she Is all the sweeer that she does not
know it, Tenderhearted, faithful, selfreDroachfu
selfish merry and kind she is at all the of girl
that one likes 10 see suffer through whole volume; but
safer she does the end when the curtain rings down
upon her. married to her Adored One. and Just
being kissed in boat the lake-a
pretty picture, This novel Is the most original,
The most spontaneous Of the three but various portions
have the attraction Of repuson horrible In color
sbey The hero is manly as he might be; alto
geher the strongest character the book is the
is discovered bur1ng her in particularly unpleasant
manner. 7. Hardy is a fresh and an odd and a free
handed writer and bis bewitching sketches Of English
rusticty have permanent value.
Dr. Holland, in writing TO The AhehGU,n to complain
Of British pratng OF OF his books speaks with u
fnite consideration Of American publishers. He says
there il courtesy Of the trade here observed with
few exceptions, which gives that publisher exclu-
syely works whose authors he pays" and he thinks
that whatever the sins Of American publishers English
publishers are in position to throw stones at them.
He declares there will be international copy
right law until American publishers and paper-makers
can see that they will gain much they will lose by
a. Meanwhile authors on both sides will rage and i'm
agipe vain things