, 1874-10-11
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Gu.SSA1: \ TALE oy :; 'oEsE LIFE By u1A1uA
11onru Ho~Eass. Sluar 16mo, pp. co5 Boston
Jt'oles r. Otguod t. Co.
AS:r0SI tI ERODE: D. To BEET LOWELL, author c
| " The Scw Priest IN Con .;eEliou Bly," etc. limo
ria 4l6. Boston Hoberti: Brothers.
LITTLE CLASSICS. Editt Il by Rossrrza Jous.os
Eft. n,s'nn so11me: EXILE 1n.o, pp :o6. seeou
Jmss L. osgoot Co.
TILE FLOATING CITY; ND THE BLOCKADE Rus
X. X.as. ~ , 3uLks vEnsz: l2mo' pp. :e5- Ne.
KAcHEn1SE EARLE 3: .Nis. Anxr1SE Tn4rroa
~ AI'h9s e5o Of an ~ ~ Auer5eaa Girl Abroad" 1ustTat
A1oOSEoLk: 4 TRuc Aa: QUIT THE HOME o1
:cas fA1nx y TALES. ~ j NE G. AUSTIN. Ilua:rat
| &. 7. Putoarns Sons.
The prerious writings. Of Ir. Julian Eag.
tlorne have left q painful doubt whether he hae
PC aitiyely an Inheritance ef his fathers pecula,
te:inntz. or Tero simply ':rving very hard to re-
alze tho deluslve hope THAT lie had. Iu his asr.
L: 81 essay there was MI nifest tending to labo,
IN the weird, subtle, anal tic vein which Nathan
| ial. Hawthorne worked ;o siugu1arly aad sue
| ce:,sfully. In his first n',7el, "8ressant" this
tendency was confirmed, ind it was evident that
! tb's younger uzn, who:h,,r from the bent of na-
| tu:e OF misguided resolve to initiate, was de-
tea:minod to follow pre-. - c]oae1y the path that
le<l his ulustrious p-ogeu4or to tho summit Of
fGne. Inevitably Lis COURSE subjected him to the
sEe1pestcompar1aou v1th be one who had ira relied
thu aa1ne 1oata before; lnd whether the ;c1-
n oase distance bo.Hcea the achievements Of
t4e two wero owing to tho youth and experience
a. the one, or to his 1acl: Of the PARTS Of the
other, WAS question wllich the mos. kindly.
disposed would hardly diu:e decide.
This second novel. of 1oua:,ce Is it is more
p ;operly termed. eTect.lhy eottles the matter.
here Is no more room or doubt that the faith
c':'s Glf.s have desconde.l to the son, and that
7lan Hawthorne is entitled, By right OF INTEL
hv;uAl cndowsnents. to take up tbs pen which
the cider Hawthorne laiG.. 'doan. and cut with it
1ioW laorois to twine sroc nd a namo that Will be
<'ne OF the highest ornamttnts OF American Itera-
ure. There ID no imitati IN in :he p:escur work,
II Is dissuct7ely orig,rs( II is not IN eYen. nor
can We say finished, Performance; but it is
characterized by IN unusala1 poner OF Invention.
"ty exceeding stall in the management OF the in-
'csdents, and By pcgsaGzs OF thrilling intensity.
.he story IS purely inna35 tnory. The reader un-
'uerstands this WE'LL aal 5er is made to admire it
the moro from tho aro, that are brought into |
;s!ay to render the 1omGars acceptable. The &C. |
1;!on takes place in the ci ties Of New York and |
Boston. and is comrletc,!. within the brief space
',f three daye. And st.l tho whole history Of |
lives that have reached upward OF thrcescors |
@-A- F~@~9$
i2s. To c,oHn rns merit, Of the book, ros until |
The conclusion Of tha ltM. chapter is the real So
tu.on OF tho plot discovered The reader con- {
.lnon:ly supposes hc h.a the clo1 long before,
and c.mplacentlS emilas' at tho ingenuity tha,
can invest 4 n,uch-rorn invention with new in t
teres.. When the derouement finally opens upon
him, he laughs At hmsel: that be haa be.o 50
cleverly hoodwinked.
Il would take too much time to furnish even
cn outline Ct . story that depends for it7 effect
much less upon characte~: than upon the evolu-
tion Of events, and VIC shall rest content with |
the INDIGESTION ne have E5Ten tha: Idola:ry Is |
q ROMANCE containing Gle lcents Of great power. |
Above o7e1J novel tina. u III been published this |
6enson. it shows genirs on the part Of its |
author. 1ts aay.nca Beyond " BrosEaa.1 is
more than coald have been hoped and the |
promise that lies in it OF Tor better books to fol-
Lo7 1t Is 1ncss oncoufagiig. We shall yet hayo
novels from julian HaH,:aorne that may Justly
be called great, the n11n-1ay OF his career will
Eail to fulfill the tokens C its beginning.
d more decided contras: to tho trong-havored
lotion ot Nr. Ila1thor1a could not be offered |
han We find in the simple, reahat;c rale of Morse
ife by Dir. Boy-sen. THIS last il like land
cape in the hs2r; OF Norway, with clear. cold
kies aud paild Sun, or f,lintinZ stass and magic
'urora. aoove; and to:',1. rugged hills clothed
nth stiff and bristllrs fAs; end lakes lying un-
er sheet Of thick ico Through the long, dark |
TintcE, or ro1ectng, in 's'1e short. bright SUM-
aer, the grim fokui, the hoary-headed mountain
Int stroschcs oct On et ::er side it, .rms 'sths
3ng, freezing gl.cicrs;'" and brooks that run
caring and tumbling, b .weou wallis Of frowniue
ocks down to tho 6e4 and fields and meadows |
ow covered deep With riffs OF SNOW, aad again
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