New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-12-31


of Massachusetts, whose name is no less conspicuous
by her personal virtues than by the renown OF her
illustri0us descendants.
sEvENoAKs. A STORY OF TO-DAY. ny J. @; HOLLAND
l2mo. Pr. AL. ScribneT Armstrong. q 90.
The tendencies of DR.. Hollands mind would
doubtless prompt hn tn make OF lie inner ana hooier
clements OF character as materials for his fictitious COM
positions lie has faith in the better qualities of human
nature and il Inclined both by taste ond haht 10 is'
t,ate their manifestation even In tIe iownest ioins'
His pages abound with examples ol tine sweet en'ic'
OF common life" ard pictures OF humble virtue "hon
are presented with such attractive simplicity and pntno'
~ 10 give him home in the hearts OF many American
household circles In the present volume he has adop'
a different method and selected some OF the most rcpi-
siyc aspce;s Of social life for tho Theme OF MS
.,orv "soyepoats introduces us to q crowd of bad
COMPANY although 1t aims 10 exhibit tbe peiHoh'Scn 40
WARNINGS, and not as examples, aud extract from Their
co,ipaucucieg high ethical lesson inc chocc Oh H"ch
materials without powerful reeemiDg clements may De
Ooueht 20 t,anccss the bounds ~ legitimate art, ana "
certainly leaves IN unsnycry impression on ne hnu oi
the reader Tic Leading figure IN The seene II tue m =
Fate of country village, who sticks IT no scI7pic III
pursut ~ gain and whose whole career is courso OF
ronacv fraud end doubledeallng his character Is
cotcnoyd 81 n.cauneeA scpSUay, aud inter snshncss
so coarse and vuir nature "a seldom brought forward
r. hero Of fiction He has not the prestige 81 INGENIOUS
and c,nuinc ylainy, OF gigantic crimes ekccu'"u
on scale of vast proportions wnch CROWNS
them with certain dcInoniac subliny, Of prefer
natural strength of faculties which might almost Furnish
an arongv fo- their perverted exercise. Nor 10 he bill-
lert ardaeoua mocbing devil, Ike Gcetbes hcphis-
opholes or cne clothed with air of lutd majesty like
Miltons Satan brt = low, creeping, ohaternp, nnclean
inin whose rfcsoncc Is q dssls and whose company
iis1rec "a an Offset This pestiient wrcch, we have
jim the bacwooIsman, rorsh Gncouth child OF the
forest with his rude hearty ways, and wild harbare
ecnac ~ iscr whose ruling passicn is 70 aycnec he
innocent End bring the 0pTrcssor to punishment In the
background Is the old alor.erl with certain wlipc-
snue sofnrss ~ heart which caunot I've concealed by
nsrsh voice and grabbed manner The poltrtmc Of these
Two worthless although presented only in broken outlines,
dos- much TO relieve tie mcnotoncus rascahiy which
peryades .he plot ana shows the hand Of the author
working r. ADVANTAGE in his accustomed style. Indeed
he has seldom wrought more shiy thaa in his dslin-
cation ~ jon aud Koziah ihe genuine ereetur" and
il Tho picture of their h0mely loves had formed tho
-iorle OF tn volume instead az being episode in its
contents il ni2it have been pronounced Of his hap
picst efforts Although jim" ID occasionally somewhat
ovcrdiayn III ciasucar Is on original conception at
testing the inventive power 81 thc novelist, well AZ his
Keen acnse Of crotcsguc hmpar. The "t,ll taoiass
q n3; 80 we'll sustained bat her whimsical qnaiities
suggest p'quut roriIaiuic in admirable contrast 10
the nii.-an, water characters which fofi he regulation
,res m 80 many of the current ropuHr ic;i0ns. The
81. o. T;iral description winch abound IN this work, %
~ Dr. Hollands prev 0Jq novel;, arc always 7aiuiTl and
u. siIay VIM the bet o. the poet Wen as the
eve o. The exact observer aud clothed in costume Of
bright end transparent prDse. in general they arc -
accurate az they are g2c'fl. although ~ instance,
We norcc that lo falls into Tie common error Of as'rib-
ing Tie change ~ cnoF in the altlmna leaves Of the
noi,horH forcs, 20 ;ic carly ffCs'5.