The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-17

0ut ON In a long time. He was 20 Thoroughly
m msss himself npk Dat he WAS auis
an honorable fellow lie Was not only fast man.
but he most repulsiys kina o. oad man, , Don
THINK that she was married to him, and then oy
ACCIDENT he let slip the truth. she did not say
a word, but TOOK her nat and shawl and left him.
lie found her once Denlnd counter. and begged
! her TO 20 with him. she made no reply, but gave
sorrowlul eyes. After SIX years she returned 70
her home, and found the door unlocked and
bowl OF bread and mix waiting for her on the
table, where her mother had put It every night
since she lett. letter she wrote 10 ner mother
and which she gave her nusDand to Uost he had
destroyed, so her parents had no idea what had
become OF her. Gladly the mother took her In,
but the father was a little stir-necked; he had
| gone through the formalty OF q curse on the day
OF her e.opement. and II was hardly the thing TO
forgive without q struggle. Az last he blessed her.
and they were al happy together, with the excep.
ton OF John ApplecK, peasant lad, VINO loved
the pretty ELSIE rom her childhood, bus to the
last she SAID, John, am sorry Gamma. Do not
ask me-"
"sAFELY MARRIED.n
Almvava read ''Saely Marriedn Harper Bros.)
through, and lald IL down with sigh or rehef.
~ do not know what thar book was written ior,n
SAID she, "uness 1t was to show how great
knave TOOL may pc. The only natural character
In the book Is Aunt Hammond, who writes the
story. she does just as you would nave ner but
the others are thoroughly stacy. Aunt Hammond
Is dear old soul, but she often gets confused In
ner sentences. her words seem TO get plated
together IN the most mysterious manner. have
often read a paragraph over three or Jour times
without having any idea what IL means the
good young man, Allan BraiJwalt, her husband
and cousin, and Edgar Ramsey the villain, also
her cousin: Angela, Alan's ward. ID simply
walking lady. Ellie marries her cousin, Allan, be-
cause he IS ricn but she has always mad
his composition found an answering chord
IN hers. All she lived Tor was battery and 10 be
amused. Ramsey both fiattered and amused her:
Allan only loved ner. There are some remarkable
scenes In the BOOK. Fine goes out horseback rid
ing with SIR Granton Breakspear broken down
OLD rake, against the sltIve commands OF her
husband. she Is mad AT Sir Granton Tor coaxing
her out, though she wanted to go Ior the SAKE OF
riding his horse Elm King. But she MAZE MIN
ride her horse, which was unused to men ana
would throw him, sne hoped. She dared HIM to
leap an Impossible fence; ne rode at 1T and was
hurled TO the ground. Then seeing her chance
she whipped up her own morse and made him give
a SUDDEN movement with his lore leeI wuicn
knocKed the last spark o. life out OF Sir Granton
Breakspear. Her husband rode up at this juno
ture and carried her home, where sne lay for
sleep, which he took advantage OF by
packing up his porlmanteau and leaving
Tor foreign parts. While away he became raw
Ing lunatc, and well he might and was locked up
IN mad house. When Elhe recovered from her
make amends Tor her wicked lie by distributing
tracts and medicine among the poor. That Is the
nldden nerself in nunnery. The news reaches
England that Alan Is dead-that the steamer he
sailed IN was wrecked. This being the case, Ram
sey being next OF KIN. Is the heir. Ellie goes to
1--we with Aunt Hammond, dressed in her Widows
cerns ME- ner oer ana anu oeTs 70
mond Is so outraged by his errontery that she
nngs her cane az him in the excitement OF the
moment. 1t hits him on the ankle, and he grace
fully returns IL TO the lrate old lady. The villain
meets Fine in the woods one day and trys to drag
her TO his carriage. she screams ALLAN hus-
bandl help!n and, as good luck would nave IL,
Allan steps out from behind aconvenient tree ami
Tells Ramsey to the earth. The nusoand ana wife
are reeonciled; but it is not until then tuaL Ellie
THE GREAT TONE POETS.
Miss Soto Voce, VINO reads every thing relating
TO music or musicians tharsne can lay her hands
upon, has Just finished MIR. +. Crowest's Great
! ana POI fSu fnrdG Arm and
pronounces Ii most interesting volume. AS the
author says IN his preface, the book was written
Tor the general reader as well as the musician.
Tue tone poe Is, whose Drel biographies are here
recorded are, Bach, Handel, Gluck Haydn Mo-
Fart, Beethoven, Spohr, Weber, ROsslnI, ScauDerr,
Mendelssohn and scnumann. sWnaI can there be
said Jnat Is new ABOUT those composersY'' say
you. Read Mr.. Cr0nest's book and see. Miss
voce, whom we have always looked upon as a
walking encyclopedias OF musical knowledge says
tnat she iearneda great zeal from the book, be
SIDES getting some good IDEAS from the authors
comments aud suggestions MIR. Crowest does not
hesitate TO haul the English singing societies
the Goals Tor not giving anything but the same
oraLOrIos year after year. lie says IL is MOTH
Ing OUT OF HandePs put the Messiah Judas
Maccauausii ana .Isreal la Egypt.1 Because the
puohc never tire or these the conductors Keep on
giving them. Why not try ''Sauri once IN a while =
No one ever thinks OF bringing out any tnIng Han
dels but ais oratOrios, wnen there ms pastoral
pay VI "Aeis aud Galatea Il PoLemo,n 'kinado
and Armlnda," ''Otno" and other operas, which
created q great sensation AZ the time OF their nrst
production. Handel was more liberal IN MS views
than are some German musicians OF the present
+
sltlon when ne acquired at the ieet OF Zackau
and his other German masters, the youth
become universal he must combine the
grace ana loneliness which charaeterIZes the
italian schoo." Giuck, MOZART hendelssonn and
Scnumann considered tneir study OF the ltalan
school OF great Importance. as IL certainly Is,
particularly IN the composition Of operas.
the good ola times. What an advantage 10 the
pubic, as well as tine hangers II such state or
Things could be brought about now. An opera
Z
lt Is WITHDRAWN 70 make room Tor something new.
The time may come, ana II certain rumors are as
well founded as tney appear 10 DC, IL IS not lar
distant when the support OF music VIII not de-
pend entirely upon the caprlcs Of tickle public.
When that happy time arrives, we hope to hear
Beetnoyen's "FidelIo," Guck's "0rIeo," .AlcesSen
and "Ipnlgenia,n Aeber's "Abu Hassen" and
mIue.n ana many other works Of the great mas
ters wnicn are unknown to the modern stage.
Those persons w1o sneer al infant prUdigies
should read the lives OF the great musicians II
they want 30 be convinced OF tneIr folly. Nearly
the piano Keys or lit bow, aud Mozart composed
~ i0ur years 0i age. And tnat the greatest re.
muses. nave 10 work as hard as day laOorers also
proved by history. Handel wore the Keys oil his
ayOrite harps!en0rd into the shape OF the bowl Of
a spoon BY nis incessant practising upon them.
MUSICAL COMPOSERS.
Mrs. Sarah 1ylers "Auscsl Composers and
Their WORKS. tRoOeTts Bros.) ~ some Wnat similar
TO Mr. Crowest's book, though 1t covers more
ground. Mrs. Tytler begins with Paestrua and
ends with Wagner. Her book Is more a history OF
music as contained in the lives Of the musicians,
ana is valuable as a text book or the information
IL contains besides being pleasantly written. Tne
interest in music IS becoming 80 universal IN Amer
ica lhat Mrs. 1yter's audience viii unquestIon-
ably be large one. she gives a great zeal Ia a
nutshell and OF sucn importance that IL Is neces-
sary To the amateur As TO the PROFESSIONAL The
man or woman, boy or girl, wno masters the con-
rents Of this book Will have fund of musical
knowledge that Will prove invaluable.
THE ROMANCE or Az HONEST WOMAN.
10 - fortunate thing tor the world tnat
Victor Cherbuez aces not connne his brilliant
pen altogether 20 the cOIumns OF the ReUue des
DeUS MOndeS, o. winch paper he is the literary
critic. After telling the public wnat a novel
should DE, ne takes up MS pen ana gives them
practical example 0f bis theories. sJogepn MOI.
rels Revenge made an immense sensation wnen
IL first appeared, and now comes 'sIhe Romance OF
an Honest Woman William 4. Gill A COL, wnicn,
II not quite as dramatic the former is quite
equal 70 IL In many other particulars. Tnere are
not more than haif q dozen characters In the
book, and the interest Is centred In two. Isabel
lie L0anne IL the heroine, the honest woman. anu
Max dc Lestang the hero. laaOel tells her own
story. IRON which we liner that, though an honest
woman. she was cold as a stone. Brought up