New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-06
NOVEL by JEAN INGELOw.

BosToN. June 90" Fatod to be Free" the
second novel of Jean IngClew, published py hoHe''S
Brothers, is q book worth much more than mere men
uon. Miss IngcOw would make a very d'sn"Oie lep""
ton as novelist it bot cbscnrcd ny the mere shln
ing lustcr Of her fame as poet Reading the hest OF her
roens Won are ready TO be vcxcd thai size should ever
tur,, from poetry TO prose reading her novels you
arc profoundly thankful that the great public, VINO VIII
read fiction of sort whether mo- should have any
thing thoroughly healthy and noble m tone as the ts
Of Jean Incelow for THEN dcectaon "On the sSelgs
was a delightful book, and are glad to hud that
"Fated to he Free" introduces afresh to
come Of the Characters in the former novel In point Oh
literary excellence these books on about the same
level what difference there's in artistic skill being III
favor of the last In her preface The author tells Us '
she has aimed at producing work Oi of' ~ ~" ~"
piece OF nature. She has attempted TO boguile Der
readers into something Ike of reality to MAKE
them fancy that they were rco,S the uns"hiul cnroh
Gle OF things thar really occurred She says tha' "A'
II seemed to her difficult write, at least N l ose' an
artistic story * seemed easy TO come nearer 10 NE ina"
most stories And This end she has certainly a'aed
IL further explanation Of hor method she says;
Thus after presenting remarkable child. il seemed
proper 10 let lin 0hrougl the force OF crcul~'ahV',
IAN away into n Ney colnmcri lace man. II s,cm'G
proper indeed ,ooTowG tie PAGES wiz Children fi
lie they run an over; tue world Is lycrcd hcy WIN
the rifs OF thcir HIe footsteps. though ne rule,
boss .i,teu for ron.tlp people are Kept aiu s clear
Of ITEM II seemed proper also 70 mare 'ii. ,'.,
pOrant and interesting events 81 me ll az t t't
later age tan s. coinnoy chose u az also 10 hii"t N
important and incrc.,ius le,s III no 49,, ,oi
youiE for - fact, almost a tine nohiS@ ana iSi lvH
snI Inc ovoliest ana sweetest women of real ne ace con
sidcrah, Older thln the VAST majority Of heroes ana
heroine IN tie world o. iction.
rut in Yel Will, describing Ito actions ard setting
d5an tie words. have let tie reader 10 JUG Va,
people; To- think many writer's mast leei q, CO. 'a',
mr.e,nty ~ 10 how far they are 10 blame any course
tha cy laay have taken there Is III the case oi oI
actual living Contemporaries,
To read Fted to be Free is TO be introduced into the
society Of people who live nobly who put duty before
inclination and honor before desre-to whom the Aloe
H. something more theu dead letter The men ar
honest and loyal and scifsacridcing the women tender
delicate aud uusclsh. or course there are eNoep ons
yaent ne j. weak aud tickle bat even he falls IN love az
the last, with the beauty OF goodness. Laura is
foolish scuamcutaii-t, until an honest love dig
mites even the poor material OF her rather
small nature. Dut two such women rs DnolAe" ana
Emily are enough 20 loaven the wordiircss OF whole
noichbmhooi the shadow Of Great crime falls across
and along the hook; but Il is never distinctly brought
forward u serve, but as the dark background on which
The Other cure, show cry. The char1- Ger %
true Christian gentleman has seldom been more molly
portrayed tau ia thc Grand, as the Childrens grand
father ,r Augustus Mortimer, was called, and !" John
Mortimer his son, you how possible it s 10 be
altogether man, and yet of the communion Of saints
Miss Ingelovs religion g. not othcrwoid'iAe-s-it is
tAe honest anl Conscientious OF Tie opror AOCs o.
this world
Twin not undertake 70 rlve indeed, Of direct
,ain human lives with thor struggles tacr joys their
sorrow a. their hopes, ana their
so lovingly. aud with such subtle sympathy That II
affects ~ as the experiences Of tn heroes and Lclene-
OF the romantic ,AOol never have or can An Anulcan
bn, one Cray shaw fcurcs in This hook am proud oi
him Mis-, ngclow has made him bright, quick. scaerou-
aud centlcnauiy and quite the vitiest figure IN The
book One of the greatest charms OF Miss Iueclow's
stye is her intimate comprehension OF her people,
moods OF dui woman, who failed to understand why
On aged relative could not bear music. she says
Mrs Peter had not reflected how those to whom m Isle
Is ALWAYS w, lcomc must have neither ah empty Le "l
n rcinorscml conscience, Eur Keen rcccottlohs' h't
fOIcbOIng soul.
How she moves You to half amused half tender pity
even for sentimental Laura when she represents her AZ
dreaming du,ns an absence from home how her lover
would so daily To certain Old tree and stand there wait
ing til some day She should come. she went home; and
the grass about the fresh and srecn, since foot
items that are fcned never tread anything down; iA'Y
leave no print. exc, ptg 10 the heit hat ici-ns them
Ind here a BIT Of moral philosophy too good to De ei
fla man Is reasonable and sees tlinrs they were.
he does not often Ak o some pa ticuldr e lJi Iich To-
nr II ci,e avs, nom .. ~. Ion Of particular. ana
inows scf by raue even bette dian by deed. Thcrc
T. common Thought tai tsg.S ~ ifaluE III "iiio,i
every shallow mind 4 stio, ma deliberate eAine'-
Tie GREATNESS tie good derived from il makes The
nan tells erca re and saves his character by H.
No wonder weighs lls g. y dfrl.
yet perhaps De hgS told counties lies, hoih before ana
fucc-old them cut % moIc cdrcrsscss. or irom petty
spite OF Tor siaA "1E@n.'S,, ana "''} Gj IL
the great oiendri Is one lie me regents of thc mos
wicked tnose tat with em1il temptation ne Hung
about daily, and 80 made that one notable he easy
namans Christian le derives often in such thoughts
healing eioisurss OF hc Fa:hc hood aud Humanity
q o e o '2 BE Ne sS S 10 e WI r d c
There II no intention of including here haldchcd cIlncS
dishonesty ami cruelty and Violence, only those pa
,h,tc desccnts which the ingram faults and orein'.
frtlty of Our nature make 80 easy ana WEch Hie ana
tac world are So arranged a. 10 pish eve a'tId o iiA
G0dfcrgyes "TtrSc faults he may say, tHy scein
i've iho1sh snail d.. IIeg are n,''' '"Ii oS an
elsc beside Where can lay the,h '""h' NHeic "st
ten there any healing L. be found other han III
one ytb n, 10 RAISE il 10 InscIf?" The world is no,
hitle Life not Ii spreads itsci IN aspiration,
Ioieuess that g reach; IL mAcrits all sweet
that the ear can Prove; AWAY berc"Nei 81 Ae
Part il believes IN TIE remainder. Sometimes. 100
often. ike bird II gets TANGLED IN a net which notwit-
after or. worse II is tcmpicd to descend as the gem
INTO the vase fora ntc The, T"a s,,eI G9%n , Z;
perhaps denies the light in heaven t0r lcR 81 seeing IT,
tfth"e who have tie most SO ,,ing Ji chat he can
give arc to breathe freely they mast 20 tioush and
and Of il. Not because II rs 10" small "r u>, bni 100
,Ioat il bears - many down. On the whole That
mass Of Us which inhcrts ii, uarowc portion, iohcr'd,
ana the worlds biosl sopc, docs best The rr
and hc free have choice they oien choo>o ann YET
no CHOICE lcXccrtns for the vord he rcircNdhic;
and tat same being Nlon t.e great life "f the word
proved too much, c1is oiicn IA Tue los OF every ts
what hIs utmost -.sln Was not OIdndcl 10 tc&ch
Before have done with extracts must give you two
little lyrics for which We are indebted to noycs,s
velltuned po tie Tyre how they sing thensolyes
"Taircsi fair best Of good.
Zoo heA I0r hope 'la. cod
White star of NomJnh0cd SHINING apart
Omy hc-e lady,
And Iuy one lady,
Aud my loved lady, come down to ny heart
"E T,l 4. me i ... wine 81 ara sola,
,,,oo ,r Wia ,i f M ' s' ' ,r ,o,di throne,
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