The New York herald., 1875-08-30
Turning Over the Leaves OF
the Latest Novels.
HOT WEATHER FICTION.
"A Nine Days Wonder, THE Silent Witness,
dead to the World" ''St, Simon's
Niece Caring for No Man."
within an Ace"

wants 10 work problem in psychology with the
thermometer at nincty-hve degrees the shadeS Bet
ter take story that tells ITSELF and the
trees-if ''od Probabilities" permits Whether you will
read the book is question: there is much 10 dis
tract ones attention in the open alr-thc floating
clouds the flying birds the distant sails the river,
and thousand and things that entertain
ing warm summer day than is literature. But II
you do read of DOORS you book that you can
lay down in the middle Of sentence without losing the
thread Of the narrative. Summer weather is made for
dreaming, for reading Sometimes, however, the
dream becomes a nightmare, then little book of ro
nance comes in very we'll
"a NINE DAYS WONDER"
The Book Club OF Ourville has been reading most
charming novelette, "A Nine Days Wonder, !" by
Hamilton Aide (James r. Osgood Coz "Thc scene is
laid in retired English village announces Miss Skim
mcr with glance the parson for encouragement,
'where the train stops but day, and where
Dvory business the business OF his neghbor Mr..
vavasour and his daughter Kate, girl Of nineteen
years. occupy Laurel Bank the show place Of tho
village Mr. vavasour is rich, easy going man, who
keeps open house, plenty of horses and good wines.
The neghbors like him. with reservation; he pays too
little attention to their gossip TO wholly please them"
at would be easier TO forgive murderer than such
disposition that, remarks Captain Hardtack with
twitch of his wastcoat
''Thc villages few and far between. There is
old admiral, old captain, Mrs Loveden, with
simpering son; Miss Tarragon, pryng old maid
and Mrs Grove, widow, quite prying, but not quite
One day Captain Boycott is at the station, rs
usual when the train comes in. A stranger aghts,
stylish and beautiful of certain age Her
Mrs Fitzroy and she and her maid go straight
TO the inn where they lunch duck and green peas
fact of which the village is informed before hour
passes by. Mrs Fitzroy, when she Amabe Taylor,
stances altered their arrangements and the lovers
separated Later he married commonplace woman
in India, and Amabel married unhappily in England.
Time had dealt gently with the and she
handsomer now than twenty-five years ago. She sent
for vavasour and he the inn and carried her
10 his house, though his daughter away Then the
village tongue began to wag. The terrible Tarragon
played the spy and yards of cloth of cobwebs
Mrs Fitzroy and Mr. yavasour had great deal to talk
over, and turned deaf to the town.
''Kate came home after few days, and seemed well
pleased that her father had found agreeable COM
panion. Kate happy herself because she loves and
Is loved by brave young soldier, Christian Douglas
deutenant of ours, whom hangs thin cloud OF
mystery. He comes down to Mllwood one fatal day
aud tells his history TO his sweeheart's father 1t
this:-His father gambler card sharper.
Mother beautifu-father brutal and beats her young
EngIshman appears, and loves the mother Pleads his
cause; she yields They elope and leave the be-
hind Enragcd gambler follows fugitivcs to Paris
They fight Gambler slain. The guilty pair fee again
the OF time her protector dies and she left
penness. The son. man, pitied and blamed her,
and divided his money with her. but refuses her
Mr. vavasour listened to the end and then embraced
and blessed the young man.
sThe ladies join the gentlemen go down to dinner
Douglas Mrs Fitzroy nearly faint as they sec each
other After dinner Kate takes her father out on the
lawn for a confidential talk Douglas and Mira Fitzroy
alone.
"Motherl'
'0h, my son, my son!'-painful tableau The
wretched tells the young man that after being
beaten about the stormy she has last sailed
into a quiet harbor She begs him leave the place
until she is anchored securely She knows nothing Of
his engagement Kate The poor fellow is in an
agony; he beray his mother and he fles from
the to collect his thoughts While he is gone Mr.
vavasour enters. Now that his daughters fate is
sealed he asks his old love TO his heart, She
longs to throw herself into his arms but stain is on
her name. After struggle she confesses her sins
The man is almost stunned 1t has hurt me here
he said, laying his hand on his heart q will not deny
It, had set you upon pinnacle from which you have
dashed yourself But he takes her stain and all"
easy going, indeed" 7" grunts the Captain
"By chance he mentions Katc's engagement to Douglas
binding food Of light pours the wretchcd woman
She sees it all now Who shall be sacrificed mother or
son? In minute she decides and while vavasour
is the lawn with party Of friends she fees from
the house Time rolls and Kate and Douglas arc
married but vavasour remains widower and Mrs
Fitzroy a widow"
''Poor womani" mutters Almaviva pressing back
tear with a corner OF her lace pocket handkerchief
Poor man - echoes Augustus Charles looking re.
nectvcly out over the river.
GEARING FOR 40 MAN"
'My friends" said Dr. Lancet stepping ont upon the
broad piazza OF Lawyer Redtapes mansion where the
Book Club is seated, ~ have a for you"
~ know you too we'll Doctor says Miss Skinner
coquettishly t lis nothing account Of some hor
rible surgical operation"
at is surgical operation in 20 far that It is dssec
tion . replies the Doctor; ''but this time il is book
and a body that going up for your bene-
A. or all the twadde that ever put in print by
respectable publishing house this takes the lead It is
called Caring for No Man, and William +. Gill X Co.
guilty OF its publication. should think that the
author, who, by the way is Linn Boyd Porter
cared for little himself that he should put
forth such book ! will in1ct the whole story
upon you but will give It in a nutshell young
author takes little girl bring up. She grows into
handsome woman; they love, but he will marry
her, because his theories all against marriage Mr.
Porter has not the slightest regard for grammar He
frequently says him and me- and on page 45 the lit
erary gentleman says, 4 had not ought have left
everything to him ON the first page Mr. Porter says
his hero IS twenty two, and few sentences further
on he says that he is only twenty-onc. A young man
who figures all through the story as Harry John.
son is called Harry Mitchell in the last chap
tcr-but these are merely inaccuracies Lot me
read few paragraphs-nrst lot mo say tha,
this hero Of twenty-five years has written books that
the worlds great minds have bowed down to and yor
shipped As the story opens he is engaged upon the
manuscript OF his third work. Ho Is writing Of man.
tho he loves best to study and which hc has
studied well. But If there is one creature on
earth OF whom he knows nothing that creature IS woman
very handsome young man he is as he sits
there with his head resting hand watching the
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