The New York herald., 1875-07-12

mances which followed Guy Livingstone have
Deen merely variations upon tue same theme.
we nave nad the same drd0tdus DerSOnP shghiy
altered 10 suit their dinerent situations, ana we
nave had almost tue same lncidents. sill Tie IN
herens strength OI Guy Livingstone hss oeen
enough 70 secure It's continued popularity ahl
enough u pOpuiarize a.so Air. La~rences pal
pable limitations oi las one cher dWaUfe. Ihere
we're absurdlties IN the bOox, no GOubi out there
Was literary power OF no common order; there
were nervous s'reneta, origin lly ana freshness
10 the dicuUn; tbere was human IA lure IN the
heroes and uerOlnes and, above ali. there was not
"a single page wHch lulled 10 show that tue writer
thoroughly anu personally knew the nign nle IN
winch lie lad hls scenes. In a word he wrote not
as al 0uislder, uut rs one no was 10 The manner
born; whle as ior the prepOsterous glor,hcallun
OF btute strength, which WAS the iOlble II was
accep ed By tue puullc as a not unreasonable pro
tesl against the maudn sentlmentalisn OF most
or the nction o. tie DAY. Uuloa Immediately Set
herself 10 work 10 reproduce the muscular heroes
aud the lustlul nerolncs OF Mr. La wreuce, ana IN
her attempt 10 reproduce she OF course buresqued
them. sue set before Us ia her pages race ~
Impossible beings; oI guzrdsmen eneInnate IN
their habits aud appearance. yet strong as steel
ana bold as nous; OF hlRn OOru and low ooru
Young ladies. nved only or amorous Iulrlgues.
The traVesiy Was very ceyery zone, and OuIda's
DOCKS became tie rage OF tbs circulating hOrAries
Ia tne nilust or their extrAvagAnces and aosurdl.
ties tnere were touches wGica revealed CONSIDER
able knowiedge VI hunIan nature and description
ol scenery when deserved the epttnet U1 eX-
qulslte. IL Ia email tribute 10 LeI Judgment
tnat Ouida should have knoNg Wneu 10 terminate
tbs StyIe OF coInL LosItlon and 10 strike ou new
line.
la Two Little Wooden $40 .sn and In ..Falle
FarlneN sue TOOK ner Readers lar away ON the
disSipatlOns OF London and the splendid IrIvOntles
OF young Engsh gentlemen Of fls"ion ana Tor
tune We iouuu ourselves Ia the midst oil the
supple village lie OF Normandy aud on the plains
OF Fianuers. instead OF dazzling US wItn lls va
riety and giare anU abnndance the mAisr al ut
oi which sne now wove her stories wss stud4Ousiy
pam. simple aud even homely. Yet tue Uu ilacl-
nation was not 1851 10 the novelist, and "FaAe
FarIne" aud tue ''Iwo llttie OGDEN SHOES" were
read quite IS greedy snd were quite AS popular
AS ''StI aIAuloIen or ''ldanan "Cnanuos.u
"Pascareb" puOlished NOT qui.e three years
ago. was work OF different KIND aud
Indicated distinct advance, ana sigma"
which name iollc~s "tascLre.,r Deiungs W the
same order vi nction, though IL Will not LnInk,
be equally successful Inc curious tnlng 90 nule
l. that Just OuIuu in ner earliest noVeis was
the alsUIple Vi Ar. Lawrence Ia her later sne
sits AT The leet Vi Mr. SWluburne. Unly Writer
who was very deeply Imbued Win the SWIM
burnlan Inspiration could give US tue p.Ctu. es III
wnl-h OHlua GOV deilyhts-ofa worlu wLcnce the
ldeas oI moral order auu IN. lvIuuai responsibility
have Ueen lnpelied; where, ilstead OF love- pure,
thoughtful and klud, We naye lust, l.npuie, un-
molly ana cruel; wnere Kisses ale accompanied by
blood, and lrotn aGu roam, and wnere t.'c atinu>-
phere Is .he " mere aAd picturesque heatneh'
lsm. IN sigma" as III "Pascarei," The scene is
lald among tue peasants VI mOaern Ita.y, ana
very beautiful Inoeed that peasant lie Is u'awn
III 'Sl2na," IN ''fAscare" the hero
Is b.auu ul youth, possessed III 10 scan meas
ure oI the divine sft vi genius, VINO Is dragged
uOwn 10 his o"n utter rum ny the fieshy beauties
OF u CIrce. Ihe Crce ., sigma is uoue other tndn
MS own cousin, who mas uIsa Jpeared as Guild
from ner uome Ia IuscGnJ, WHO nas acquired d
Conspicuous place among Tue queens Oh tne deIt-
monde larIs. and who reappears Just as Sigua
has become famous as musIclan. she TO
work to ruin Iiiu BODY aud soul-mInd and BODY.
She succeeds. His Uncle, qu,ck-tempereu.
vengslul tuscan peas.nt B. unO, ueleI mines 10
aveuXe the seouctlOn OF nls nepEew ana slabs tue
bcwItchIng, beautiful Innocence tnrough tue
hears wnle she Is sleeping, IOr which lie Is
headed. and Win ner ueata ana that OF sigma Tue
novel concludes. l should add that there
Is just Tue slightest suspicion OF IN
cest or something very Ike II, III The
third volume. AS L have said. innocence is the
CO uSiu OF Sl2na. But tue nan wuu Las III 81
otought lnuocence prominently iorw ard, PLAIN
EngiSn wno mas nrst kept her, ID lstrlcl, slgna's
Iltner, l painter, Who lears DeIoie Ibis mas con-
descenceu 10 Destow pon Signa's mother aud In
nocence's aunt, Plppa, with whose death the story
tnere Is a good deal Ui complicated consInguInItV
In tue plot OF sigma ana IN It's very warmlt COL
Oreu scenes. 1Eere are, aisO, not a lew passages
OI perfect purity and extreme beauty
MISS THACKERAY
will not have satsned admirers In her new
book, ''Miss Angel story ut once slight unf
confused, aud vvscurely and clumslly told. "M1ss
Angel" Is Miss Angelica KAUFMAN, the prOte0e vi
tue wIle OF tile Eng lsn Ambassador at Venice some
oy her patrone.s Io England, receives an o1sr
OF marriage irOm Sir, inen Mr., Josnua ReynolIs,
rejects nIm, Is entrLpped Into u marriage WITH an
lmpustOr VINO passes himself OF AS the Count de
Horn, am jus scandinavian dIpiJmatlst-ior
what reason MISS Tnackeray Goes not make IL SUI
hcienty piain-and finally, wnen the scouGorel
whom she cauEot dlsavow AS her husband Is
dead becomes the vile vi an old fame, Antonio
Zuecnl. II only feature noticeable III "Miss Angcl'
ner Is exh olted IN "Esmond.n But rhdckerayis
daughter does not possess the strength or skill
when could alone enable her successfully to essay
sucn roe