The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-16
SOME NEW Rooms.
A Woman In the Cnse.

hS u HoNtHst WIN stoIg WnlNu ucdiS WIN iVNS
and villntny' as novels are apt to do but more
conspicuously with the detective ponce anu the
unrayelment Of sort OF Charley Ross mystery.
AS work Of art her tale IL open to serious criti-
cisin' The characters are barely outlined. The
story moves by hts and starts. The machinery
rumhles ohen4ivcV' Ihere IL revealed none oil
that insight INTO human character and motive
WHICH those VINO rcnshed her remarkable readi-
ness ana easy analytical style "a witness IN the
Beecher tnal may have expected from Miss Tur-
ner. VIII t,however, il does display Is really
astounding familiarity with our police system,
the slang OF detectives, their haunts, and
methods OF procedure. Miss Turner's dctec-
tivcs are not the onniscient and omnipresent
creatures who ferret out criminal mysteries
with rrcternaural keennoss, to which a certain
class oi n''elsts have so often introduced us.
but act Al pictures Of the not over inviting per-
sons VINO lounge aboutthe detective department
AZ ponce hcadIuaiters' Ghd' as II IL currently re-
pof'eu' are less anxious To discover thieves than
TO G mpound leI"nies' Though she makes de-
tectlNc her nero ana her IhdrleY Ross. yet sho
u"es not ehdow MN with those wonderful qual-
lies OF intuition INTO the ways 81 the criminal
Whlch u'-tnGuish the ordinary detective OF hc-
l"h' John iiaIdy does nothing remarkable, Is,
indeed quite commonplace, ia tie line OF his vo-
cation. But rs he Is made out To be an honest
felow' we gladly welcome MIN as hopeful al
dtiph TO our detective force OF romance The
other detective Is member OF tho Chicago
branch OF the detective police. An exemplary
husband. a devoted father, and tender-heuted
man, rongh though he seems. "Onc-eyed Clar-
lew IN his professional relations, is an indubi
table scounircl lie believes I'm nothing except
the man chance, and does not hesitate to sell out
the man whom lie IA detailed 10 aid In the search
Tor his lost child. lie also does nothing In the
detective way ~ notable acuteness. Indeed. he
goes 10 WON III his iolly ana greed 80 buneling-
Is that he Is bound to be worstcd In the end, as
very ironcrly he is.
The other essential characters OF the story are
rot many. Mr. Horace Russell il on Englishman
who mafries a Factory girl hEa'nft the wishes Of
his father Who owns the mil In which shc
works l. dlsnheiitod. moves to the United
States learns 81 his rate pnrents fatal Illness
comes to New York from the West, puts up ct
the Actor House, and has the passage for HIM
self ana vile and little son engaged Tor Eng-
land. and on the eve Of sailing walks out with
tile boy to admire the architecture OF the CITY
Han. The boy IS lost. We get in moment the
iuNling OF plot. but what SURPRISES us Is the
space devoted to the prclimlnares. The story
ovcrs with dcscrip ion, not at all specific, Of
the home II the Russell family IN manula'tur-
ing village Of England. We have the stern Eng
lish paren', the gentle. yielding wife, a lame
brother. AMI sue factory eir ali dimly Outlined,
bur none q tlcr contributing in the slishtc,t
degree to the dcyelo mcnt Of the plot. They
are ail promptly killed Of and SD fdr a. the pur-
pose, q the story are concerned, the sansuin.ry
deed was well done at an early stage Of It's de-
ycloumen,. lhcy are Of 10 use whatever ia the
working " Of the Charley Ross mystery. Tue
lame brother gave us hopes st the start, but why
he .houlj 0e lame, aud why he should be oorn
at all soon became q mystery -cac. Fly less ter
ii,xWc th.u that - 10 which II the ELIGIBLE
candidates Tor Identification - the lost boz,
later introduced. was 20 he solected by Mi-s
Turucr as tae Ncfit ole Charley. But We d. not
wish 10 bc hlporcrti,a in the case Of first
novel. and only hint at an artistic b.euish
wlich annoyed u.
NJ li0rac' Rass,ll when he loses his boy is in
had straits. lie has his r .--tcc en.,ced for ID
rext ~ rnin,. hi- father Is dying. his wife is At
the \ .or Il use. aud the p,li g are indsposcd
lo czcr;i. la the matter. lie ,mpromi,e- he
diGcuty. however. rs leaving lis wife behind
L. hasn't TIC hoy up, ana sails vlth q heavy hclrt
% r.ti rm his Mil duty. The elder Itu SCI.
dics. ana leaves MIN all ms money one hundred
thousand l0unlf. NE mother ana lame brother
arc de- u "ircAd!. Mt' Russell c'nte1ied hers "
witt hunting f1r the boy Tor ten days, gave UP
the chase Gs % pele.s' crossed the ocean aad
- iacd her husband, TO also die.
The thought occurs, why was the pretty
factory eirl cfe'ted al aht II is true tina.
-uc bore the s0u' the stealing OF WIom
gives plot 70 the story, and introduces TIE
venerable Chi"i Of Police Mat-cli, Harry HIN,
arden . aim, The wicked navy leuionlni,
lcnplcton. and John Hardy and "Onc-Eyed
tLnilef, tie detectives; hW her q arlaee with
W. i'H'sei- even under the dis'pprov'l II his
father. alN the f0ct tIut she was tact ~ -lri