, 1875-01-02

4 pOfblFtiy TItFH III lue flhfB t1ef cku HcAfnH r.
mi, 1nfa, bo!ieyo t,as tl,"re who oIcn their
hearts 10 tue truth ki,a the eht she'r friendn
fa.s. agsin md le n'e to aas right what was wrons
" > veek too l.ts 10 Talk of sottIns right" -
~ o o ana M te.I I'M hnr yo aro sor'y IN, i"sd,thas Will
"Ah bu. thera's moro than hrr concerncd.n
% You nrs rist ,ny 13r Thsss r a1n.hsryqn,s ;,s
hands, or tather tho tovttess children of Ills hoas
sh94!l va, te trs,te1 a. Jon hare treated vomen."
~ bcs your i,arIon, my Lord; talked Of no Deity
taked o. Living 1oye int aave n lFth ,"d calls
"Cai! Hin what ,oa rle.ao; lie won't ba put OF 30
"ie won't be put of, one jot or one .ltt1c IIo will
forgive anything. hut Lie vii! pRss nothing. R'll your
..slo Will when espl.tn."
| "Then why ahnnld ynu thing the forElvsneTs nf
ood which created her Forgiveness should bc 1eAs ~
"T'en yo, don't tnnk good God would eaF' to
| punish poor wrttehrs like us Z"
Your 1orlsip haa mt heon in The habit Of regard
can't cali child POOR Wretch without insulting tho
"Tlen lis can't te so hard on him as tho parsons
ci.lfen buck to 1Ilnaclf ther being. What
would y,n do, my Lord you saw your non atriko
Knork hin, down and horscwhip him.
1'hese disjointed extracts. pl1uant Ar they arc,
fully represent tho cfrecllveneaa Of the con.
the socrot Of tng story Malcolm. who l.as been
roarod BY blind piper to tho calling OF ilsh-
erman, ia tho lawful aon of the harqnis.-s fact
which lie learus II, tho honr after lis father'H
| voice il atillcd in death. draham has loved from
| boyAood tic woman wllo was Malcoltns mother
and the wronged wlfe of thu Marquis but tho
truth nosor escapes him. We guess it from tho
ligllteas hints ifias Horn cherishes in tho
sanctity Of her home. for twenty yenrs, the vo-
| 1nan-her cousin--wtlo waa, by cruel Intrigue,
robbed Of hor husband and child; and, il alt
career, Which tho sufferer carries ,eaously down
to the Rfavo. Tho old scutoh epinstor
had "nae feelins"; Int sllo served her friends
with devotion md fidelity soepless and undying:
seem what ~ called :. slow" to Tho impatient
| reader. The Bcotch dialect, which il the speech
OF most Of tho characters, B hard to master and
trying to tho patience. boms pagoB will prob
much In tho book worth having, and. long after
it ia read. It will haunt yon. 1t influence does
not end at the word " Fins.' 1t IL 3 living pow
or that tolls on tho lfe. The author promises
history Ut Malcolln; and EVERY ono who has
read this will wnit with pleased expectation tho
fulflllmont OF his word.
| "Calob Krinkle Was made; 1t did not grow.
In other words, 1t ID hn artificial tatlor than m
inspired production Tho author las not deep
| aud right conceptions OF human nature. ua llas
observed superllcally, mud failed to discover tho
| hidden sources Of action. Hence he is unable to
/ H4laU# 44a A4UAl EllAlACkG1a Will fitAItfs 4uGf
! arc plainly hutomata whose movements lo con-
| trois bF machinery. They a:o hollow. or Oiled
with aawtlust. like tho doliA tho children play
with, and arouse no deeper interest,
Tho story OF Caleb krinkle begins With his
childhood, aud concludes where tho storootypod
| novel culminates, With his marriage. 11o ID
couhtry-Gorn and grows up on a farm, passing
| through tho experience. mingled Of work, and
tile outset, It is evident he Is to DO hero of ro-
NANCE; that ho s to tower above others in i'll
telliGcnce aud virtno; that 10 IL to be vcttmizcd
by vicious conradct destined frotn tho cradle
love; aud that he ia finally to overcome oil OBJ
stacleB and cnemies, and DO thereafter prosper
GUS and, and harry. Al this, We repeat.
is forosl'adawed r1a = IN IN tho very begin;
tMoses BY narno) arc still nj chius; and it is
rather painful to 500 how nssiduously le is led
by che author in the right way. aud Moses In tho
wrong. through asl those years OF youth when
| We look, in tic sons Of men, for some spontano-
| oua and natural impulses toward both good and
evil. Tho story, through all Its length. may be
called . picture Of American life; but it is al
| imitation, ohromo, o,-not transcript Of Nature
| ltBelf.
Mrs. Annia Edwards is an industrious writer.
Il III not much more than six years sinco her first
novel WIS reprinted here, aud the present ono il
nnh en- 6t her ist daa N9ne Of hE n9yes
compare favorably with those Of them wo have
scon. 1t IL impossible in plot, and its characters
-f ~. ..io. III
3Io ot stsle neser sooI, oltslao o1 nctloh yet
us t " two o. tnein are larry drawn, ana some OF
tae sce.es are "lousnt w.. Ep 20 conn1deraDle de-
/ amusement when thora Ia nothing better at
9anu 9, put ~ nas no astlnctfo mort TO single 1t
'roI. a tIo mal.l.uoe Mnt OF cusIeh. romanees.
l.:. nl.i po iorest mss ohaeavored To road Lis
tho career Of "Honast John Vane," tic euorn-
.eS n .! 1oAeIess,utai GotruPt1on. bnt hls effort
W.! W. I n1s lvses wstn .asEo measure o. snteess
10Y "otn shl'o 10 wv coHlaou' hot 70 Hny vulgar,
a!an ~ a'aWsE as tno pattorn OF Q coheroas,
man. ,;s Me WI hot dslhte That Ie ls painted
! uue ~ l1e' put suc!a ttutl u Hhpaataplo. Iho
average nGpsesentative ol tle hmerlcan people
| III lne tlh!is ot Na1lonal Lee!slasloh may 10
Gre lol'oW put tug peopie are not yet ready To
accept tne last. Inc 9li'ce has not wholly lost
~ pre7sllgo outIasoously as 1t haa boen nb.ised
sa!. lnves'a whoever Possesses u With an ideal
| portonce may have dono to destroy the Illusion,