New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-10

I'm America and in England lts gooo 'niipS i''
novelist TO he q poet. aiso-she can write her own
noe,u. and those OF her characters. Here IL little
song which I snatch from advance proeisheets. III
there are any musical composers among " readers
lot them set il to mnsc for II almost sings Itself
"Midsrmmer night, not dark, NOT light,
Dusk all the scented an
And learn how he doth fare.
oih The RING RING x sss aR wEar tSo i tai O' me-
wish 1t hal sunk IN a forty fathom sea-
Or thou maG'st IL NINE.
"soit fails the dew, stars tremble through,
where lone he sits apart
W9uld might STEAD ing rlief away
wouc would tvere shut in yon blossom fair
Then e WON woTd ' gather IT, to thee unaware,
And break my heart in Thy stead
"That charmed flower far from thy bower,
Thou shonlist forget, and NY sad breast
sad sad HOVER so'TSEC 0 SAD sad sid ring 10 me,
And would il had sunk in forty fathom sea
Ere the morn that made II mime
But when she lets her drop into poetry she
wisely subOrdnates her own gift to her cohcePuo" VI
what they ought to be able to do. Here is "pone
written by Crayshaw, an American 4oy az e' "
SONG OF THE BASEMENT STORY
Her mean abode but q cell
Twas lonely chm and drear H.. ,.n
Her work all her wealth. bnt wen
She wrought with hope ana cbeef'
She envous not Of great or gay,
Sept with unboted doors
"Flew Tound" and did her chores
An dav she worked: no lover lent
Iis aid and yet with gee >
That beautoous Bundle Bee.
A cell il was nor more less;
wRetlef you write it with ans,
Dear giIl or with e.
~ 1.-THE motto for ought to be- "For she was water
rat"
By the way this forthcoming novel is entitled "Fa'ed
to be free" Isn't it pity that that fate couid over
take more people in this world y
What a queer old-fashoned novel we have here IN
"Oakridcc" H. T. Osgood & Coy! j. Emerson smith,
the author calls ii "An OldTme story" and the dc-
scrpon is true in every sense OF the word gave IT.
by way Of test n schoolgirl friend OF mine-a SORT oi
noyeltaster. who likes her books strong you Know
and with plenty of murders In them" She said oak
RIDGE was lawfully interesting" Whereupon read
the book myself and did not feel disposed to quarrel
with either of her adccves. The hero commits TWO
murders and thinks for long time, that he has COM
ntted a third. Ills enemy loads him with terrible
curse He dwes in a sort Of hermitage into when TIC
curse forbds him ever TO invite any guests.
There are traI,dOors and concealed treasures anu
hidden wealth of rare old wncs-there are two mono
moniacs I'm The tale and terrible fellows they arc,
making inst as much trouble do the genuine nacs'
There is beauty who goes into convent ana Won
marry the man of her heart because she doesn't want
10 make her other stors wretched forever Ihcre Is
frst-cass abduction OF pret'! Ghl' WHO IL cooo'0"
n cave and rescued at the cost OF human ne' Ill
short / don't know what incident Of The odfashlohcd
stock in trade is left out There are as many stirring
events as there are pieces in Chinese puzzle but VIII
not set them in order for you no, not l. 70 many
books are written almost without plots now, tha'
when come across the real, odfasoned afllnence OF
incident will deprive You Of the delightful shud-
der with which You will read The style. too, like the
plot il oldfashioned There is quaint Formally ahont
II They write letters in which they speak Of their hon
ored fathers-they pay their debts at no matter
what Inconvenience: and then they sink the
small remainder of their property in annues They DO
everything from killing counting, and they tell IT wlth
an air of tru,hfuncss and quaint dcberation which
has its own attraction. The author has succeeded mar
yelousv well in surrounding himself and his characters
with an atmosphere of the oldon time ana ndeed as SAN
nv noveaser Of the golden hair and the sarguinary
TASTE d" it's awfnlly interesting l. c. NJ