, 1876-01-31
GE0NGE ELIOT.


Her Now Novel, "Dn1iol Dcrondn.''
.New. }'ark Tribune. Jan. 2s.
GaorRe Eliot'B now novol, "Daniel DorondRt"
will bo published simultaneously Ia London aud
Now York Fob. l.. The frat book will bn gison
ent!ro-as separately published In 1,ondoi,-in
tho forthcoming number Of Harpcr's Magazine
Tho following limos lorm tho motto Of tho book:
1cs thy ,chief torrcr 10 of tLno own toul:
The There, mid the th,ong q hurry'ng ae.lrs
f.urks vengeance, fDottss, irrc~tat!blo
AA ezhalAtions aso laden with Hnw ,leath,
And DER tbs faiteRt troop Of captured tUJa
l'reathes palld poAtilenee.
Tho story then opon8 abruptly With portrait |
OF tho lieroine. aud q picture Of tho uermRn !
gambling Baiou In which sho ia introduced:
''Waa sl,e beautiful! Or not hchut,nl1 and
what was tho secret Of form or expression Which
gave tho dynamic quality to hcr glanco7 Was
tho good Or tho owl genius dominant Ia those
beams? Probably tho or!t CLIO why WAS tho
effcct that of unrest rather than Of nildihturbod
Charm? Why WAS TIM Wish to look again fe!t
as coercion. and not nH q longing In wlich tie
who1o being conseuta?
"She who raIacl these questions In Daniel
Derondu'a mind waB occupied In gambling not
Ia tho open afr, uisdor southern aky. tossiug
limbs; bns In ono Of those sploudd resorts
which tho enlightenment OF ages haa
prepared for the game spocios Of
p,ond;nIo g. heayy Ior sos' cn @ Fl gt
tics all corresponding1y loayy--formlng . suit-
able condenser for human breath belonging, ia
great part to tho highest faallion aud not oasi'y
nEocurablo to be breathcd In elsewhere In tho
iiko proportion. At least by porsons OF like
,'It was near o'clock OH September day. 20
that tho atmosphere WAS woll brewed 10 Visible
htzc. Thcra was deep stiffness, brokop onfv by
u light rattle, light chink, snall sweeping
SOUND, and MI occasional monotone in French.
such ~ might be expected to isHno from AL III
genlously.copsttactel uutomAton. Hound two
long tables woro gathered tEo aorriod
ono having .lior faces and attention
bent on tho tablcs. The ono exception waH
melancholy little boy. With hia kuces and oalses
simply III tholr natural clothing Of oplcrmis. htt
alone had bis face turned toward tho doorway.
and, fixing on it tho blnuk eaze Of bcdizenel
child stationed "a u incorporating advertisement
on tho pntforn, OF nm itsnerart show, stood c1oao
balilnd lady t'coply engaged At tho roulctso-
ta0lo.
"About thin tahlo fifty or aixty persona we1o
assembled, many In tho onterr rows, where thcro
was occasionally deposit OF newcomers, hpinR
moro spectators, only that ono OF them, na1tnlly
n worna,i might now and then DO observed put
ting down E,-frano pioco with q e!n1poring atr,
iust to 500 what the passion Of gambling really
was. Tlloso WHO who woro taking their pleasure
NJ higher strength, and wcto absorbed III play,
showed rory distant varieties Of European type:
Liyonian and Spanlnlt. u1sco-1taiiau and mis-
cclaucols German, English ntiEtocratlo euu
English plobeinn. Hero certainly was 9 strilttng
admission Of human equality. Tho white
bojowoloa fl,.gors Of M English Countess wero
vory near touching q bony yellow. ctab-liko
hand stretching a barod wrist to clutch heap
Of coin-n hantl easy to sort With tho Bquhro
ana ill.eoupcd scaniy 5e'i i,nfr xi,iei, seomca
metamorphosis Of tho vulturo. And wtlcre olse
would hor la1yship havo gracio,1sly CONSENTED to
cit By that tdry-lipped feminine figure. premature
" old. withc1od after Btort bloom, like er nrtiil
cial lowaEa, holding shabby velvet retlcu!o bo-
fore l,or, mud occasionally putting IN her mouth
tho point NTH which sho rrickod her card
tfhoro. too, very near tue fair Countess. was
respectable London tradcsmnn. blonde and soft.
handeu, hia s!ook hatr scrupu1ously parted
| behind mud before. conscious or citcu-
lara addressed to tho nobility and gent
~. whose distinguished patronage, enabled
a,,d to certain e1tent in thor distinguished
company. Not hia tho gamblers passion that
nulliiies appetite. hus woll-Scd lcisuro which.
In tho intervals Of winning money in ouRlnnaa
and spending It ahowi!y. secs no bcttor aourco
than winning money in plAy aud spondipg 1t
yet moro Ah0wily-rot1ectlEg always that ffori-
lonce Ind mover manifested any disarproba-
tinn OF bis atnuaoment, and difpAssloHato enough
to !oave of II the sweetnens OF winning much
nnd sceinR olho1G loao had turned TO ths eout-
ness Of losing much and socing others win.
For tho vice Of gambling, lay, In loalng
money at Il. ln his bearing thoto ,t,. might p, 4
plcnAures lie was 1T to rank with tho ownora OF
Tho Oldest titlcH. Standing close to his chair
u4a l,audBotno Italian, calu. statues1uo. roach
ing across him to place the frat pile ot Napo.
Icons from now bagfnl inst brought him "
| all envoy with scroed muBtachc. Tho pile
waB in Galf n.lnuto pushed over To An old boviR.
god woman with cye-GiasBaa plnclinE her noHo
There was slight M Eoam; ialnt, +, ,mumnnG
but tho .statuesquo Italian renlaiue1 i'm
pasaiye, anl-probably Hccuro lu an infalliblo
system which placed hla foot on tho mock ol
uhanco--lmmedutcly prepared now pile. &c
did man with tho air of MI omaci.ted beau o.
WORKOUT lihcrtne, who looked at lilo thronGt
ono eYe-gtaHs, nud held out bta land tremulonH
IS whom ho asked for caaugo. II con!d aurcl,
tlo no sovoEty of systetn, bus rather somt
lroam OF whlto crows. OF the induction thas th'
9Th Of the mouth was trclev, which inspired eh'
ilcrco yet tottcriug impulslvencss of h!s p!Ay.
" hut while oyery singfa player dlflorcst naEk
ediy from oycry other, tlaro WAS certain uni
form nogativeness OF expression which bad tn
elreot OF muAk-aa if they lad all oaton Q
some root that for the ttme compelled tho brain
OF each to tho samo nartow mouotony OF &c
lion.
On this scouo Of dull, Eas.poisonod absorption
was that the gambling Of Spanish shepherd
boys hat seemed to him more en1inble, 80 IA
l,oussoAu might 10 juati'ied in 1naintainln
,, service to mankind. But suddenly ho fol
tho moment bocosno dramatic. Iiss al
tention was arrostctl by young lady wle
standing ut Bill AtIEl6 not Tar IRON hln' @h8 u
last to whom his oyoa Travelled. b1lo was lena
! ing a1,d spenktnE English 70 middle aaol lsl
seato.l at play Doaids hsr but ths tloxt .nBten
she returned to her play. and showed tho fu
: lcight of graceful tigure with fac
! which might possibly bo - locked .
i without admiration. but could :, hard
b DO pABsei will. Indifference.
The sylph was winner, and as her tapor finger
r le!lcAtoly gloyed 10 palo gray. were Adjnstiss
tho coins which bad boen pushed toward hcr
order to pass them back again to tho wnsu
point, she looked round her with survey te
/ markedly cold and neutral not to haSe in i Il
Ito OF that neture which wo call art couccaliug
:, Inward cxultatlon. ~.
: "I}us In tho courss Of that snrvov her ost
: mot Doron1a'n, aud, Instead of hvcrtinE then
+ 81 Hhe w0nld haye desired 10 do, sho was Il,
+ pleasantly conscious that they we're arrested
Q low iopg3 Tho dastin9 sense that he ~ r.
r % an inferior, that ho was OF ditfcro1
- quality from the human drosa asonr
: l,er. that ho felt himself in region Oh
| u ot,nvn nd, ,uaa nYR RutnisIts hnr