New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
NovEIS AND STORIES.


Roberts brothers
THf, BARrrN EXPERIMENT. BY The Author OF
Heens Babies" lSmo Pr wv e'f' fu'A'''
THE GOLD OF CHICKARBE. BY SUSAN and ANsA
WapETR $40. Pr 4g6 G. z. FHtnams sous.
THE AUToMATON EAR, AND OTHER SKEICHh.s'
Be FLoRI.NcE McLAEDBURGH. Svo. PIP kSZ Cm-
cago: Jansen, McClaag d co.
Mr. Bovesen belongs to the small and distinguished
company of authors who have achieved literary sue
cess Ia another language than ther native Tongues
company of which Adelbert Won Chaniisso inc
F7enchman who became a German poet, and Max
Miller, the German whose English style SATISFIES
English critics, are conspicuous examples. but
t,hanisso always submitted his poems 10 his int-
,pate literary associates in Berlin before publishing
them: and Max Miller writes upon themes when
chiefly require cealness, Conference OF statement
and grammatical correctness. Mr. Boyesen has
achieyed more than either. lie has so thoroughly
assimilatcd the qualities Of the English language
that they adapt themselves to every feature OF has
intellectual individuality. And since he possesses
tho free and willftl Morse imagination wilich cah
moi simply translate its modes OF expression o"'
must discover their equivalents IN the nc" nm
enaee. his task If indeed, it has been task was
one that almest evoked failrre. 1t is delightful
therefore. 70 acknowledge his complete success hls
tboupbts and fancies now speak in English WORDS
not stilly or with affected ease but with the oney-
ant Gsitnos and grace and JOY OF existence whlca
transform the second into the lEst nature oh inc
other hand the intellectual anu moral Wih-
perament of the author, though developed more !
widely and richly by his change OF home are
not essentially modified Ia ehaacteri ~
that MIR Boyesea enters oar literature rs
frcSh. ujcturcsone kindred Morse clement THIS
volume Ct stories is we worthy of study, m tiiis
ESPECIAL respect it is new illustration OF the dls-
tinctiye stamp which an individual taieat IL able TO
Give to language and style. The conceptions be-
come original, simply through their own nature
There is an underlying minor tone; but II rs not tt
of many Of our other authors. The descriptive pas
saGes are set in q atmosphere; and thuS' al
though 1t may be only forest OF mrs which we see
If seems to he painted IN another key oil color but
for this VIC might object to a certain monot"Ay IN
the stories All except one have sad endings there
are "The Man who Lost his Name ard irnis
the Namelcss; and few of the situations are re-
peated. with slight variations. The STORY OF an
Outeas." is perhaps the best. " AsathoI's Fcnge-
apceD is rather poem than a story, bat 1t is
powerfally told, and leaves weird, gloomy I'M
prcssion upon the memory. Although there Is 20
much positive excellence in this volumes Nil Boy
essen inspires rs with confidence IN his capacity for
broader work. The reading public of the country
has already welcomed hin
-" H. That AllF7 is tlse third volume OF the " NO
Name Series" The title is skilfully chosen,
since il forestalls the readers natural question: on
reaching the end Of the story. Nay, does lot the
author himself call it the asiBgae OF story,
unsuhsiantial nlsa flavaressD A n,erRgue however,
ought TO possess a distinct if somew hat faint flavor
and the favor Of this tale is that of literary dcx-
terity 1t is evidently written by hand which has
grown timber to the pen II is the rapid and super
fetal work of a MN who is capable VI dOing-and
probably has dOne-mueh better Things. Who he Is,
we know not; and the matter in hand Is not snil-
cieatly important for much guessing is mat
ALP presents TO us trpe four families OF The
unDer society of Guildford an inlaad New-EHgland
town. During three OF four late Autumn and VIM
ter months the said society is at first pleasantly eX-
cited then agitated, and finally scandalzed by the
talents and arts of a Frcnch-blooded widow,
Mrs Drown. After skating party and an
accident which OppOrtUneiy reveals the 1aot
that she Is the wife of Mr.. WaTburt0n,
English Clergyman, whom one Of the mammas has
almost secured for her manageable daughter, the
eenuise lovers, who have been kept apart are
united and the story ends. A stTong-miDded woman
Mrs. Laura wylys is also introduced, but she is n
snporiuity and not even amusing. But there arc
readers who like mGirnGs /; and surh VIII find II
this book no hard crust of thought to try their
teeth no pngency to stimulate their mental pal
atc ANA no residuum to employ their gastric juices
upon. We Inigl say that the story is cursed with
medioerity Of conception, were it not that such
curse - accepted as blessing by certain class Of
invertebrate minds. For such, it Is fortunate that
the style is 70 mueh better than the substance Inc
freyiRgaD is laid as it were, upon purple plate,
garpishca with yellow dahlias, and handed to The
reader by a servant ia black and crimson livery.
-"The Barton Experiment" is also the authors
experiment After the amazing sale of his Ielen's
Babies he was called upon To contribute, as his
next work. something equally diverting, under pen
atty of provoking pablic wrath, followed by swift
nrn,mularity. But he has manfully confronted the
situation, published a volume which aims to be
somctl,iog mere than amusing, and viii not. We
think suffer any reverse in his literary foTtaneS.
..Tbe Barton Experiment" is a Temperance story
lint l,y no means Of the r. S. Arthur kind. We have
notl,i,,g Of the good man who does pOt drink and
the bad man who does the saints Of the caHse are
COMPOUNDED at the very beginning of the story and
the true heroes OF the reform arc Crupp, liquor
seller. Fred Macdonald, moderate drinkeT; and
Tom Adams and several other drunkards Many
vital feufes of the question: which ant ignored 10y
professional Temperance orators arc brought To light
and strikingly illustrated 1t is book which can
nor fail to do good by suggesting number OF phys-
cal and moral facts owing 20 the neglect OF which,
more than anything else, tho Temperance cause has
made so little headway. There is not much plot:
the literary merits of the story lie mainly in its
clear. picturesque delIneatiOns of character. The
author has learned to conceive his figures distinctly
80 that the reader never mistakes their identity.
1.-The Gold Of Chiekaree7 is sequel 20 the
Misses Warmers story Of "Wych Hazel" published
last spring The old characters reaPPear the com
pleKities Of the story gradually disappear, and the
way is made smooth fT a happy ending Of all
trouble OF course. no one who reads the former
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