New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-16
And the old man held counsel with

his fathers counsel And the old man held connse WIN
When ne 20, home he behaved he hadn't been any
where Ills brothers talked away, describing wne,e
they had been. what they had seen ana nc hs'eneu
The next day there gathering again In the
prnceIy halls there were boyars and mobiles th1n
single glance could take in The elder brothers rode ter
Their younger brother went there TOO, bnt on cpa
meekiy and modcsty, Just II he hadn't kissed INC
Princess and seated himself in distant corner. Inc
Princess Helena asked for her Drdeg =, o m hall
her kingdom but the bridegroom dld not Pat ~ al ~
pearanee Search was made Tor nun among ,nS in his
tnrnEaut with no result! Meanwhile, Vanya looked on,
smiling aud chuckling and waiting TIL the nr'do Shou'd
III picased her then says he when appeared as
gay gallant let her fall IN love with me III my pam
Tan up she rose looked around with bright eyes that
shed radiance on all who stood there, and saw ana
knew her bridegroom, and made him take his scat ny
her side, and speedily was Welded 70 MN. Ana me-
Brave, aud what handsome fellow Only sec him
mount his yin seed give his cap COCK ana s'of hd s
king you'd never suspect he once was only Naiynsha'
Mrs. L. d. f. n. 1--WE believe inisial is
omitted Southworth has already distanced her En-
gsh rival, Mrs. Henry Wood, in the number if not
in the absorbing sensational character Of her novels.
She is the American author most read, according to
the statistics Of the public Libraries i'll Western
cities. She has written AZ novels many of which
are seques" to Others. after the manner of g. p. X.
James, whom she will soon surpass in quantity of
performance, she already does in initials Her
work. of course, has obtained currency among
readers who crave the excitement of rapid nara
tive crowded with situations of suspense or danger,
without reference to probability or consistency.
But the Fatal Secret" looks very much like an at
tempt to procure an equal popularity for sister who
has been either less fortunate less sklful in Ter
literary ventures. OF the 3S tales in the volume,
only the first belongs to Mrs. +. ID. T. \. Soutworth
the others are the production of Mrs Frances Hen
shaw Baden. They belong to that class OF short,
scrappy stories which are 50 much in demand to fill
ont spare corners of illustrated papers.
-" A Widow of Windsor has n highly aristocratic
flavor. 1t will be sure to delight any number OF
novel-readcrs. The story is lively, full Of clever
touches and with just the right proportion Of con-
verration and incident. But it presents another
form of English aI1sccTatic life than we find IN
Lothian" Miss Gasllell allows far too much blush
ing embarrassment and anger for the highest cir
Giles. Her Captain Hammersley, however, is none
the less real for being somewhat of prig. on her
Laura for sometimes seeming triffe stnpId There
are such pcrsOns-even among rich and titled falnl-
lies. he plot is thin any one can guess the end
from the beginning novel so slight as this should
make no attempt to enlist the readers sympathes:
the author should have so told the story if the de-
light of telling ii were enough. 1t has evidently
been written to supply permanent demand for the
like but even books the life Of which is brief, re-
ouire a certain amount of study and loving care, to
be agreeable.