The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-19
SOME VIEW BOOhS.


There is a variety Oi the fNEll-n noN'I
now cultivated with marked success hut exact
lng from an author something moro that
paintcr'- talent nnd cont mpatlus 1T audi
pn.o though fcy." Nhi "a We may call The British
Pastoral. over ti-A pceics Of composition two
men have shown "a mystery. One il Hardy, the
author of Far from the Madding Crowd and
thc other is WILLIAM BLACK. Of whose THREE
Eaii,ars the larpcrs have issued q now edition.
Upon the most cursOry reading IT b. plain That
Mi Black : conception of the novel Is radically
distinct from that cNcmpliiicd 10y Fielding
Richardson. Tha, k"ray and we may ndl'
George Eliot. II would he well nigh ns lille To
compare him with any one of these as To COM
pare Wordsworth with nop". In Jones
"Sr Charles Gran iisnn. Tho Nrwc'm'-,
w. hear nothing of outward nature-pt sky, sea,
river. and field, We witch nothing hut the pny
ri human .0tivc and human passion So, too.
In Adam Bcde" and Mddlemarch,' al
Though there is some landscape draw
Ing. it IL merely tho setting OF n scene
ihc environment OF human activities and
W. are never as'.cd to pause and pom
der it, In the Judgment Of these writer's.
q novel is something different from poem;
Il io's not undcrtak" TO portray the relations
o. man TO the outward world, end tie impress
tions made upon his fancy by tn" phenomena
Of nature any more than Il investigates his re-
hlons '" tl' lhlhlte' ih'S see" !" "'' upo"
inc theory mat just III proportion ~ 'uo P'"' u
strong and the persons oil 'nelr STORY interest
iny. will prolonged divergence from the cardi-
Nal aim ot narrative st'm TO the rr"d'r an I'm.
p'riinenrc No DOUBT io "consumm"t' WORK OIL
an this sinsl'h'ss oil purpose Is 'ss h,la'' anu
u Il therefore an Hpus' OF Wotis to pace WI
Bh'k DOCKS IN the category oi genuine h'N'lS'
Nevertheless. it is the artistic quality which is
most conspicuous IN MS work. FOR inns now
ever we must look elsewhere than III ms man
nscin'ht OF situation ana eNolu'ioh oil ehaI"c-
fcr.
IL Mr. Black had attempted 10 iramc story
alter tAr accepted type ol inc Lh-ii-h novel; ne
would have had hut Indifferent success lie
cannot. apparently portray mon hd women oil
EXCEPTIONAL grandeur ana hoOlllly' ana ne
fhrlnhs from approaching the s"ihnr' ana
traslcai clrcumstdh Is oil me- NeDher ms ne
th' humorlst power "i investing ordinary p'o-
1l'With strange ana drlShuul 'hArh' ne
has mono OF Dickens g'hH sunhih's7 ana
r"llicklng hllarlty none oil thal intense "'rld-
iiy IN when Ihaekeray Ii stepped. let ME-
Black = style Las flavor OF iis own-a certain
quiet phyiuiness, KIND oil archhvSs. ana u
gentle. suo-leid irony which reminds YOU IN
some degree. OF Goldsmith :. though 1t Is more
cNnn,sccnt ana less captivating. ltwould seem
that writer thus equipped must conilnc him
felf to gcnteel comedy. II he propose to engage
Of all in the legitimate business of novel writ
ing ana IN That casr MS most characteristic
md satisfactory creation VIII be something IKE
the sprighty' capriclous' fascinating httl'
woman VINO is made known 10 Us hs queen IL
Ahla' ia INC Strange Adventures Oh iHav-
ION
but MI bihek nus never written Whu' may ue
cail'd u esiumaie novel; IN .hch oil ms 'hree
b'st WORKS Princess oil lnule' Dhush-
tr ol he'h' anu Vn' s''rS "pvN' hun''u h'
Only page aitcr pase' pu' wen hlsh oh,-h"l OF
the whole space Is deNo,eu TO uesrr lp''h OF
hh'ura scenery III 'lls 'He au'hor j. i"I n'vr'
Rcenly Interested thah IN the persohs oil MS
tnie' ana IN MS heart ne woulu nov De- nlsp''"S'u
u hear that you snare ms feelings sometimes
we are ieu 10 SUSPECT lnal ho mas IuriVs'S
siurred ms pot ana 'oh,u uo"h MS vn"r"e'cI ;
- su"ru against "h>'i'n~ linz inp"''"1V al
DIS coh'lhuai ulgress'Ohs' oN'r anu over "-"'n
w conNictioh IN pressed upon US '""' III 50 '"r
u h'7 BOOK Is WORK 81 '''oh " J. p'''",'
'"rS perivrhiuh'o Wi''''n '"' non'S' or N"'.
coil's 10 inc sum- '"i''- L" ii'''' '"' "s"'4 ~
Iuohshers ana 'i''ui''''hS H"r"ri's pu' III 80
,hr as is inc rceoru "i p"' 'Y"nlui''n-'
WIN h",uro was I'"heu WIN i''"
anu lONns manu- p' ""' ~ may