The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-07

book has merits which cannot bo overlooked.
and which. with more painstaking. deliberate
effort, might be made consL icuous. Tho picto-
rial force and cloaucnce Of the authors style is
ut times undeninble. and his acquaintance with
the diverse phases Of English society up and
down the scale Of ranks seems to be exception
ally wide and thorough.
TEoLLoPEs latest novel, Is he P0penjov? has
boon reprinted in the new and marveously
cheap series OF fiction recently begun by the
Ilarpcrs under tho name OF tho Franklin
Square Library. o. an author so we'll known
we need say nothing except to remind tho
reader that even practiscd writer's who have
regulations to losc sometimes from conceit
or languor drop into slovcnly habits We
are happy 10 add that in this instance
Trollope has given us work which Ia
perhaps good rs any he Is capable
Of producing. Several Of the characters arc
novel types. and therefore not unintcrestinR
while one Of them Is really captivating. The
action. too Is moro brisk and the dialogue more
vivacious than was the case with the Ameri-
can Senator" Notwithstanding the amusing
speeches credited in the former story to tho
gentleman from the United States.
The French lady who writes under the name
az HENRY GREv1LLr seems to have turned her
residence in Russia to good account by amass-
ing tho materials for a long series Of novels
One Of the last printcd-wc do not say written.
because some Of this authors stories, for in
stance. Gabrielle. Of which u translation Inns
been published by the Pctcrsons. bear all the
signs Of protractcd existence in manuscript
Is Arjddne. now included In Applctons' collcc-
ton OF foreign fiction. In this instance
the translator has done his work SUM-
ciently we'll. hut we confess that neither
Aradnc" nor any other novel Of this author
purporting to portray Russian life has tho
faculty Of k.enly interesting us. Is II because
the structure. habits. tastcs the whole moral
and intellectual tonc Of Russian society seem
to us fimsy. spurious and artificial? We can
hardly say 80, in view Of the intense glow and
vgor which Tourguenen contrives now and
then to iniuse into his characters. even for west
ern eyes. How far the 1accd drawing and pale
tints Of Henry Grcville's" sketches arc duo
TO the foreign artist. and how far to the Rus
sian thcme. we shall be- better able to decide
when the novels OF Count TolstoI OF which
American TRANSACTIONS are now announced.
have been introduced u us. II Is curious that
the latter writer, whose reputation Mt home Is
much higher than Tourguen"ns. should have
remained 80 long unknown to English speaking
readers. We might mention that TostoI Is n
brother Of the Russian Minister OF Instruction.
although in ST. Petersburg such description
would be laughed mt. the Minister being ofener
referred to as tho brother OF the novelist
or the two lates, additions TO Harpcr's Library
OF American Fiction We cannot say mach by way
of commentator. .uiridm's Heritage is plainly
n careful. and we may therefore be justified in
supposng a trustworthy. study Of n region very
| little known. the underwriting district about
the head waters Of the Delaware But
tho characters are not specially remarkable or
engaging, and the conduct OF the story indi-
Gates an inexperienced hand. Neither for swift
ness Of movement nor for piquant livclincss
! and energy Of style can either Of these stories
be compared to Justines Lovers" which con.
sttued. We believe. the second Of the SERIES
In Applctons' new Handy Volume" collec-
ton. which. as the name implies. offers tales OF
moderate length in an exceedingly compact and
convenient form. some four numbers have APP
! peared under the respective titles OF JET. Shug-
| gle. WiSerirorfid. and Gordon Bdltrm. OF
these the Inter is most noteworthy. The
author, EuDoLpHr LiSDAU. Is n brother Of Paul
| Lindau. tho wcll-known Berlin man Of letters
and is himself an accomplished traveller and
man Of letters. Tho articles which Herr Lin
dau hns forwarded from many parts Of the
world to the Rcrue DIES Dc,n MOndcS have at
racted u great dcnl II attention. In " Gordon
Baldwin" he displays u curious familiarity moi
| only with Paris. but with the American colony
! there. and. indeed. with American types and
manners In general. We may add that the
story Is we'll constructed ami the somewhat
novel motive treated with much ingenuity.