The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-24

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when the color dies slowly away it leaves
''oniy pink rim to the delicate ears" We do not
know exactly how it all ends. but we are told that
hc hop vine PUSHES still in timid. tremulous green
against the porch. the windows shine in the sun as
with light from within A cloud rises smokily above
the chimney 1t is very peaceful here. She will go
nearer and be at rest"
'sOut of his Reckoning" QloringI is q piece Of
hsckwork that is discredit to the OF Florence
Marryat. This iadys stories are OF the high
est class. but we had q right to expect something
better from book bearing her the title
page than is found in this volume. The plot is not
only old aud hackneyed. but 1t is not even treated
with any freshness. Mr.. Ruthven, the hero is q
'dramatist aud cynic." and success as both.
While at police court ono day. the lookout for
material to work into his plays. q little girl is
brought up to tho stand accused Of having stolen
onion. fact which failed to move the judge. but
brought tears to the eyes of Ruthven. The child is
sentenced to Imprisonment or dne which latter the
cynical dramatist pays and takes her home. She ia
washed and dressed in clean clothes and sent to
boarding school There she (her name is Megl be-
comes intimate with Carmen Flower. the only
daughter and heiress of Sir Frederic Flower. In
OF time Ruthven falls In love with his ward.
and does his nephew. Hamilton Shore. The
nephew speaks first and is accepted. But when he
tions. few pages. however reveal the fact that
Meg is Carmen and Carmen is Meg Some wicked
little Buttercup had mixed those children up and
grand dtnouement takes place. After reading this
trite tale We only say Of the author. however
could she do it?"
''EBEN DELL, OR LOVES wANDERINGs."
Kansas poet, Mr.. George W. warder. has pro-
duced volume of tsamsey. Millett & Hud-
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power and puerility. The leading feature Of the
book is a narrative poem in twenty-five cantos. the
scope of which may be inferred from the fact that
canto-the fourth-the "vigantes'' are cee-
brated while the twentieth finds it's inspiration in
the Mountain Meadow massacre in Utah.
The same strained cropping for rhymes and the
reckless mixing Of metaphors common to mex
perienced writers, found thicky throughout the
volume. which comprises three hundred pages
That the poets logicis frequently as farfetched as
his rhymes the following dissertation the
strangencss of adornment, will Illus
trate:-
Three roses white shone pearly fair
Three placed there, two he placed there,
II was SO strange, 1t seemed unfair.
The poet might well have written
want a rhyme, and don't
The incident of tho Staying of the polar bear would
to evidence that this genius Of the Occident has
not been altogether blind to the muse of the Orient
and that the epic of the talented Irish American, Dr.
Joyce has been deemed not unworthy Of engrafting
upon the rich soil of the fruitful West How real
istic rhymer may be, if he have sufficient courage.
the following lines from this episode demonstrated
Ho ate his flesh and took Its hide.
And round his outer garments tied
A mantle warm, the fur inside;
Purtook his breakfast, juicy, rare,
OF liquid red and soft warm bear!
Tocarry through poem Of such length. however. is
ordinary task especially for amateur, and there
are CLEANS of rugged power evidencing the writer's
genuine poetic gift, all rude and unpublished though
it be. The manly. touching dedication Of the book
is unfortunately marred by the printers attempt to
symbolic the funeral urn by arrangement of $50
words in small capitals, after the manner Of dis
played advertisements. As Kansas never. or hardly
ever, gives much attention to bookmaking, this
typographical monstrosty calls for more allowance
than it would otherwise be entitled to.