New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-19
MIR. BROW .ING'S NEW BOOK.
TIE SECOND sEnEs OF DRAMATIC
lDYLS."
From The 81. James Gazette.

Idvls appeared il seemed as If some electric spaih
had flashed through the various currents OF ms .H
ius and Left something behind more comprenensiNo
and yet more compact than any Garner insp'iatt ~
had produced lie second series of the ldyls Is less
startling than the first. 1t contains no TREMENDOUS
situations and only one which Is tragcaIiA into
The authors imagination is already suos,odne With
the semi-serous or purely fantastic moous WIN
which we are so familiar; but the episoa n's
of the book excite in their various way that az
interest as curious II no5 $50, SO snnnIv some ele
ments of grace and tenderness which lis cnolee Oh
subjects excluded. Ivan lyanovtch ana uS tN oUn
he rninS nass,en of humanity. The story of Hoseyn
and his Arab mare is as perfect an acHn0weuis
ment of the pow er of love as was ever clothed ~
dramaiic form Muleykeh is her masters " Pearl"
the prlde of his life Neither brides nor entrealics
will part him from her DUH 9iiers 's sou
is pinned 10 death " for Muleykens peauN, an"
only Its possession can save him; but hoseyn au-
swers:
God gives each man one life like lamp 'ne'
Tint lamp due measure of oil lamp ghted-hold high
Its comfort Tor others to shared quench 1t, what
The oil Of Your lamp is your sons shine while M0'
wonii / beg your to cheer my dark if Muleykeh
It's lie against nfe' what good aval' to the life
Dereit ~
And then Duhl swears that he will never wash his
head till he has stolen the mare. But Hoseyh s'eeps
at his Pearls side, with her beadstall Wouiu
round his wrist. Duhl glides in upon nm at
night, cuts the headss away mounts NM Mui and
pnrsues him. Tue sister mare Buheysen Is always
sadd!cd and bridled for such an @ Ss PEARL
has only Duhl to ride her. Buheyseh is conquer
ing.
sheis near now nose by tailthey neck by Group
What folly makes H6seyn shout "Dog Dull, Damned
OF the Dust, $500. III, ,-o,r foot my pearl,s
Toucn the right ear and press WIN your ioo' LILY
left 1anKl"
And pnhl was wise at the word, and Muleykeh as
s ming redoubed pace, and to hear him was
And lean indeed gave she, and evanished for ever
And ID cyn looked one long last look as who all be-
IooEs fam to follow the dead far as the living may
Then De turued Buheysehs neck slow homewafu' weep
ing sore.
AND In in the sunrise still sat H6seyn upon the ground
MINI: and neighDors came, tribesmen OF behu-
In the vale of green ErRass and they questioned him
And be od from first last how serpentke, Dull had
His Wy 10 the nest and how Dull rode like On ape SO
And now Buheyseh did wonders yet Pearl remained
with the thlef
And thoy jeered him, one and all; Poor HoSeyn Is
How Sc mad he Wrought himself his ruin, in fortunes
To nave simply held the tongue task for boy
And here were Muleykeh again, the eyed like an ante
The ca of his by day. the wife of his breast by
ms
land tSe beaten in speed +! wept h6seyn' You
never nave loved my PEARL
The second Idyl is supposed to recall the one
moment In the life OF Robert Give IN which ne
iet fear: but in this case Mr.. Browning has
illustrated that fear of dishonor which may
wear all the attributes OF couragej lie seIeclS
ON instance of deliberate bravery as the expression
Of the deadliest terror which man can know IN
its outward features the adv enture is hstorcai.
Give still IN bus use ot @1, a a
cards He taxed him publicly with the 9Hence' per
sisted in the charge and was c6alengea tne
only concession made to his untned capaclIy lof
tgiitiug beng the choice of pistols instead OF
swords. As the story Is told III MI. browning
tpleycIled at Gives head dehes him repeat the
accusation He repeats 1t neyertheieSs'
"Cheat you aid you knew you cheated and this mo-
for me- nv homey breeding bids youhre and go to
The officer is cowed by this unlinchng frmness.
filings down the pistol. confesses bis quit, ana as
annsars But saws the friend TO whom the adven-
fnre rs related Where IN all this Is the evidence
of fear ~ and Chve, indignant at so shallow Wis
ion, breaks forth:
Insiantaneously occasion when your foe If lightning
Al f MS N Grey; his mace,-has you through some
Iypdeiended IN your bulwarki Thus laid open-not to
nere Suppose the man ~ .,, . -
Checking advance, his weapon still extended hot
D,%, from nv temple-curse him i-Quiety had bade
Keep your life, calumniator !-worthless life freely
Mine You freely would have Aforementioned ne and
Roth At once-and all the better Co. and thank your
Which permits zoe to forgive your What If, with such
He mad cast away bis weapon How should have
borne me. pleasef .o, .r,t. a,a only
Nav I'll spare yuu pains ana tel you Ahs' anu oh'
PICK his WEAPON up and use 1t myself. so had
Sleep tie earlier leaving England probably to pay on
Rent and taxes for half India at the French
mans WILL
grotesoue kind Of terror forms the climax OF
doctor --' the expansion OF JEWISH legend
invented IN support of the theory that bad wife Is
The one thing in creation which can scare the
Devil. and therefore conquer death. Pletro
nj Abano7 also represents popular superstition
is subject being an Italian of the twelfth or thlr
teenth century, whose versatile powers brought
him under the suspicion OF witchcradf t th. ans
enabled him to elude the consequences OF that sns
melon This poem is the longest OF ;he series
and the most weighted by the ex4berant though
and the too condensed expression OF MI Browning
less dramatic work. A young Greek comes 10 Peter
TO beg his secret Peter answers by unveilng th'
future, aud showing the stranger TO hlmseI a.
ness, and steadily posfp St The al vis' az
divides the two parts of a spoken "benedlclte an'
the woud-be scholar remains bewlldered ana alon
to digest the lesson The ldyl concludes Win i;n
bars of music containing the tune or hit TO wmcl
MIR. Browning declares himself TO have been writ
ing il, and thus gives the key,lt one pe required
fo the bautering tone OF its composition. -
The variety of subject is Completed by Two Greer
MYTHS both perfect i'll treatment and as dliferent II
character as Is the strain OF warfare from the repos
of an Arcadan love dream. In :" Echetlos" Mr.
Browning has reproduced the legend OF the myste
rous Holder of the Plouehshare who supported IN
Greek arms at Maraih hon by driving plough through
the Persian ranks. In Pan and Luna" Mr. Brown
ing becomes tho apOogist OF the Maiden Moon
who's morality is less kindly handled in the enigma
episode The motive OF the idyl Is Immediately lake
from passage IN the Georges, III winch Vlrg
gives instructions for preserving the Dree
of white.he sheep, and states Ia