New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
cnrsor IN NETWORK AND OTHER TALES. BY
EDWARD K HALE l6mo. PIP. 25a. Roberts Brothers.


cRusoE IN NETWORK, AND OTHER TAILS. by
EDWARD L. HAZE. l6mo PIP. 25a Roberts Brother'
In the story which gives a title to THIS
hook Mr. Hale has conceived the bold idea OF maS"s
voung carpenter build himself house, IN inc "ueA
plored desert Of fencedn lot in the upper part Oh uo
city and live there undiscovered for several years %
mother lives there with him. and after while thcre
added 10 the household beautiful swedish gr haneo
Frida, whom the Young carpenter rescues iro'n i"'
and teaches English, and finally mafties' ihe ioso'
blances to Robinson Crusoe" In the incioen'soi '
tale are limited with quaint and serious huuor' au"
the effect is heightened by earnest style deneutun
compounded of Mr.. Hale and De Foe. The author mas
rarely given better example OF his art OF hVesuS cue
widest improbabies with an air OF trutn' III soo
what different wien. yet like " Crusoe III oehs nc"
adaptation from old fiction. is the ast seec'oh !"
the book The Modern Psyche." Psyche IN this case
"a Wooded not TO the most beautiful of the gods, out
the editor of daily newspaper. In strict retirement
and ignorant of husbands business she LEADS NE
of ideal happiness. until her envous stepssters prompt
her to become inquisuve. Then the secret comes out
and the quiet over and it is all settled that tney
shall begin TO see people" Mr.. Hale must tel "'o
conclusion in his own words:
IL was not TIL they went back TO Roxhury that the
real change came. Then was 1t That before orSaAas
the door bel began TO ring; ana women WIN CAUSES tnu
inen of employment ana Inventors WIN INV e".one
began TO wait the ante-TOOm TIL MI t. Ross came
downstairs. Then it that he poured GOWN ms nasty
cup of coffee. and ran TO be nd OF then 1hen "hs :.
io aySnge nryae schemes for hwartng the adermen
and tHat while the councIlmen arranged; aueI leu
called aud waited for Mr. h. Ross TO he AT ieisIe pc
cause they wanted TO make plans ior thWaruhs tho
council. Then was that from mornnE to hivnt' c ;n
didatcs for the House and candidates TOT Tue
Senate came for private conferences ana ma, nad
10 DE let from different doors lest they shouu
meet each other. Then was II maj men VINO pau et,eis
OF introduction from japan and Formosa ana siorfla
aud AboukuIa sat Psyche's paior six or seven hours
o. tlme illustrating tue customs OF those co4iIlTS
aud what Lowell calls "a certain air OF conIeseri
received calls Senators ana daugnteTs OF
Congressman. 10 sly IN asldes TO her thar IL M NH
Ia HssltT IN IN ~ * ID s.
oDllge and Tnen was tnat trylng TO screr
him from bOre she received all the women VINO sou
Lives OF Cnrs and al the ageats VINO exhibited copies
pouios came 10 HE door, railroad presidents drew up
who lust wanted minute 10 tax about Her new DOnds
Tne was The ponies nad been sent back to
the stable. gtand ladies drew up TO send In cafas re
to yicepresiGent OF snshouses. Teen was II thai
SATURDAY Psyche cave charming eIs'i! uIucl
bad limits way ard the counterpart OF ,hls M"s
that Psyche aud Edward dned at other people HOUSES
four day out OF Toe remaining TX. In@ sA,a y ~
ward kept down town Tor some O the ehgaR nents
these ned forced him INTO. Thus Was 1t ~ tue
end that no n 9te up ne Gamer STAR 'u"
Que ever found IL Out that The upper string IN the
piano or aud 40 one discovered u; hat biuse'
ynu nut tea volumes Of Gnllpazer into Tie iIndce-
ire aud nobody missed nem anu that al the ierhs III
From earl, m0rnng round TO early morning. Psycne
hex Iovrr-hneonG kept as l ana s9e gote
hurried broken breakfast a. he took lntO ulhcI
some lady lie did for. ald as sac, at her cnd OF
tic table talked French or ocun Chinese 70 some man
VINO mad brought letters o. Introduction
sac knew waat her husbands bus ness was ana VINO
his friends But for all inents aud PURPOSES sue
a. Tor Tue turec siep-slsers at Painted Post, they
"a sunday school picnic one oay, auu leli Oh
precpicc aLU were Killed
seyera stories have been published in per1odi-
Gals but they all worth preserving in more SUD-
vantil form.
yHE EXPERIENCES OF A BARRIsTER AND con. CON:
LESSONS OF AN ATIoRNkY Bv sANuEL n WAEe et
physician" etc, etc. Boston: Estes 6 Laurat 1880.
This is a reprint Of twenty tales, most OF
them founded upon the mysteries and mlSfOrtuues ana
miserics of English law, criminal and eOmmon-upon
testamcutary devises the doctrine of real property,
forgery murder and the of habeas corpus AT his
best Mr.. Warren was not agreeable writer
His drawing OF character usually and dis
tortcd; his satire mainly lnatured anG his rank Tory
Ism had the ovedone enthusiasm Of a convert not sure
OF his position. Ten Thousand Year is book
which one likes read-once 1t was full OF the praise
or the carcaure OF distinguished contemporary Char
acters and whether the author depicted those whom he
loved those whom he hated were not sure whether
his appreciation or censure were desirable. 1t
book 10 which tue reader need Key, ana Key mas
been pub ishel when we remember to have The
main merit of the novel thatt gave US some glimpse
of the methods pecuarities and perhaps the romance,
OF English legal procedure. The present volume Is so
much interior that should have some doubi judg-
ing by internal evidence whether Mr. Warren wrote ali
the stores The best Of them is " Tue Gentleman Beg
gar" which reprinted in The Licng Age some years
ago. and attracted some attention. As people never
weary OF reading about crime, suppose that many
will be interested in this fresh sample Of Cd Bailey lit
erature but we confess that like 1t best IN the au-
tepiic and unsOphstica:ed form OF Celebrated Cases.
Ncwgate Chroncl s ard the Pleas OF the Crown.
AHANDBOoK OF POLITICS FOR 1880 BY the Hon. Ed