The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-06-18

proud 10 compliment our yount
: people, not only on their unusua
. display of talent, but also on theil
grand pecuniary success in so laud
able an undertaking.
Our contemporaries, J. M. BrighI
of the Ashland Argus, J. W. Wilson
of the Middleton News, and W. NJ
Wood Of the Now Albany Demo.
crat, were all in the city during the
past week.
Mr.. Wood, whose office was re-
Gently destroyed ty fire, informed
US that he had purchased new
printing material and expected to
resume the publication Of his paper
at once.
THE WHITE ROSE OF MEMPHIS.
We have received from the res.
pected author a copy Of THE WHITE
ROSE OF MEMPHIS, a novel, by W. @.
Falkner; New York, Carlton & Co.,
publishers; London, S. Low & Go.
For sale by Wills & Wildberger,
BIT Main street, below Monroe.
The scene of the story being laid
in this city. anG the writer a resi-.
Aant Of Ripley, Miss. naturally at,
tracts local attention to The book.
Intelligent people will ask wheth
er this local attraction Is the prin-
cipal point in the heavy sale that
has already set in for the work, or
whether it has the claim to atten-
ton on its own merits. We have
no hesitation in saying that its in.
trlnsic C laims fully entitle it to the
favor with which it is received, and
that In spite, or because-as the
case may be-Of some departure by
the author from what has come to
be considered almost customary in
fiction. The writer refuses to avail!
himself Of the Ordinary manipula-
tons of the plot so as 10 sustain an
%artificially arranged suspense and
a sort of machinery Of mystery, of
tener than not readily penetrated
by experienced readers. lie relies
for the success OF his book on itself,
on what ii has TO tell, not in a ma
nipulary and artificial arrangement
of the way of telling. The conse.
quence is that the construction Of
the book is simple and natural; tell
ing what transpires easily and clear.
~, MAIN OUvERTE. To persue this
simplicity of plan is a trial to the
ability Of a writer Of fiction. The
story being LETT 10 its own mere
merits, must have merit or it sinks.
This test is successfully encounter.
ed in the WHITE ROSE OF MEMPHIS.
The plot interests from its inherent
n%aturalness. Although there is
little direct transformations of
Of the individuals engaged in the
busy drama that move on before
the reader they are 50 life-like in
conduct and conversation that from
the beginning OF the main story
the reader finds himself powerfully
interested in their fate, and smiles
or signs as good or ill-fOrtune be.
tides them. and they become as re-.
al as temporary personal acquaint-
ances ordinarily are. The nara.
tive is, in a great measure, in tho
first person, and comes fresh and
vivid, impelled by natural impulses
That are we'll displayed as the book
advances, There is more ep~istOla.
~ correspondence than is usual in
this class Of bonks, but the author
is an accomplished letter.writer,
conveying a sharp sense OF reality
that adds to The interest felt in be-.
half Of the supposed writers. "Ihe
White Rose Of Memphis is the
name Of a Mississippi steamboat,
on board Of which the narrative
opens witha liveliness rare in The
introductory part Of a novel. Here
we learn how aud Why The main
pers0nagrs came 10 Memphis-
siHne If them putting up II lie