New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-17

Kellys cow That's q shtllin; on pegoo'
murtherod me wife twice. That's thruppence-.go
on Il kilt an Oransemau.' WhooV says me
priest, rubin out every thing; that canes OUT III
the rest"
The portrait of the master of the farmhouse is as
good as any in the book
They turned up narrow muddy lane and Hogan
right before them two-storied brlck mousse
which looked very much the worse for time anu
weather. In front of the hall door, If the entrance
deserved that appelaton Was h th,s Showed
that is was q permanent institution. fowls Oh ~
sorts seemed as much at home in the house as IN ne
yard, which was indicated by ruined wall running
out beside it to the left.
Barney appeared now aJ the door, and after hal
looing TO man to come and take Ine od ,he
coined the travellers to his mansion, ana iea the
way In. Pointing to the holes IN the nooI Vi tnp
entry. he warned Hogan against putting his 1907 n
advertently In them, and related with gee now
MacScutch. the agent had twisted his ankle the
day that he came up TO inspect the state Oh tne
place He LED the way into the one sitting room Oh
the house-which, indeed, looked great deal more
like the robbers caves TO be read or III romance
than a stting-room in the ordinary sense OF tle
word There was no CRATE ana pefiecs rcletv
painted table and half dozen old chars IN a
fearful state of dilapidation, composed the whole
furniture save a broken Sofa one end OF which was
sunported in a hole which had been made In the
wall of the room apparently for that especial puf-
pose and which seemed the chosen home OF brace
of fine pointers and ceverrooklng tefilei-aaui
three of which were curled up it. Daniel
OConnell Robert Emmett in his memorable Hesslan
boots and other worthless, graced the walls OF Iho
room. In every corner lay whips, saddles, briules
and other implements of Barneys profession; lot
although os;ensibly farmer, his sole occupation
This stalwart fellow had dull. hoggish life
enough perched in such n weather-beaten eyre an
the year round. Unbroken in its sameness save
when he started with some Of his young stock lor
horse fair or market, Barney life was monotonous
in the extreme. His profession was by no means an
ardnOus one-t left rather too much luie iln s 81,
htgb o., 10 ln1 flo
being almost run out none of the matcn-hakeIs
around considered him worth their atteDtlon News
paper reading consumed most OF his spare tne ZIG
EnfoRctiser came down from Dublin dairy ana
he and a neighbOr, GARY farmer suOscilOcd LOT
The Daily telegraph between them Every IN anu
ont OF tie TchbOrne case was rs iamlar 10 barney
Shane as T. any other newspaper student OF the
day and filled up imany a gap IN the Otherwise
scant midget of gossip. lie followed the fortunes
of the CaTlists with uuwaverng interest,", lueuuy-
ing that particular party in some pima way WIN
the Catholics and Natlonasts and looking upon
the Republicans with distavor as aliens ana mere
ties. On wet days-oy no means rare III Ms IUT
tain district-Barney would retire to bed Win a
sheaf of papers collected from all parts NE lever
Needed dates, and read all dav tlll dinner tihe
Dinner over the pipe beguiled an hour ana then'
having finished his dudheen Barney would KICK
the dogs Of his sofa and take a nap: tie usnaily
spent the evenings la OF the neIghOorlng IarlI
ono 0f The runners" always hanging about his
place o fetch a neighbor or, last resource me
schaohnaster, to help to while away the long duu
evenings,
The minute attention which the Roman Catholic
priests in Ireland give to the education, the mar
riages and even the smaller happenings in tho lives
of the young women of their Church. is graphically
described by Miss Lallan. The confessor is con-
shifted not only the serious matter OF salvation,
but as to the proprety OF the vase and the polka
called " fast dancing" in Dublin-and even on so
peculiarly feminine business as the choice OF
dreSsmaker
I ia . III onCbc
sovenly it is only just to say, however, that her
later novels show great improvement in this par
tcular as well as in strengthen plot and nicely OF
arrangement.
God and the Man" is a romance which could
have been written only by poet. Not that lis
STYLE is rhymcal or its metaphors are fowery
it is occasionally robust to ropghneSs. But the
story has the dramatic quality and the imaginative
glow pertaining to the poet Tho small de-
tails which reveal the development of
character are disregarded for the elaboration of in
cdents bearing directly the two emotions OF love
and hate. Not few of the situations
could be turned into short and complete dramatic
poems without any notifications or additions be-
yond those of rhyme and rhythm.
Ii is the story of a tragic
hatred, of bitter hereditary feud. The Man"
buffers from his enemy the most grievous
wrongs That man can DeaT;-IlS id'HoI
DEATH his sisters ruined life. his mothers
broken heart even he fears, the loss of the woman
h, loves. come to swell the account, and he prays
Tor vengeance:
Yield no to me- TO hate ard me,
One man alone OF all men That see!
Give him to me and 10 misery
Give This man if a God thou be"
The night ia still the waters sleep; the skies
Gaze down with bright inumeraDe eyes
4 voice comes out OF heaven and DER tho sea
"IAM; AID WILL GIVE THIS MAN TO THEE"
In a strange and terrible manner the Man
and his enemy are cast away together
in the North, and in that desolate waste of
ice and snow in pain and suffering the
hero learns Gods lesson of forgiveness and charity
Mr. Buchanan's book has many faults, but its
mower is unmistakable 1t IS to the ordinary fash
ion able novel of the day what rough sunlit crag
of granite is 70 the Punch and Judy show that
halts beneath it.
Mrs Riddell haspresentcd in The Senior Partner
n striking portrait of q Scotchman, canny
to the point of miserliness acute in judgment,
harder than the neither milestone, and yet in
odd streaks amenable to affection, and susceptible
to the poetic instincts. "The Senior Partner"
man of the modern speculative sort, stands in
curious relief to the sturdy, exact and penurOus
Scotch merchant who is really the chief figure in
| the book. Mrs Riddell has drawn the latter with
| evident enjoyment and with admirable skill.