New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ASrcUo OF PASSION. ny GEoRess ua,in & Co
THEoP. l6mo PIP. go Hougn'o'' " 1T rho
Mr. Lathrop has written s'gp' """ -,
LAYERS of excitement will call soRiewh". u'o"p
'o'e.9 go, hut IL is a good ono. lie Is dls-
=. ,,o, american school Of fiction when aP
- ,.,,, 90 tho sindy of the lore delicate SHADES
., character discovcrablc under the SUI er",'"'
traits of everyday people, tie realistic delhea.on
of tvpcs quite familiar to us. and the aspco'''' "
conntry which we all recognize though We mo,
have failed to observe how much there Is l"
worth looking at. He has certainly he'',o'
subtic perception, the gentle hunoi' tuo u0'' ~
five mower nor the fine literary art oil ho"o,''
James and Aldrich; there are no passages ~
book which fasten themselves upon our i'''"
there are no personages who charm an" a.. ~.
us; and the quality of the style Is u'S'" NJ
ferior 10 that of the masters WHOSE Ia
Lathrop seems eager To follow No.'u0 -. %
shown high skill in portrature E','. 80 nm
la 20 heen n triumph for the novelist IL Is no' p
"a 80 :; 60 solve everything in tho las'
,,. 80, v,ben we are told neal the emu "a 'H'
- ~, Ethel was transparent enough 'N
-, Ia, tho mystery of her nature lay uoop'
dou, and he her hushand was ohy J"'' ~
nm, 10 apprehend it," we are reminded '"'' w
,e,dcr has been as much deceived rs INC ''"''"N
FtheI has appeared all through the story "S
prettv. insipid. rccvIsh aud provoking So""e s,o.
an. She never discloses the deeper mystery " Nv
-. 90 .boull not have suspected its existence
;r.,o thor had not suddenly told us 1t was tncro
ns course we take MIR. Lathrops word LOT It, pu
the statement would have been more ohec''' u" -
had been accompanied 10y evidence TO-.
After making all proper allowance """''o' -.
,b. limitations of Mr. Lathrops ART, 'ho'e ie'"""'
q Great deal in the book which deserves "o''''
nraise The idea is a good one. the prlhcIpI' '''"
lions are telling the Dialogue Is oileh loi''''V
dramatic. aud the ingenious concert 'Io'i' "n.'
title of the story is borrowed Is hlanagou "''
Gov and discretion. The sketches of life at New
England resort for summer boarders arc "0', "' 49,,
1,ttle hits Of them exceedingly well; ana 'De
mixtures Of natural scenery arc so VNiu anu ~
times 80 dainty that they become poe'ic"i
~. Fr,nch Government is trying tho experiment
n, establishing a regular interchange OF Na''"''"'
documents bet zen he different countries Oh
co,,e snlcndid Spanish books have already Decn
secured in this way. These comprise the puol'ca-
t;ous of the five Royal Academies OF Madrlu' Tue
Academies of Barcelona and SaragoSsa' series u
works on America the collection oil Goya "Cnns''
md texts of the ancient Spanish laws ana Oh '"'
t,,o,os These works have been distributed ahonS
,hirtv libraries in those parts of France. such as
FLANDERS and the ArOis once he'd by SPAN
o.o.Ao, oost admirable articles in the forthcom-
a., u,,rhcr If Harpcr is the Overthrow OF the
rrcnch Power in America the third of John Fishes
r,,crs ON early American history This series Is to
bs followed by another. written by Colonel l. W.
II;;rson and constituting a continuous history OF
ths discovery. colonization and organization OF the
United States down 10 abont the year 1884. Each
aner il In he complete in itself and each VIII De IL
lyetroted