New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-09
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FIELD AND BIvOUAC; PRISON A An and aI I4dth
Reaiments Sew.York Volunteers IHsra s6 Forb Fo
sketches among the actual scenes, oy rTb syo PIP
member of tue French Etching I Iibo-3 20 RI
asa. New-York Fords, Howard * huloei" 49,
rhiois snirited and we'll sustained story OF 'ne
great conflict of lS61-65 from the poih' "a VIC" "
an active and intelligent participant III i'S or"."-
scenes All the many phases OF war; 'ho iopu'o.
clone with the attractive, are windy portrayed
. 60 Too without any sacrifice CT the truth of
history. The same regiment 49, i'ueeu'
narr;od ,bropoh the several campaigns from Big
p,h., N Appomattox Hollow, but this variation
from fact IS mmaterial the author making the sat
isfactory explanation that he decided upon IL ID
order TO preserve the unity of his narrative Inc
hook opens in the summer of 1850 III the NaIiey Vi
the Shenandoah in West Virginia. The reader IS
introduced TO two young men who ms tne' iuio III
an old punt fishing earnestly discuss the ihenao's
political situation. They are last college iiehu'
and represent the two sections that are soon 10 meet
in the fierce clash of arms. The elder, ION Mar
shall. is Virgnan, while his companion
Frank Wimot, the chief actor IN buhet
and SHELF is New-Hampshire lad.
Ardently attached to each other, they are stili
more devoted to- their respective sides" Tom 10
The South and Frank to the North. Their DIS
cusslon, which barely escapes becoming quarrei,
covers such questions slavery III the states a"u
Territories emancipation and the right OF SECESSION
Before the year ends Lincoln has been uecIareu
elected the South has declined to submit 10 lhe VIII
of the majority and Tom Marshall has enroleu h'ni-
self among the hosts of secession win inc news VI
Anderson's surrender of Fort Sumter, Nlmot leaves
Yale and dons the uniform of Federal soldler'
great many people-especlally young people
do NOT like TO take their history straight" lhey
much prefer to have historic truth presented to
them clothed in the garb of fiction. These ana all
Others who fancy an animated story containing
good deal of thrilling adventure much hard hghthg
and n pleasant hint of love-maklng, Will ma IL
agreeable TO follow the checkcred career OF Wlimot
from the day he joined in the attack on
some Confederate fOrtihcatons at Big Bethel IN tho
.prlnc of $50 to the day he Joined In the oheets
that were raised by the Union soldiers in the VII
lace of Annomattox at the news that General
lee had sgnified his acceptance of General Grant
terms and would forthwith surrender. One OF the
most readable chapters of the work is that which Is
devoted to the story of the war CORE
spondent who managed to see the battle OF
Winchester under Sheridan IN the shenandoah
Valley and the fight at PEBBLES Farm in front OF
Petersburg in the same week. Another eoou
chapter IS devoted to account OF the arrest ana
execution of a spy who fell into the hands of Cen
eral Custer. The spy was hung without trlai-a
fact which is calculated to provoke discussion in
regard to the moral quality of the Generals course
in this matter The illustrations, some sixty III
rru,ber as n rule are well done and worthlly sur
pement the text.
NoRoDoM. KING OF CAMBoDIA. Romance Of
the East. BY FRANK MCGLoN. svo, PIP. 327' D.
Appleton Co
To the publishing house whose imprint Is
onon this voume the of fiction have not been nc
for of the highest type. ii ls,
10 its presses 10 sure that they owe the remarkable
romances OF the author Of" Goodbye sweetheart ou'
these are works unwhoesome, so morally debiitang
An their very cleveness that the debt may wisely ne
repudated. Most novess who hope for successful pub
location would naturally first turn TO other houses OF
wider reputation for taste and capacity IN brnguS OUT
fiction Mr. McGlOn however has chosen TO ntrust MS
lurd romance to its care and has been awarded by
neat and we'll printed volume. The INK Is DlacK as
usual; 1T might appropriately have been printed IN red
for more hOrrio tale 1t not easy to conceive III Is
an extraordinary mixture OF the visions Of Dante and the
"yison of Cuevedo"; OF the Arabian Nights
ayatnek" the Buddhist legends and Rasselas Ihere
Is one scene the dwelling of the Prince OF Darkness
which so fun OF horrors that 1t Is only DneremoVe from
buresque Demons, sOrcerers and things hall animal
hall devil are all characters of this queer novel, and
are blended in an easy way with angels OF hgh human
beings of unusual and Others of most dramatic
vickedness King NorOdom himself IS depraved
despot who gradually redeemed at the beginning oil the
book by the love and goodness of noble wife, ana the
process is not unskully shown The author tells his
tale with matter fact drectness that deserves praise
while It arouses wonderment over the serenity with
bch he introduces the most blood curdng and
characters His narrative is sustained, his plot clear
and compatible has, in short succeeded in making
hook which though far from agreeable. shows that he is
AT least the possessOr OF the storytelling art and might
DO something better.