New-York tribune., 1884-12-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS
RECENT FICTION.

A"'"'"'ii3 i3,po' rr l2G. Funk Washai's'
TRUE AND OTTER sToEIEs BY by oS%Nsg Wsgoalis. nnSoN
LiriIaor. l2mo. PIP 2'o' run" " &c.,
,AcHs CouRrsr sailors Yarn % is%o aSoe pp. 47i
wreck ~ ". CLAKa EtssE"~ io"o' ff
ilsrler 4 Brothers.
ruc WIDOW wYsE. Novcl. l2mo' PIP wv wy
Pies. Upham Co
roMrKISs AND OTHER FoLHs s9ESs ore M,Sc' S9 '' lGmo
SON and the AdrondackS. ly l. D""'N'' ~
pp 22S. nvus hton, Mhiin ~ w. . u:.
AZ uowtborne's short novcl-or shall we caii IL
ancc9-is slight in dimensions ana no' O'"'
plica,cd in plot bat it is one OF his most 'neo'"V
md satisfactory works. The idea upon "h'ch Is
1oordea is very striking. and its eStlavagahc' ~
;ust enourh disguised by little pcience OF science
.ooscane ohtrusvcncss. The story is told WIN
1T ,,orr,,ve and a series of dramatic situations
nIvovs imprcssive and unexpected; and the start
linz finale is a device of which the authors ia'he'
need not have been ashamed.
The nrincipal story in Mr.. Lathrop's book Is
almost long enough to be called novel, although ~
has not the variety and Interchange oi character
oud incident which would entite IT to that ue''s"a-
finn .Truc is a tale OF the North Carollha co"S',
and the chief pcrsonagcs with whom IL Is cohceio"
leloug IN the class of poor whites. With the man
uers and dialect of the Tennessee mouht'hecIS
aud some other rough people of the Interior htcIa-
emo has already undertaken to make us familiar
,, ,L. s,van,rs sounds and sandy stretches oi the
Atlantic uillle coast comprise Il region INTO Wihch
few nnvcli>ts have ventuIcd MI Lathrop mas in""o
successful use OF his fresh material giving us "p
interesting story. with touch oi pa'hoS Ill IT,
evoked bv the display Of fine chivalrIc leelhS' III
two rudc lnen-a contrast between the lhsuc anu
The out,ide which the writer OF hctloh VIII "l""S'
find effective if he knows his art legehu co"-
,'ao,ol with Rolciphs lost Croatan colony is in
rcniously employed to link the fortunes oi Two
,haraetcrs between whom there is wide social diS-
Ia ~ hiring the stormy i'll
cid,nt which ends the story.
Ar Clark Russell is certainly afflicted WIN
rovcitv Of invention. The basis vi Jack OoUit-
shin Is almost Identical with that of SAILOR
Sweetheart the principal difference being tha' III
the n,esnt novel 1t is Jack who surprises ms sweet
iport hy taking passage un th" ship Which Is ','"
iud hpt away hum Eneland while ~ the emi"r
.t,t, u was tie sweetheart who nffahgrd the sni-
,,,s, uui if hp is continually telling his old yarns
e,r, oaain, " must hp ruhbss'd that he tri'7 N'm
sa wNl and Vafips thph 80 aitihlN lht wv me
,,,tV IA iistpi, dw ainost g. rt,usp W. hAtt htip
uu familiar pVManjs of 70 dpNhlu sllrNrtRi
d,sru ,sand salvation through iaph's eeoN m'h
aarntnt aud au oppoitnnr ri,hu. hr m s''NN'n
Tho enurtshtp however IL mAde more W'"'h'"
than tho surirs ot disasters an element "l '"''A
ismmgiod with 1t amt there Is s"m' h"No'N " ''
sea descriptions, especially m the hho account vt ''
lssof the strathmore Ly a collision To the reader
who has not gone tllNNSH lN' h'hA ""''"''''
with Mr. Clark Russ, Jacks Couriship maN "o
recommended AS one of the very best sea novels OF
our day.
. The Widow Wvscn is described aS Il novel; but
II i not one Ii ia no more than series ol Boston
society sketches rather loosely strung upon tHie'd
of narrative often smart, occasionally humorous
and showing an amusing pcrSpcacty IN the oo.
serv3ton Of feminine folbles As an exhibition II
certain unlovcly types it is entertaining; ana II Is
not long enough 10 fatigue anybody,
There is a pleasant flavor in all these stories
even the least of them; and two of then' lomi-
l,ns" and "Rube Jones" distinguished by
topcbes of feeling which almost reach the dignity OF
noetrv "Tompkins," indeed, is one OF the best
s,ocrmens of q writer whose style and whose fancy
have distinctly individual charm AN Adron-
d,ck Home" is an entertaining sketch, through
which runs a vein of light and genuine humor
Ancw edition Of Mrs. Anne c. Lynch Bottas
aHand- Book Of Universal Literature has lately
lccn brorght out by lIouglton Minlin y Co. 1t
las been carefully revised by the author ami now
covers the latest literary period. This admirable
volume has long bcen textbook OF Recognized
authority and value; and in It's new form Il
promises to enter upon another vigorous le2'e u
life If has been compiled with infinite housty
from great mass of literature; and II oilers 10 the
Young student such compact ana comprehensive III
fOrruat can be itunu III no othti s"i-' WV
ume What he would be obliged to wcariiy seek
through many pages of many encyclopedias lie
will find sci forth here with notable tcrscne's' al
ditirial value being given to its facts hy accom-
nouyinc condcnsations OF the opinion, oi the
most distinguished critical writer's. The vol
ume is not arranged to be the entertainment
Of an idle hour. but Is intended. as ITS tive
ir,plics. to give the student general vie" OF the
literature of all countr cs and to guide him to the
best book, and the most effective study lho
Teacher who know, his busincss will find IN II an
ipdispensable foundation for extended instruction.
little book On tlc" Duties OF Guards ana SniincI'
which has lately been published ly Licutenout L." W.
We're Kcnnon of the 6th Juiluiry is Of little interest 10
ANY sent military men Bu t. the officers ANA mon 81
the Army and the National Guard IS OF great Naiic
peeiav - the latter class with whom military m'tod
is only an incilent and not lifelong occupation Ihe
book contains little that Is new hut much that h nc" h
rrnt The rules governing the duties OF guards ana sen
tircls I'm force at the West Point Military Academy here
onpear IN print for the first time IAeulei ant honn'n
has placed his topics under separate heads ana mas th
slded much TO the value of his book ~ reference
Nfm iluhllrntlouS.