Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-17
TIE IA; sGaAp %lNNeks Y Published oy Har

TIE BEkAp HlNNAKs Published BY HarIer
Brothers, Sew fgrk
This anonymous novel. which has made
such decided hit, is already IA nIliar to the
reading public from lts appearance a. a serial
il the Century Ma3aaiHe, It makes very
convenient Nlzed book Of 3l9 pa tea and il not
too large to Ue comfortably c, rried in the
coat pocket. Who is the author Of "The
Bread Winners L. q question which has
elected almost as much discussion a. did the
authorship Of .'Wayerly.' befora Sir Walter
Scott, hand ga= known in that work, THE
Bread winners II pretty cleyetly
written and exhibits considerable originality.
but 70 far as il professe7 10 paint the
average American worklugmsp it il rather
the work Of the cArlcatnrlzt than Of the true
artist The author has given nther q trav-
e-ty than a pJrtFAllure II sam S!eeny there
are 5ucL characters, but II i no more far to
put them forward s- the type of the average
Nottingham than u pre=eut the immaculate
arthur EafuAaH a0 ne representative Of the
gentleman Of leisure. Most probably the
I author had no such intent and hl- reviewers
| may have done lin an injustice IL crediting
/ INN With delyluE deeper INTO ths social ques-
1 ton than he ever dreamed VI. Read simply
! d. tie story u half dozen such men and
| women a7 may be picked out IN any great
| city, the story II -ucccss to attempt to
| twist Il int such look a. Charles Dickens
! would have evolved from the same msterial
| II to brand II a- failure sam sleeny and
| Maud iiatchlu have their prototypes In actual
| life, bat they do not repleseut the average
| lourneyma!I carpenter RuG boss carpenter
| daughter, Tie former i- q good mechanic
| but not well behaved man the latter
Is sentimental, r0manpiug, heattic--, money
| Wurrhipmg slrl, lie author shows fair
! acquaintance with the ULedlcated lsborer
ycrnacular but there are no indications that
| he bias Almstlf stood behind bench and
! showed plane day after day and year after
| year for hl- daily bread His path hA-, so
| far IT, II can be Cleaned from his book
| rather been cart among the ward politicians
| and, Il he learned IN that school all that he
| knows OF the toller= IN our great cities, he
| may be forgiven for the Introduction of
10 many dlscontented fools into Ills book.
| one Of the best hinge IN the volume is the
description Of the unfolding Of the night
blooming cereus, and, III the wealthy Alice
! Bedlng the author has drawn % gin as lovely
and as pure AZ the grand unfolding Hover 4
weak point is the supposed extracts from the
| MDyaH9 Bde Te. The leading paper ia
! city Of lV0UOO inhabitants would not say
Nc stop the Dress to state that ali appalling
! crime Was last night committed on Algonquin
avenue, Neither would il be guilty Of such
/ nOnsensIcal gU-h as TO advocate the erection
! Df d monument to a man whose autucedents
we're unknown to the editor The author of
"Ihe Bread Winners" has not improved upon
the author Of ''Aune III these quota
tons 1t would be wise on
the part Of future novelists to submit their
EXTRACTS from the press u some profess
sionai newspaper man for revision before
publication, The book, however, has good
many strong points which may well over
balance lts defects and the reader who
begins its perusal without sny preconceiyed
exaggerated idea Of it, merits Will he 10th TO
lay it down until he has read it through. We
receive it from C.. r. Thomas d Co.