New-York tribune., 1885-07-14
NEW PUBLICATIONS
NEW NOVELS.

At The RED GLOVE. Is suse~ "
au. o,amixonv DR.. Hammond has gone
-. 90 for out of the beaten track OF every-aay
aa.;or - in his previous novels. and has produced
oL h;cb while it is sure to be protested against
r.natura and extravagant. is just as sure 10 20
road with genuine pleasure and interest," Wy sno
,,uhuc. A medical man in large practice probably
oncouuters more strange people than any juno
pouber of society," and therefore 1T might pe r"sh ".
. s,rm that such a character as that OF MT. Vio-
mi on could not exist. The union il him OF almost
retsrnatural acuteness with eccentricity cioseiy
vercinp upon insanity is certainly ooa concep-
tion but before demurring to 1t we must ren,'"o.'
that the author has made the study OF mehtai pa'n
olorv q specialty and that in all proDaoity hc n"'
drawn largely from his personal experience MI
Oldmixon is indeed what is yuigariy caiieu
+. crank INIT being itch man he is regarded as
ho;ng soolv eccentric Yet there is ground for the
helet that the author modified this character after
the frat chapters, for he certainly exhibits more
oecentricty in his first interview with Barbara
Uenscbel than at any future stage OF the story.
MIR Oidmixon is an elderly bachelor,who mas peeh
in love fOrty-three times without ever hhui"s
courage to declare his passion He mas TWO
nenhews. rone bad and the other good AS he
nsnallv does what nobody else would do, ne mas
renounced the good nephew and made MS VIII III
favor of the bad one but the latter having married
n lady with whom the uncle had fallen IN love oy
seeing her from across the street. the old gentleman
ia very angry, makes a new will, and takes the
oood nephew into favor. The wicked nephew muir
ders his bride during quarrel in the first week oil
the bouevmoon by smotherng her with pillow.
A sunernatural element is introduced in the form
of a vision wherein the perpctration OF the crime
annears to Mr. OldmixOn while he is at Saratoga
the murder having been committed at Annapolis
Subseouently he is enabled to draw diagrams Oh the
rooms where the bride was killed, so accurately
that on comparison with the actual place every
thing even to the position of the furniture is found
TO Correspond exactly Their upon he devotes
himself to hunting down the murderer ana eXtor'-
ing from him confession. Meanwhile complca-
tion arises which threatens trouble to jack the
good nephew. The uncle has determined that JACK
shall marry, Barbara Hcnschel a lovely red-haired
girl. daughter of q Danish taxidermist Jack meets
her and falls in love with her. but not knowing
that be is in fair way to fulfil his uncles demand
bs refuses to marry the lady the latter has chosen
This sketch is as much need be given The
deyelopment of the story including the Illustration
of Mr. OldmixOn's views on gastronomy anu other
matters and his diabolica persistence IN carrying
ont his scheme of vengeance is extremely well
ACCOMPLISHED and the interest does not ilag at all
lack Oldmixon aud Bararba Hensche are very
pleasant persons and Barbara is drawn with mnch
art and loving hand. Hogarth Oldmixon, inc
villain of the story, is less satisfactory 1t may be
ouestioned whether 80 utterly dcpraved man
,vouli have been amenable to the Influences which
his uncle brought to bear on him to break HIM
down In such a character the existence OF great
constituencies seems anomalous. No doubt there is
N venerable theory, subscribed to by most writers
of sensational fiction. to the effect that all mur
derers experience remOrso, but the truth seems TO
he that there are many men so constituted incntay
that the commission of homicide Affects them no
more than it would wild beast. DR.. Hammond
indeed makes Hogarth an epileptc, though he does
not imply that he committed the murder IN All
access of mania And besides, when epieptiorm
mania becomes homicidal the patient as rule
commits the crime during sudden fury which
nassnc leaves him totally oblivIous to what he has
done. This, however. was not the case WIN
Hogarth, whose latent epilepsy we are to suppose
was only developed subsequently to the crlme by
the carefully and persistently applied hints and
ipsinuations to which his uncle had recourse. For
such hardened wretch it seems difficult to believe
that this refined mode of torture wond have had
many terrors but the story told is none the less
interesting for this doubt 1t is sufficient TO say
that in the end Mr.. OldmiGOn succeeds IN his pnr-
nose. and that the fate of Hogarth Is quite grim
enough to satisfy retrbutive justice. The book is
of the world, medical learning. descriptive skill
and analytic power are all displayed. and there is
a freshness aud originality about the leading ideas
which deserve special attention.
aAt the Red Glove" which is published anony-
mously, is a study of life in Swiss town. Madame
Carougc is beautiful and charming young woman
who was married when a child to stupid
vell-to-do Jealous .botel-keeper. who confined her
TO little cottage in the country as long as he lived
There she studied to drive away ennui ard there,
through reading some rOmances, she learned What
love is On her husbands death she took charge OF
the hotel and presently became enamored OF one OF
her boarlers handsome young Swiss clerk But
alas for her passion, there came to the :" Red
Glove" (which the sign OF glove store
voung girl fresh from her convent. and the swiss
clerk fonnd his affinity in her, The astute Madame
Carouge sought to dlsembarrass herself of possible
rival by marrying Marie to good-natured and
worthy retired French army captain old enough to
no the girls father This scheme was at one time
apparently about to succeed, but an accident
wrecked it, and the elderly captain loses his PROM
jseI bride aud poor Madame Carouge her lover. 1t
Ia rather difficult to make out the purpose OF the
author. for in the disappointment experienced by
the beautiful hostess of the Hotel Beauregard it is
scarcely possible to feel any satisfaction She is
the best-drawn character in the story, and the most
interesting and for the young Swiss giant who
marros Marie it is plain that he treated the widow
badly and that altogether he is rather feeble and
by no means bright fellow. In fact. the wreck of
poor Madame Carouges life. which began with
her virtual sale to her husband, is only made com
plete by the conclusion of the story. or to speak
more correctly by cessation for cannot be said
to end n the ordinary acceptaton of the term.
There is much good description. both of scenery
and people, in the story. The Captain and old
Madame Bobneau are lfeke and natural people
Marie. however is little more than a sketch, and
abe possesses very little individuality, while her
lover is only tall lay figure with blond head Of
hair and mustache. The story clever, but in a