New-York tribune., 1885-08-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME NEW NOVELS.

ENrANaIED By e. FAInrAx BfRRSS ""f
Brothers.
amply LOVE STORY; BY PsIrf oHSh 0'''A'
0s'Ai 20 - Cupplcs. Cplam q 20.
II might be thought from the carrier o""p'..s e,,a
ar,..ng,adr that the author was a tyro, "yi"e
s,.s.~,;.o hand on novel-writing. and as yet
.,,ov to free herself from the influence Oh INC
49, s.hool of sensational romancers Indeed 10
.,,..s some patience to wade through these carry
s..,.ars and as not all novclreaders possess thaV
S.-haarouce MANY may fling the book down anu
.rououncr il iusunerably dull, and SO miss son'o
,.o,lv GOOD work. 1t is certainly strahgo ."'' GA
.nthor who has produced at least one fairiy e'ou
y avel should show so much immaturity snou'u
wrap up her wheat in SO much chan. DuV ~ ~
The story begins drearly The SITUATIONS "ie ~.
ward the characters unnatural the cum 'v''" ~,
.t;H and stilted, and there runs through an "
curiou, mixture of goody y-goody'sn sehsihon' WIN
excursions into what may be called tne a'ino'Pnoo
of tho ultra-sensuous school. with al tneso ",".
hacks and defects there is one piece OF apie
IN the story II is the study OF the' marrico iio
Heoisc and Aurellus. young girl ma,ries' ~
hoste and secretly, man who has criminal secret
Iss endeavors. without confdng in her. to make
uss Of her for his own protection. but fails because
ha resents his lack of confidence. When IN the emu
sha discovers. by his own confession. ina. ne
murderer and fugitive from justic,. revuis'on oi
failing takes place in her, and she turns W nl,i'
.0e.' ,.v.r hefore to aid and defend him. The
deve,opment of Heloise's mental changes sAii",'
and the relations between this except'onai nu''"n
and wife are made to appear natural anu III no ""'
o~.-,vooant As to the rest of the characters they
are little better than lay figures Nothihs c"', 20
Icss satisfactory than the picture Oh "aiio"e' w
rich Young man who devotes MS income W Vu''.-
inc model cottages for the poor. and VINO 'h'nA' W
reeenerate the latter by gong ana "orAne "."s .,e
them Dolores has more life In her' anu 'n1io 10 'n
'"0n, .,., CO.. sometbine better in Mrs. Crashaw but
n IA not worked up. The whole story wouiu 20 uo
a;do,lv improved moreover, by cutting out one han
of it.
as;mn,v n Love Story" would have been better
ort;,Iad "A Simple Love Story" for 1t Is very
-. Two vonne men of New-York-of course
vcry aristocratic young men-go 10 New-H"s"
ssb;,r village for the summer. There they meet q
girl who is q school-teacher. the chid Oh hono'y
narents. but wonderfully refined. one oi 'no
vouue men, fearful cad, is AFRAID tne otn'i 10
coine to fall in love with the school-marm, an"
nlots to prevent it. number OF urban young 'auioS
and gentlemen, not one OF wnom mas ee"' o.oe
40 clothe the nakedness of their minds, are intro-
Suood and talk the emptiest and fattest twaddle
thot avsr was nut in print. There is indeed
t;n ,vearisonc SAVIOR OF the real thing in some OF
ths accounts of what passed. during the rides and
d,ives and evenings on the piazza. but all the life
has gone out of tie intercourse and one feels that
the city girls and young men were really as oad
a. this thew would be infinitely beneath the atten-
tion of any genuine Yankee schoomarn. AS to
clara who is preferred by the hero to Mary Rogers
the school. teacher she may easily have been good
enough for him, but more commonplace heroine
could not be found in fiction Most love stories are
readable. if only for the love. butthis is really
tiresome one in spite of its spOoniness.