New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-08
FICTION OF THE DAY.
ONE ENGLISH AND SEVERAL AMERICAN
STORIES.

THE STRANGE ADVENTURES or \ ToUsrE'Nr
Is WILLIAM EL,.k- Illustrated l-a1o ~
10. la ~ * G.o,Lc.s-
OLIVIA DriAvlNyr. Ey EDGAR TiwCETr
l.mc. H.. AZ. Bas;cu; r.c-nor 4 Go.
AMAN's Will 3D. EDGAR rAwCETr. 1cuo. up
SO- lanA Il NasEANs.
A YYMPH or TIE WEST ~ HOWARD SELL
l.mo. -. 80 l. APPLETON 4 90.
MR. rANclEE's VACATIONS By EDWARD r HALE
lGmo. PIP. SOB. Boston: Eo-.us Bloihcs>.
Mr. Black sens in h.s last book to have been
trviur 10 reduce Gc1on T. it, simpler clements. L
j. Quite an auaacity ~ s-v'c The Strn,c Advent
u-,s OF a House Boat novel L i really
nothing OF the kind l, ha> no pot. no stony and
scarcely any action. The hy 10. means brilliant
talk 81 lous people VINO travel Trough various
English canals % q hou>c-ooat : rccori'G W..A
tIu>o-t plo,lAlty. and with soaic inccr> Hc-aalc
variations DO - ilr 90 St-a--e A.tcnt-ncS ~ q
Vaaetcu- o>er a-..in Ms, p,-Sy Ho>slyn. ,.c
prc,,y American clrl IS certainly pleasing Queen
Tia. never Very interesting. becomes ,atlcu'n-
Th,rc : a., .ncy-ahlc Ill ,hlanlc- and tAc equally
inevitably, incoming ahon; II -hla@l lochs and
scenery Dcsu.to.y -Lmp>cS aye -ivcn Of various
English show-p'A,cS and Woodland SCENES Ie.-
hans it = nd faithful rcp-ciucvCn o.. NJ BACKS
own waudc..n.S. bu. ;hoG-h -nluc>uonaoy clever
aul l.h,-harIci the impression p.Nd1ceI Is ia"'
tra,cllirc N hQa> .-a'a; through En--.sl cana
must Nc .hol. - SOW kind OF holiday m 'lns
- t. uua>sist>l mind c. man can CONCEIVE
NJ Hack has lttle - 90 with real he here
The >o-caIcd adventures of his people are aS
mild. ha-~ ard uueNci,.~- - the visions which
h.t hcyrrc tile >cmi-NmiyISi Vctnn 81 p@iicn,
vAo hs> taken ch,orotorm. US, before CONSCIOUS
rc>> vani>hcS Il : book which nay hc war
rau,oi 20 promote slumh.s ~ almost any uu,'
hut particularly q warm afternoon II tie eo-1-
trv Ii may al>o hc taken Up and lal4 Gown
aud f,r-ottcn for month and taken up a-Alh
vi,hou, losing tie thread % the rarrativc-los
Il has none To some rcadcrs This NAY seem AZ
,.i,a.to-,. bat 30 strikes IS thu, n author 81
Nr P,.,L> SANDING = under some OBLIGATIONS
p, -,-1,ilc Is public with mocc >-Ns-a1i-.. fool
,l.,- wrir~,l >yl,ahuN a~i that when Ae himself
* III H., Aamcs io- >yllaouh alon, be cls-t noi
~ ir,a.iac LAT !. : rcaaised By Tie hoss-la-'
- 20 speak
Olivia n,la7.aiue- is strong aul c-1vc' novel
in which VI. Fawcs;t di>Y.ays close observation
and hi. k-cwl-e II Tie state q. Twins III only
called >-,ic.y.- I, : @ study 81 . younS girl
and ~ ca man. who az b-oash, together py
mysterious providence apparently thai they may
mutually cha>,cn on, another. Olivia ptlal~inc
: . -ho-curhly natural ~ >ycct-natu7s-l go who
5 t-.cksl i-to marrying Dc,arlane IN o v1'y IL
worthy WV. All 10, cr'y 81 y Ecea'ly there
aftc-. hu, makes lie anything but . ~ q E'>,s
fc- hcr iyraut. coll-h. ,o1cd - 80. WHO ms
r-own ,ld and hard u tacheloEAccd. aat waose
rractice = q lawyc- has evidently lot Gone his
morals any --sA Nar-aSe develops in'e1>e
.esl,r>v IN h.r, and Wit q woman a. sT.r.i. c'n-
sran.iy ry>,uti-c he fraud by which So vaS made
. VIE the>, conditions inevitably produce state
---- - - r~r.fIr
h.-c drawn is,,a IT, life bl, TIE ,yT,s il-strTlt
~ ,h.ra are ic5 familiar % give h,p, c. s-cSSS
~ any a,,srr, a, idc-;itication- pshsFs TO- one
touch Z Inauguration j. n tie character - A-n'
Thr-.a tie va--,-hsa-.ei bu; too cosrSe and val
~ boa-iia--h51se keeper Ouc would ,aink t-l;
b. ltnr re,,tta,e u Ne,v-lo-k would have toned
down hc- provincial speech. which - given SINS
too brad ~ probability. Th-> h'veve'. i q -
importance - IL >.c.y. which : animated, bright
a-d r,cr,>-lr, throughout
The sane fecund writc- has proiueed \ Mans
w,ll- which = si-iNrs.y elective tslPsraaee
s,o.y NJ, ~ 81 @, tie ordinary Kind. The oeScrre
prrhilrns @. dir>ccnaais and hereditary love Of
dunk give tbe motives - the book, ant TIE arS1-
rsri-as % must q Necessity. % Re 81 any use-is
10 the saec, Ia, the exercise 81 wil-Power can
a. any ti.re defeat either q ihese
s,-cas indictments 20 ruin NJ. Fawce;;
laG &c, tie opportunity % rad thai c1s.o1s Taic-
o. lAb.t-al drunkenness b ~ hahitlAl drunk
AMI wA.,A ,y,a,iV appeared in ~ l--s'-sA rsss-
slne L hs had De p sls have ,slt - ocuhdcrce
n the ahty O.. The -nheli;or @. tie d.inS rrssiol
10 u-rz-t Is 1tr1 TIE Eag.ish writer inferred
"a tss.areS VcSrivcy TIA. ia s-cA taszS re VII :
nowhere. thai n fact. u : A. E1ch d-1 Esvt and
rarzlysed - the Noy; aid that Il CAIRO; be slim
,s-,s Il - uS.n, q elective resistance u tbs