New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-24
NEW NOVELS.

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oGEEcHEE cRossFIRINGs a Novel. BY R. NJ.
Johnston. 16mo. PIP. 1a9. Harper a Brothers
LADY CAR. The Sequel of a Life BY Mrs ohphant
l6mo, PIP. 201. Harper d Brothers
IpnA. THE MAJORS DAUGHTER. BY W. Holm
burg Translated by Mrs. j. W. Davis. limo,
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cold THAT DID NOT GLITTER. A Novel; BY
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colt Company
9Two Corones. does not show. save ia occasional
rl,mpses. the Artistic concentration which marked
"signor Monaldini's Niece some Of is Italian
ep sodes are powerfully set forth, bit as eoninuos
narrative IL is failure. 1t Is rather series o.
fragments loosely put together and showing the seams
The plot Is a clever one but IL S not wei worh'u
out and the continual slipTlng OF the story from
Italy to New England and back again. and nom one
set Of character 10 another contribute 70 the vague
ness and raggedness OF the book. Tho New England
part of IL was wholly AIRY the Italian por on
vigorously handled, woah nave made novel as sue
cossfu as that story OF Rome which first gave MISS
Thicker celebrity. As Il IS, The r,aoer ges from
the book the Impression that I, is The result OF an
afterthoaght which confined two hafinished moves
In
Mr. Johnsion's now novelette, has al the qua 'n'nc'S
tenderness and humor which his earlier work has
taught us to expect from rim. 1t IS difficult 10 es
mate to-day how much Americans owe 10 this sEiiiu
painter OF od-tne Georgia and Geors ans hf years
hence the debt VIII b. iecaonei " tn lively graft de
This is purely American iera'ure. owing LITTLE TO
foreign models, certain delicate oldashl)re'
precision of style which is book what courtesy
is to gentleman and which recalls the Spectator
writers.
"Iady Car. is the story of a disappointed woman
Of sensitive and loving beng, who, having been
married unhappfy by command Of her parents. be
comes a widow and weas again, tn time her Fl ST owe
How the first love falls satisfy the biz ambitions
of Lady Car-amb lions far from gnoble but 10
longer possible 10 the middleaged mind OF the sweet
tempered idling DeauErt-Alrs. Oiphant relates with
force and pathos. The story Is litle tragedy ana
true enough TO life There is living novelist mora
successful than Mrs. Oiphant in the portrayal Of
feminine character. Lacy Car is real Vpe-ou5
She would hardly have risen before the imagination
of male writer
W Hemburgs story IS one of tire sentimental kind
which seem TO he most popular in Germany. To
save her brially selfish solderbrother from tie con-
sequences of reckless crime, Lora consents to mary
a man she doesn't love and cannoi respect. This
venerable exlede1t for the production Of misery Is
used with some original effects, and Lora-who IL,
German beroines-has a happier fate than the be-
ginning of her Story prom ses.
Mr. Dabnoy's hero is young Englishman. who,
failing make his fortune useful in philanthnpc
way is so cast down that he contempatcs suicide.
With the except on of his uncommon AMI impros able
incident the little book is pleasant reading for those
who like the Virginia fiction for which John Esten
Cooke set the pace.