New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-29
with humor and pathos that irrcsistibly touch and
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with humor and pathos that irresstipy toucn anu
charm us.
Miss Kendall is young English poet, whose
refined Imagination has found expression III so''o
very pretty verse Her novel shows that she mas
an excellent prose style, good powers OIL oosersa
tion and some skill in interpreting character in"
she has not vet learned tell story Is no cause
for wonder-that may como with practice AS Is ,''o
case with most young women essaying hctioh ior
the first time she has made her heroes SOMEWHAT
femininely nice and lovely" The CHARACTER nus.
clearly and cleverIy drawn is girl whose piacn
sweetness Of manner overles a thoroughly seinSh
nature. There is real ability in this deiineatoh'
oGiraldr Is a book, the reason ior
whose being would seem 10 nave oopn
the success of @Robert Elsmers' II Is reahy hla'o
I'D of series of theological conversations cuni0'
by thread OF story, and enlivened oy na""1'
episode or two Lot one imagine ho"oNet.
that this is duh book; the heoiogoa, AIN II
not particularly original Is often more than com.
monty entertaining. and an occasional strain OK
satire gives flavor tn the whole. The oharao'eiS
are mostly puppets drawn in to carry on inc Gun
versations; some Of them are absurd caricatureS'
faLs BJeueta u is needless To say mucn II
,s q little French romance in tho lachrymose veln'
beautifod by a hero who is a mass OF sehthoh'a'iS
and conceit and whose heart troubles aHect nun
thus: 4" I laughed / weeped. carried on As IL ue
mented.p Over his final catastrophe M hhsio'"N'"
reader could, by any chance, shed a tear
The Fair Maid Of Marblehead' is brave e'r
who leaves beautiful homo to earn her own living
and that Of her sisters two little orphan dangnoes
She struggles through as hard fortunes as u'u WI
Howells's heroine and with practically the same re
suIt-marriage to q good fellow Tho story mas no
claim as literary performance, but 1t is pleasant
and harmless tribe, with an admirable moral pr
girl readers.
aOur Town. is In some sort an exPiahauoh
NJ tbe methods of a Society OF Christian EndcaVor
II preaches with earnestnsss and womanV loeiug
.be 1eavening effects upon community OF per
sonal sacrifice and brotherly helpfulness.
Mr. Yeats has selected from the works OF INC
irish bumorist and novelist, " iam Carleton, some
~ the most striking evidences Of his genius. FOR
be had genius and was indeed a sort of IRISH Ter
vantes. with a share OF that tender hmor "hlcn
wrencbes the heart while 1t sends smile 10 inc
Inns Carleton was, as Mr. Yeats points out 'h@
pioneer in modern Irish literature. IL might DO
argued that after the Celtic fashion. his good
people are much too perfect for realism his Vahs
altogether too bad but making duo allowance LOT
this bemsb IL must be said that he has set forth
Irish character and phases OF Irish history win
power and beauty which should win por Ms
works a far more prominent place in the world
literature than 1t possesses at present Mr. yeats gives
in his Introduction an interesting sketch Oh Carie
ions sad life The selections include "Ihe foor
Scholar "Tubber Derg; or the Red "eh' Nlld-
goose Lodge" shane Fadh's Wedding; and " Inc
Hedge Sch0Ql.'