Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

name of the place and called it Smithville; 1t
will be laid out in corner lots; it will be almost
exactly like q hundred other Smltnvlles,
North and South. So much the more need Oh
the work of such an accurate observer as Mr,
Edwards
Between Black Ankle and old Rome even the
most Indifferent beholder can discern differ-
ences and between Elder Brown and Nero OF
the two we prefer Black Ankle and Elder
Brown. Nor is our preference disturbed after
reading what can be said in defense OF tnat I'M
perial reprobate by Ernst Eckstein IN ms
Nero. q Romance. wv. 8. Gottsberger Co.;
]. r. Weldin & Coz.
That transformation which DR.. Jekyll, with
a few brief contortions and commissions, ef-
fected into Mr.. Hyde, here occupies two vol
umes Nero appears at the beginning Oh tne
hook a gentle somewhat effeminate, thought
fnl and devout young man, strongly influenced
bv Seneca, his tutor. He is even thinking
about casting in his lot with the sect OF the
Christians Step by step he goes on and down.
He becomes wholesale robber, a pltlless
despot an intriguer a poisoner, murderer,
matricide, a liar, coward, drunkard, gut
ton. incestuous unutterably depraved." his
nature is degraded into mixture OF "Dlood
and mud" At last, i'll Phaon's villa, this mon
| ster whom a world cannot suffer any longer 10
| exist takes his own miserable life. The cnange
begins with the companionshlp of Sophonlus
Tirellinus. 1t was bad company that ruined
| Nero.
Nero is not an agreeable hero for book, nor
are the people of his court, with the rare ex-
ception of the Queen Octavia, pleasant people
to associate with. But the whole evil lie OF
tbe time is pictured out here Whoever wishes
TO learn how the world went in the middle OF
the first century will find more here than in any
These two volumes are uniform with Ebers
books and are rendered into Engllsn Dy tne
same excellent translators.
| ~.
Justin McCarthy's Roland Oliver Crank +.
Lowell & Co.: ]. R. Weldin & co., is young
man gifted with the chivalrous spirit which one
ought to have who bears about with him two
such knlghtly Names He finds an old friend
who has become poor as persistently as Roland
has become rich. He takes up this friend,
whose name is Lawrence Caledon, and who is
married to wife hundred times Detter tnan
he deserves, and helps him. Lawrence Is an
invalid. He is partly sick and partly lazy. He
is wholly small, and mean-spirited and selnsh.
He takes everything that Roland gives him, IS
glad to have somebody who will pay ms ollls,
and has no compunctions of shame nor instincts
of gratitude. By-and-by Mrs. Church, VINO
wants to marry Roland, makes trouble. Law
renee accuses his wife of being in love with
| Roland. he arrangeS Nttle pl0b ny WHICH no
shall sit behind curtain and hear these two
and watch them. The plot makes such a reye-
lation of their thoughtful ess and care Tor him
and his own despicable conduct that ne goes
quietly away and browns himself ROLAND
happens along as he makes the plunge and pulls
him out, and Lawrence has the opportunity OF
saving repentant word to his wife before ne
| dies
The Comedy of a Country House, by Julian
Sturgis frank F. Lowell & Co.: ]. r. Weldin
& Coz, has bright young fellow for hero, who
has Just come into fortune and title and
finds both somewhat embarrassing. The hero
! inc is a handsome young lady whose altogether
impossible mother is determined to marry
ber IN this rich and titled hero. Other charac
ters in the play are young reproDate VINO
wishes to marry the heroine himself; an excel
lent hut rather imprudent lady who is 1gnoranl
If ,be reprobate's character, and who abets
bi,r in his endeavors to foil the matchmaking
mother. an interesting young gentleman Wnl
, ;s yery solicitous about his health. and wne
. has a curious fashion Of getting away quietly
by himself and going through various gymnas
, tic exercises, uttering the syllables NINETY
ninay, "Ninety.ninew by way of developing hi
inncs. several politicians. an impossible re
Q norfer and various HAPPY. peasants IN TN
hackground. The conversations are somewna
= STACEY: some of the people. as we have sug
| eested are quite impossible. The plot, now
ever is ingenious. and everything comes ou
I all right in the end.