New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-24
Many TRIBUNE SUNDAY, "a 1889 --1WENTY FACES

....,.,. aa,.Aaa stadv rom real life. II might be
regarded as al Improvement on the realism W 'f;
George Moore as embodying his fnndamentM me.hoas'
but discarding HIS morbid, ethical Views ~ - INC
hs-.- {, rtIv N girls who are left penniless by
The hsnhy4,ntoy and death Of their father and who,
under ,be lead OF their wisest member Gertrude see
nm photographic studio and struggled more or less
painllv toward competence. The play Is quite nee
from sensationallsm is natural and healthy In tone,
and eynces on the part Of the author an ability 70 pun
interest into small things which IS one OF the si.s
OF true genius. she observes well and her people
converse easily. She does not attempt high level OF
convention but all her work Is done deliberately, ana
conscience a. well as brains Is put into It. Miss lazy
appears to be Writer VINO may so far.
GRaleiah westgatep is a curious and Interesting
story. 1t is, in fact less story than STUDY VI
character. Tho hero Is highly sensitive laa. WHOSE
Imagination has been abnormaly developer Dy
solitary life In an old house and continual renecuon
upon ancestral legends A portrait Of peauuIul
rirl who generations before had figured IN colonial
romance, impresses him so deeply that he se@ out
10 look for living reproduction Of the picture inc
experiences Of Raleigh in the peculiarly uncongenih
role Of book-agent afford opportunity tor NUMBER
of quaint ro, shrewd kindly skotohes OF prpFciaA
types This work, intensely disageeabie &c nrst 10
the nervous and dldent boy, gradually strengthens
and develops him. OF course he finds the face nc Is
seeltpo and various adventures follow hereupon,
ending comfortably after dur rial and discipline,
There s good deal Of quaint philosophy IN the book
which from beginning to end IS thoroughly fresh and
original. tr ~
Mr. Edtar Fawcett, whose industry Is so great that
he reminds me Of the jugglers who Keep several balls
in the air at onoe has In Demoralizing Marriage
undertaken to show the consequences to an intei
lect1al ghi Of marrying a particularly feshly and
frvoops man. Incidentally tho struggle for fashion
able position In New-York Is nlBtrated-or should We
saw carcttured 7-In the cynical way which has come
TO be the orthodox mode Of viewing the workings Oh
socletys In these days. The aspirations OF inc
rich widow, Mrs CASTELAR,, are diverting and tho
observations OF the author are fun OF worldly WISDOM
and unworthy satire. The plot is cleverly arranged
the action lively the dialogue sweet and tho story
considering the drawback OF having moral pEleus
and well sustained
In @Tho Apostle,s NJ. Earnest Daudet, has drawn
plcnrre Of a young monk who, after many years OF
devotion 20 religion, falls under temptation, Apos-
tasiIes and throws himself into life Of dissipation
So far as the ecolesas cism Of the tale IS concerned, i
might have been written by member Of tho frater
nifty deserted by Father Aregan The monk Is repro
scented as pursued by romorse and damned BY Partisan
society. Now, while the Hst might be true, 1t Is
less credlable that Partisan society would ostracze
wealthy and handsome young man upon such
grounds The probability Is that 1t would care
nothing about tho mans broken vows so long rs no
retained his fortune. Dut this Is q romance, ana
rather an od-fsIhioued one in several respects
Helmberg's novel, Gertrudo's Marriage" is fair
example Of current German fiction, which cannot DO
said to reach high level, but is characterized by
honest work and harmless sentiment Gertrude Is
young womAn Of undIscpllned mind and temper who
having secured good husband does her best 10 ruin
both lives By her preciptate suspicion and perverse
obstinacy II all comes right in the end but her
good fortune Is moro than she deserves, and she has
behaved so badly that It is dInhcult TO believe In
peaceful future for her, after reconciliation Tho
pictures Of rural life often pretty, and some Of
the domestic scenes suggest parity Of matrimonial
conditions between the old and the new worlds which
k calculated to be rather Encouraging 70 believers IN
| tho perfectIblHty Of human nature