New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS

RrFFINo AND OTHER STOKES. BY ouida- Inc
United states Book Company ~
THE ANGE FRIEND OF TITO Oil Nv Icu'p :,
1il d ,a~ron From the spanish BY Mrs Francis D. A.
Dorr, Illustrated. y Lowell GO.
THE ALCHEMIsT. OR TIE HOUSE or oLA ~ od ny
Uonore de Ialzac. illustrated. Emo PIP 10
Robert BOHners son>. ..
BETwEEN LIFE AND DEATH. by Frank Jarrett
Icmo pp o02 United state, BOOK 'o
o,d, T. generally at her best short stories such
a. .T,yo Little Wooden shoes and "A DOG OF ran
ders but this collection of tales can hardly be com
nended The only redccmiug feature Is 10 be loui'o
i, her idylhc descriptions Of scenery As usual "'
Italian mobiles arc pompous beyond al con-,
hear a most amazingly long string OF eAudV"ean' "'o
and are portentOusly weatly-tley arc never I''"
cent in Ouidas novels; her physicians arc an
:. I.ocnc her virtuous maidcns pitcousN poor,
and nor dogs almost demoniacly intelligent lnl'ho
of course RuiiinO is dog possesses Suoh
saracitv that he certainly must nave bcch ''''N ~,
and distressed by the inconsistencies oil VIC '.'"
less accomplished and refined pcisohdSeS VI ~ "
,o,,r,ro Y,wning plays a great part in tbs a' III
MT of Ouda', other novels. Size evidently 'o'
.ders il an indispensable part of true Drecui"E' %
tho natural sign by which Ictcd and base se"'''
man is 10 lie recognized, for all her hcroc' S""n
vawn on almost every other page OF the DUN ,
,be reader is forced in sheer sympathy 10 ocoi INV
wise to yawn. arho
The foundation Of Alarcons curious sto,S, ,h
strange Friend Of Tito GIL IS thao Eci'o'" nioh
oupd all COuntIleS DOlh I'dS' "i'N
Dootb makes tie fortune Of physician D! s'o
,,rse,f 10 the doctor alone in a certain po9i'o a.
A. tho patent which indicates whether lhc Id''''
ooyor or die The Spanish author ho"c>o''
iod .ud improved upon the steni-mN'h 'o"
ti skitfn,ly blending with it a modern s'd'" 0
.horcht hearing upon the unreality Of Wha' do ''.
a,toc,ivo nhcpomena Thus have the nero, ",'D
~ lily had killed himself made by his frehu ped'n
% mass in Imagination, through all III" ,,irc
,,Lo nm tlle story. IL is a fantastic pu' i"9
,i,,e hook and well deserved traislauoh'
,o,or. ponpcr,s sons publish translation Oh bdI
a,s . ,Ichemist" by an unknown manu. Inc ~
30 any new translation of story 50 au''''V' ,,o,
sd rocenty nv Miss Wormsley, Is open ~ q'0','J
d ,ho nroscnt version is not marked 10y "l' 'p''''
excellence. .,o,o, and
-, 1,arb Rarrett is nothing if not sensational anu
. a,oo,i,c for his motive the trials ana ulouia"
81 - .o,,rc ,ron,an heir to a large fortune anu !" Wv
-, - = r,scaIly guardian who is constantly ust"e
- ,rav with her before she can come li''o ~,
.h onnortunitv is afforded for all manner Va
Sortu,cs and escapes and ingenious coHlPi'o"'o''s
:. ,,u.+ he said that the heroine, WHO Is oo'
d do.th for three wears, is Represented do d" ~
M. corAant Young person, whose crenuiN mus 49,
49,. eo,od AN almost irresistible TEMPTATION ~ NJ
,,r,,,ous foes She is also young lazy " nv
,s frcc from guile and her marriage WIN re .
i'lOa;da maniac who fanCics hlHl>cn S VoC, ~
49, with her subsequent union WIN a"|o, -
tOsclheI wamt of principle likely 10 give ler Si
e.ss ,rouhle Altogether she IL h1t .si
ciri and sympathy with h"r misloItiirh. rood many
:, Tho ohviUls rejection That shc pro"e"o d e' '
OF them upon herscl'