New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
NOVELS OF TO-DAY.

Harper & Brothers.
o wAY \. By aGs e p,Rben fa
i2mo, PIP. e8s. John W. Lowell Company. ou
RARALuE; or the Marriage Of Lott BY Pierre is b0t
p pp sse " l09 e Gctt sbeSa CO.
FABIAN DIMITRY. BY Edgar Fawcett' i-no' PP'
20o. Rand, McNally 4 Co. ....n
THE roE Sp saS lT Robert ty ho @
ALL HE KNEW. By John Habberton 12mo' PIP
1877. Flood Vincent Meadvilie' renn' p.oo,s
A SON OF IssACIIAR. BY EloE noge . n'0OA'
I2mo, PIP o75. G. p. Putnam's sons. ~
A THOUGHTLESS YES. BY lieien H. "a'u''0'
1omo PIP. 23i. Bedford Company -.
The author of "Thoth" has not IN either OF DIS
later books reached the level OF MS hrSc e"oi''
Ills now romance. "ToAar." is indeed entitled 10
.,o,. credit for fresh combinations, but tie one
d.oded novelty in it, the introduction of family
- mon nossessing a third eye set in the fore
h.od nv means of which they are enabled 10 reau
the thoughts of all with whom they are brought
in contact, cannot be regarded as sKli1ulS ell
Moved The story is cast III t'e ioiih
of narrative of an old Greek expert
ment in colonization, and, while 10 mas
enough of incident and action, 1t touches real
life at so few points as TO be dehcicht IN .ie "'s'
attractive elements. Perhaps the most INTEREST
inu character is that of the Man OF Means VINO
knows everything, but all whose masters nave
come to untimely ends through following Ills al
vice or 20 be precise, through acting on thelr OWL
motions. craftily suggested by him. The rise anu
fall of the tyrant Antinous and his ruin by the
beautiful Persian adventures present rev sulN-
ing episodes The romance is written WIN care
but is odd rather than strong.
Bjornson's novel In Gods Way" is sufficiently
ponderous piece of fiction, and not particularly
easy TO read II is, in fact, an example oil the
usycholoQical school carried TO extremes. No'hlnG
can be tanner or more commonplace than tie ac'ioh'
Plot there is literally none. But the au'hor BIO
Ly and analyzes the feelings OF all his chalac'eIS
at a length and with tedousness TO provoke
either irritation sleep, according 10 the reauci
temperament What it is oil about can only be
discovered by patient and continuous at'eh-
,ion scarcely repaid by final comprehension
Toward the end there occur some touches OF
nassion and pathos, but taking the story as
whole il must be considered insuilerably proNx
and characterized by waste of analytical STUDY
unon insignificant material The most elapora'eS
t;issected characters in the story ale 700 cohinoh
place to interest the reader deeply enough 10 oSe.
the interminable descriptions of their motives anu
sensations. No doubt they have ampler leisure IN
Norway for reading this kind of fiction.
Pierre Ioti's romance "The Marriage Of Lott
mas been so long familiar in the original FRENCH
that IL is somewhat surprising TO find 1t trans
latel now for the first time into EngIlsh. Ii
is rs most of our readers probably know,
peculiarly charming and dreamy tropical fantasy,
being the account of a young french haNal
officers love affair with O bewitching young South
Sea islander named Raralue. An almost pasioh
ate feeling for the beauty, languor ana phSsF
cal Vaccinations of the tropical Islands DieatHes
from every page Of this prose poem wh'chs
though of necessity sadly shorn OF IT'S special
beauties in the process of translation yet retains
enough charm 10 show the American reader what
gave the story its vogue at iirst. Inc hleiah-
cbolv which surrounds doomed races is also snbtly
and delicatcly il oicated here. and the grace ana
local color of the tender ana appreclajiNe &C.
scriptons Of scenery and native practices CON-
binc to constitute unique whole. Inc transia-
ton is generally well done, though 1t lncVr'aoIS
coarsens tie authors work more or less.
Edgar Fawcett's Fabian Dimitry" is the Story
of O man who made what is apt TO s'rlKe ihos'
readers as a needless sacrifice. In thc hfs'
Mace he breaks his engagement with the glrl ne
loves because he has discovered that insanity is
in her family She marres his nearest friend IN
due time the hereditary disease develops IN her
and she manifests it by stealing valuable aruces
from her friends great scandal is about 10
break out when Fabian Dimitry, to save the
reputation Of his old sweetheart, takes her tbeits
nnon himself. writes 70 the various people con-
Tossing. and then kills himself. As the principal
persons concerned were absolutely certain that
the woman was the thief, the suficiency of this
heroic remedy seems more than dubious. More
over as the woman is supposed 70 have been
mad there could be 10 good reason for hoping
that she would cease to act madly if she cs-
caned exposure once. Altogether the course OF
the hero while il certainly shows his devotion,
speaks ill for his judgment. The story, how
ever. is we'll constructed, and the interest is
unfaing TO the end.
In "The Forsaken Inn Anna Katharine Green
has written a good old-fashioned sensational
story OF the kind which everybody reads and
eniovs no matter what views he may hold on
the new doctrines of fiction. The scene is cast
in Colonial days, in the interior OF New-iOrk.
A concealed crime is the central motive about
which everything turns, and much skill has been
shown by the author in managing the compli-
Gated machinery Of her plot. and Withholding the
successive developments until their proper time
comes The volume is Handsomely bound and
printed and tht illustrations are above the aver
age in excellence.
Mr. Habberton has so accustomed the public
to humorous stories that one from his pen with
q serious and religious purpose may be received
with little surprise. "An He Knew Is. how
ever cleverly conceived and well written
attempt TO illustrate the superiority OF conduct
over dogma. The hero is poor man of bad
antecedents. who, having been sent TO jail for
stealing is converted, and comes out of prison
with very vague understanding of Christian
doctrine but a clear and definite idea that 1t is
his duty 10 take Christ as an example How he
is met by protesting Christians, what trials no
has to undergo and what success he finally
attains, must be learned from the book itself
Mr. Brooks has made free use of Scripture
narrative in A Son of Issachar," the hero being
the son of that widow of Main, whose grief was
turned into JOY by the mirace-working words of