New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME MINOR NOVELS.


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VIZ K~nan.s s,xsluCt,on 10 EorolenEo'S BOOK
classics 49, sssAs: w,sn tee unhspry men OF genius
WHO In RaSsis ~ = perssca;e< rice ana "h'' !" a
ing 70 i've cxyrcasion - the hopes ana aspr"uon'
,r..vss.bla N,n huvAAity net drilled sfo apa'hS'
,,,vr rau>ist.d the uaeNloAsble SIN. ana 'ic"'c'
forth - ~ urey OF The rsiice and the eject OF ~
,cr, n. sathr CT "fnc blind N'sciaa has
s.o.t ne Lett years Of bis LIE i'll that region % 'A
N sr1As,A, O. KiAi.sn was eve: brought asains,
a.m. no csArxc Of conspiracy. Eut being n'ai, o,
c.riv. ~ wss "suspsc:" 20 tho police ano' ~ 'r"'
i, nsve, usoayAt Of IN s"ch cA%s' notnhs w"> e
,., "a MEX ham OF to YakortsI. II was there 'na'
n. vrste tt:s bsaatleul aud in manJ ways aoi'ao'7
.>o,y Ne called 1t , psychological s'uoS' sa
..ssnp, TO rs:,rsIent Tho feelings anu t"e me"' ~.
v.,opmen. OF = person born blind Tine au'"or ""u
Ho.u -
h.. ru,.rcd his analysis with surprising pene':"'o"
o.A s.sseav ~ peyee:ton. The Only 1au" 10 "
r,,,s ,asn tn> oNnG musician Is that lie Is 'oo INV
f.saaa % nosedly sensitive c'ca'"'0 ,,,, -
h>yyr uu4s. conceivable oFonmsa"'. ,,.'n,,"n Or
ssstns y.e description OF the boys nrS' i'i =, ,i
,snticsI Larrseny. and tic quick oe>eop ,'.n,.-
.c,xrrr harmonic perceptions into hc" i''c.
80. Assrsy tssn: tie place to great extent OF 'Sn.
:. i. ssltni srd scientifically exact piece OF WORN NV
ho,k = nnre study than a story. the actio'. s"s
n L. hsepa wAo.ly subordinatcd 70 INC ""'AH
=. bainl YOUTHS education, physcai anu . ~
~, oSanto has cOnscientiOusly studled e'e's sP
On. n,ee.s.s hc describes and the result IS
r. ..,.non is smooth and easy. the book Is o'ahS
,...,.a ona honnd and the illustrations by L. H.
Garrett are good
There arc so many modern women in ka'e "Anne '.
y.n. rnv., that the reader may be puzzled 10 Kno"
rr.o, two the title specially indicates. Inc vo""e
a, nan who devotes herself to the ministry j. no"e
ure.uu.sby one. and the other may NC , a
Anarchists daughter or Margaret stanton. f'0 o,
ruth Afcen are certainly not OF any nAeo cas-
c,. Is the beautiful daughter OF halfcraAE "e'."'
Anarchist who lets his wife and clnlurth e'a''0 ~
hc GOES ahout declaiming against CAPITALISTS anu
INC arnamitc He has trained Freia 10 oenNof W.
coudary hsrancres. and her good looks a'u wiz"
cnfn, ,iasm prove fetching Presently her e'e '
oncncd and she perceves the folly ana Int"s VI Wv
only occup alton she has known KUN Ain"' VII ~.
oth hand. Is yOu1E pcI>oH VA WV
who while far too good for human natures daily o'u'
..c.s irnocently to make a man fall desperately III
lave with her and then refuses to marry MN Dcoa>'
q ,youId interfere with her vocation Desp'e "c'
sweetness. Ruth is-an unSatisiac'oi! !o'.e "oa.'
and Margaret stanton is sphynX, VINO nether u""er
stands herself nor i, understood by her hsoao VT any
hody else The story well written and Interesting
Int contains too many uhsoi'eu P'oO'S''' ' " -
In which it is placed
;c xrif a
translation OF Ossp Schubin's queerE named novel;
N Tbon NV AUSTRIA" Why or whence TINS aros-
.onbe H. seems impossible to imagine, lor the sto!
has not tho most remote relation to patroush' Des
bright series Of pictures OF Austrian social lie anu
family affairs. 1t is, however none the less ieaoaoe
for having stupid title, and the interest Is iuiS %
+ained through long and rather complicated pio'
Tho American reader may be surprised at the sudden
ress with which poor Jack is cntrapped by the CRAFTY
Paula country where young man VINO III
moment OF weakness kisses girl Instantly MUS NM,
self engaged TO marry her must be dangerous "iii
tory for mpulsive youth In TINS case inc ''o p"'
60 strong that nothing but tragedy coud oeah H.
The case of OTTO TIeuenburg the unstable young man
who commits the fatal error OF marrying Tor money
set forth very imprc>svey, though tie cps uc VI '
fair Olga mparts the conclusion somewhat DUBIOUS
favor The novel, however, is decidediy stlohs onc'
Mabel Robinson has written long story for thc
purpose Of enforcing the rather trte truh tha' soc
GIRLS do not know their own minds, and incidcntalN'
that younc women who fancy themselves intellectually
and officially head shoulders above tlelr cOiten
porarics arc liable do stupid things, ana 'hihss
which are even in bad taste and SAVIOR OF coarse per
ccnt,ons The motives handled by no means uii'
sklfnlly but they arc in themselves not VIA enough
10 give interest to so protractcd narrative There
is some fine character drawing, though the authors
hand is not steady, and not seldom snp> producing
crudities The best that can be said for the story
&c that IT. is calculated well enough for summer read
ing.
Mr. IIarrisons Tales OF Old NewOrlcanS and Else
where, published under the title "AutrcIos' sho"
familiarity with creole life. manners and dialect anu
. fertile fancy some Of the tales are marked by
wcrdness and grotesquere which may remind tho
reader OF Poe The most strkingy suggestive in this
respect are The Hall OF Tiger Skins and The story
~ AN I'm, The first of these, the scene of which
,s India NAV fairly lay claim to originality though III
one mart Balzacs Passion In the DESERT is recalled
Tho purely creole stories are characterized by
ci6uscnc,s which nerferes with the development OIL
the action IN TRUTH il mu,t be said That the autnor
has failed TO grasp the secret OF the short s(oiV
nrouer and that lie Is also at fault in his dehone
,nents which arc sometimes little more than an abrupt
ending OF the story, leaving everything unexplained
There is decided ability in his work, but IT Is uh
Disciplined and deficient in art
.Tbc Lost Ringn is a Scottish story Of the time OF
King James and Andrew Melville. 1t IL too iuil OF
theology 10 bc very lively reading, but 1t Il written
Nth sincerity and when the author can confinc him
s-n 10 the movement Of his characters lie becomes
Interesting. The Jc>uts play an important part III
tnc story and the fortunes OF the lost rhS are sui
tccnt,y varied to the fatal rcprarh OF dulnc-'