New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-16

is generally observod Let US, however. rest content
with this extremely pleasing picture Of vigorous ana
unsecured acc ard enjoy the art Of VI. Anatoe France
with all the helps furnished by Mr.. Hearn, whose
translation Is d close and spirited rentcilng OF inc
original.
"Julus Courtney- is the sensational but mar
ustlc production OF a writer whose ambition 70 Ue
original has led him into extravaganza HIS nero -
man too plainly modelled upon buI"ers "ai
grave7 In the Strange story; parsonage VINO pos
esscs the power of extracting from those Win whom
he comes in contact so much Of t'cir vitality -
is needed 10 restore his own fading energies OK
hausted by a reckless course Of dissipation Inc
author has evidently learned enough OF hypho's'h 70
misunderstood the whole subject ana he mas cfeat-u
monster too impossible to be really lhtere'uhs' l'o
theory itself is Of course merely exaGgeratoh OF real
phenomena but the exaggeration Is so excessive a.
n render the result unthinhabe. There are really
neonia who exercise magnetic occult attraction and
influence upon others, bat 1t does not iono" lh"'
there can be people capable OF absorbing inc 'i'au''
OF Others 10 such al extent that the NlCums "io
,ropebt 70 deaths door. There IS some ingenuity In
the development Of the story. but its foundation Is
700 wild even for this period Of supernatural romance
Mrs. or Miss veitch has written decidedly clever
novel in THE Deans Daughter. 1t is the history Oh
motberIess girl brought up as such girls are apt to
he and In consequences learning TO follow her own
will and to scorn conventions. which she is the
better able to do the only child OF wealthy man
who INDUCES her IN every way. Vera however Is
perfectly natural. strongly indvdualzed' ana really
noble young woman, whose intellectual force l. 50
superior to that Of all who seek to control her ina,
she usually dominates the situation she has the III
costume 70 fall IA love with a who /, already
married 10 q woman greatly beneath him Ia all re
snects but she governs herself with great Wso'c
ton in this trying position. and her love remains IN
suspected save by the object of IT. TIC supreme
oct OF her lfc when 10 save the man she oveu from
conviction OF felony she takes his crime upon herself
the circumstance, enabling her to do this paH'.Oy
and calmly accepts sentence TO term OF years IL
convict prison is brilliantly described. Thus cruaeF
stated such a sacrifice may seem hardly possible
but in the story the whole OF Nera's lie pTcpaFe'
tho way for and leads up n. No woman peFhHP'
who had been brought M orthodoxy could have
risen 20 such height Of seli.renuncation knowing
too that the love for which 50 sacrificed herself
WAS hore!ess But the skill OF the author has here
removed the antccedent mprobahlte, from the case.
ard make, II appear altogether credible and not
even unreasonable
In his lat novel Mr. Fawcett has gone to low IL
In New.YorS for material and grim ard ghastlf
picture or series OF pictures. T. tie outcome o. DIS
studies In tie slum, There are the ovosworEeI AM
underpald sewing girl tie brutal AM sorlld lana
lady the chaot, tcncmcnthouse popaiaton tac dis
sna.,d Iav.- half workman hall l,afc-. the Eowery
e.
wise wakes, ending 10 d-g.iAen scrmmaSc'. and
death and dissipation cheek by lowl. III these
ucly things are grouped around beautiful young gil
Who has come from the country t. tho city In re
hop, ii t-.cr.ns her condition. and who fnd' lie
an alc-i,, Ion between sharp suffering ard sharpe
temptation. An old fashioned n1volht would have
made virtue Triumph IN .qte O.; every
OF staclc bat NJ Fawcett Is rcai''.
ard 50 his heroine. after lon. a7d brave
resistance falls when at length her heart is enso-cd'
AID goes subsequently through "a" usual changes "hcA
tcrnintc In tho uorsue ard Potte-'s Helt. n Tie
course o. the story o. the New Noik Alderman - ne
JOE sharp era Is boldly introduced. anI the coarse
q tie ctorous wholesale bribery is dcscr.hed 10
souc detail. The story s. certainly realistic u
would lie hard 70 say # any incident tina; Is over
drawn or zoo highly c0.o7cd, o. to exceptional % oc
used In illustration Il lie n the NeT-l o-S q The
period Il must ue admitted also that ;se book 3,
written With much power and graphic skih NoAt tl'
Jess. however. tie imp-ees.er lt leaves is ci-.
ua-ily d.,a -rccall- tor & IS al shadows snd uo
u- and tAa: IS not good Art even when u Is sought
to make the public reject uGon serious thins'.
novel in which there IS not single honest pure ~
thorourhly wholesome character cannot be fsithfnl
transcript from ne II may De thc t-a. 30 far ~ %
g0c, INT e j. the whole Truth. and what % on'
f. even more necessary 20 the understanding Of aotuA
lie and what 10 contains. in short. unmiNcd r"''-
ln.nl &, no Joss iue-tisuc ard cNtnasnrt than nm
ri1ct optimism. and hcr-in les ihc mistake q 81.
Iaecett.
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