New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-12
NEW NOVELS.

ipmo. PIP. az. Macmillan & Go.
DMITRl. BY +. W. Dain, NJ A. 1cmo. PIP. Is
A SOUTH SEA LOVER. By Alfred st. Johnston
i.mo. pp SCI. Macmillan & 90.
AT Az OLD CHATEAU. BY Katharine s. Nacano'd'
lomo. PIP c:G. Harper a Bros.
TIE BARONESS BLANK. By August Nemanh'
Iamo, up. $40. Robert Eonncr's sons.
MARGARET BYHG. Ey f. G.. Philips. Emo. PIP
800. John W. Lowell Co ~
A sMVGt;LER'S SECRET by Frank Jarrett, ana ia ~
by Mabel Collins. Emo. PIP. l"1. John W. Lo'eh''
"The souatter's Dream" is q story Of Australian
,fe told with direct css and force 1t illustrates 'o
danger OF giving up bird IN the hand f'r TWO III ''o
bush. A young squatter with prosperous N""o' -
taken with the sheep craze sells every on" 80
of TO O wild country 10 make fortune I"p'u", "
tho course OF the story vivid aud detailed de''ptoh'
,o ven of life on cattle and sheep stations ana tue
narrative shows the mature AMI extent Oh INC ri'h'
which the sheep spectators had 10 encounter !"
country OF icklc and uncertain seasons thc'c wa "
WAYS the liability Of floods q" oru'Iia' Ho'c'
there WAS no rain for two or three years lheh ar"'
.v.rvt,,ine would be drowned out The fortunes ana
msfortunes of Jack Ecdciavc arc related with rea's'c
n,wcr and his adventures exceedingly interesting
Tho authors mastery Of his subjects ADDS nu'h 10 c
impressvcncss Of the story which no count me"' W
told as literally true Of hundreds OF restless a" an
btious youp: Au,tralianS-all but the dehoaemc't
which. In Rolf Boldrewood's hands. becomes Eo'"
btes may seem TO warrant
Mr. Rain has taken for his subject the romantic
story Of Dmtri the false Car who succeeded bofi>
1:ohomo9 t,r brief period but met the conmoa latr
Of prctenders after having overcome what SCENE" '''
most formidable Of his difficulties. In this version VI
the story Dmitri is represented as not ONLY ,e'f
deliberate charlutan, but as prctcndcr 80 P""o d"
TO disclose his imposturc to the girl he was TO marry
and this before he had taken the first steps toward Sic
by
c,esiastical aid the Prcendcr was able to draw 10
himself the Russian Army leaders /, de'er'oco VIZ"
considerable ingenuity. and the story moves VIII"
spirit and vlvacty. Dmv,s fall is made consequent
upon his rash inGrat.tude toward monk "h">c ''"''
And cunning had trained him for his Nicw"fH anu
p!lotcd him when lie entered upon it. once Gar INC
Young man becomes ConCcitcd snubs and repuoIa'cs
his old master. and thus eAa>peraes 'he ho""' WIN
organizes . conspiracy Of the Boyar>' ana 'o"p'.'
the death Of the upstart and IN, Polish advisers anu
lenchiuen. Altogether the story Is very well oohe'
Tho author Of "A South Sea Lover" intmacs that
he has himself lived of the tropical >ianos hc
describes in his Interesting romance, ana propahy
nothing less than personal familiarity with roiyhcsi"
customs. scenery etc. could have ehahied mn, " p,o
>uc> q hook AT once so strange and 20 rrhistlc Ills
hero Is an English sailor. somehow endowed WIN
.tronr affinity for savage life lie forms blood fc!'
lowslip with Polvnc>ian chief. soma Ihci'cor'i .'o
pair are a, closely allied a, Jonathan and DAVID. INC
llv
Of the peculiar charm of the beautiful ISia'd "'no,
pherc Mr. Johnston has drawn hi> Poync>an' Win
almost scrupulOus fidelity to nature. eA'chua'"'1
nothing of thoir savagcry, yet cortrlNDe l" Hahc
appear that life among them might be worth living 10
a Young and unambitiou> white man. There are many
striking tableaus In the volume. such aS the scene OF
the surfswimming, the burning lake pcEha> borrowed
from the crater of Kanca,. the hurricane. ana tho
battle between the two tribes. in which CHRISTIAN ana
Soma take a conspicuous part. The heurc I'll ''dmc'
the native heroine Is very attractive ana Inc COURSE
of the story is exciting enough TO sustain interest,"
well from beginning to end Mr. Johnston
sketches of south island scenery ale graphic ana
skilfuly colored and his book is at once fresh and
vigorous.
Tb.,~ is NOT a great deal in Katharine Macquoid's
account of what happcr"d at All old French cii'ca'
In Brittany. The situation Is the hacllc!cd one 81
. Young woman secretly married. whom the head o'
the house lior brother, ignorant of TINS fact deenN
tries to dispose of in another direction Hence TIE
usual compile aons. ending less mclodramatcaly' b"'
not less satisfactorily, than usual
~Tho Baroncs. Blank, is really wcll-wrtcn novel
various in interest Offering many studies OF Huicu'cd
subects and marked BY ingenuity ard originality OF
situations. The Baroness Blank who i, hardly the
heroine is drawn With firm hand ana her rcia'o''s
With Comet are described clevcrly. Tie scenes u
tween the old millionaire Hebrew and his son arc
sne,larly bold and natural. and the military scenes
ara characterized hy a frankncSS which IN some III
stances can hardly have been pleasing to the Bcrh
authorities for II is study Of the new German Elm
pjrr and II deals with institutions and tang, As thcV
are or As the author supposcs them to be- Inc atoT
has made conscientious and careful studies Of all his
characters and the result IS that they live ana That
each Is clearly differentiated from all the Others Inc
plot is somew hat complex but worked out with skIl
and the story whole is good ART
Mr. F. G. Philips tends always 10 the ugly or the
unwholesOme in social life. Margaret ByhG IS III
his usual line. She is young woman OF the IS"
hemian " De- who becomes accessory 10 mlncr lot
the sake OF part OF the spo' and quite unIaturaiy
develops something like conscience under the STING
~ memory As the murdered man has been a friend
OF hers and as she good terms with MS WIFE II
Is evident that she must have been A N.crlJV CUO
hand even at the outset Of her Independent career 'i
course she comes to grief in STACEY way and nobody
Is at all likely TO sympatlzc with her. or IN tho la!
ruage OF our fathers. TO drop the tear Of W'! o''!
bcr premature undoiilG.
"A Smuglcrs Secret BY Frank Barrett. ia an old
fashioned IMPOSSIBLE but still interesting study about
a smusclers cave in which a er was impri 'oiiod
MANY wears bling discovered at Ia t, In NATURAL!
hay mental cOdtion ty the hero To male the tale &c
sembc an Arabian Night much As possible tic
rave contains treasure in gold COIN and. what Is
rur,ous nobody seems TO much what becomes OF
this treasure.