New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-09
SOME PLEASANT READING
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES.

DAILY. BY Maria Louise Pool. 1amo, PIP. $50
Harper Brothers.
STORY OF RENE R Jean de Ia pD Fc sso so
ton: Roberts Brothers.
A MANS CONSCIENCE: By, Avery MaGalpIne e. Illus
tratod. limo, PIP sos Harper tsn bptt'ers Y
12mo. PIP. 80. The Minerva Publishing Company
THE UNCLE OF AN. ANGEL, AND OTHER STohlEo'
by Thomas A. Janver. illustrated. limo PIP
257 Harper Brothers.
MAID MARIAN, and Other Stories. BY Molly Elliot
Seawcll. 12mo. PIP. 237. d. Appleton 81 Co.
land Translated from the Norwegian by william william
/ Archer. With an introduction by ii. H. Boyeseh'
1Gmo, PIP 204. Harper & Brothers.
Among their summer books the Harpers have issued
new edition of Miss Pools quaint and highly inter
estlng story Daily" already familiar to the readers
Of Tho Tribune, In whose columns 1t first appeared
Daily should perhaps be styled study rather tnan
story and clever study it is. The intimate acquain-
lance with NewEngand village life exhibited through
out II is OF It's distinguishing Characteristic, and
the development Of that Cariny gal' under the fos
terng but not always udiclous Of Mrs Jacobs ndi
Gates psychological insight In the author by no means
common. Simple and uncompllcated as Is the plot, 1t
vet enfolds real tragedy and affords opportunity for
the play Of those passions which, because they are
universal human attributes, pervade and permeate al
social existence, and produce in the most humdrlm
and Outwnrdly monotonous conditions catastrophes
than those which owe their origin to the feeSt exercise
of tho romantic Imagination. on Miss Pools canvas
the figures are few and hOmely. and for the most part
coarse and common But love eevates ana puflles
and invests them with unfaIlng interest. Probably
many readers of Daily" will he disappointed because
Of its sad ending but this ending is thoroughly good
att and it is, moreover, in keeping with the general
tendencies Of the story. \ happy future for poor
~DsIlyn would be scarcely conceivable. Full Of high
possibilities she had yet been to strongly affected by
the surroundings OF her early life (perhaps also by
heredty ever 10 settle down into civilized Gecorum
and sobriety. There nomadic strain in her blood
which must have dominated her, and II was better u
give her one full taste of happiness and then let her
| pass. Miss Pool has done very we'll indeed in this
| book.
aThe Story of Refine" is a supposltltious autobios
raphv of French girl brought up by dragoneSs OF
an aunt in a remote country house, where the only
man she ever meets is the village priest who Is also
! her tutor In her solitude she develops frankness
of expression which, but for the depth Of her ignorance
| Of the world and life. might have produced awkward
consequences In effect she does siarte people when
at last she has the opportunity of going little into
society," but as she known to be rich her eccenrces
arc overlooked The love story which is the pita of
the book is at first quite One-sided and threatens 10
develop not exactly into tragedy, but into drcary
! establishment The author however does not har-
row the feelings of his public. and everything con
cludes happily in the orthodox fashion. 1t is slight
| story. but pretty told.
The scene of "A Mans Conscience IS laid princ-
| paliy in Minnesota. where a young Eneshnan who
has left his native land half engaged commits the high
crime and mlsdemeanOr of falling in love with pretty
| Milly The accomplished and charming daughter OF
rough and illiterate old ranchman. very dreadful
prospective motherin-law Lady Galbraith comes over
to lead the young back into the right path. and
after the usual interview with the peccont damsel she
| { linz arf oh thp
story is long, difuse. unnatural, and in no particular
way interesting until the end is approached, but at
this point the author has introduced variant Of the
| regular loves and rides away" motive. and when
| the young Enellshman, spurTed by his uneasy CON
science. returns to Minnesota 10 make amends for his
| apparent desertlon of Mllly he does upon
| her grave in lonely burial grOund. nor does he
find her In the last stages of decline What he really
does encounter is. however so original that VIC shall
refrain from disclosing it. conentng ourselves with
the remark that it will repay the reader for the faults
| Of the early chapters.
The novel Justified is The work OF a young naval
officer. and 1t is founded upon the trouble at Aspin-
wall OF few years ago. II Is frankly sensational not
seldom crude and juvenile, but nevertheless written
| with so much dash and vim 10 be Interesting. The
author Jas literary theories prepossessOns. but
simply sets out to tell story and tries to keep up
the interest by making the action lively and varied
possible. Hundreds Of much novels are pub
llSned every year. ana fOf INST atUJnpt JusuIeC
| roly deserves some praise
Mr. Janvler shows his versatility no less than his
literary capacity in this volume Of short stories, all Of
| which are different possible from those lie pub
lished last. Here the vein is light almost jocular,
bright and essentially magnzlnsh" and the writer's
hand is firm ard his strokes even "The Uncle of all
Angel is Of the most delcately artistic OF tho
sketches. and IL is very good Of its kind. The RO-
nance OF Tompkns Square aud An Idyl Of the East
ll-;4o
quite different line being studies of the foreign
colonies in New-York City. Mr.. Janvler has rare
faculty Of adapting his style to his motive. and es
peciay happy is he in catching the tones Of alien
nationaltes. 1t is moreover always the attractive
foreign qualities which appeal TO him. 50 that his
studies Of these outsiders almost invariably genial
and sympathetic. There Is much careful and excellent
work In this collection of short stories.
Molly Elliott Seawel has brisk and prolific fancy,
and for the odd and fantastic while she past
in the Of negro dialect and the production OF
tales Of plantation life and manners. II /, true that
she follows closely in the rut which has been worn
by the writers Of Southern stories since the war.
OF the seamy side of life at tho South neither she
nor they appear TO know anything The glamor which
50 often accompanies memories OF extinct phases o
life envelops and colors all these Inventions and tn
samcness Of the views has for some time vergin
upon monotony. This writer. however is by no mean
dependent upon the South for materials She forage
everywhere for subjects and nearly always with NOR
than success. The KOurasofss for instance
Is capital Russian story; Maid Marian" Is a ccve
extravaganza dealing with the Elzabeth1n age Tn
Sea Fortunes Of DicIcy Carewn is cast in the time
the NaPOconic wars. All these stories ar, spirited
well marked by local color and written with skill AM
ingenuity.
Nj BoyeSen, In his introduction TO Kclland's "Iae
Of Two Countries" speaks with enthusiastic admIa
ton of the authors genius. As this is the first examp
OF his work that has been translated IL may be tina