New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-19
SUMNER READING.
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES.

DRrTE DE HAYE Par GsG 1ssSs, 4hnss YORK;
F. W Chrstern and W. X. Jenkins.
nrRT OF HATRED BY Georges Ohnet Trans
lated by E. p Robins CasSeh fuon'''i'e YUM
FROM SHADOW TO SUNLIGHT. BY the MARQUIS n3I OF
Iorne, c. c. NJ. q. 16mo, PIP l5'. D. Apply
QUESTION OF LOVE. by T. Combe; Translated nlste
by Annie Z. Ramsey. 16mo, PIP 2oo' bO''o"
Roberts Brothers. .,..
THE GOLDEN GOAT. by paui HteH 1S,no nn 5i4,
by Mary J. Stafford. lIlustidVeu' i-"''' fF
Harper * Brothers. ,
SHINY STORIES AND SOME SHADY ONES. ny
James payn 12mo PIP 2oo. JONI W. Los .o,,l 49,
Notwithstanding the denunclation OF the naurdiisuo
critics NJ Georges Ohnet keeps the even tenor OF his
wov producing about twice year novel walch aO
once secures large circulation, ana when goes ''o
dftv sixty. nay sometimes into hundred edi'iohS'
The public stupid creatures Will persist III piec'Is
this iicorrigble author TO his more pro'ounu '"u
psychologic contemporaries and 1t is not Tic hisr '
that this phenomenon has been witnessed. hcaht'me
N. Ohnet by steering clear Of the gull INTO "ii'i'
rourret. Maupassant, lola and so many others nave
n,uprod and by Offering his readers kind OF hcuon
which Is al least clean, seems to have demonstrate
that tho French novelreader really prefers tha' ou
10 literature 10 the other which IS certainly hopefui
SYMPTOM however it may Jar upon the 1cehhes Vi "0
new school VI. Ohnets last story Is proving noo NSS
nopular than its predecessors though it is not equal 10
q
many respects Dette dc Haine" is study OF
wicked woman: a beautiful creole VINO marries man
rb the deliberate purpose Of running him. nc haNlhS
killed her lover in duel, but without knowing tnd'
the man occupied that relation TO her. Ihere ls Do
i, 70 this venceful creole pretty blonde who loves
but is not loved by the man who maTles Inc Creole
ard hence complications arise. The hero. breton
cxnaval officer, falls into tie snares lad for h' anu
but for the vigilance of Jewish millionaire STOCK
snccrlator would have been ruined as his wife IN
tended Here is ample room for the ingenuity OF
the author who, indeed. makes suihclcn'Y eht-r-
aininS story out Of his material ana VINO iur'nc uts'
the new dogmas by making his tale eTd weI-possioy
not without an eye to it's dramatlzatlon "Dette DC
uane7 however Is a fair average novel. The trans
ation published by the Cassells is by no means INST
rate and is marred BY many awkward locutlons
The novelette, which bears upon its ttle-page the
name of the Marquis of Lorne is sure TO be read ana
it is almost equally sure to prove disappointment 10
the reader that is if the latter had any expectations
Tho Narouis means WELL no doubt but his fiction can
mt he REGARDED as serious work. This little book Is
short end that is the best that be said Of It, AS
20 the story conveys the impression that IL Is the
first essay of very young person who has seen nothing
u life but who may have travelled good deal Inc
narrative passes from Scotland 10 California and inc
scene changes from smuggers cave to the Chinese
Theatre in san Francisco The hero, youth who hrst
Tesuit PUSHES back again TO Professionalism in proper
time 10 marry the heroine who is American girl, IS
a sadly incOnsequent not TO say scatterbralned per-
SON. and not Interesting, in spite OF the authors a
tempt 10 represent him superior SOUL Inc charac
talk prosy and at depressing length ana their
cOnvcsati hardly BE- said to advance the action
o. the Marquis's style the following sentence Will con
yey some idea: "Oh' he answered In voice that 10
their Eastern ears seemed very Californian or Ell
ropean for IL came from the chest and the enuncia
ton was different than 1t often is 10 the older states
one secs from this that it is possible to be Marquis
and g. c. VI. e., and yet TO write different than"
and imagine it to be the Queens English. Further
comment seems unnecessary
a Question OF Love" is pleasant unambitlous and
wcllwritten love story in rather original vein. We
all know that novel in which the girl has two lovers
on poor but worthy the other rich and prosperous but
in all other respects inferior. We all know bow in
this kind of novel the poor but deserving lover cuts
| out his rival and carries away the prize Well VI.
Combe has taken il into his head to reverse this plot
and the cHcrt Of the change is quite refreshing His
poor but worthy lover has success at all II Is the
other man who makes the running Moreover, the
poor lover does not even have the satisfaction OF
knowing that the girl who would not have him Is I'M
happy. on the contrary. quite the reverse. She IS
very happy and does not miss the poor and unsuccess
! ful lover at all There arc In this story ey-
cellent studies OF old men and OF an old maid The
household Of sexagenarans, oct0genariaDs and mona
cenarians with Zoe tn spot of color to brighten
| IT, forms curious and artistic picture. The whole
story indeed is written with conscientious care for
details and "a finished simplicity which Is very agree
| able.
| NJ Paul Arcne's Golden Goat" IS Bit Of life in a
corner Of Provence, taken from one Of those quaint
and curious little communities which preserve strain
of Arab or Moorish blood with social conservatism
TO be paracled anywhere else at this day The
Golden Goat IS the centre OF legend connected with
hidden treasure, and with the legend is entangled
family feud which plays important part in the story
1t Is all charningy faEtasc all stepped and saturated
in the golden light Of the Provence atmosphere and told
with that delightful dclicacy OF touch which few be-
! sides Frenohmen have the secret Of. very pretty
summer story is The Golden Goat in short, and an
ideal book for the shore or the hammock
Mr. james Payn is ore of the most prolific writers
| so good novels. The present volume app ars to he
"a collection Of his triding pieces. 1t consists Of
| two parts. The first contains eight fairly good and
amusing shot stories Of cheerful character with the
exception OF the last, entitled "Under Sentence OF
Death which Is a tediousy long account Of tha last
days OF a man whose sentence has been pronounced
by his doctor The second part Gleanngs from Dark
Annals" Is much the best being composed OF enter
tanning papers upon various queer mysterious mat
| tiers connected With crime and criminal law. The IL
Illustrations here all authentic and IL OF facts
however strange or ineHpDcable, that the writer
speaks What Pip used call the bad side of human
nature Is Illustrated ve:y freely and grmly in these
pages which for that matter would furnish matter fol
a whole shelf full of sensational novels The Clean
lngs from Dark Annals" are very well worth reading
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