New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16
THE FUTURE or THE NOVEL,.

Ono of thc current magazines contains d
sto,v by n leading writer or hctlon "hich j.
a,,,,c,inc conc,al attention because Of It's cX-
.ao,,,o hrcy;tv For tcrScncss it Is "A good
.cc,nd 70 Caesars "Vcni. yidi, Wei Inc
800, is entitled 1.-THE Whist Players and
here it is IN full
r,ov MAY whist. the bcaus IN ihcir powdered WIGS
and vclyct coat, the ladies in their brrad' p''''"l''
ard ane stomachors. Tn" vet wihdo"' are "i'"' "
fountain plnshe, In the garden; tho mower % u NV
,odcrcd with box and the scent Of tlr box '"'' J"
ut the open windows. They pay WIZ"
,h,h.s hack the lace fr from hi, hand rs he d'ai~
, ,ad few,l CLEANS ON HI finger. Tn" ladies' orV
,ade. ,1istlc. thoy rown softly AT their carN'' M
hour Gins stands on table naif win mo'he' % p''
Tho sand I'm tho hour glass flows silently 'l' p"n'"
smell % the loN comes IN 81 the open "lno"NS' I"'
NAV whist. \ LADY leads from her long Sint n'"'
,ake. the tr.fH with hing. H. bA'A c'9 Ms"
unaor bis ylitc wig Ike eternal youth. Tie i"'n'"n
na,hc. IA the garden, the pung'nt "mch Of inc ''N
o,,.s I'm ri the open Windows, th" sand IA inc h'"'
ci,ss flows IL, silently as the live ~ the pi'''rN
Tiny p,y whist. 4 beau leads an ace. III partner
,rumns. . trick IS lost. but h. looks at her ana
su,les. 4 Tick Is lo,i-hut love IS Immortal
Now. the appearance Of this highly abbreyl-
aicd tale by 4 popular author IN one Oh the
host and most conservative Of the mon'hIlcN
raises the interesting question. Must the mover
90 ?-not 20 entirely. but mostly Ike the lo'd
mentioned by the philosopher which hc"Innlng
rs broad avenue. ended in squirrel tiaoN
which ran up a tree and was no longer visible
:, the naked owe our fathers and mothers
mr. NJ all events, our grandparents. r"iusci
novels in three volumes. Tho writer who DIS
missed his characters with u loss expenditure
If material would havo been REGARDED by them
~ u,rsimouiou.. We wonder what these dear
readers would think Of this contompcraneouS
c,.t IF fiction which is condensed into Il para
graph
OF course. one Of the effects OF the general
diffusion OF culture j. To relieve our present
novclistS of the necessity of going into partc-
ulars at all points. They feel at liberty TO
take a good deal more for granted than thcr
predecessors Of Il century presumed 10 take
After the Young barristcr had remarked To inc
hancb half a dozen times " Your Honor Is
doubtlcs> aware" the Judge dryly remarked 70
him. eyes my SON. ! think You may safely
assumc that this Court knows something Inc
novelist who is at work to-day appreciates the
Significance of this extra judicial observation
He realizes that tho accomplished mover reau-
ers of This end Of the nineteenth century hho"
somothing-,now Il good deal. arc capable OF
L.
,uoo,ir, him half way see what lies between
tho limos are GOOD at drawing differences ana
a.,ohi,, a ,,iuk "Thc Whist Players could
bo writfnn on a thumb nail But who shall say
that those for whom it WAS composed VIII not
find in it all that was in the ihrce-volumcd
rovolp 1.-THE Boston Transcript asserts that
The Whist Players is " really only recipe
for story which only shows that " ne ran
script lacks the courage OF its Imagination
and fancy.
I'm thi, crowded age of ours it IS the opinion
If the average man that whoever makes one
word grow where two words grew Deioro Is Il
nublic bencfactor One of his fayorIte mot
toes is "Cut it short" We may be sure
,horofore that he will give 1.-THE Whist Play
crs, an enthusiastic reception. Lonstellow
sang that
Art Is long and time Is ne"tng,
put our average man, who is nothing II not
utlitarian. insists that, since time IS Iice'in@'
art should cndcayor to be as short as Is artiS-
tcally possible