New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-24
FICTION.
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN.

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IL TWO MOODS. By s,ttepnialI, ana an W. "eS'ali
1amo, pp. 2ss John ". Lovcil CO.
SANTA EARHAEA. Ey ouda. Emo, PIP. 1903.
John W Lowell Co.
TIE PRINCESS TARAKANovA; Trans lated from
the Russian Of q. j. DanevsM pS l'' Wv, Wv M NJ
anon with four portraits. LIMO PIP - Mac
milan q Co.
ELsKETs. AND oTIIEE STORIES. BY Thomas Mel
son PAGE. I2mo. PIP. c)5. Charles scribners sons.
Mis-, Crlm's "story OF Fair Rebel is welLcon-
srur:ed. original and interesting novel OF southern
,rog and ~ war stories 60 many have been written
that to invent a rev combination upon such themes
might fax the ingenuity Of veteran novelist. Bu
here we have tale the chief characteristic OF when Is
its frcshness. and with all the temptations 10 iuf'n
writing offered by the subject. the author mas aVAded
all extravaganza. The possibilities oi inc pIo' !"
which a southern joins the Northern armies iro"
conviction and is Of course cast of and denouhcen
bv his family and friends are infinite: but MISS 'r'"
has chosen n line which, without transcending proba-
y lend the highest interest to the movements Oh her
principal characters. The negroes in hc story are ~
Lra and never exaggerated into bureNpue Tho he"'c
is a charming and lovabc GIRL and acts with an uhcon
scions elevation and nobility very simply yet ski
fully presented. The story altogether ]" WY
crcdtalle piece OF work.
Mr. W. Clark Russell whose most ho'sPe" ''"''
stage properly /, the deck Of ship, has in Strange
ElopcmorH chroniccd the fortunes Of young couple
married. nv Che hot temper of an old East Indian father
rbov have recourse to the foolhardy experiment OF
stealing a boat and slipping away from the East IN
daman on which both are embarked aiter bhu'"E
and cagdng the officer Of tho deck and hrbing several
81 fine crew to help them The story Is told with the
authors usual smartncsS. but he MAKES INC "'''No
If uniting into a landsman's mouth sea phrases ana
-
there The plot is rather thin. and the probap'h'c
ara strained in the account Of tile cl0pcment when
couh hardly have happened rs IL Is described on an
East Indiaman full Of passengers and unfer 'e THU
Discipline which was always maintained On tho'c YES
sell.
North Couniry Comeiy- is n queer Kind OF novel,
and Willie brilliant I'm parts Il seems Int halfw"heu
out-or rs though TIC author had more than once oN'
her interest in II. and had taken 1t mp AGAIN III pr
functory way. The plot. II IT can be eald u nave
plot is almo, fantastic. II T. largely 'ohccrheu VIII
the fortunes OF two simple old maids who 20 cTa'N
hunting An advertiser for next II kin brings TO-
ccthcr several odd characters Intending Jesuit III
American re.fcctoni-t. and an officer in the French
army from Alsors Then there are u NeHr ana n
crrate who ar. rivals in love. and pretty grl VINO
+, cuftcd by cvcrg body and no end NJ phl"S ph'a'
dl u>,ons and nothing very definite after All ic'
f. rluch wit and original thought in the book hut -
work Of fiction II cannot De coi'i'c''" '"'""s
success.
The story by sicpnlal and we-tall In Two
Moods Is an example II morbid p>Nchcal ahAH sls
such a. the Russians ionl IT, Tn" supposed mar
ror II the story must have been more than half m'd
fr IN the beginning and be ends by making rdcuon'
figure Of himself. There Is no logical sequence III MS
=. Two moods the first II which j. caused by IN"
suicide Of n friend. AMI The second bv n"b'N
can say what: and for this MASON the s''ry
is confused and not particularly Interesting III
the same volume J., another short story 'aiih
" In Bad society," and This Is much "'tf
Than the first II f, naturally written and has tender
and pathetic touccs. It deal, with the experience OF
bog vho living I'm a Polish village. fall into trend
shin with two vacrat children who te In The vaults
Of a church The dc.cnpu0n of the band 81 vasibohdS
70 which these children lclong /, full Of character
oulds,s volume entitled "Santa Rarbara7 Is n ool
lection Of short stories all cast I'm Italy and Illustrating
Italian character and manners. Thee STORES are PW"
free from the tawdrinc-s which marks - many oi um
authors novels. but they arr characterized by an cx
agscratlon Of sontmcutalty and the dcnoucncn IN
every Instance l. 7cic the Impression produced i nos
exactly cheerful II must be said al.p that the IathoS
is no, always spontaneous bat IS apt to suggest thc
employment Of the forccpump defect ol'cr,hbe ~
most Of Ouida's attempt De vcr, moving. and which
practice has apparently not taught her how u over
come
raullcyski's stony The Princess Taralanova- s an
accom-. Of dark incident IN Russian history. Madame
de MouchanoG the translator, has written long inr"
ducon. I'm which she APPEAR 10 Imply that Dnncv'h
really had accc.s 10 some authentic memoirs 81 the
time and that In Russia this book f. accepted n In the
main statement 81 facts. II i certain that II !,
founded upon fact for there can 10 doubt that I'm
the reign Of Catherine hc second alleged adventures
calling hcr-cr the Princess 81 Tarkanovl, and some
time, by other titles. did cure In pickering fashion
for some little time Ony o. disappear suddenly, indV
Ing reports and rumOrs which soon sodifcd into "a"
story here told. IT was said dat the Empr'-~ cam
ernc had given Orders e. have the sodiSan Princes
abducted she WIS then ~ Roncl and taken prisoner
TO Russia and that Count orion. who had fallen from
favor at the time accomplished this by ba,cy sciucins
the Princess dccoying her t. the Russian Net o.
prc.cncc Of witnessing some naval man1cuvrcs, and
then carving her 10 Russia. where she va, ut once
thrown into dungeon I'm the Fortress Of Peter and
Paul. II /, the aim u Danllcys 10 confirm this story.
and ne certainly males very plln'ibe statement The
Princess Tarakanova nj lime said 10 have been
drowned In her dungeon by Hood in the Ncya. but
this /, denied. and j, asserted that she died IN her
prison OF disease. The present work well written and
Impressive. and la, about 1t air Of ycrismiitudc
which is uncommon In fiction.
"Eslct7 contains five Of Thomas Nelson Pages short
stories and these the first Is decidedly the strongest
and most striking, though "Gcorec Washlngtons Last
Duel" and PlasAis Tunament7 capital In their
way, which Is the OF negro character Illustration.
Run seed Is also sketch Of southern but OF
negro life. and ii is sad story. "A Soldier OF the
Empire which closes the collection. shows quite I'm
prcs,vcy the difference In character and Impulses hc
the soldiers OF the Empire and those who made
futile and brief stand against the German invasion I'm
1870. The last scene Of the story Is powerful and
highly dramatic
THE GRAVE OF cOLUMBrS.