New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16
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passing the Love of Women, u, BY mrs CO. D. H.
Medell. l2mo, PIP. 1853 d. Appleton sono ~ ~, aao
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Duchess. I2mo. PIP. $50. Hovenden company
pany.
Mr. Woods story Is that OF a modern pair 70 one
Of whom come hckeness and diSlluson winch eli"
in separatlon-the last page leaves open the question:
as 10 whether II Is TO be final The style Is vieor
Gus md easy and the mood OF the author is mat OIL
a keen careful and rather pessimsuc sa'"'s'
"A Daughter's Heart is u pretty and sentimental
,olo n, tho sorrows Of a nice little girl who I'M
Willingly dvertS to herself the affections OF he'
older sisters hrtrohed We will leave the reader 10
find ont from the book Itself whether this behavior
e. really rs wicked It seems to te INC stor,
helonox to the category Of pleasant tribes which
will hardly be rcread. but which FURNISH an asree"o0
,,vers,on for the provcrbial "idle hour"
7, " Passing the Love of Women" Mrs Needei
has presented two cousins. who In some measure re-
neat the story Of David and Jonathan both love inc
same woman and the manner In when 'hi' i''''s
affects their relations TO the girl and TO ench o,her
turns the interest Of the novel The authors rehu"s
OF her characters Is not It must be said aitose'er
,rue TO life like many other novcliSts she c'p'oO'
mans nnnre In the light Of her own feminine sehs
bultIcs and describes creature who Is neither man
nor woman I'm disposition and action, ana whosc
fortunes the reader follows with impatiente and some
times with disgust
That a beautiful and brilliant girl NAV be oorne
INCREASINGLY on the tide OF worldly success ana yet
be capable Of high though: and deep icehhg Is 'nc
lesson OF LeOna." The underlying nohlity vi 'io
heroine sllfy indicated, ns Is also me superhoi
selnshness Of her character In clever conra, Is 'he
pretty. commonplace and self satisfied little cousin
who cultivates II Pharasaical horror OF what she
calls Leonas "worldllness," yet who. In the end'
manages her own affairs with eager 80 eye to the
main chance" The story Is pleasant one ana ends
happily. Mrs Molesworths style Is always clear and
refined.
Robert Duchanans book Is not pastoral In any
other sense than that IL deals with rural persons
Here is nothing OF the quaint and humorous rustic
ty the scent Of clover and thyme, that brishtens
and sweetens such books as Hardys Under the
Greenwood Tree" So far character and atmos
phcre 20 the story might be dealing with the
sordld streets Of town. II has poetry OF focling
and the heroine is repusve creature almost brutal
I'm her unwomanllncss The dialogue smacks OF the
stage
1.-The Duchess" IS not good at melancholy-rather
is she tho muse OF the spnghtly and the teasing
Her las, book Is heavy with the woes OF charming
GIRL whose chief distinction appears to be lovely
smile" aud who marrics an equally charming man.
bride bridegroom ard everybody else believe that The
heros first wife is dead By drowning but she macv
olenty turns up alive make the story possible, ana
the rest Of the book over to fearful longing
and waiting for her eventual and ndubitablc demise
II is not a wholesome composition and It IS rather
vulgar than O,hcrwlsc.