New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-25
SOME NEW NOVELS.
MISS WILKINS'S JANE FIELD

zA ,!mI op r iIg oa4 IL Ea" Hn% Co.
JAXE FIELD BY Ms + n M,l%%s '"''"'e'
FAMILY Likeness skctch in the IIim ,i"gS.
colt Company.
MIR. BLIGH. BY Rhoda Broneh'oh' l-"o' PIP
;Ioi. d. Appleton a Co. ,o,o
THE GREAT SHADOW Ey A. Conan DOYLE LIMO
! nm 49,, IL Inrurr ~ ErOthcf-.
,pyryrt.RE, OF SHERLOCK HOLMES By A.
C,nin D"yic. I3mo PIP. 3o'. Harper br"'n''S'
\ STUMBLE oN TIE THRESHOLD; By james
Inyn. I2no. PIP. Joo j. Appleton 20
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FISHER GIRL or FRANCE. From ttc French
+ rrrnand Cnmcttr,. Emo. PIP. 27'' DOW"
THE WHITE FEATHER. BY rasma. i2mo. PIP.
81. LoIrlI. Cryol q CO.
THE SILENT SEA By Ms. Ai'k MacL''u'
| Harper "a lir"ihrfs'
Tho author 81 Zachary phip,~ has chosen for his
,o 81 ,ction that exciting period in the early his
,r ~ tbc Union when the Vaccinations III Aaron
rrrr wore disturbing the general peace. ana "hen'
for a short time. there seemed - b" danger VI Il"
revolutionary movement arising IN tn" 9o"'h"'>'
MI Evnner hu, mad" hi, hero boy "h"' r'"''"N
away from hom. in 'o>tpu because OF a boyi'h uo'
bic with the schoolml,i"r and n harsh St'pWo'n''
is takon up and protected by sailor with whom DO
n. makes several VOYAGES to The two are en-
! g,rod to accompany Burr and his party To Hihi"T
| hn,-ctt'S Island. and u v'ry picturesque u III Il"
yi.ed pair the Bcnncrha ,>ch ar" her" represented
| fo lr The adventure # Young Zachary fHp'
would BE- moro interesting. p1hlp'' We're ho' "'
,alflovc for n Mule girl narrated on somewhat 100
l,r,. fl .,alc But b. ha, NOR" tLan his Share Of
s,,ru,i.iuc adventures. and everything or nearly
everything end, happily, o. ID" average r'"u'r IN
meet. and requires The historical part OF u" story
| il on fine whole. we'll carried out ana there Is
good deal 81 vicorou, c.a''ot'r stndy In III" book
even thr vcahnc-,c, of which may b" any tWhs Ou'
tedious 70 the rising generation.
MI wilkins IN Jane ricd- la. written really
admirable study ~ Sew England character. ana Ia
bor mo-, subtle style II j. essentially. moreover
study ~ feminine Sew England character AID u
ria, character a, Influenced by maternal love. IN
ile carefully drawn picture ~ t'- poor woman. into
Whose drc,ry and rarruw hf sudden great temptation
enter. there 8, deep pa'ho, and truth ~ o''p'
| shut iu from all help apparently hv me
! .>tsii,v = lcr means the widowed mother ircI'
l.r..r condemned - stand by helpless and SEQ her
| only child tie apple u ber eye. die 10 Der tender
Youth ~ o,ctvlrk and lack 81 proper care II
d. q, f..- iiurture HAT ~ great temptation falls
up,n Der Her dad sister a twin /, loft com
pctcuoc. Ja'c Icd going - ihc family '1"y"r OF
d.. tc,iai0r g. .c" about II. is mistaken I)r Der
sister. Everybody Join, In tot, error. and she hat
only 20 hold rcr tongue and let people call her
Esther ~ secure possession u the property. For
tie .nkc Of Lois. her daughter. she does this. md
to the horror aud dsmay y the gir %" dec"p-
ton J., maintained for several months. Bat Jan"
| ficid despite icr apparent hardncss and strength
u viii cannot bear The increasing aversion " L.is
IN Whose interest," She ,Uppo-",. she is acting
At i"urth TIE o,cr,'rlined mind give, way. and the
,ou,lu-ion ~ the story most pluul. but FUN Of
| strange power. and Mud - horror which recalls
that Tremendous episode I'm Ihwthornc's scarlet
Letter." whore tho guilty minister make, H. night
confession 81 ~" market place. Jane fict' apart
from The deep Interest attaching - the central figure
f,.ff al I.f -lD'r le- =
Tu.iand~ ,ila.,. uir. Ml,, WilLn, hn, done much
eopi w 49, lu' never better than In tli, Tory I'm iIc
Nj. oroicr'. novel j. ~ %" hud which one reads
once, with uudcnlIblc 'uID moni, hut dor, not ''r"
ever 10 sec again Is not that tie test Of great
novel that demands .crrading again ana vet
| again n Family Likeness has an unusual l"''
and two or three sharply drawn characters ana ih"
scene of ie story TIE hlllr'gion 81 lndia-provideS
| chances fr the Introduction of unhnckn"yed mel
| dents We are hound That Mr.. Croker mas
improved tics" cAlucos WIKI energy and success
In Mf.. nugh" Mis- Rhoda nroughion has again
| Brought forward her favoritc heroine" III" woman oil
SYMPATHETIC sensitive and impnsirr nature VINO
is ucrp,tually standing IN her own hight and be-
| coming q MARTYR 10 an ovrrwe"Flng sense oi o'h'r
people claims. Much Of Miss Eoughtons ola uhl'
vivacty ~ style and sprichiii",s Of dlalogu" viii
re foun, In TINS book: bat m" middle aged ovcmnK
Ing ha, Int a November dulncss compared with the
| June lrcshncs, Of her former sentimental tales
A. , purely literary crort DR.. Doylc's Great
shadow will rank above his "Shcrock Holmes book
| II (, dramatic story mnrclne :" consistent
cc1oument and although It, French advcnturrr re-
mind one strongly Of Barry Lyndon. aud liN heroine
| IS the very moral of BcatriN ESmond. thcY AT"
! fashioned In an ai;mctiv" mould. Inc ""''"'
SHADOW" # Is perLap, necessary To explain, was the
shadow q that mighty captain whose star finally sank
at Waterloo and Of the war-coud which hung above
his hand some and ruthless Lead. There /, a chhper
on Waterloo which. for man whose work has p'''
10 save NE and not destroy 1t. Is very well n"h''
The sherlock Holmes stories We do not mean 10
dcpr,cIntr when assigning higher pac" 10 TIER
predecessors Int one cannot but feel That ih"' are
TO hc Judged less as literary performances than aS
| studies I'm the Philosophy ~ Observations Inc
moral Of Eyes and No Eyes and the art OF putting
two and two together "aci cNcnplii"d with snI
misng fore and ingenuity IN tlr," r"narhablr ia'''
Possibly II might lie suggested that II Or. DoNI' II
caught mapping anywhere 1t Is In Insisting 100 sr'i
uously on Holiness logical processes and passing
over the precious gin Of intuition. which should
naturally belong to his peculiar character All crit
icism aside tie stories enchanting and each ho"s
n surprise which acts q, smdrtly on ones Imagination
rs mustard does ones palate.
Considering the extreme poverty of Mr.. Pnyn
riot he has drawn ont his story TO an Absurd l'hgh
II be- had omitted several characters, WHO nave H'U'
10 do with II, action and had condensed his incidents
into the limits OF n magazine tale, ne ""ulu "'''
Uroduc,d something lustifying his rather irsh u'ou
mcnt-the discovery that man supposed 10 be muir
de- cd M, ;,e n III led the fail OF a mreOrc stone
A. Il ls the book IS ull OF nconscquent ana uhh'c
cssqry pages and contains no receemns eAphca'ion
4 character.
"Bnc.lnrn is n crude story, suggesting In us
author more reading than original observation OF
men and things There Indications. however
Of an unmI,,aRnb!e story telling ability. and OF q
neat sense OF hIm)r IS or Mrs Pcmterton should
study real lie aud real people.
., strange wid and exciting existence Is that De
scllbcd I'm Fisher Girl Of FIancc"a NE of danger
ON the sea and II suffering ashore. The hcroine u
n lovenblc creation, with the muscles of man ana
,he siunlc heart of a child. She Is charming figure
i standing ont I'm white light against tie dark bnck
lrnuraLCn md snnarsllIlnn O