New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-02
CURRENT FICTION.
long NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES.

MANY INVENTIONS. BY Rudyard Kiplng' lsmo' pp'
| Ao7 d. Appleton & Go.
MERE CIpIIER. BY Mary Angela Dickens, 12mo
| pp. 42-. Macmillan - co.
Il FORBID THE BASN9!1 o BY I I ca ff'"'O''
THE MARRIOTT. Nv sidney Royse Ly,nghi, Emo
pp. ~ Macmillan a Co. Ill
cIIIl,pREN o. DESTINY By Molly Eliot oea"e"
I2mo. PIP. IA. ID. Appleton TO.
THOSE Girls BY John strange Wip'er l-ino
pp pa. TAFT sons q Go.
Willie all the stories in Mr.. klphnS's new book
do mot reach the standard set In his best WORK. INC
reader turn, from pages with TIA" cohV'uoi
that its author Ia, no superior to-day III ahi'h"''u
| narrative and In virllity Of style lie re'""i"'
muster of power in which Of his contemporaries
opD~oach him-thc ability to select ont oil countless
d.t,, the few vital ones Which create the hnlshed
rIctur,. he Knows how. with phrase or a word
:, make Won hi characters A. he sees men, "
make Won feel the fun meaning Of n dramatic sI'""
| ton. rhi, uncrrinc appreciation oil inc r'i'u'o
value of detail IS one Of the Of his strength
and must be admitted that II !, one OF the '"'"us
/ ~ genius, II 1, 30; art 10 BE- acquired II i
an instinct born with the man. j. IS thi'' more
than ANYTHING else. wych gives 80 EXTRAORDINARY
IN air Of truth and acuality Ia lis sketches Nh''
another writer would crop" through P"Hc VI
| elaborate description in the endcaNor to pace MS
scene and characters, kpnng VIII ii" ~" WORK III
a couple OF sentences which are n vivid AS IlSh'-
ninr H.. +, not afraid having done this to lcav"
a GOOD deal to the imae uation Of his reader Ilcre
| f. tie culver II aboundne lie and youth In hls
| ironic STYLE and sometime, m air oil IN" c"h''1'
which zoe, with youth, hut tai, !, easily pardon'd
! IN the face 81 much That j. nm" ana NleW"''''
ui. Liking for the fantastic grows opnce: witness
I'm til, book the powerful sketch Of the VOLTS human
nur.cnng tlc story col L." blind SEA --erprnt, ana
,hai 81 t. London bank clerk with his strange re-
membranes Of what rurpor, to BE- former eA'
! .f,ncc q. q Grcch galley slave. These ns' tales
/ which might ca.iN TOUGH the borders # the u &c
Nous and her. again o." authors glit Tor d'lalI'
come, IN 10 save him.
! In tn, volume rclppear Mnlvlncy, OrhHrI' ana
| Lca.oyd "a tno IN lair Way 10 become almost as
| v.ou known 10, iur iamou, three ni'nd. II France.
I - ;v Iori the Ilcp ant" ono Of the stories toH
/ by Nuivancy and ur,her,. Is fascinating IN H.
picturesque force. rs humor and n, dclncation Of
! human ana animal clarncies.
a. Mere cipher j., shining example 81 the In
/ capacity 81 youn- woman wAo j, not a genius 10
/ draw complex man. II Auman character, were woven
NJ three or foHr married. traits. and II ne were Ill"
| q chiiGs puyl.. formed Of more or loss symmetrical
part, ready zoo IAN into haruoniou. rcl'uons wish
one a'othcr furn Ms, II, srn,'> book would o." an
excellent specimen of r.al .'ic tcon. but III" aud
, lrlc'cr u f. SAT - s4y are not - conveniently
arranged 10. TIC purpose" ~ younr nov"lIs,. ana We
~, therefore Obliged fo actnovl dsc That tho sior-
| f., !r.st'.fc and unnatural. II, people are con
ycniional. their native, are Insufficient and ~"
| d.uouemcut !, strained. charlie Dickens, grand
dau,iier must d. mnch batter titan ants loforc she
| can De. considered inhcritor of hi' tnlcn;S.
Whatever Mr.. Mooro', book De- II Is certainly
no, conventional. II has Wi, and philosophy abbott
! . .norlat rurgrdlv set 'orrh-and IL develops
peculiar situation with much cl,vcrncs> II Is really
| an Illustration of a trirh which doc not. perhaps
n.,d nu-tratl,n- That The Institution ~ marraS" I,
on the whole arranged In tho manner best adapted
to tIe wants 81 civilized scccty. and that even the
Hottest nature, cannot with lmpDnly attempt T.
change H., conditions. on" lofty naturc-;hat be
longing 10 the heroine 81 t.c story mako the effort
and points the moral that fantastic h'alify, Iu."
and true though It may be-. cannot mean happn">,
! IN tli, imperfect world without common scn'r for
| conauri Mr. Nooic's hook /, not brilliant, but il
may be- cAaclly Described clever
o. The NaIplpt" much more than this may be-
.aid II j, IN unusually strong story. pul,aiinG with
MASCULINE, Vitality claiming here and there with
h.for aud G.arcniI,g To- ttagc clos". Here are
no wooden m'n and women Labelled 10 suit scnsa.
toual situations. These character, live ana feel.
ar. made mp Of thr Inconsistencies, mcanncss - vir
tue. passion. aud aspirations that really move man
Mind ard they shown. after the manner of the
ira" artist. b' inCir"ct0n rather than b, descriptions
Even the Irll, animal creature who serves the
marriott IN three llN", Which. hut for her, might
have been s'rrnrly good and happy. 4, thoroughly
true to nio-a being not all bad aud hrartle,S. a
queer but prohabl, mixture Of sclhshn"sS and gen
crosiiy Those who read novel, IN" tpplor takes
hi, brandy will hardly care for this book for. IN
spite of lis humOi. it, course /, mrlancholy and
ii cnds in ,orrow but even such readers must
knowledge II, power. something In lis >'yle AMI
In It's authors attitude critic Of lite suggests
My Not"L7
Miss ;eawcll'S new story. like "Thc Marplot,-
ends In disaster, working mp TO 1t through series
Of more less amusing representations Of men and
manner, in old Virginia. There l.. IT must be con
.d dish, RIA, d nh nil
OF Nirginan character. Before tho book Is opened
one may be reasonably sur. that the heroine will
be- Of the sweet and gentle type blandly waiting To
be loved and wOocd that the hero will he dark,
gloomy and headlong Of will and temper: and
that both viii b,-to use favore word Of the
southland IN iicOn--" thoroughbred The hero aud
heroine Of the book in question do not deceive
they are the two whom have become pleasantly
accustomed. and they surrounded by group
also known 10 rs, TIE Jolly father the racing squire
and the cOmical cOGrcd retainer. 70 these /, added
n combination OF DR.. Johnson and George Warning
ton with Il love for strong waters-a gentleman WHO
imparts much entertainment TO the story. Miss
Seawers style Is agreeable, and she has good com.
mand II her machinery. developing her incidents
naturally aud easily.
There Is. doubt Il place In the economy OF
nnturc for novels Of the Kind which John strange
Winter pours forth without ccnsing There be
nabby brains which will not respond to anything
which demands thought. and to these "A book Hike
Those Girls will afford delightful dcadenng
dose Eootlc's BABY was Il pretty little story
one which touched many hearts with It's picture
Of a wiDsomc child. and II has remained the one
production worth remembering OF It's prolific author.
THE E1RNiNGS or FRENCH AUTHORS.
LARGE INCOMES OF DUMAS, onNET, lola AND
sARDOU-wnAT 'rHE FORGE MAsrERp