The sun., 1893-08-05
NEH BooK&
Brier Reviews OF Important s.d Ints-estinu
New Publications.

cal" Admirably translated by Mary ]. serrano
! (Cassell Publishing Company fs an exceed
| iugly rruesome piece Of story telling. It un-
| folds. with the conscientious and lingering
| enthusiasm which the author is accustomed
to bestow upon matters OF the sort. the horrors
Of the modern scientific idea Of heredity. And
still for the reader who is at all susceptible on
the humorous side, the pain OF 1t. We think,
| should be considerably modified. This is the
| last book OF the odorous series in which Zola
| depicts Mana the poisonous and Gervaise the
| bandy-leRged, and Renee and Maxine and
| all the rest for the delectation Of posterity.
! The whole fragrant company, 1t seems,
were included in single family. and
| this novel Is review and catalogue
accounting for them all and following the
ramiied flow OF the hereditary poison. The
grandmother OF the lot, Aunt Dide, l04 years
| old for twenty years insane. in youth the
| victim OF some neurotic disorder which started
the whole precious business. is In this story.
| II this old woman had been born with good
nerves, Albine would never have loved and
lost her priest in the garden Of lie Paradou.
Helene Mouret would nevor have died for the
strange physician. Jacques would never have
cut the throat OF the sensual Severine and
rushed furiously OF into space on top OF
snortinp engine; there would have been no
Nana-golden fly sprung from tho rottenness
OF the faubourGs. carrying In its futter-
ing wings the ferment OF destructlon-no
Maxine making love to his stepmother.
no bandv.legeed Gcrvaise. 1t is a fitting
climax to this astonishing series Of stories
TINT in this tale the heroine, aged 25, should
marry her uncle. aged 90. When we spoke OF
the saving quality which the reader humor-
ously susceptible would be likely to find in
| DIR. Pascal" we had especially In mind the
lovemaking between these two. When tho
reader comes to that part Of the story whore
in the dead OF night, amid the booming and
flashing Of a tremendous thunder storm. Clo-
tide and the Doctor-neither OF them clad at
all properly in the circums mstances-go over the
Doctors accumulation OF data on heredty to-
gether. he will catch our point exactly. wo
suspect We have only to add that all that we
know about heredlty, and much more, Is very
elooucntly and trem en- ously set forth in this
novaI that tbe celebrated devices OF DR.
pro,yn Soouor rd for tbe renewal OF tbe nervous
energies are also explained and Illuminated in
It. and that It will be rare impudence on the
part OF posterity II 1t asks for anything more.
We have read with unusual interest and
qualification a little book OF poems by DR..
Frederick Paterson entitled " In the Shade Of
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ton OF these poems that they contain each
one an idea and that in each case the idea is
az treated TINT IL stands forth luminouslv
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ness here no conspiracy against tho reader to
conceal the thought from him. and we must be
grateful fto the poet who is generous enough
to do his own wedding So far as form and
technical manner are concerned. Hene has
been the model for these verses. number Of
them are concerned with the philosophical
and scientific ideas now current. Tho first
noem In the hook for instance ia upon "Hered.
i,vn Mrs Hnmnbrx Ward in ber novel
David Grieve." filled great many pages.
and We suspect exasperated great many
readers. In the treatment OF an idea which the
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Two lines OF ghosts In masquerade.
That push her where they will.
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1Wo stauAas suihoo W AiusIate III stfikink
fashion the influences OF environment. and
surely 1t Is the essence OF a thought which we
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The strange. hereditary cry
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His life is the worlds stain
Tn. horrtd vacant ytssso leer.
And shows its heritage of woe;