New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-01
NEW PUBLICATION.
4 STORY OF SPANISH CALIFORNIA.

"The DoOmswcman,' b. Mrs. Gertrude Athcrto8
CTat Sons Co.., is rather out OF the line Of usual
fiction. There Is In II little exaegcra'on Of stvlc
not unsuitei to the world OF which il treats the
world of Mexico in the time Of santa Ana ana OF
California Just before that state became part Of the
American Union. The society OF that BARROW world
was given to heroic moods apd to epic lnlato1 But
In general Mrs. Anterior writes with directncss ana
simplicity. lmag ne two ancient and proud finiles
hating each other with the intensity Of Monta cues
AMI CapIlets, striving for sUprmicv inn zine love
story like that Of Romeo and Juliet, certain TO b
traccal-and you have the motive Of the story. bat
not II hint OF Its details. There Is no childishness
about these Mexlcln lovers The man might be al
most n middle nfe. lie Is a of the world and
Of BOOKS lie has stuiiei lfe in a broader field than
the old colony of California. His WAYS with women
have been dark AMI devious. The womln Is not q
fond crtattre. She Is determined schrellart. an
American rather than spanish type. ore would
think. II not that her loves ana her hates are
dominated by the power OF superstition which she
cannot put aside She has an Analytical way, TOO
Of studying her mind and OF puzzinc herself over
the pccul0ritles OF tho sculile mini most in
teresting to her. which surely does not chorioterize
most women OF her rnce. The reader will never be
sure until the last sentence OF the book has passed
before his eTes that this enigma Of "A women Is Ia
love at ALL She Is so frank with herself and with
her hero 30 amazet at his difference from other men.
<
harc1s that Il is impossible not t. feel ii'tle dis
belief when she Is described submitting be kissed
In, a woman who can walk past the body Of her
brother stabbed tie death ana kneel down beside
the man who stabbed him, must be In love. The
closing inc dent OF the is pess In tho brevitv
with which II 4, narrated. II one has admired
the characters as they have been developed in the
preliminary chapters. II" IS bounf 10 focl that tie
fierce i'm pctuOsty with which ancient eut has been
satisfied I'm the death Of one OF the who
lis sole nhertor, l. too abrupt TO be artistic. even
though he may he familiar with scme illadusted
reoks OF revenge In real life. on the other hand.
Mrs Ahertons realism can BE- praised because II 10
natural AMI not pretended. Given tn" strance az
mosphcre In which her characters move they arc
mon on1 women with tho virtues AMI faines of GEN.
Iinc pcope Her descriptions Of social life In Cali
fornla are vivid and they have tho effect OF dsipat-
ing some Of these cere,nonios forms which were crvs-
nlllzc1 in much old-fashoncd fiction respecting the
sp nj ,ds In America.
A e. ucClurc & Co lave published an ediuon oI
ruz doth hcppards "Coun,crparis. or the Cross OF
love with an intrDdGrti by George p. Upton when
Mr. rptoa has described the gifted ana iameh'e~
voun, author as one who revels In flowers. music
and poetryr he really seems 10 nave co'ereu III .
h,f.aozen word, the whole range OF criucism '"o'
I.n-ei By Counterpart
All the Dogs Fault /, "A novel addeh 10 'no
cro,cinp lis, Of work, by Mr. T. +. Connerv' II IL
rhu.h nod In ,hc - once "A Week Library" tPcter reno
, c,rlcr, and the cntlngttnents OF the plot are
~ , hind 10 keep IN. patrons Of that insutuuo" aV
,o,rivc until they find out what really happehei !"
tho sing Sing convict who rgh,fully shoul 10, hs''
haen q convict at all. some Of Mr. ConnerS : ih''@'
ions ~ dialect are worthy OF praise for their aId