The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-06
THE LITERARY WORLD.
WEEKLY CHAT REGxKDfNG WRIT
Frs AND BOOKS.
Brief Reviews OF Recent Publications.
Sarah Jeanette Dunczn's Late
sketch of Life In India.
THE SIMPLE ADVENTURES OF !


Up to the present time the best book
written by this authoress is AN Ameri-
can Girl in London" whether the field
covered there is more interesting 10 us
Americans, because il is nearer and more
familiar, cannot answer. Perhaps there
was more humor and more attractive
characters in the first OF the three books
All OF them have been witty up 10 a GER
tain point, giving evidence that Sarah
Jeanette Duncan Is a clever American
woman, with keen insight 10 both sides
of life. the real and the forced.
THE Simple Adventures OF a Mamsa
hib this is not as pretty a word or as
easy as our "wife) is laid amongst the
English In India, and is probably very
true picture. So much has already been
written Of India lately by Kipling that
our standard IS high. and we require
something unusually good Of this ccun-
try. Ills Plain Tales from the Hills
are delightful; thus4f we put our Ameri
can prejudice 10 one side we viii find
Kipling far more enticing.
All the women which our "Mamsahib'
meets seem TO be married like herself.
Young. too; but, unlike her. most frivo-
lous Young they are, because as they
grow old their husbands time expires
or his health breaks. and they return 20
Europe. Every one seems 70 be glad 10
go home, though eating and sleeping are
the important things they have to do
Calcutta is a miniature London. with
its courts and it's viceroys. 10 hold draw
ing-rooms" and have their subjects kneel
and kiss their hands. This 10 a novelist
is the most regal act 10 put I'm her novel.
Tie young wife and heroine has TO be
presented much in the same fashion as
"An American Girl I'm London" The at
fairs from a distance seem dull yet we
Of the common herd always read the
court Journal like old Mr Osborn in
VANITY Fair" and feel I'm touch with
ROYALTY Some day We might know them
nothing IS impossible 10 the free-born
American. so we think AZ any rate.
II IS very 0musing how English girls go
out 20 India TO get married, they are
tradltionally so modest and kept well In
the background II is one OF the usual
things however, and, as Taliyer'rd said,
Custom rules" Eyerybodys opinion IS
worth more than anybody's. An employe
or officer stationed I'm india can only Oh
tain a leave Of absence once ln thf'e OF
five wears. generally five That Is rather
long 10 wait, perhaps, maiden Oh Hns
land. for a husband TO come after you.
avvav I'm a magnificent T. and o. steamer
with trousseau and wedding cake 10
meet him. The brides cake quoting
from the novel, us a Travelled wreck
when il arrves-not safe-in lndla' even
though il be done up In thousand ana
one folds Of silver paper.
There Is not much TO interest ono III the
life there The climate seems 20 dull the
people mentally and physically gradually
vivacity and energy change into heaVi-
ness OF wit and Incidence OF body
The young people ia The Adventures
~ a Nfamsahib" have not been out
long so they undertake their first summer
trim 10 see the SHOWS OF
the Himilaya, half way up 10
sinIa. when they get 90 the
noint for the view OF the mountains lhe
scene must be beautiful, ana Is an IN
teresting expedition. As they get hlsher
q little snow falls on their clothes "'
butter they eat next morning Is haru
rare thing I'm India, as IT generaHy mas
strange Indian taste. We might pIp,
nounce II rancid, and II resembles Il h4ulu
called oil. Another time the heroine SIS
bor hands blue with cold; she Is delighted,
e,,en To freeze. after the torrid heat OF
calcutta in summer II must be sllshty
disagreeable 10 be slowly "tried, as
seems to be the condition Of things IN
tho hottest period Of these far-famed pos
sessions Of the Empress of India.
There is nothing very remarkable IN TINS
hook from the beginning 70 the END;
eLetches OF domestic life, that - au'
THE adventures" are nil. but II VIII DE
Iil,ed. as Il is interesting reading espe-
ciallv TO the English. u will take none
~ the prestige away from Rudyard
Kinlings fascinating dramatis person. ae'
i>'p''"e c. w.
A PREF HISTORY OF PANlCS MD
,rtTETR PERIODICAL OCCUkkENCE
~ THE UNITED STATES. Trans
Iated from the French Of Clement jug
iortv De Ccurcy W. Thorn. G.. J.. Put
MANS Sons. 800. For sale by west
Iohr ston e Co.
"a Brief History Of Panics anu their
Periodical Occurrence I'm the Chteh
states" is a work translated from thf
French of Clement Juelar by De Cour.y
W Thom. The original IS not confined 10
tho limited States, but embraces England
"a France as we'll; but dr. Thorn, WIN
Inc authors consent. mas rendered mo
r-noIish only the part relating 10 thl'
,ourfrv-a mistaken course, IN our ol'"-
ION. for tho markets OF the No.iu arg
now 20 hound together that no coinn'ef-
cial crisis can be regarceu ~ '"' 10y
local affair. NJ Juglar holds that every
,oy,,r., retail crisis Is a financial cri7is-
~ enrious reduction OF the hank reserve
~,arlino its commencement; heHce ne
~, IN This volume special attention 10
H. ,cts and fortunes Of American banks.
crises he links. mey be ciYidea mo
.hrc, classes. those due 10 thcefslFe
ieeue OF bank-notes; those caused by
a failure. OF credit: and those due 70 IN
1rcktrg-up Of capital In epterpilh'9 ~
,r,nedIate1y profitable. Whether the
(a,,ees here assigned may not all ~ re-
dnced 10 one-tho failure Of CREDITS a
question that Immediately Suggests IT,
s,lf but which we cannot discuss mere
In relating the history OF American
panics. NJ Juglsr, after brlel ho'i'e
Of the old Continental currency Lesit'S
". the panic Of 1914. and traces tne
history of its successors down 70 the
Grant & Ward failure In 1881 In so
doing he gives not only clear % IA
OF each crisis and ITS iminediale causes
hut also a large amount or detal III
s,,all compas and In readable form.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY FOR
UILY. For sale by West, Johnston &
Co.
That Charles Egbert Craddock begins a
serial in the July Atlantic Is sufficient
10 give the number special interest
"His Vanished Star is the title OF the
serial. the scene OF which Is laid IN the
authors old hunting ground, the Iennes-
see mountains. Among other good things
in the number Is Miss Isabel Hspsood
naper on Passports. Police and POST
office in Russia" Miss Hapgood' VINO Is
an authority on Russian matters, shows
=. tr..-.L.rs In TINT country aOLnclU-5