New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-26

BOOKS. GOOD. BAD AND INDIFFERENT


1t IS Mr. Clark Russcll's own fault that bis readers
opprooch a new book carrying his name with com
porl>ou I'm mind. "The Wreck Of the GrosS cnor'
sruc. stirring and thrilling note OF III" sea thai
# 1, impossible TO judge its successors Without refer
cncc TO that delightful story. W" may say, men,
that his new romance. List. We Land>mrn! onSNcii
Publishing Company. cannot be- ranked IN power
and freshness with the story OF the tro,N"nor hu'
that looked nj as thing apart It Is picturesque"
and exciting tale. II l.. ~ course ~ is author de-
scribe, H. II romano, of in lent, for Ni Rh sci
does not pretend 10 De- painter of character Nis
captains, sailors and distressed dnm-cl, all belong 10
the same ncrirchcad family, no matter In what lai
tudes they SAIL
Poor Lady Massey O.. T.. Putnsm's sons Is u
worldly woman. whose manOeuyre, 10 establish her
pretty daughter in Il profitable marriage form ih"
motive OF the book which bear, her name. Tie girl
Is generous and loyal young eoul. and the struggle
between the two takes the usual course OF such ,h
counters In NovelLand. II l. a pleasant story, but
one when Is not In any Way important.
~Catherinc," by France, v. rrard tli'rper a
Brothcr, is also pretty little book. sne"i IN
plot graceful III -t'lr, Improving III moral lh'
beauty who loses he. sood look, Thereby testing the
truth Of her lover, n heroine who We ola when
tlcopatra was IA bahc. but. gwen even "A haf clan
she never ioils 10 rc Interesting. Ia" two youth'
who aspire 10 the fair GATHERINGS hand We have moi
before In many novel, but thrj do their dancing
neatly aad are not moIr woohrh ihih inc hVrr's"
omancc. puppct must necessarily be- David Christie
Murray's new novel Ciarper a BroihorD, Times
Revengcs," Is book OF stronger type. Its nno
cent convict hero Is perhaps not very oiiei.
nal character; but the Incidents Of his history are
If improbable, of a kind that hold the reader. The
author has specially distinguished himself III draw
lng "a German udventuref-ihc man Is really
brilliant addition the gallery Of swindcrs In fiction
The fathers have eaten GRAPES, and the
Oh l. H..
motive, powerfully worked out. OF Mr.. IL. =. Mcrri
mans new story From one GcncIation to Another
uiarpcr A Brothers. The course OF his plot Is 90.
caslonay some what vague and here ana there II IN
strained I'll his theory OF hcredy, but 1t Is within,
d book Of unusual force IL contains Il remarkably
acute study Of Il selfish and silly woman-one almost
perfect In construction.
"a Born Player" by Mary West (Macmlan Coz.
Is the story OF a man who strives TO suppress noble
and undoubted gift and to become what he was not
made 20 be. II Is "A touching tale, and teaches 4
lesson which humankind VIII 60 We'll to r mrmLct.
Jean de Kcfdrcn7 e.. j. futnalns sonsj r.
an idyl OF married hlc-an idlyl which
ends with IL difse and more less
artificial all through. But 1t Is at least pure and
tender ana In these particulars worthy Of Inc author
of "Colcttc" The picture Of shy and passionate
love In the quaint old Breton chateau might have
been IA charming one II the tone OF young romance
had been preserved and the morbid consumptivc busI
mes, left out
MIR. fcnn's story. Nurse Elisha" (Casscll Publish
ing Company Is one Of the cphcmcral novels which
the male reader drops with u dcspniiing wonder why
such DOohs get themselves read. Read they are, no
doubt, by The confirmed feminine novcldevourer, Tor
whom no incident II too improbable. 10 motive TOO
ridiculous As The maintenance Of Mr.. Fcnns plot l.
based upon the unspcakalc idocy OF his characters,
ii l. almost unnecessary to state that the book Is
absurd.
Miss \. NJ. Douglass " SherDurnc House" (DOdd,
Mead 4 Goa has Tor heroine an impctuOuS ciiu ana
It's theme H. the power OI preJudIc-. The MISTAKES
and Observation-Disclosures in,o,cu IN the Indulgence III
that prejudice point divers excellent iD"iais. The
book which appeals to women, aud espct ally
to mothers and teachers. " iicich lreIeryan ny
John Roy (Macman d Coz, IL an uncOmnohiy clever
novel. IT describes life III India win fascinating
local color. and It's characters marked by VIVA
and vigorous individuality. one OF The most enter
tanning OF them is the typical Engsn slobciroiier,
WHOSE lInprrlous rudcncss ana c0ncct set lorih
Ia most amusing manner.