New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-23
MINOR FICTION.
THE SMALL BEER CHRONICLES or
TURKEY CREEK
,oux MARCH. sOuTHERNER. BY George on w
Jot rob,e emo. Pr 49, Charles scr'bner So"'

Vacaren Pp. will. 3o2. Dodc, mean " ~
r,o r,.r,onette has many obvious advantages
aver tho rnera living human body NO "i'''e , =,
,,o, II no made or by whom. you may ca" -
'". 49, ,u horo or villain rs suits tho mo-
-, n,rnose II II be strongly mede OF 'ous'
.o,d 9TH Joints well hinged ana ohei'
canablo o, assuming vas; NUMBER W w., ,a
vi.h astounding agility. according u Tue co.
energy of him who pulls the "lres' anu VIZ" 49,,
NJ those attitudes are q most human "' -.
more unnatural than any ma" =,
'e,,o, . frook contortionst. could take. "he' 40
a.o q, Mr. cables new novel. book IL
-, MIN such figures. the advantages arr
,ncrooaed thousandfold. rho hotherauoh o. p'o'
ia disrensed with and SO are all tne GUN ',,.
NJ The lay OF cause and erect. NO wv ,o..
road he I'm logical sequence. and are "o, "
,,a, q man becomes intoxicated after driih.hs "
~, ~ yhiskey or dies after being sho' ''''
ho,rt Such sight CONCESSIONS " 800,
,,foo ov.n tho novel OF the marione'te 'i"''
,oLo Tho difficult ard much debated 'ask Va
anaIvsis Ia likewise done away Win. II "o''' "
idle N d,ssect n broomstick. or 10 s'unS ~, 20.
cboIogv % sawdust. Nor Is there any S
AZ sometimes happens In grea' oo'"S' " ~,
,,,ruo svmpathetlc characters may carry ~
,ro,r NJ action along with a resis'iess
A tho author hinsof helpless before IN" n'er-
orv Frankenstein. The puppets are a'""s' Wv
ohadent servants OF their creator t'spo.''''
his eligr;c-t touch upon the wires ""' ,..
an a rc,ta when hfs hands are DUE!
ooo fs,ls som. curiosity 10 see when way 'n'
nunnets will lump next 70 ore r'oNe'p'"' "
, Tho eugbtost ground for prediction az 10 "he'
,hn royt will be- and some surprise al tne jump
,h.r n actually occurs. But Why should We vi,
surnri.e-for when nothing hut the uneHpe
over can happen. why should we W =. .so
tho unexpected? Thus when John N"'N"' =,
,,.,,r. \ 90 NJ cIght thoughtfuy observes sn".'
,over marry" there is no occasion to Do s'ar"e''
49, ., ,.., other than n mild wonderment why ne
,,, 40, instead declare that brass Is n'aue u
o., and conner" Later on a. tme WIZ" Nv
called a man with all the dehbera'o" " No.
edge and all tho fervor OF "ohV'uo" ~
,otor C;srre, a scoundrcl and invites nan "
nh, % tho death: ard few moments Ia'er "
,o,res "a maudlin n marionctte can Wv " 'u
manifestations OF love and esteem TOT nun, 80.
ia,o- krovurg Garrc; 10 be a knaNe ana t''N''''
drunken blackboard. ne Implicitly ln'rus'' ~
,bsro his fortune and his fame ms u n.y.
causo no is labelled az having had lot ''
foolish scntimentahst. and for ino'he' ''"
mental fool but just because ne II %
.,1,a.,o Whv should h. Se consistent? II
'.,1 ,o ,,nuv" SAYS Fannie Halliday. In ore
,o 81, such n day as this should end In Johh
,,rch.s getting religion. wouldn't "! 40 "a"
Mes Fannie Il wouldn't Granting TOT '"e -
NJ avoiding argument that there IS ever Guy us
particularly humorous In getting rehsloh' It ~
M, he granted. even for such SAKE 'ha' ~:
- Iohn Mlrchs might, Cou!u N'"'' "
funny or surprising; no. not even thouen NJ s"''
-, 80 ,-,a, ,noucni Act Ike n rational man
rh. other Law nsurrs have In a degree THIS same
delightful trait. Barbara. one u '"'
,n,o;s,ered In the whole COLLECTION Is one Jay '
.,verod vcadnc In brook. ard IL mu'h 'i'"''
=, the thought tina tho young man NAY "'
,sa,rAd that her toct were bare he Was APP
., Young man accustomed to seeing
n.one wade with shoes and stockings on. 10 ,
nss,or. 10 clothe her feet properly. ana theh ca
his attention to the fact that sne nus uo''' -
That disclosure is satisfactory 10 MS hyse"' ~
ctoles and they presently so ou' "aN'"< -
oroyo to nick wild-howers; and he gives het 'o'
ge,n3e.no,s barbara. II may be auue'' "
hts Interesting epoch supposed TO be hVe years o'
ri. .o,,. Young man Ravenel. some time a''er-
,ari starts TO make proposal OF nAr''ase
Iohn Narch's widowed mother; but Is interrupt
and an hour two later does propose ~ 80,
Uau,day She accepts him. They se' 'ha.''
And on their wedding trip he gets drunk anu Va
,,. 20 70, another man take her on MS ha"as'
A ,or Johns mother who writes "ha' 'he '",
-, after her slack.baked husbands death she
~, 10 love with almost every man she meets
a., ia in a perpetual state OF remuious expect
encv. ready 10 drop like overrpe irW' INTO '"'
ora, nair Of outs,rei he'd arms that may pe p'e
>ented .,.. l.,
N,vsr ~, any chance does ore OF the characters u"
ohio hook I'm the remotest degree appeal 10 hui'"'
,h,. or human passion. Never FOR ore
,,on.,t are we allowed to forget that they are Ho
.ro,,ures ~ aesh and blood but merely WOODEN
nu,n.ts and sawdust dolls. hung on s'ins ar,
ma nIpulated at viii by the sho"-ri""''' "
The scenes They bob and gesture sr"nacc "''-
s,,o,k. ard they aye called by names such az
yodfathers and godmothers bestow upon '''''''
At their christening. Bat lifeess puppets 'hey ''e'
and such they must remain. Mr. cable mas zone
.,.o,,e,t literary work In his time ana the )u''-
o,s must grieve to no:" the irremediabe weakness
o this book
II is the canny SCOT that stands reVeae" 'n,o"s
tive leaves OF Ian Maclarens book "Ha'
or vbere this specially designated village or
90, Of prum,och:y may be Is not important '"e'e
are many Drumtoch,ys scattered ABROAD over ~.
s,rth where the mellow accent OF the Gaelic = "o'
hoard but where the village folk are just as true,
their reserve just marked their charme's ~
so.., ,s Golden as I'm this Highland hamlet when
AIR MacIaren impress upon the rei''i l''''h''''
ION We have heard many criticisms Oh
,he nulpit from the pew; but seldom anythlhs
,,ro ,,,,,l with homely meaning than the word OF
N,rqet Howe to the nonpussed younS minister aiter
his stunning assault upon od-school doctrines 50 ue"'
IN the Covenanter heart SAID she; IL s''""so
huik the Bible and no the Duk we "uu nae i"i'''
toe iudpe by COR bit crseds ana CONCESSIONS -
,,lo tbe head o. ats in the harvest time. There's
the ear that heuds the grain and keeps II sate anu
that's the history. and there's no micAe hu'r'nsn'
IN II. th,n there's the lying In the ear wh'ch
is the Evangc frae Eden tae Revelation ana 'ha'
is the bread o the soul But the corn maun De
,hreshed first and the cduf chaff) cleaned an IL
homie sicht tae the pure grain ial'in IKE
rnnln' burn on the cornroom MOOR anu gum NV
ann through the window turning It intae gold bnt
tho s,our dusp o. the Courtroom IL mair than ony-
h,av can abide and the caufs worth naethn when
tho corns ava" "Ye mean" said the minister
that my study is the thteshin mill and that some
Of the chaff has got into the pupt? 'fir no Of
fended?" and Margets voice trembed as she asked
the question.
Men who In crowded cities 1--we and who nave
magyar breasted A nor'wester on unbroken prairie
mr. wind. swept heath who have physician al hand
for the asking cannot comprehend a character IKE
that OF MacLure the Drumtochty doctor Hear
his description Of your pampered citizen indirectly
appled speaking OF the fever-stricken saunders