The Portland daily press., 1894-05-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


In Varying Moods. By Beatrice Har.
raden, author of Ships That Pass in the
Night, etc. American Edition. The
much talked of author of the short
! stories contained in this volume, here
collects seven titles, namely: AT the
Green Dragon. The Painter and His
Picture, The Umbrella Member, A Bird
of Passage, The Clockmaker and His
| Wife, Sorrow and Joy, and An Idyl of
London. AS three of these sketches
bear sub-titles. An Episode, A Study and
| An Allegory, it will be seen that they
are rather poetic fancies than strict mar
rative. The leading story is a setting
| forth of the influence exerted by savant
and man of culture and knowledge of
| the world, albeit somewhat wearied by
his quest and having learned the ia
tigues of conventionality. upon the char
acter OF simple county girl longing to
break her bonds and try some new ex-
perience. The story is distinguished by
| it's gentle, tender tone of real affection
and sincerity and by an absence. of any
artificiality. The author seems to care
to deal with realisties, and human ma
ture in original elements, not as training
and custom has subdued it to the one
color. Some quiet humor shows itself
anent Mrs. Barlow and the habits and
fashions at the Green Dragon and Malt
House Farm. The I'm brella Member
is gruesome analysis of morbid con-
ditions. Bird of Passage is charm
ingly airy and delicate. The Clockmaker
again is uncanny and of the, stuff of
which shivers are made, though it
ends in the reunion of the old man and
his wife. Sorrow and Joy is a pictur-
esque conception and carries well its
lesson; while An Idyl. of London is sad,
but also effective (New York and
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The Journal of Martha Pintard Bay
ard. London, 1794-1797. Edited by S.
Bayard bod. Handsomely bound and
containing portraits of the lady whose
journal it contains, and of her husband,
it is easy to see to whom this volume
will especially appeal-the lovers of the
genealogical history of distinguished
Americans While there are quaint bits
in the record, some good descriptions
of persons and places and naive and
interesting method of expression
throughout, the dairy is scarcely striking
enough to attract general attention
doubtless not its intent. 1t was very
probably published for clintele fit but
few. To such it will give pleasing
picture of past century days and an in
sight into the Bayard ancestry.
Madam, In old fashioned stateliness al
ways chronicles her husband as "My
dear Mr.. Bayard" though he is but twen-
ty-eight years old at the time. The voy-
age across the Atlantic is primitive
enough to make the ocean Gray Hound
seem more than ever miracle. The
Puritan spirit is strong one in our
biographer: II spent the day at Mr..
Vandam's; saw Mr.. & Mrs. Grant from
New York, played at Commerce & poole;
but shall never be pleased with cards.
There are accounts of visits to palaces,
cathedrals and to great folk, in public
and private: Twickneham, Bath and
Bristol, Nottingham, Leicester and SO
on.
The writer of the journal was the
daughter of Lewis Pintard of New
York, of Huguenot extraction. Samuel
Bayard himself was also of Huguenot
descent. Among the descendants of
the twin brother of Judge Bayard's
father four have occupied seats in the
United States Senate almost continuous
ly for fourscore years; one was among
the signers of the treaty of Client, an
other was Secretary of State, and is now
An bassador at the Court of st. James.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company:
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
Price 1907
A Costly Freak by Maxwell Gray, au-
thor of The Silence of Dean Maitland.
etc., etc. There are occasional touches
in the story before us which suggest the
literary talent and genuine force shown
in The Silence of Dean Maitland. but
A Costly Freak would never have aided
the authors other books to the esteem
in which they are held, had it preceded
them. Amongst inconsistencies and i'm
probabilities we CLEAN .little good fun;
here and there shrewd saying, and
evidence of constructive power. That
the climax, in the old clergyman's &C.
qulttal from the ridiculous charge
brought against him should touch the
heart shows dramatic skill. The young
and romantic devourer of novels. how.
ever, will enjoy it as zone more". New
York: D. Appleton & Company; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmon. Price
81 CO.