The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-27

The Degeneration EShIsrss .. Nessr.
Hriush Novels.

| as may De eeon AZ present IN tne thDeTnhcio
conseerated Of old 10 the orthodox and repose-
full thrse-volums English novel BY its abrupt
dissvowal Of all traditions relating to subject
and form. and It's violent reaetion against the
expected. this literary fern entation becomes q
far more curious object OF consideration than
the formerly much discussed realism OF
Russian and spanish novellsts, or the aberra-
lions OF Ibssn; or M@tsrlinck's presentation
Of . corpse. an IDIOT and an array OF blind
dotards upon the theatrical stage; or the
justice Of Zola's claim TO the mantle OF Flau-
bert or the title Of the eriminal-post Paul
Verlsine to the rank OF prophet; or any OF the
vsrises ted eccentricities OF the French mystics
and neo-naturalists.
1t IL in conservative England. protected. as
wshsd supposed, by the msis OF the circulating
library, that we ind literary bacterioloeists en-
gagged In the propagation OF q most extraor-
binary crop OF bacllli. with zest only tempered
by their regret that they have lived too late to
profit By the opportunities offered by the Rome
Of the decadence. The British constitution.
the British matron. the young person. Nudes.
and other safeguards against " advanced" ne
ton have been submerged By the revolt Of the
daughters. and the CRY of the emsncipated 10
heard in the home Of Martin Farauhar Tup-
per. whose shade hides its bushes in the ut
termost depths OF Avernua Would that he
had lived either to meet lola and Paul YER
lsine In literary London. or to read " A Super
huous Womanr
II We consider the more popular expressions
OF this period Of fermentation. which have APP
peared In the form OF fiction within the last
few months. We shall ind radical differences
In the purposes Of various authors. which are
occasionally. as in the case Of Miss Sarah
Grand and Mr.. L. f. Benson. entirely justi-
fable. What we are forced to remark In almsst
every ease. however IL the astonishing frank
ness OF the author. who exposes sexual mys-
teries and social sores with the directness OF
surgeon at clinic. The Heavenly Twins"
for example is novel with purpose and
its purpose 10 the prevention OF vsnereal dis
ease. It offers vivid description Of wife in
oculated with syphilis and OF child showing
the horrible faint inherited from q syphilitio
father. A friend referred the volume to the
proper critic. an eminent specialist In vsnerest
mnlsdios- He pronounoes the description Of
the various stages Of syphilis In the main cor
rect. We believe. as we have said. that the
authors purpose 10 an entirely worthy one.
She demands OF men the same personal purity
which they demand Of their wives But the
insistence Of her methods and the fact that
one may hear this tale Of veneresl horrors dis
cussed at conservative dinner tables. form q
sufficiently apt illustration Of the present lit
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