New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-30

and sacrifice succeeds In keeping the family's hean
above water. Then It Is that the factory IN "nicn
she is employed shuts down." and she Is compeHe'
to go into a nelghborng town In search OF WORK
While she Is away plan to raise money FOR the
Grover family by a rattle is devised and set IN mo-
ton. The details are humorously descripeu III ".o
opening chapters OF the story, as are also JUN"
unexpected return and her refusal to aIo" the RAJ
ae to proceed Her conduct In this case Is cohsld-
cred by her lndoent father as an act OF insupor-
dinaton and she Is forbidden the house In eonse-
ouence She makes her home with neighbor. con-
tnues without her fathers knowledge. TO assist me
family and Is present at her sisters death. Mean
while she has met her father walking on the c'hS'
has had a strenuous interview with him. ana VINE"
he does not return is promptly suspected by he'
neiRhbors Of having pushed him into the water
below The question is not brought before ,he
courts and her friends firmly believe in her IN
nocence.
A less intense nature would have passed the mat
over. and have taken such consolation As m'sn'
be drawn from a clear conscience. but Judith
Grover is not a woman CT this type. She does not
permit the suspicion prey upon her mind but she
does allow it to determine her in the choice OF d
husband There two claimants Tor TINS hohor'
a young man named Lucan, and his rich uncle
Richard Gerald. She accepts the latter because ne
is rich and declines the former because, as she as
sures him, she loves him too deeply to permit MN
TO wreck his life by forming an alliance with eri
who is suspected OF having committed great
crim ID
studies of New England life are original ana quite
nc affective n not better than Miss wilkins al her
hest But with the beginning OF the second part
dating from the moment OF Judiths marriage 'nc
restrained naturalness. which Is the CHARACTERISTIC
quality Of Part l. IL transformed into illogica sen"
sationalism In which accuracy OF observation Is re-
placed by superficial generaities Mr.. Gerald VINO
nromised well in the beginning, develops into
sentimental idiot. whose erratc conduct IS ohiy par
TALLY justified by the fact withheld until the last
chapter) that he is insane. And Lucian whose ac-
centabiity as an ardent lover passed without ques-
ton I'm the first part IL made over into shado"y
abstraction of spineess fidelity only twice uoes
no come near redeeming his past character-once
during an eventfu row with judith wheh he te'iS
her that in spite of her marriage ne caIiIo' "E'
without her and once when he rescues MS ui'oie
from an attempt to commit suicide off the deck OF
an Atlantic liner. However, Mrs. Gerald II d
tantalizinglv uneven story is. nevertheless, well
worth reading and holds the interest throughout
Mr. = ! stlmsons King Noanett' 1T appears
from, the title page IS "a story Of Old Virginia ana
the Massachusetts Bay" II opens beyond the seas
l., tho do 20 preceding the Restoration, when Cron-
well was all powerful. and when the Loyalists SUI
fered willingly for their idol. the Merry Monarch
In such surroundings young Carew rams III IoNe
with Mistress ST. Aubyn, the beautiful daughter OF
a loyast family, and for the part he plays III oe-
Tending her father he Is sent TO Virginia. The long
nanfuI and eventful voyage across the Atlantic Is
described with an abundance CT picturesque detail
which shows the author to be as familiar with the
methods of seacrat as he Is with the early history
NJ Virginia and Massachusetts. on which he has
drawn for the bulk of his story CERTAIN hocrueS
Mr. stimson has allowed himself. but In the main
no adheres closely to verlabe facts and he Is GER
tainly exact in his evocation OF the society ana
scenery of the past. Nothing could be more iuylc-
" pleasing than the description OF Carews escape
from his old master in Virginia. with his delightful
nd no
ming Ienrifer who dons boys clothes to gain her
freedom and to remain by the side Of the man she
loves The narrative reaches its climax IN aassa-
chusetts with genuine surprise, when Is az nat
urally introduced as ii Is dramatically erectiVe'
precisely what this surprise is must be left to the
reader TO discover for himself 1t may be observed
however that Carew does not marry Jennifer,
neither does Courtenay marry Mistress St Aubyn
although they both in love with her Neither
does Courenay marry anybody else, Yet ne does
NOT renain n bachelor. In conclusion, we would
say that King Noanett" is book designed for
readers of all ages 1t will appeal as strongly 10 the
fastidous az it will to the youthful reader VINO
likes a good story OF adventure. and Is not aVerse
TO learning a little history by the way
General Wolfe's victory the Heights OF Abra-
ham &c the episode with which Mr. Gilbert Parker
brings his historical romance The Seats OF the
Mighty to a close. The event Is fitting sequel
70 the misfortunes which the hero captain Robert
Moray Is forced 10 endure through HIS i"P iso''
mont as a hostage in a Quebec dungeon; and az
voIfes victory for which he is in part responsible.
having ponted out the path up the clin. Is IN"
means OF his finding his lady love. the reader lays
down the book with feeling OF contentment
There is only one regret TO be recorded. that Moray
was not permitted TO kill Doltaire whose Viiiahy
toward him and Mile. Duvarney is most graph
till. described Death of the ordinary sort Is too
qood for men OF this stripe. and it is one of MT
Parker's triumphs that he has been able to make
his readers take this view Of the case. Doltaire
is a fine achievement but inferior TO the heroine
Mile Duvarney, who endears herself to the imaei-
nation nv her heroism from the moment she APP
neors I'm the first chapter 10 the close or the
hoox Mr. Parker has done nothing better than
his description of this young girls dancing before
company OF depraved and haf-intoxicated
gentlemen to save her lover from practical JOKE
which promises to cost him his HE