New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28
RECENT FICTION.
TALES OF ADVENTURE, LOVE AND
SOCIETY.

FOR THE WHITE ROSE OF ARNo. By Wwen
Rhoscomyl. Octave Up VIII OF
Green & Co.
THE pAYoNET THAT SANE Is HOME WNhn M. nlanlsy
q Modern GREECE rdT ny N arnold My""
TALES OF 0TE c 2s4sd F Ey W Clark
Pmssc,.. %" with twelve illustrations BY Frank frank
Brsne",n. Duodecimo. PIP ~" p0'o' '''""
LIFE THE AcCrsER A Novel in Two Parts rS
nv r. f. Brooke Duodecimo. PIP all fo
ward Arnold
IN octave Pr ". ga G. T. Putnam's Sons
The character Of Iolyn in Mr.. Rhoscomy's
rFor the White Rose Of Arno" is an original ne
ure In fctior. a mere whipped cur IN soc'''
converse. he Is susceptible to every Impulse
whether for good ILL., which can drive man
to utter sef-devotion. Finally hate ana MOI"
take possession of him and grow 10 SUI" P
oortinns as TO become heroic. He growers s'o"'''
hides impatently his time and tnen iihss '""'
his life with that OF his prosecutor anu Wv
pressor Unfortunately. the writer docs NO. va
centrate the readers attention on '"i' "e"
He attempts to do equal justice 10 ''e "'
oho,oc,ers that crowd his pages. To scatter
his interests still further he has 'rleu - ~
something that will pass history al llie sa"'e
49,, 49,. :, naseas f,r a romance. The Pre-
.erdor.s march 10 Derby is capital s"p'eO'
o. o,,bor purnose but to reconcile the TWO Pui
,oses as Mr. Rhoscomyl has tried 10 no. Is I'M.
noss,he conscientious historical de'ai VIII
never fit into a rapidly moving story
'. o-r,, rsvonct That Came Home Mr. Will
,arns uses style naive as that OF "'eeN
tob,e N der,ct the pathos Of peasant I've III
,oaorr creoca Simp,,-minded Antonos anu
n,s ,o,he~ S,ephanos are impoverished ny 'he
+,ictv steward into whose power they are con
signed are driven desperate ny DuilH'ns a''-
dierv and finally. with an urreason natural u
4beir Ignorance take refuge in emua'ms NV"
onnressors. Artonios-a noble fellow al hear'-
turns outlaw. sets in motion train OF c'rc"".
stances which leads 10 a theft from the poor anu
. malicious injury to the innocent. and hhai!'
together with his father. is executed me
common criminal. The story has slsnino""'e
- than norsonal. 1t faithfully depicts So
ciety inviting self-destruction Ivy the oPpie'
sions and dishonesties rife among us OWL i'''''0
hars q community where blind dull Anarchy
usurps half the functions Of law Where oi'
nression Increases its ranks from thos' u i''
victims and the disintegration that taxes pi"'.
TO-DAY is accelerated by that of yesterday Anu
this. IT must be remembered. is told Simply
quietly. almost barely.
There is virtue in the simple fact OF nelhe a''e'
there is a great deal Of virtue in he'hs a'Ne =,
the fnger-tips. 1t Is the appreciate" VI '"'
cor, Of virtue which gives moral Vlgor' as wei
&C movement and piCturesqueness TO 'he >''
une Of short stories recently collected uhuei 'io
title Tales Of our Coast 1t Is as homogeneous
- collection &C If its several authors had worked
in conscious collaboration. TheY All ue"e' "
eeeb and blood and spectres. in courage and love
and lawlessness They are TOO shreWd as a''iS'S
20 explain all the mysteries they create TOT
NiNlQntSS
.,.,a and the holiness of their imagination
The American publishers of the Volume' 10y 'iie
wav owe two explanations to their readers Inc
hack deals with the British not the Amerlca"'
coast and some. If not all. OF the s'o''es nave
heen published before. The volume consists VI
eve stories: The Smuggers of the Ciohe'
"There Is Sorrow on the Sea- The RAIN Oh
>urtogh" The Rollcall of the Reef and Ihat
There Mason
1,,ba character Of Constantia in Mr.. BROOKE
"Iife the Accuser' has no strict counterpart Ill
,fa her existence in fiction is abundahtN JUST"
fed as a portrayal Of royal benighitv anu
natience. There is something OF the same iul-
ness Of life about her. something OF the same
deep. imperturbed passion that one mas Ill inc
Duchess of Malh. Some other or MT biooNe
characters are good in their way Cohstah''a
busband--a gentleman by inheritance ana iois
training-is made a rascal by the force vi CHI
cumstances In league with one cereic'io" VI
will. Samuel Armstrong is shreWd' oos'lna'e'
pusillonimous old dOtard and his son does very
we'll as a villain. Elya and Resale however
ra M, en- successful The one is stupid girl
,rouhed with chronic fits of cleverness; the
other is a new woman plus charm anu iiii"u'
b,oomers The story contains one powerful
scene between Constantia and her uhia'hlui
husband and another less original put qui'e de
,,,.,d o, tho deathbed of old Armstrong. The
author however. loads his story with eA'enS'e
detail. he develops some characters wnch
might better he left in the background ana he
+ars into defamation ana didactic carcature
Miss Leigh Cameron. who figures as the nero
Inc Of Miss LitChfields In the Cruclpie' Is III
her conversation. her carriage. her at'tuue
toward her surroundings. all that the au'no'
,yould have her-a typical society girl OF WASH
,neton Miss Litchfeld, however destroys
something of the force Of her picture by 'akihs
Miss Cameron as seriously as she taxes heiseii'
There is much that is attractive III !ou'e
girls first attempt to assume the oisii'ies anu
RESPONSIBILITIES of young womahhoou' "ne Pe''
ohuarer endearinely. with a new sense of her
nossihle influence over them dlspehseS e'"''
,,.,,o sa,f-analvses with her tea at afternoon
gatherings. forinuIates d '''''
,,brases which may serve in the hiust Vi "'i
social duties as a proper philosophy OF me- anu
sneaks not very specifically. II must De con-
fessed but sympathetically. OF the poverty Vi ','
- &c che turns over in mind some enticlngIv
,,ov., Milan, for extravagance. such. AT least IL
,,o ,,genuous nose Of Miss Cameron, and as the
crave nastime of irresponsible youth, the pose
&C. charming But unfortunately the readeT Is
-. .uou.ea 70 patronize Miss Leigh in this
fashion When. as is frequently the case she
a. ,ou,a ~ n tragic situation and Worth
coy, the reader is allowed TO take no paterna'
t' ID h1r I'd a OF her