New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-21

length with no detail slurred Because OF his
| mnutia he is a painful writer, but pain sucn
as he conveys ought to be salutary. X 1t ever
smites the heads Of the army in France rake
! for example this passage on the methods In
vogue in Algeria:
Another soldier, Barnaux. has had some
| liquors given him by comrade; Barnaux Is
| drinking with the men Of his marabout. when n
sergeant enters espies the irregularity. takes
! the offender before the officer in command
! "Barnaux refuses to say who the glver Of the
! liquor was. The captain orders him to he put
in irons. They have put him la crapaudine'
| that Is, WA his arms bound behind him ana
| chained to his ankles. He is cast down thus
| on the sand Of the camp. Because ne means
I with pain they gag him with dirty rag they
tie his chin to his head with cord. He remains
! all the night thus. tied UP into a shapeiess
packet. In the morning when they change SER
tines they perceive that he is dead. The gag
has stfed him"
We suppose 1t is the expiration OF copyright
| that has suddenly revived the interest OF pun
fishers in John Halifax, Gentleman manu-
some reissue Of Miss Mulocks most celebrated
romance was noticed in this place not long ago.
| and now Thomas y. Crowell & Co. send US an
other 1t is stout octave. well printed on thin
! but serviceable paper and adorned WIN pho'o-
| gravure Of the authoress as well as with humer-
Gus clever drawings by Miss Alice Barber Ste
phens Miss Muock has been called senti-
mentalist and John Halifax her most senti-
mental book. No doubt the charge is just. But
sentimentaity is not always vile. and IN the case
of this novel it has a vitality which 1t were
ridiculous to deny. The book has strength: II
has permanent human interest Mild as It's
| cbo he no a
ers which bids fair to make these new issues as
| popular as some of the cleverest novels pub
lshed to-day by living authors
! Similarly we are glad to see a new edition OF
| The Last Days OF Pompeii," issued by the Put
mans in handsome form. with many good Illus
tratons in black and white by Lancelot Speed.
| No matter how thin the sentiment may be III
| this. no matter how theatrical the scheme may
| be, Lord Lytton made vivid narrative out Of
| his archaeological material and the story still
weaves itself persuasvely into the imagination.
| How many of these time-worn books. long pat
ronized by the superior person. come back TO re-
| mind us that their virtues still ripe, their
| powers still undminished
Mr.. F. G. Kitton comes TO the rescue Of those
| collectors Of Dckensiana who have been hood
| winked by specous titles covers and other traps
for the unwary. In the London "Athen@um"
| he gives the history of several rare productions
which have been ascrbed to Dickens and occa-
| sionally sold therefore for high prices in the
| aucton-room. More Hints on Etiquette. for
| the Use of Society at Large, and Young Gentle
| men in Particular" is one Of the superstitions
he skaters. Sergeant Bell and His Raree
| Show" is another. Lizzie Leigh" was written
! by Mrs Gaskell, but In THE Irving Offering"
| for 1851. published in New-York it is falsely at
| trbuted Dickens. Hence much modification
| to collectors "A Curious Dance Round Christ
mas Tree" Dropping Buds" and Between the
| Cradle and the Grave are the remaining pseudo
| Dickens rarities which Mr. Kitton dismisses into
| the limbo which has been waiting for them. His
| examination of these documents is too long TO be
| cited here. but collectors may note once for all
| that the titles quoted above are Of productions
| which they no longer have any excuse for pur
chasing writings by Charles Dickens