New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-09

creatures for the readers contempaton-mcn win
human, earthly passion In them. and women OK
physical vigor. Once raised. however they are 'oo
able bodied 10 be laid with ease. The ~h'r' Oh e'
cumstance through which they are forced 10 gu ce-
fore they be made to retire Is so rapd anu WV
lent that many reader will be sorely pe"hoe'e'
thereby.
1t would be hard to put ones hand on more
curious melange than Mr. Burgns story OF "as
coigne's Ghost" The suspicion can nardiy oe
avoided that Gascoigne's Is not the only shos'
present: Dickenss seems to haunt the scehe'
and were not those worthy gentlemen so very
much alive to-day. one might suspect thh' t"e
spirits of Mr. Benson and Mr.. Hichens were NOT ia'
on The humber characters Of the story certainty
live I'm the same world with Snagsby. Guppy ana the
Jellybys: Gascoigne himself is a paid, soph's"-
Gated young epicurean, borrowed for the hohce
from world OF lilies and green carnations as io'
the women, they adapt their nature 10 the uia
exigences OF the moment with such as'onsh''s
versatility that classification OF them - ieaS
ible The plot by the introduction OF something
akin to the Kelley cure, redeems the MANIFEST
character In the book and, through his agency, re-
habiIitates the hero But with all Its absurdines
Mr. Burgins story has activity OF sort, ana IL
read I'm sufficiently short bits, with suhic'eh'y 'o"S
Intervals of rest, may not prove disconcer'ihs'
Mr.. Paul Leicester Ford's Great X. and A. TRAM
Robbery" makes capital railway readihg ior eve"
the most tmd Of railway travellers II is just rea
soma BILE enough to be diverting NO one can 'ane '
ously Dick Gordon who played football NJ co''ese'
Madge with blue eyes and dimples, or Loru na,.e''
the man of scowls and villany; but MT. roru na'
such q nimble skill I'm devsing extraordinary STU
ations and such n vivid and direct way OF nescf'p
ing them that the character Of his actors Is prac.'
caIIv of no consequence. In a general hury-puriy,
where with mutual antagonsms. State ana feoe'a'
Officials trainmen and cowboys. stockhoioe'9 "'
proxies are all equally reckless In both using HI"
violating the conflicting laws OF the and' IL ~ easy
TO enlist the sympathies of the reader TOT any p"
OF blue ewes and any pair OF broad shoulders.
Like many other detective stories Anna hatna
rine Green's account O, THAT AFFAIR Next door -
far more successful In arousing curiosity IMAM IN
satisfying It when once aroused. Ohe must .ano
the thors warrant Of the truth as fnai put MISS
divers confession as to the actual facts OF the
case IS not at all convincing For the "o'e"'
death of an unknown woman In the van furhaH
mansion can he accounted for far more piauslpiy
by any one of the several clever theories WHICH,
during the course of the Investigations are au-
vanced only TO be refuted. The amateur detective
this time a spins ,or-is, OF course, Impossible ana
the romantic sentiment which is introduced III the
latter mart of tho story might well be spared Inc
first fifty pages must be read with patience the last
hundred with resignation. but the BODY OF the oooh
more particularly the detailed report OF the III
quests decidedly ingenious.