New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26

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SILENCE AND OTTER STORIES. by MARY f.
wilkins With Illustrations Duodocimo. pr.
&9. Harper hOthors.
THE STORY OF y PLAY \ Novel by " =.
towels cuodecmo, PIP BIZ Harper Broth
THE KINGS JACKAL. BY Richard Harding
Davis. With Illustrations by {. j. Gibson.
Duodecimo, pp. l75 Charles Scribners sons
We told that the romantic revival has al
| ready spent its force Nevertheless it has just
brought a new man to the front Mr. Bernard
Capes and he has many good qualities that
he seems more the product Of movement IN
full swing than Of the same movement in its eX-
pring stage. THE Lake OF Wine Is an uncom-
monty good book so good that one may almost
call it brilliant. IT is not quite what ii ought 20
be. because NJ. Capes has not as yet secured
complete control Of his brisk. epigrammaiic style
Perhaps the brilliancy which We feel in his work
is apprchcndcd 10y the author himself. II" is a
little sclf-conscious and polishcs he style aforc
said with such asslduity that now and again
| the narrative loses It's continuity. slip around
a verbal corner and is only rccapturcd ht ire
reader at the cost Of some effort. We VIII DO
Mr. Capes the justice however. To say that These
lapscs are not numerous. and that MS obvious
delight in the technical side Of hi work u.s. n"i
without its attraction II lends hl'h'ncss 80 a
book which would otherwise Doe too gloomy
high spirits following constantly on tn heels "'
that trag, motive which makes the backbone ~
the story Mr. Capcs has flung all sorts If fan
tastic horror into his pages. cutthroai> ana TOD
bers jostle the carousing gentlemen and sent-
mental ladies &C hundred years AZ" ~ Eng
land and the principal scene Is a son'r' as
any scene could be- with tho shadow 81
raIIow = bird hanging over IT, Weaving ihe al
ventures Of his picturesque people into web 81
aud
Capcs never forgeis to introduce some fl"ains 81
sunshine partly because thai i"ndn''S COR cpl
Gram in which We has, referred VIII not let Inn
be anytninr but animated and sparkling ana
partly nccausc II j. his instinct. his gift I" tel
"A story IN a bright romantic KEY. ii' So" nan
die his cpigrans more discr"etN. w. h"i'. D"
future work Tn" gift We also pray mag mover
change II Mr. Capcs VIII foster If. 4 h" "'i '''
write too much hc VIII climb high lic has i"'
romantic inspiration in fun force. h. - ara
matte and tells his story. on th' "h'ie WIN
power. Ho ahounds ia color and III ih' "f''o
execution II his work. a Wei "a III h'- '''''F
ton 81 it, nc Is d"cidcily original IN" Lax ''
Wine" Is a book t. read f"r ~ OH s"h' ana
for It's suggestion that tn author "i" Do h'"''
IRON, even NOR, ac,cptahl, 10 De future
I Their. is q quantucs- auou, ih' -torios m M'a-
Wilkins new voluiu. which W'cs th' MAGMA
. tior away INTO old \'V England and Nus I
with sens. II IA, Puritan indld'n'. .o'lnE
r 81 llWar' Youths ~ Their serious sweet ""'- 'i
b ouici village sfirrcd 80 thor depths "> INDIAN.
or witches ana 90 solemn hari-NoTA.nr ."mi-
lies ,,rapriua themselves 3d. harsh pi';s a. ID "
3 Garment and ,uGdeult :i.diir that TIA" gray n'.
o. Of their cxistcnc. has be"r lighted ny Nih "
romano that they never suspected va growing
right Under their eye. a. - an intensity 'i-+ni
a,d rcuot. almost too remote. bat h"f"r' this
,rnrressior has had time t. establish iS'f ih'
; author lays ncr finger upon som" emotion NHci
y makes tho whole story throh with human foci-
k ing and the old fashioned figures ar a rnuch
alive as though they had been ara" H'H "''
No of the present time. "Sileno' ana other
=; Stories" is a bleak little iook. in some way
The austerc airs Of tho authors ancient New
. England are nipping Sorro" % neNc' YER ia'
q on from tn, actors In her dramas hu' IN"
,york is well balanced SORROW does net dsA'p
mare than its legitimate pace. ana sidr ny sue
, viii The drclr.n,ss tlrr, are lighter clements
which help t. make a peculiar harm. Ihcy
. could not do tbs alone. II is III" contrast Of the
q lights and thc shadowg that gives MI NHkins
her effect ''rhc Buctlry lafy' end o.! noi'
g ~ u.,ncicd sadacss ana JOS when if fascinating
i inst because ~ its ambiguity. The el"pcmcnt III
! this story standing alone would not have mucn
4 weight Observed across the tragedy "i "id
r IMPRESSIVE seniicancc There are only SIN iacS
= in Tins collection Their merit IS such that "e
be- WISE there were more.
h "Tho story of Play IS called. on the tue
Y ~ - oo,,l hut II is more accurately described