New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
NEW NOVELS.
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yrs. as tho reader Of shrewsbury IS "'o'i
Snr 10 wonder how Mr.. Weyman cou'u -
have roconcilcd himself to giving the ce''',"' -
srion in the book 10 50 weak-kneed anu ~"
covardlv a man rs Master kicharu i'"e
finds himself so deeply absorbed III 'he SUI
o. not care whether Price is hero or not 80
thc tale progresses 1t does more than mani -"
euIv voung schoolnaster bearable; IL H'aNe' nm
Atercst!ng ard leaves the reader cohN"'.N 80,
A. uo,ra, was never more original than
when ne wrote this book. IL IS the s'oiS "a
strange conspiracy circling around the c''e'
,,i,is.er Of Dutch William in England. ana III
,ol,.irg along with some hsh-bred supporters
=. tho Jacobitc cause. n Gooily number OF COM
,r,, runiars With the latter young frice -
,aft n c,oe and while the schemes into wh'ch
nc is unv-illinrly drawn have the bowman Oh
MY Lord Shrewsbury for their object II Is "i'u
10 take as much interest in that elegant inquire
es in MS humble pr1tasi To say TINS IS 20 pay
. ,ri,r,. IN the authors skill and 20 the warm
human quality Il his work. Mr. "eyhah mas
ALWAYS a flavor of meiJdrama in his hc'ioh'
which upon this occasion is quite as decideo dS
4, ever was: yet he keeps the narrative heA'o'c
and artess exciting sympathy and emotion 't
the same time that he provokes some raisihbS d
the eyebrows over the extreme picturesliehesS
Of more than one Of his situations. The caliouS-
ness II SArewsbury's mother is perhaps flaw
We do not Ike to think that the maternal m
stinct can be whelmed So completely In petty
sDite and vanity. But it no doubt time OF
fantastical relationships. and this screeching old
harridan is plausible enough. The only regret
Inspired by Nj. Weyman in his treatment OF her
is that she comes TO no gnominious end pu'
fades out Of the story with her wickedness I'M
requited In the characterization OF Ferguson
the vest of the conspirators; of old Bronze,
the quaint and honest writer Of newsletters, and
of King william himself. Mr.. Weyman has
drawn some Of his best strokes. In the contriV-
ing of his tale. in the invention of situations
which lure the reader excitedly to the conclud-
Ing chapter. he also reaches his highest stand
ard. The book is bound to be gratefully rernem-
bered
"A FYery Ordeal" is Tasma's last book-the
pen has slipped forever from that busy hand
Like all her other novels. it is lifelike and thor
oughly readable but it lacks that fresh, VIVID
and humorous porraiture Of character which
made "Uncle Piper" so besu.ling. The most
partial admrcr Of Nine. Couyreur's books must
acknowledge that no successor Of that first et-
fort has rivaIed IT: and il this lady be remem-
bered at all 1t will assuredly bee as the author OF
that sprightly chronicle Her story trayerses
the dstasteful theme # wife's love for man
not her husband. and approximately blameless
as the pair ma, BE-. and criminal Us the heroine's
lawful lord is saown To- be. il IS not a whole
some subject for contemplation.
Something Of The same blcmish is on the clover
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