New-York tribune., 1902-05-17

Mr. Z. F. Benson gives US in Scarlet and Hys-
sop" Cd. Appleton & Coz vivacious novel OF
smart London society, and though he ser
rnonizes little is interesting that do
not mind his playing the preacher. The Dark
o the Moon" lHarper & Bros.). by S. r.
Crockett, is all about Galloway gypses and
other picturesque figures: it is buggy" yet
debonair Josiah Flynt has turned his hand in
The Little Brother (The Century Company
to the writing of a novel with good deal in it
about the seamy side of life, and has produced
Q promising performance.
Patricia OF the Hills &C.. p. Putnam & Sons),
by Charles .Keunett BurrOw, is a sweet and
cheering idyu of Irish life. Cyrus Townsend
Brady draws the characters of his ''HOhenzoI-
lsrn' CThe Century Company from the time Of
Frederick BarbarOSsa, and puts them in some
rather astonishing situations. which ne man
ages with aptitude. "Narnas Mutiny" CDodd.
Mead & Coz. by Mrs Hugh Fraser, is an ami
mated story of love. Irritation. earthquakes and
what not in flowery Japan. Henry Harland has
produced in The Lady Paramount" John Lane)
4 companion piece to The Cardinals Snuff
Box" a witty and artistic book which is. if any
thing more accomplished than its predecessor.
and is certainly entertaining. The scene Of
The Westcotes' philadelphia Henry T.
Coates < Coz by \. T. Quiller- Couch. is laid in
an English town at the time of the Napoleonic
wars, with many French prisoners living within
its walls. 1t is a tranquil romance, though
handled with a light touch. Mr.. Howells car
ries the heroine of his latest novel, The Ken
tons GIarper & Bros). through some
mantle experiences and at the same time gives
in the book peculiarly comprehensive study Of
a typical American family. The Hound of the
Baskervilles' (McClure, Phillips & Coz contains
another adventure of Sherlock Holiness" in
which Conan Doyle proves that occasionally an
author can revive n familiar parsonage in his
pages and make him interesting when he
first appeared in print Mrs, W. X. ClTOrd's
Margaret Vincent" (Harper & Bros.) is a
novel of English life which is not wholly salts
factory but in which there is so much power
and individuality that once begun it is bound to
be read through There are some enchanting
stories of the sea in Mr. Frank t. Bullen's Deep
Sea Plunderngs" ID. Appleton & Coz.
Mr. Charles Majors Dorothy Vernon of Had
don Hall" (The Macmillan Company is a
bright and sufficiently romantic romance Of the
Flizabethau period The heroine of Mrs. L. 3.
Walford's Charlotte Qongmans, Green & Coz
is another Dodo, brilliant. witching, beautiful
creature. of the world. worldly. whose portrait
is drawn with surprising intuition. The Diary
of a Goose Girl (HoughtOn. N1iffiin & Coz. by
Kate Douglas Wiggn, is a brief and most en-
ga ging sketch of young woman in love. who
retreats TO poultry farm, and is treated by the
author in her environment Of English rusticity
with delightful humOr.
In the Country God Forgot" Boston Little.
Brown & Coz by Frances Charles, is clever
story of life in Arizona. Mr. Hamlin Garland
also goes TO the West for the material of THE
Captain of the Gray Horse Troop" CHarper &
Bros) a novel of love and adventure with
special reference TO the life in and around an
army post "Morchester' &C. p. Putnams
Sons) is good story of American society,
touching also upon politics and public affairs
generally. italian hrigands and their sinister
ways are exploited in effective fashion by Eliza
beth PuIIen in MIR. Whitman" (Boston: Lothrop
Publishing Company. Mile. FOuchette" CPhil-
adelphia J. B. Lppincott Company by Charles
Theodore Murray is vivacious love story, full
of mystery and surprises. We may mention In
closing two novels by popular authors which
are just on the verge OF publication. by Low
HnP' Charles Scribners Sons). by G. w. Cable.
and "The Pasteboard Crown (same publishers).
by Clara Morris.