New-York tribune., 1903-01-11

Emo pp. vii I'll The Macmillan Company
IMARGAREr BowLBY Love Story dyton3 BY 6t6- Ed
gar l.. Vincent l2mo, pp- W. 4oo- i'o''oi' '
Top Publishing Company
eayERY. BY Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. 12mo, pp
1al Houghton, Miiiin q CO.
THE GARDEN OF LIES t1is6ece Romanes, by By Wiz
tus Niles FoTnanff WIG i5mo d on S3l Frederick
a Stokes Company
n BUNCH OF ROPE YARNS, By stanton ID.
King. 12mo. pp ls8- Boston, Richard u baosef-
Mr Remington offers in John Ernine OF the
Yellowstone" a variation upon the Increasingly
Familiar theme OF transmogrifed savagery Inc
novelty in his story consists In the raciai origin
OF his hero. Other writer's OF hcuon nave at
fernpted to make capital out Of the Indian re-
moved from the wigwam and brought under the
Influence Of white Mr.. Remington, on the
ether hand provides his here with white skin
fo begin with but has him brought up In IN
Fancy among Crow Indians. White Weasel as
he is known in the camp, loses that name as ne
syroEs older, being Withdrawn from his people
by a white man, much In their commence "ho
,-7xes him the name of John Errnine and slowly
but steadily teaches him English. training MIN
In other ways, also, to live out his LIE among
the whites Everything goes swInmingly Tor
his mentors plan until the young fellow meets
and loves beautiful girl from the East Then
trouble erlsues and Mr.. Renington's idyH be-
comes tragedy He has set it forth with spirit
end nSctUresJueness though when all is said
fba book seems rather a slight performance con-
side,ing the number Of pages it contains we
value it more for the promise that 1t gives lhn
fpr its Intrinsic merit, though that is not to DO
ignored
~Narraret BoyIby" according to ifs subtitle.
f. = love story but the author, whether con-
zscioI1sly or not, makes his romance subs1d1ary
tp a narrative Of political experience The nero
Robert Kemp, Is an honorable feuoW "nose
heart Is torn between loyalty to the mine owner
WIN employs him as foreman and solicltude Tor
the best interests Of the workers under his
command He resolves to go into politics Cap
tain RoSsiby his employer, in kindness endeav-
prs to dissuada him, but the upShot OF tnen
disagreement is that both are sent to the legis-
lature the younger man to higher posluon
than d,at bestowed upon the other. MI. VIM
cent from this point onward, pays full attention
10 the personal fortunes Of his protagonlsts. but
he also takes pains to exhibit the seamy SIDE OF
political life. with It's sinister types and queer
entangiementA Robert Kemp embarks upon
his career In wonderful state Of innocence as
reszards politicA and at times the story takes q
xympathe9zca11y naive turn Things happen w1tn
an ease that could not but amaze the reader
csrservant Of actual conditions in American Life.
But the very ein1piicity and sincerity of the
to the end with interest
fYrs aufi,or OF avery" teI1s story and
sreacs,es a sermon. The drift Of the latter Is
rnimpeachable. II b all In reprobadon Of the
husbands Hho neglect their wives. not out OF
6eiibera1e brutality, but from seifshness and
Eenrraf weakness OF character. For its moral
1Ayezy~ Is undoubtedly to be praised, but as a
etpry II is somewhat trying, not only a little
maHRdsh In tone. but inartistlc In its central
expedient The erring husband learns his lesson
xflile unconscious In dentists chair, but the
reader only finds this out after he has been be-
g1iled into believing that certain things have
actually happened, when, as a matter OF fact,
they we're al uaoonshine- The dream that serves
I'd CARY On the action In a work of fiction is an
ancient properly and il has sometimes justified
Itself but for its adequate exploitation 1t re-
-xuires a hand with power in it than Is
shown in this book.
In The Garden Of Lies we have more
example of the kind of fiction that might fairly
he labelled affer the commercial fashion of the
day, made in Zenda-" It contains the usual
ruler Of petty princfpality assailed by enemies
OF his dynasty, and. in this case married to a
woman who is represented, when she enters the
story, as having suffered such a shock to her
mental equilibrium as to be uncertain about the
identity Of her OWL husband The princess is in
Paris under the care of doctor when the crit
ical action of the story begins. and the hero
he of i'm