New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-17
FICTION.
TsceIue Nesc Tolumes, Chiefly By
american authors.

Drawings by Kari Anderson. Emo. pp- 2is.
Doubleday. Page & Co.
THE CAREER TRIUMPHANT, BY Henry Burn
ham Boone. Emo, PIP. 27s. n. Appleton & Co.
wHITEwAsH BY Etjel Watts Mumford. Illus
trsfed by A G. Learned l2mo, pp. sls Bos-
Dana Estes & 60.
KIDNAPPED COLONY. By, Mary Raymond
Shipraan Andrews Illustrated 10y t. NJ Ashe'
limo. pp. Vi. 17s. Harper & Bros.
A SEQUENCE IN HEARTS. BY Mary Moss;
Emo. PIP. SS2. Philadelphia: }. =. Lippinco"
Company.
THE CAPTAINS WIFE. by ". Clark Russell 1sen
pp. viii. 4so Boston: /. {. Page & co.
SIXTY JANE. BY John Luther Long. 2mo. pp.
2ls. The Century Company.
A PARISH OF TWO. Douglas Dayton letters ter.
sers by Percy Collins I2rno. Up. AZ Boston:
The Lothrop Publishing Company.
THE WARS OF PEACE. By A. F. Wilson illus
Little. Brown q Co
THE PINE GROVE HOUSE. BY Ruth Hall
Emo. PIP. viii. go. Iioughton. Mrfiin & Co
THE SHADOW OF VICTORY. BY Myrtle Reed.
Emo. pp. l3. C. p. Putnam's Sons
An odd collection Of characters is presented
IN the pages Of The Man with the Wooden
Face" There are the Little Teacher. the Old
Young Lady the Sandy Uncle, the Bread and
Butter Misses, the Brown Eyed Girl. the En-
fective Girl and the Boy; group OF people
who spent the summer together in the Welsh
Hills Out OF such a combination there should
evolve one romance at least. and this is pro-
v1ded by the Man with the Wooden Face and
the Little Teacher. There were other afflni-
ties OF course, in this peculiar collection Of
people: the Boy and his Bread and Butter Miss
the Brown Eyed Girl and the Medical. but the
really interesting developments concern the
first named pair. When the merely average
author elects TO write In half whimsical
fashion ne must expect his characters in a
measure 10 assume sawdust quality. There
S. however in Mrs. Reynoldss story a human
interest which counterbalances 10 some
tent much Of its trifing vagaries. Now and
then Miss Harraden's earlier methods intrude
on the mind of the reader. and the love story
Of the Man with the Wooden Face and the
LATHE Teacher suggests that of the principal
characters in ships That Pass in the Night"
But there is no pessimistic note in Mrs Reyn-
oldss book which ends effectively and happily.
1t is with mingled feelings Of regret and
Measure that one closes ''AIonsigny," regret
that a charming little tale is brought 20
end and pleasure that hour or so has been
spent so proftably. Mr.. Forman is making
rapid strides: he writes with a surer touch.
a greater dramatic sense and a neatness OF
finish lacking in his earlier work In Mon
signy" there is less that is reminiscent less
Of Mr.. Hope and his disciples and. if anything,
.
ton in Monsieur Beaucaire." The central f1g-
ure is the beautiful young heiress TO the
Chateau Monsigny. Her mother dying while
Isabeau is an infant. the girl is left 20 the care
Of her father. who awakens to his RESPONSE
bilities after his daughter has passed childhood
He proceeds TO tighten his duties by a search
for a second wife and the complications which
flow from the viscount's selection form The plot
OF the story. There are certain scenes and
Danes Defence" and give rise 90 the old in
terrogation with regard 10 the equal moral
rights of men and women. MIR. Forman solves
his riddle gracefully and chivalrously, and in
this way gives a sense OF completeness TO his
tale.
Mr. Boones chief claim TO recognition as an
author has been achieved in collaboration with
MIR. Kenneth Brown in novel called PASSOVER
Court House" His literary efforts thus Tar
betray in him a knowledge Of horsehesh and
Of Southern life and instincts In THE Career
Triumphant" he has assistant, and has writ
ten an unpretentious story. the scenes of which
are for the most part in Virginia The plot
concerns the ambition Of young Southern girl
OF good family 10 make a name for herself on
the stage. In the beginning Of her career she
contracts a secret marriage. in order TO inherit
a certain property, and ultimately she is called
upon TO choose between a life before the foot
lights and one OF more secluded domestic
character. Her decision proves satisfactory to
those interested in her choice, and very posi-
bly, 10 the sentimental reader. The story is not
particularly enlivening. on the contrary, it is
both farfetched and colorless.
The startling incidents in "whitewash" IN
fold themselves 50 gradually and with such con-
sistency that the pages OF Mrs. Mumford's story
have been very thoroughly scanned before the
strength and ingenuity Of the book realized.
The prologue relates the adventures Of four
girls. tourists TO the feast OF st. Anne Of Auray
They have rooms in an inn with a French
countess who, with her daughter. has made the
pilgrimage TO St. Anne in the hope OF restoring
the latter 10 health A burglary is committed
which results in the death of the child, and the
thief. in making his escape from the rooms OF
the countess. encounters the American mem
bers OF the party Of tourists. and a possible
Identification is assured The scene now shifts
TO New-Yorl and discovers the thief mas
queradng as a social lion. he passes himself
of Russian refugee. and has succeeded in
securing a tool girl Of some position. when
his plans interrupted in the most unex-
pected manner. 1t is here that Mrs NIumford
handles both her plot and characters with deft
skill and relieves her tale from flavor Of
InelOdraTna, suggesting something Of the art OF
Gaborleau. 'Whitewash' is an interesting
story, and far in advance OF the authors earlier
work, "Dupes.'
capital opportunity for comic opera is Of
fered in Mary Andrewss lively little story "A
Kidnapped Colony" young American capt
ures the NoNerhorship Of an English colony.
and reigns supreme for all of several DAVIS. en-
gaging in a series Of adventures quite prepos-
ferrous enough 10 invite frivolous stage set
sing Fortunately for the arob5,so,,s "a g.