New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-10

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LOVES PROXY By Richard Bagot Emo On
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AD da5 Tle n OF XsniIs BY AeEaRaeE Nelson
LYC9GATE HALL A Romance By NJ F. Fran
els lMrA Francis Blundeu). Emo pp. S47. Long
mans. Green & Co
JEWEL. A Chapter IN Her Life. BY Clara Louise
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Mrs Toynichs new novel is one which nobody
vii put aside half rea6-ana one which nobody
VII READ q second time. Il moves on even more
tragic lines than did her first book The Rus
sian methods OF repressing revolutionary plots
provide machinery which she has used with a
good deal OF skill and with grewsorne result Il
Is IN its gloomy pictures OF life and suffering in
that strange Northern land that the strength OF
The book Nes-in that and TO Z minor degree, in
the character OF one Of its two heroes, the an
archtst who survives Siberia and spinal paraly-
sis 10 marry the heroine. He is womans hero.
10 be sure, parsonage animated by that pro
6.gioUs self-6evotion which is oftenest observed
z ueloerama but such as he is he makes an
effective figure The chief failure OF the story
Is IL the presentation OF the heroine who Is
hopelessly unnatural amid much overdone woe
She Is q phlanthropic trained nurse gifted with
temperament so admiringly cool and matter
CT fact that when her father tries with tender
reserve 10 tell her something OF the disappoint-
nents OF his life she responds by putting pep
Sin tablets beside his plate at breakfast She
IS ooUbly hard n the nervous breakdown
brought on by her terrible experiences in Rus
s-a- whittier she goes 10 nurse her invalid lover,
Hero Ma / Useful but disagreeable rs Olive
and Il is difficult 20 maintain any romantic iIlu-
sions concerning her The only chapter which
brings the reader 70 q really keen interest in her
Is that poignant one in which Vladimir is
rested q al viT1rr in
prison while Olive pleads yainly 10 be allowed
70 see him once more
i Loves Proxy" Mt Bagot has deserted
italy, the scene of his earlier novels, for Eng
land He tells the hackneyed, but always more
CT less interesting. story Of the wife who has
married without loving her husband. but who
finds before the last page is reached, that he
Is the man OF men for her There is. OF course,
the usual young man entertaining sentiment
Tor the LADY. and We have not 10 note the abb
sence OF the conveniently malicious woman OF
society who writes anonymous warnings TO the
husband Wherein, for minor English novel
tst, the author is really original is in making
the wife = beautiful young creature OF high
birth and the Unloved husband not only Old
but "a man n trade" The girl has married for
money TO please her mother and has an uEex-
pected reward in discovering il her elderly fur
nIture dealer finer feeling. a noble gentle
manhood than any she has known before. In the
character OF the Duchess Of Cheshire. Mr.. Bagot
has drawn the portrait OF = lOvabIe type Of
woman OF the world-a being warm hearted,
wise. humorous and fun OF tact The other
characters are conventional The book has no
special distinction hut il Is thoroughly readable
Byron's fairy city os the heart is the real
heroine OF Mr.. Hoods book rather than the girl
patriot who bears the ancient name Of "Adria ="
The beauty the artistic glOries. the stirring ira
eitions and the modern struggles for indepenc-
enoe OF the wonderful city OF the sea are really
his theme. and fiction plays a secondary part
The story Is set IL the revolutionary period Of
1s4S when the brutal rule OF the Austrlans
had stretched the submission OF Venice past the
breaking point The single minded leader.
I)c1lele MANN Is one OF the most striking OF
is characters, and he Is portrayed with an al
most reverent enthusiasm thai makes him stand
out yiviGly before Us The description OF the
siege IL the summer OF 1919 is as spirited as IL
Is careful The book rouses IN the reader &
uew sympathy for and delight II "Venezia-
- stella Doleute." The plot. which Is slight
enough. is. as FAR as II goes. one OF sombre
romance, even OF tragedy; but TO those who
love Italy il viii seem % little interest beside
the spell woven Of the loneliness Of nature and
OF art, and the poetry OF heroic endeaVor.
Mrs Bluneeu IS always entertaining. Her
has IA q ing