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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1885. 



Adam Badeau has also entered the ranks of 

 the novelists as the author of " Conspiracy ; a 

 Cuban Romance," some scenes of which are 

 laid in Washington. Two collections of tales 

 have been made from the writings of the late 

 Edmund Quincy, " Wensley and other Sto- 

 ries," and " The Haunted Adjutant and other 

 Stories." 



Most noteworthy, perhaps, among all the 

 novels of the year is William Waldorf Astor's 

 " Valentino," which handles successfully a diffi- 

 cult theme, the life of Csesar Borgia, and is satis- 

 factory at the same time to the student of his- 

 tory and the lover of novels as novels. " Fiam- 

 metta " is a romance of Italy, by W. W. Story, 

 the artist and poet. " Palermo," by Alice D. 

 Field, is a story covering the time of Garibaldi's 

 capture of Palermo, and including descriptions 

 and sketches of Sicilian lite and manners. 

 Located at the other extreme of civilization is 

 Edward King's "The Golden Spike," that is, 

 the last one driven on the Northern Pacific 

 Railroad a story founded on the Villard ex- 

 cursion over that road in 1883. Dr. 0. M. 

 Newell, who has a field all to himself in the 

 Sandwich Islands, gives us a Hawaiian ro- 

 mance, " Kamehameha, the Conquering King," 

 the greater part of which is, he tells us, a 

 truthful history of the greatest of Polynesian 

 kings. 



" The Money - Makers," published anony- 

 mously, was the greatest sensation of the year, 

 in the way of novels, partly because it pre- 

 sented the obverse of the picture drawn in 

 " The Bread- Winners," partly because its char- 

 acters were supposed to be portraits of well- 

 known individuals, but also largely because it 

 was in itself a striking story. " Trajan," pub- 

 lished later, is by Henry F. Keenan, to whom 

 the authorship of "The Money-Makers" has 

 been attributed. Mr. O. B. Bunce, well known 

 as a writer on social topics, appeared this year 

 as a novelist in "The Adventures of Timias 

 Terrystone"; and Nora Perry, known by her 

 poems, also takes a place among the novelists 

 with her story " For a Woman." " Tarantella " 

 is by Mathilde Blind, author of the " Life of 

 George Eliot," in the "Famous Women Se- 

 ries," and "The Deacon's Week," a short 

 story, is by Rose Terry Cooke." 



" The Evolution of Dodd," by William Han- 

 ley Smith, is a novel with a purpose to call 

 attention to same of the mistakes in systems 

 of popular education. " Flatland : a Romance 

 of Many Dimensions," is an ingenious satire on 

 the follies of society. " Troubled Waters," by 

 Beverly E. Warner, bears on the labor ques- 

 tion, attempting to strike the golden mean ; 

 and " An Iron Crown " is aimed at railroad 

 monopolies. " Tho Bassett Claim " is a bright 

 story, by H. R. Elliott, founded on the law's 

 delays with regard to the "French claims." 

 " Hypersesthesia," by Mary Cruger, suggests a 

 remedy for over-sensitive nerves. 



Among stories by authors new in the field, 

 or whoso places are as yet not definitely in- 



dicated, the following have won a fair meas- 

 ure of praise: "Jan Vedder's Wife," a story 

 of the Shetland Isles, by Amelia E. Barr, who 

 has also published this year " The Lost Silver 

 of Briffault " and " The Hallam Succession"- 

 "The Last Meeting," by Brander Matthews; 

 "Roses of Shadow," by T. R. Sullivan; "Pi- 

 lot Fortune," a story of Fundy Bay, a product 

 of the literary partnership between Marian C. 

 L. Reeves and Emily Read ; " On Both Sides," 

 by Miss F. C. Baylor (Mrs. Belger) ; " Duchess 

 Emilia," by Barrett Wendell ; " A New Eng- 

 land Conscience," by Belle C. Greene ; " With- 

 in the Capes," by Howard Pyle; "The Story 

 of a Ranch," by Alice W. Rollins; "The Old 

 Doctor," by John Vance Cheney; "A Little 

 Upstart," by William H. Rideing; "The Ad- 

 ventures of Jemmy Brown," by William L. 

 Alden; "As it was Written," by Sidney 

 Luska; "Upon a Cast," by Charlotte Dun- 

 ning; "A Carpet Knight," by Harford Flem- 

 ing; and " Patroclus and Penelope," by Theo- 

 dore Ayrault Dodge. 



" Across the Chasm " is a bright story, pub- 

 lished anonymously, but attributed to Miss 

 Julia Magruder. But one addition has been 

 made to the " No-Name " series, " A Superior 

 Woman." George Fleming (Miss Fletcher) is 

 represented by " Andromeda," Mrs. A. D. T. 

 Whitney by " Bonnyborough," and " High 

 Lights " is attributed to her daughter. " Mrs. 

 Herndon's Income" is by Helen Campbell, 

 and " A Woman's Inheritance " by Amanda 

 M. Douglas. "Color Studies," by "Ivory 

 Black " (T. A. Janvier), includes four stories 

 of artist -life in New York. "After Weary 

 Years " is by Archbishop C. O'Brien, of Hali- 

 fax. 



High in popular favor have been E. P. Pioe's 

 " An Original Belle," and " Driven Back to 

 Eden," a story for young people. Other sto- 

 ries to be mentioned are " Roslyn's Fortune," 

 by Christian Reid (Frances C. Fisher); " Old- 

 ham," by Lucy E. Guernsey; "Without a 

 Compass," by Frederick Van Vorst ; " Bessie's 

 Fortune," by Mary J. Holmes ; " Mai Moulee," 

 by Ella W. Wilcox; "Sweet Cicely," by Ma- 

 rietta Holley ; "A Social Experiment," by Mrs. 

 A. E. P. Searing; "After All," by Lilian 

 Spencer; "Simply a Love Story," by Philip 

 Orne; " Married too Early," by Sarah B. Wil- 

 lets; "Oblivion," by M. G. McClelland; "A 

 Tangled Web," a tale of the fifteenth century, 

 by Emily S. Holt. 



The tenth volume closes the series of " 

 ries by American Authors." "A Treasury of 

 Tales" is made up of one hundred stories, 

 compiled by William Swinton. 



Among translated novels are Balzac's " Pere 

 Goriot," Turgenieff's "Annals of a Sports- 

 man," Ebers's " Serapis," Zola's "Germiual," 

 Greville's " Mam'zelle Eugenie," Hoffmann's 

 "Weird Tales," Erckmann-Chatrian's " 

 Polish Jew," Ernst Eckstein's "The Will, 

 the Marchesa Colombi's " Wane of an Ideal, 



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