LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1892. 



'I A. Kami. "East ami \Ve.-t" was a 

 of Hi-win irn Ohio, by Kdward Everett 

 Hah 1 . wh> wrote also " Syl>il Knox; or, Home 

 ." ami. \Mili Lucretia Pea body. " The New 

 . ami Lucy : A Story of Itoston in the 

 SiniiiiitT of is'.M." .Moonlight and 'Six Kect of 

 nee,'" by Daniel Hoard, involves in its 

 intricacies social reforms and tin- problems of 

 capital and labor. "That Dakota liirl," by 

 Stella (iil mail (pseudonym); " Nakoina," a story 

 of frontier life, by Rev. George Huntingdon; 

 The Jonah <>1 Lucky Valley, and Other Sto- 

 by Howard Seely; "Billow Prairie," by 

 Uleson; "Manuelita," the story of San 

 !>el Mac, the old Catholic mission in 

 California, by Marian Calvert Wilson; and 

 (ireen Tea," a love story, the scene of which 

 is also laid in California, by V. Schallenberger, 

 belong to the West, as does " A Little Norsk; or, 

 ('!' I'ap's Flaxen," by Ilamlin Garland, who 

 wrote, in addition to this pretty, pathetic tale, 

 " Jason Edwards, an Average Man, " A Spoil of 

 Office," and " A Member of the Third House." 

 Other stories of local color were: "An American 

 Nobleman," by William Armstrong; " A Princess 

 of Fiji," by William Churchill ; " Don Finiuion- 

 done," Calabrian sketches by Elizabeth Cavazza, 

 who, despite her Italian name, never set foot 

 upon the soil of the people whom she portrays 

 with such graphic force; "Daughters of Men," 

 by Hannah Lynch, which carries us to Greece; 

 " The Colonel by Brevet," who figures at the 

 Austrian court under the guidance of St. George 

 Uathbone; "Squaw Elouise," by Marah Ellis 

 Rvan, " Onoqua," by Frances C. Sparhawk, and 

 " Bfanulito ; or, A Strange Friendship," by Wil- 

 liam Bruce Leflingwell (Horace), all three about 

 Indians; and " Kin-da-shon's Wife," an Alaskan 

 story, by Mrs. Eugene S. Willard. "Roger 

 1 1 unt ."Celia Parker Wooley's third novel,aroused 

 comment, as did Anna Fuller's " Pratt Por- 

 traits." " Calmire," which appeared anonymous- 

 ly, but is believed to have been written by an 

 American, was serious in tone, attempting to 

 reconcile agnosticism and orthodoxy. " That 

 Angelic Woman," by James M. Ludlow, the 

 author of "The Captain of the Janizaries," 

 proved to be a trained nurse, and Graham Trav- 

 ers delighted to describe " Mona Maclean, Medi- 

 cal Student." " Tatters," by Fannv D. Bates ; 

 "Gold or Pleasure," by George Larsons La- 

 throp; "Other Things Being Equal," by Emma 

 Wolf; "An Artist in Crime, by Rodrigues 

 Ottolengui; "Muriel Howe," by Angelina Teal: 

 " Courtland Laster, Capitalist," by Harley Deene ; 

 " The Other House," a study of human nature, 

 by Kate Jordan ; " A Son of Esau " and " The 

 Woman who stood between," by Minnie Gil- 

 more; "Miserere," a musical story, by Mabel 

 Wagnalls ; ' Morris Julian's Wife," by Elizabeth 

 Olmis; "The Primrose Path of Dalliance," by 

 Andrew C. Wheeler (Nym Crinkle); "Sylvester 

 Romaine," by Charles Pelletreau; "Imperia." 

 by Octavia Hensel ; and " A Close Shavo ; or, 

 How Major Flagg won his Bet," by Thomas W. 

 Knox, deserve mention : as do "A Daughter of 

 the Druids," by A. K. Hopkins; "Neva's Three 

 Lovers," " Beatrix Rohan," and " Cecil Rosse," 

 by Mrs. Harriet Lewis; "Sherburne House," by 

 Amanda M. Douglas; "Cynthia Wakeham's 

 Money," by Anna Katharine Green (now Mrs. 



Kohlfs;; "A Soul from Pudge'i* Corner*," by 

 Jessie F. O'Donncll; "John Thornrlyke's I'r.ju 

 dice,"u novel by Joanna II. Matin ws, the author 

 of the" Messie Books "for children ; "A KHlow- 

 shipof Hearts," by .Mary Ken ton Bigelow; "The 

 I. a-' I>ay."an old-fashioned love story bv Imogen 

 Clark; "A Ko>cbud (iardcn of (Jirls, by Nora 

 Perry ; " A Colony of (iirls," by Kate Livingston 

 Willard; and "A* Study in (iirl>," by Kdmurid 

 S. Middleton. "Adam's Daughters," by Julia 

 McNair Wright, "Neighbor- in Mi rton Square," 

 by Alice Edily Curtiss. and " C.iristin.' 

 spiration," by Barbara Yechton, were written 

 with a purpose, as were " My Ijady " and " Doro- 

 thy's Islands," by Mrs. Nathaniel Conklin (for- 

 merly Jennie M. Drinkwater). The Rescue of 

 an Old Place," by Mrs. Mary C. Kobbins: "A 

 Gentle Benefactress," by Mrs. J. J. Colter ; " Polly 

 Button's New Year," by Mrs. C. F. Wilder; 

 "Sara, a Princess," and "Brian's Home." by 

 Fannie E. Newberry ; " The Conways," by Kflie 

 W. Merriman ; " Miss Wilton," by Cornelia \Var- 

 ren ; " Theo Waddington," by Julian Wyndham ; 

 " Where Duty lies," by Silas K. Hocking; "By 

 Subtle Fragrance held," by Mary Fletcher Ste- 

 vens ; " The Face in the Rock," by W. J. Pierson ; 

 "A Seeming Trifle," by Mrs. M. J. Mallary; 

 "The Opal Queen," by Eliza B. Swan; "Sybil 

 Trevyllian,"by Mrs. Reginald Hughes (Lyndon): 

 " Majoribanks," by Elvirton Wright ; " In Moth- 

 er's Place ; or, The Jay Family,' by Kate Neely 

 Festetits ; and " Is it 'Possible I " by Helen Van 

 Anderson, devoted to woman's rights and indi- 

 vidual expansion. " Hermine's Triumphs " were 

 chronicled by Mme. C. Colomb, and " Aurore " 

 was from the pen of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert. 

 " Chickamauga," by F. A. Mitchel, .was, as its 

 name indicates, a romance of the American civil 

 war ; as was " What it cost ; or, Debtor and 

 Creditor," by F. and I. E. Sullivan. " Congress- 

 man Swanson," by C. C. Post, and " Roland 

 Graeme, Knight," bv Agnes M. Machar, had 

 their origin in the difficulties between capital 

 and labor. Society was satirized in " Mrs. Harry 

 St. John," by Robert Appleton (pseudonym), and 

 other books which had their origin in 'existing 

 social conditions were "A Survival of the Fit- 

 test," by Lewis B. Mason and Norman Elliot, 

 and " A Common Mistake," by Jeanne M. Howell. 

 " Manitou Island," by M. G. McClelland, hardly 

 presented that author at her Ix-st, while from 

 Henry B. Fuller, the author of "The Chevalier 

 of II Pensieri Vani," came another volume, " The 

 Chatelaine of la Trinite," somewhat in the same 

 vein. More ?xciting scenes are portraved in 

 " Scarabspus : The Story of an African Beetle." by 

 Marquise Clara Lanza and James Clarence Har- 

 y^ey. " A Golden Pilgrimage " was by the first 

 author alone. Ambrose Bicnr and (iustav Adolph 

 Danziger adapted from the German version of 

 an old MS. "The Monk and the Hangman's 

 Daughter," and the first told "Tales of Soldiers 

 and Civilians." Mary R, P. Hatch made search 

 for " The Missing Man " ; " Sweet I 'anger " was 

 suggested by Mrs. Ella Wherlor Wileox. who 

 wrote also "An Erring Woman's Ixms"; and Wil- 

 liam C. Hudson was heard from " On the Rack." 

 - The Blue Scarab " was searched for by David G. 

 Adee; " Why I'm Single " was explained by Al- 

 bert Ross (Linn Boyd Porter) ; and " The Master 

 of Silence," a phenomenal youth, with preter- 



