Mr. Barnes, of New York. By Archibald Clavering Gunter. (Rout.
ledge and Sons.)—Mr. Barnes happens tube present at a quarrel that takes place between an English naval officer and a young Corsican, and also at the duel that follows. The young Corsican is killed, and a very pretty vendetta is the consequence. The next thing is that Mr. Barnes starts a love-affair on his own account, and pursues it with all the energy of h4 nation. Love and hatred, then, are the
two chief elements in the story. Both are of excellent quality, and they are very skilfully mixed. Mr. Barnes's tactics in the train, when he utilises the chance which has made him the companion of the fair one, are admirably described. The course of this love runs fairly smooth ; but the other, which is curiously complicated with the vendetta aforesaid, is very stormy indeed. There is some power of the tragic kind shown in the narrative, and the first scene is very effective. Mr. Barnes, of New York, ought to make a good play.
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