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Autumnal Leaves * Tt^Der The Above Titl ...
The elegiac portion of this volume will tell with assured effect upon the sympathie reader . The occasional poems are of varied merit , but are mostly , in a very remarkable degree , dramatic in tone and subject , though not in form . Whether in blank verse , or rhymed , stanza , the predominant spirit pf a . dramatic -writer is palpable ; and it may be easily perceived that the strong-minded author has studied , in the Elizabethan school of poetry . . She fro-<] uently , however , reminds us of Dryden , whose _ majesty of diction and declamation she sometimes reaches . It is not for its ornament , nevertheless , that Mrs . Thomas's poetry is noticeable ;
for it would not be easy to point to a volume of poems more distinguishable for severity and simplicity both in form and matter , than the present . In a sort of Dantean boldness of outline , and a concise brevity of expression , they , remind us strongly of Fanny ICemble ' s verses . They are invested , too , with a sublime melancholy ; and unmistalceably indicate a profound philosophy , which may well certify to the competent reader , that he is perusing , iu these" Autumnal Loaves , " a . seri-es of productions emanating from a mature mind capable of lofty thought , and from a Avomanly heart susceptible of tender and deep feeling . It is , in fact , impossible to read these fine poems without intense emotion .
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MORAL ROMANCES * . fTpHOSE who wish to read a genuine , spirited , life-like ' story of . JL modern time and manners , full of lively and truthful delineations of character , and vigorous scenes illustrative of the everyday occurrences of human life , and the passions and emotions by which every individual is urged onwards in-the cause to which he is appointed by the unalterable decree of destiny , will do well to provide themselves with Mr . Organ ' s new work , entitled "The Long Run , " with as little delay as possible . There is a reality , force ,, and originality about this book , which will render it particularly acceptable to the lovers of a , good startling narrative of man and things , presented after their natural semblances , ¦
without any attempt at exaggerated colouring , or the introduction of aught approaching to sickly sentimentality , and mere romantic ejdiibitions of thoughts and feelings . The effect of the story is also greatly enhanced by the lively , unaffected way in which it is told . The author evidently possesses a large faculty of language , which perhaps evidences itself more in tlie" present than in any of his former productions ; and he does not , moreover , attempt to expatiate upon any subject with which he has not previously rendered hirnself perfectly conversant . There are two or three lively and interesting descriptions of Irish life and scenery ^ and all the chaof the hero and ht forth
racters , especially ^ hdse heroine , are broug and developed in the most elaborate and artistic manner . The following is an outline of the leading incidents . Charles Jin rton , the son of an officer who , long before the opening of the present story , had died valiantly in the service of his country , under peculiar circumstances rescues a lady , Louisa Linton , from what she considers at the time inevitable death . The young hero , of course , imbibes a romantic passion for the iiiterestingsrranger , whose life he has saved at the imminentperil of iris own . He is , however , somewhat superciliously received by the lady ' s prqud and aristocratic family ; and he soon discovers that his talents and his servcies are alike
unappreciatednby those scions of birth arid fashion . This engenders spirit , first of antagonism , then of emulation in the breast of the ardent lover , and he determines to build up for himself a name and reputation Ayhich shall hereafter place him upon a level with those who now affect to despise him . In obedience to this resolve , he applies to the Horse Guards for a commission in the armj ' , which commission is , in consideration of his father ' s former services , eventually granted him . In the meantime , Louisa Linton becomes Lady Stopford , a connection , on her side , evidently entered into for the sake of the bridegroom ' s title and position . Brokon-hearted our hero goes abroad with his regiment , distinguishes hiriiself in several gallant actions , and ultimately returns to England to receive tjie spurs of knighthood as the reward of his services . During his absence , however , everything has , changed . He finds Ladij Stopford a widow , her husband having committed « nimrlAiinrl < irfliRtTessincrcircumstances , leaving to his wife a heritage
of beggary and dishonour . Mr . and Mm . Lmtun have also been displaced from their high pedestals , ithaving been latel y discovered that their rich possessions had been held under aforged will . Everton now throws off all feelings of bitterness and revenge , and magnanimously offers his hand to the object of his first affections . Death , however , steps in between him and the long-ooveted happiness , and ho ultimately unites his fortunes to those of the Countess Dowager Crenalla . He thus evidences the irresitible forco of genius , perseverance , and resolution , in overcoming all the obstaoles placed in the way of that progress by the prejudices of caste , and the seeming perversities of fortune . A new and cheaper edition of Margaret and her Bridesmaids has been lately issued in " Hurst and Blackott ' s Standard Librarr . " ~ : This novel- derives a peouliar ~ fa « pination from the
general delicacy of its treatment , and the extreme purity of the authoress ' s language ami sentiments , Seldom havo wo mot with a work of fiction more calculated to impress the reader with a duo sense of the importance of moral and religious prinoiplos as the
basis of our actions than the one before us . It is , in fact , evidently written with the intention of combining the two elements of instruction and amusement , and also with an earnest desire to convey as much as possible of the latter under the most , pleasing and alluring aspect . In this we consider , the authoress to have siicceded to the utmost of her wishes ; and , we thinkj there are few to whom this little elegant romance is already familiar , who will not at once subscribe to our opinion . This story also derives an extra charm from the originality of the authoress ' s conceptions , and the intimate acquaintance with human nature displayed in her delineations of character . Margaret , the heroine , is , of course , a specimen of perfect , constant , and enduring womanhood . By far the most interesting and exciting character in the book is that of
Charlotte Beauvilliers , termed by her friends and associates , " Lotty , " " the little bear , " and a variety of other cognomens not necessary to be here enumerated . Of all the capricious , obstinate , wilful , fascinating , mischievous little creatures , this young lady is the worst . She is " a midge , a myth , a fairy , yet a Solon , a Norma , a prophetess—wonderful Lotty •!¦ " Nobody holds her accountable for anything ; while she , in the perversity of her disposition , is always wilfully committing some breach of social discipline , for which , if the comfort of the community at large were at all considered , she ought not only to be held , duly responsible , but made to suffer the inevitable consequences of the same . But then Lotty has been brought into the world under peculiar circumstances . Her father had been the eldest of seven brothers , whose father again had formerly enjoyed an identical position amongst a similar knot of brethren , and so back through the whole of the far removed genealogical tree , the collateral
branches of which had also been so many successive types of the old original stem . Now , the advent of a female Beauvilliers had , from its rarity , become to be considered by these simple-minded people as a natural impossibility , when Lotty suddenly and unexpectedly arrived . Her birth was looked upon as nothing less than a miracle by her astounded kinsfolk , who one and all declared that she was destined hereafter to make an extraordinary and novel figure in the world . This last prediction she , as the worthyscion of a noble ,.- stock , is of course bound to verify , which in future years- she accordingly does , causing herself to be considered by the world in ^ general , and -the Beauvilliers in particular , as a perfect little phenomenon , to be petted , cuddled , ¦ coaxed , in short done : everything to , except contradicted and made to cpriTorm to the ordinary rules of ordinary society . So Lotty- is introduced , as a little sparkling thing , full of genius , full of wit , but , wherewithal , on oddity , which character she valiantly , sustains till the
conclusion of the drama , „ Anew and revised edition of Sir Arthur Elton ' s " Below the Surface , " has also been lately submitted to the public . This novel has been already duly descanted " on and its merits generally acknowledged . The incidents are all worked up with the utmost ease and ingenuity , and the characters are severally invested with life , individuality , and artistic colouring . There are , hpWever , several improvements in the present reprint , which considerably add to the general effect ; of the story .
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The Long Eun ^ A novel . By H « nbt Owgan , LL . D ., Author of " Out in the World , " " My First Romance , " & c . London s "L . Booth . Margaret and Her Bridesmaids . London : Hurst and . Blackott . ' Below the Surfaces A Story of English Country Life . By Sir Arthur Hallam Ewon , Bart . JNow and revised edition . London : Smith Elder and Co .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 14, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14071860/page/11/
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