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Artists , many a' grapiftd sfeetfeh" might' be extracted . Art and literature , like everything else , are modified by outward influences . We will bring together two passages ^ containing some of the reasons given by Mr . Tuckerman , wnjpArtidbeffnot uotaisn hi England ; and why Literature does : — " Katum . hanelf baa badg&L the artistaa development of England ^ her climate is njfrrourabfe ta iiaai adilevwa ^ at ,, aad to that elasaental hannoay between atmosphere , fofot y « nA tempBTatnOt wL Iha pnrpoaaa > ancL eflfeota of the artist , which , tender Italy and Greece a paradise in compariswu . A , dome or acoUunn shoold point itself ajprinst a densely btafraky . toihtotcnlse&ctive « . a cadenza , shoold ring through such a . crystal air ma hangs 0 B « r Naples or Maarifpo * to reveal it * awertest mdedy ; and colour , to ha transparent and wrid , TOBst , h » stkdudtwhne the ; purple evening maattawith radiant : hnea the Adriatic *» - ¦ & « _ »• L 1 a .. L . —J t . » ? ObJ ^ ibJ ^_ W _ ¦ ¦ ¦ . J Ai ± . _ ill . 1
QMK < JJIMUIl QDHi urn . innywni | , n wmuu w **>» * uvn lite julbaail oo « T lftokfe Ca&magljfr form * , and . what a sooty hue invtstft Kelson , as the metal a |^ tha stooa hav « beoaoi » 8 aperfiMal ^ decomposed by moistnrat . Half the time tto mnst s » 9 * r imsteadoC 1 b « aBchfewd . at * hie * a ^|« k andsoand of *> foantaia ; . and walking round St . Eanl ' a * th « wall » la » b *»» £ ;««• , » . anitsoofc had ; alternately drifted against them—especiall y thfelaite * . TbAohiaTOScaBRmaaeuhy ^ stBokB , gas * and drink , do not promote a desirable mdkmt in objfOt »>«« eh jUotiilal on afefttUMqm ; the absence ) of , the sun keeps invisible the micft delicatel ^ MbJks ^ JLunkrdd ^ nd the-foMrtintaoflCland * on tbanoMa ' awall ; and even the- dagnfirreoAfi * stvmnst watch * Jike the fog-shrouded , navigator on the Banks , for days faefiore be can Q ) it th « son . ! In such at « J n" »< y gnat thinkers and indefatigable artizan * pzaeper ; , butLAjci mast braided by p ^ gdniagas to , dearer horizons , and to latitudes where tbfefiranameat il ofteaer visible * and at home it will inevitably require the . hot-bed of munificent patronage . "
"Them is * . palmintting : print 8 n .-. « q * fti « i-i « g « hM > 13 distinethre—an element of the sacasL econonrr ^ whichsisi ^ eal , and fbm « the characteristic interest Ux-a stranger ; In Greece , H was ^ p ^^ y aicbiUetareand statnaxy ^ htJtafy , itia painting ; iniGetmaar , music ; m Jfcanoe , military * gjtarv ^; inuAmorieav scenery- ; , ' ana ins London , literature . Climate and nseesaitv ; hamtmtch'ta d * mthitliis : fonKo £ ttuum ^ vek » pinent there . The sensitive and ftftfB ^ h « ftil . y T nminmlnm * * if « aww riMi faJ p i—mn from ia ~ dopr life , where there is so little aowunft ? : and tk » aeaas of ? retirement i ^ qniekedinthe midst of so great material activity Tbmxfbekof aicarpet ^ tte' 4 « pporfci of aa ; ann ^ chair ^ and the sight of curtains and a fire , BMa % ss < rfiann » vitnka < iiHiwherje-mgayjstteetpsmnlfttmniand gardens nnder a : bright * sky , mateit mjm * ifk * to jrrtim inatfai » l > enj « £ wiliinnh there nmst be resources f whexe there ittMoiasjon . comja * M » atudiady domesti < a ^< nggldefs ; meaitaLocci ! tpation : and hence the Btotific au&c « sbifr < rfethaBri < 5 £ metropolis , ; ' *• I realuetL when fi ' ons&d in Londonwhv it was au . eifar ¦ n-firaMmhi * tor hnun ^ mirlr Thn
, CTBwtwi ^ : ttt Mijto ' qmi <» fe teaywattpw ^ whiehj fcg > F' tramwrtantag aerves on th » stretch , abla to > alwtrtrtwn ^ llia ^ reseeMMiai ^^^ ttwS ^ of English ^ Mb , surrounded liot nerer iaradedhYthftnHaUitoidaigTes tnMiyirinteneitrttrreflection ; baffledJwithent ; we MtoraUyseek ez « 4 eam « a ^ pit | iBSotl » jBtesn ^ avxnB ? . flashes mot * readily liB 0 » p » B ^ . fifc 1 iw » fatnwiiwBiw 1 ^ tife spectvcls ? efr eaneentzated ooman lift and its dai ^ pMocaMayJaMtea ^ tfia ^ tnatiji ^ ifaw ^ aat : often ^ woa to Tagtant moods b y ^ those alhving ? bj ( iaiaf ilst swaTiifi ^ wir fusfmsnl si nninipi , or tempted ; te stroll away firom book attdp « Lhy ; th *« h « arfiri ^ and therefore , according to the inevitable law ^ osls » wjS 1 ill 1 Ti ^ . w btuld : « stfaimtiM « r In aelf-dtfence , and wort veins o £ anranunft ormkwiHfl or eKttseaaian . with tu » ^ vi « 4 ami » a bcmMtf . h *> ia mmtv
wHewp ua-uBStin QBaseiesynttPDnp ^ OM ljuuuon . "Accordingly , there is hardly a street that is not associated with an author ; their-very names are redolent of pencraft ; a « dhtJW"defigntfid ~ ta wander through them , uncoiiscious of th « heartless throaiE . . o ^ Unous « f the stranger ' s lot ^ with tha heart filled by the endeared im ^ ea ^ tht » ehitdt # c ^ ud twne&ctors i Tn&dugused caGphs enjoyjed no higher pastime t / ttiiaia ^ lai ^ liiiiii ^ We tnxnriate ittAer fioirart a » raf » iw 1 tb ^ n ^ tlie ^ di ^ ybaofc < rfetio * ettat we revive ' the dreanB ot youth wiuw in jthetTeiyj Jmstle ^ of , the world j we practicaJlj leaUse what , a , kingdom . the rair ^ i is , withwnfTury teBmcia ^ am ^ ' - - ^ ' We rauat findJroaDa for a little Dutch { minting of a " tnorougaly Tespect-Ahleman : ^— - ^ l ; ,. . " = -
" An opportoni ^ wa « talBi < a » 4 jflio tkotong ^ y- obsernng an olfl-scfiool merchant . He was an epitome of John Bull in the average phaae—a well-knit frame , a ruddy and clean-AhavedchJn , every article of hSs ~ aVess adapted to the existent weather , and indicative of entire comfort , bat in neither ^ eut . ftor . hve gtvinr the slightest hint of taste ; neat , reserved , andinviLj his opinions basedTon extremeJrationaut ^' , without impolse , systematic in exercise and diet ^; self-reliant , scrupulous-in assertfng Jus nationality , mi bis salutations , bis pcoonad ^ imniadiMB , Jiia « ons « rTali 7 e . dogma * in politioe , and hi > audible responses to the Cauxch Seewce ; &mk aadn Idai : in £ 1 * hospitality , complacert ^ wedded to decorum , balanced , acconnts . fth * Iaturgr , and . tha Time *; his port , sirloin ,- Cheshire , muffins , tea , ¦^^• " ^ a ^ f ^^ to ^ jB ^ frhailii , eteed ^ and wife craite unexceptionable;—he was a human machme-wen ~ one £ nr the higneat . wofkihg , condition , a model of punctuality , good faith * . ¦ iiuiui ¦ ¦ tneciiMttre ot nabit
oeswu , ana ea ^ cs - ; an * the incarnation of respectability . We tHani Sfr . Tuckermaji ' a little book for a pleasant hour ; and we hail iir as jredo aai ^ tfiingr wMcH tends , in bovever -slight a degree , at this time « 8 ^> e < aan y , Jtttjiotnt ; out and . ' recognise the . brotherhood and sympathy which ought to Unite England , and America ; j possessing as they do , the same past to be proud ojF ^ -t ^ e same ; lineage—the same Household Gods ; and with the same future before them , as the representatives , of the GJxeat Anglo-Saxon race , whose destiny ; is to conquer and to civilise . America and England , rivals' and ^ enemies , can but mutually paralyse and retard their own social progress and that of humanity . America and England , united in arms , in soul and in spirit , may defy the world .
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THE PRINCESS PALATINE . MtmO 9 r 9 ^ ih * PritieeaM ) Pakatine \ PriaceMa o £ Bohemia 1 uu&udkur her Correspondence with , tka Great Me * qfi her dajf t and Memoirs of the Court of HaUemd under ike Princess of Orange T ! fr the . Baroness Blazerde Bury . Price 10 s . 6 < L . Bentley . Thb volume < before us does not , fill a large space on our shelves , nor does the subject ofi it occupy « . very important place in history . Elizabeth , Princes * Palatine , , b principally interesting on account of her family and social relations , »; the daughter of the lualortunate Elector Palatine , King of Bohemia , and ! of that Elizabeth Stuart , whose beauty , excellences * and misfortune * inspired such universal worship and sympathy ; as the great grand-daughter of the ikr ^ famed William of Orange ( U Taoiturne ) ; as the aister of Prince Rupert * and rf Sophia of Hanover , the ancestress of our
cumstances . A striking portion of the history is the analysis of the strange infatuation -which , in her later years , rendered that Elizabeth whom Descartes had treated as " an equal , " the dupe of the fanatic or impostor Jean Labadie ! "We extract from thence a passage , interesting in itself , and of very general application : — " At the period when the Princess Palatine acceded to the dignity of Abbess of Herford , she had arriyed at the middle of life , and , as in all really sujierior natures—superior as , much by the ^ heart as th » understanding- —her tendencies , aspirations , hopes , lay beyond this world . Hers was an affectionate and much-tried , bat & deeply serious character , serions , at times , almost to sadness .. Science had pretty well afforded to her intelligence all the comfort and support whereof it was capable , and the satisfaction of being appreciated by those competent toJtwkptyandlrereeedfbrner V *« t acquirements ( a sentiment quite distinct from vanity ) , had . been awarded her to ita utmost extent . With Elizabeth , however , it was . as with all
elevated minds : tne more she mastered ,. tbe less she felt she knew , and the stronger the light thrown axoandiber by science , the more it served to show the wretched exiguity of the spot iUtoninated r and" the infinite depths of tbe Impenetrable beyond . She sickened at the miserable emptiness of . all earthly knowledge , ^ atherin ^ therefrom but one troth : that she knewnstbing ; Then came the longing-, the thrrst , tbe imperious demand for spiritual consolation which , in almost every haman creature thus requiring it , leads inevitably in one shape or other , to mysticism . And so it was with the Princess Palatine . A stanch Protestant , as- we have seen , all along repudiating , more and more , all outward forms and ceremonies , and aspiring ^ daily and hourly , to a . more direct and intimate communion with the Divine Being ,, she fell into the one supreme error with which , from the beginnings they of tbe Reformed creed are wont to reproach Catholics—into the blind idolatry of on individual , in
whom her own private judgement sufficed to make her see an apostle , and became wholly subservient to the . absolute dominion of an impostor . " In no part of modern history are' so many of these messengers from Heaven to be found wandering-abeut as in the seventeenth century , after the end of the Thirty Years * War ; and everywhere they are to be traced by the vast number of female fanatics wfeb spring up in their train .. Man ' s longing fur command may- be strong , but it is nothing compared to the thirst of woman for submission , and never yet have one of these self-constituted ' masters' ! started ug , that they have- not seen their path choked up by a- crouching multitude of women Imploring slavery . Nor are these tbe least worthy ortbe least intelligent-of their sex , bat on the-contrary , they are merely those least satisfied with what earth uas- to give ,, speculators fin Divine truths , who after-navinp rebelled against what they termed an . ' impious , thrall , * would accept any arapurit of humiliation tOLensnre their chancea-of eternity . " ' " \
Extracts-o £ interest might be made , ; did our space permit ^ from the letters scattered through these pages . Madame de Bury has . had access to exceedingly valuable records and , documents , relative to the illustrious personages connected-with the Princess Palatine r and she has made selections from them with great judgment , illustrating—but not , as too frequently happens , encumbering—the history . The work evidences a care , and' an attention to correctness , not always found in more ambitious historians '; and / the incidental portraits of William of Orange and his four wives ; , of Maurice , bis son and successor , reserved and rugged to all the world , excepting to Elizabeth Stuart ; . of Descartes , that singular union of the courtier and man of science ; of the lively and charming . Sophia of Hanover ; and many others -we might add to the-list ' , are sketched-with great felicity and skill . It is not : a very important biography ; but it is true—true to human nature and to historical £ oot&
rejgmng royal famil y ; aa tbe diseiple , friend , and adviser of Descartes in youth , and of Leibnitz and Mslebranche in her later years . Such are the obvious claims of the Princess Palatine upon our curiosity ; but though the cuief interest of foe book thus lies , it may be said , in the environment ' of the heroine ^ it is impossible to read her life without admiration fora character so gentle , nobl « , and womanly , for talents so rare , borne with such singular meekness and humility , for piety 8 O genuine , and for such a sincere and ardent love of truth . Madame do Bury has sketched this charm-ing portrait with all the love and sympathy such qualities could not fail to elicit from her heart apd pen ; but she is not blind to the faults and weaknesses of the Priaceiw * which are perhaps incidental to her character , sex , and cir-
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TWO NEW NOVELS . Charles Stanly . A Novel . By the Author of * ' Ninfa . " 3 Vols . Chapman and Hall . Hester and Elinoi '; or , the Discipline of Suffering . A Taie . John Chapman . These two novels are obviously the production of women , and it requires little sagacity to perceive the authoresses are unmarried . Botb-are clever , I and they majr well be contrasted . Charles Stanly , has great vivacity of styles [ lightly carrying « burden of well-stored observation on life and society . I Hester and Elinor is written with , more seriousness and reflection : it is the i work of one struggling with the thoughts which move a large class of women in our day , especially in America , thoughts respectable from their aim , although hovering constantly on the absurd in expression , and not unire-; quently falling into it . When we began Charles Stanly , we thought' a satirical
novel was intended . The vivacity of the writer would have carried her better through such a work , than through the . weU-rfcrodden mazes of library sentiment into which she wanders . The love of Charles Stanly forr the German Professor's daughter promised to be very amusing ; and Thackeray might have put in that little touch where Charles announces to the fair Mo ll y his intention of leaving Heidelberg never to return . " This dreadful confirmation of her fears was too much for her ; she burst out crying-Charles anxiously inquired the cause of her grief . She replied by asking his opinion of strieide . " Great were the promises also of Lady Ramsay and her autumnal passion , which we hoped the youth was , for a while , to share . But when Charles
" goes in" for the conventional novel hero business , and turns himself into a water-spaniel to drag young ladies from the river ; when , in short , the regular three-volume incidents commence , the promises of the opening fade into unfulfilment . Lest "we be giving a false impression by this remark , let us hasten to add that approved novefreaders , who have read Charles Stanly , give their verdict in its favour as readable and interesting . We , as critics , are compelled to note that it is no more . It is not like life , but like novels . Hester and Elinor is open to the same objection . It is fantastic , not vraisemblalle . It touches no chord . It presents no picture for the mind to dwell on quietly and with pleasure . The main topie is a delicate one , leading to profound appreciation of our social views \ t rightly treated ; but the writer has exaggerated and distorted it . What better subject for a keen psychological analysis than that of a young girl who , brought u £ in seclusion by a doating uncle , reared by hum with the vigilance of love anq \ remorse , kept in ignorance of her real condition till she is one-and-twenty , when accident reveals to her that she is illegitimate , and that her supposed uncle is her father ? This we say is an admirable subject . The isolation of the girl from society lest she should discover the secret—tbe profound revulsion of feeling which Would at first follow the discovery—the gradual return of old affection , at the remembrance of what her father had been to her—the state of feeling for him in her wounded heart , half indignant , half grateful : here was a field ! Then again the social position of the illegitimate girl : the miserable , small-minded bigotriea which would visit upon her the " sin" of which she stood as tlie innocent result—tbe dread of the " respectable" lest their daughters should associate with her—and , on the reverse side , tbe tenderness with which all liberal natures would lean towards her , actuated by the simplest motives of truthful appreciation—what a field here both for dramatic portraiture aixl good honest outspeaking .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 21, 1854, page 66, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2022/page/18/
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