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« 3 ay eisanfiaDy German , and eaaantifctlj false , proceeding , as it does , upon & * 4 can ? i ^ TniB * a ) t « in ^ » n allegory ^ rhere no Ol ^ iy wa ta . Tfce ^ critics forget t * o things : first , that when poets and vtiM * imaii j )^* iRtqfixy £ heyr do so with unnkistakable plainness , leaving you in ao ^ Iciibt ^ . i&at j there w an allegory Hftjgen under the form , whatever $ ^ i «!^ a ^^ allegory ; secondly , tha * tt » only among ; 1 ihe later Greeks , when Art was in its decline , when
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AK ATtXSrOCR AifIC TKAiVELEBR . A Visit to TartagaXandMadeira . By the Lady Erataeline Stairt Wortley . Price 10 s ; 6 < i : < . ChsyeuM and Hatt TmBSB iis M } mefhan ^ iiitolerahUi , ua the effrontery of toe twaddle which now-« t-dayjbtakes . Advantage of the ease and tenderness of genial ** critics , and £ J ^ , j ;^ : Hbrai 7 £ 3 wjth trash . In general we do not notice such books as the One now t y ^ h g'heBbte us ^ ATon ragioniam di lor . Silence is ^ the easiest verdi « it Th « jy are cbrtaih to ^ die rapidly , and a harsh sentence is neither pleasant to write nor profitable t © read . But this course has its evils . The wJth
Juvenile offender gro ^ s impunity into the confirmed rogue . The bad writer becomes voluminous as well as bad ; and there , are always critics to be found not difficult to please , nor slow in eulogy , wlo will praise with the ^ iqcrijnination and ^ yeracity of lovers . : > 1 l 4 M % ; £ iBin ^ ia ^ jSiuart WorUeyis an old offender . She is a very amiable penaat , -as we ace hopefull y' clisnosed to think , an ornament to her circle ^ whic&i therefor , wethank God is not out ' s ) , and the wearer of a great name whicii attracts attention to her books . But there is an audacity of badness iwiier ^ wipitmg IJiat cannot be passed over . She lias just issued another to
Spanish waiter and a German waiter ^ beaictei a ^ Pbrtugaese one , and , I believe , a French co « k . A Brazilian gentleman , had Taken apaftmelltB in the hot * l for five years , as the German waiter informed us ; and Americans occasionally took up tkeir quarters there . " Was there ever a more conscientious observer ? Note how , in mentioning the Chinese servant , she is careful to add , " report said an excellent one . " Y " ou imagine perhaps that some ulterior purpose lies in this particularity of record , and thfci the " various nations ' are to figure hereafter in Lady 2 £ m-Dae ^ ine ' s story ? JSTot in the least . Lady- Encuneline wtts in the hotel with a Clunese servant , a 'German waiter , and , she " believes , * a French cook . She has mentioned the fact ( probabl y more than once ) in the livesly circle aJre * d yallude *! to , « nd now mentions it to « s . Chapter th € fourth opens with an observation of equal importance . It appears—a remarkable fact !—that "dogs still muster in the streets of feifibon ,: "
"My maid , was alarmed by one the other day rnsbiac out upon her , furiously mapping at ner gown , and maSng such hostile demonstrations , chat she was Fearful he -would tear h « r , or certainly it , to pie « es . A benevolent taliow-chaadler , or some person of 'that genus , harried from . Jws booae to her rescue . " , . Tes , a-idog actually harked at 4 t my maid ; ' nay , so little impressed are Portuguese dogs with a sense of propriety , that one did what no London dog , ' no " TFren . cn poodle , or German mastiff would have done—barked at LadyEmmelrne herself ! Another d 4 yi when sire aacl I . were together , a dog ; with a fesrftl bwking , flew at us , and on being driven away by » man wJxo took compaasion oauB ,, retired'menacingly and growlingly enough . " Further on . we learn , and are surprised to learn , that : — " Cats are by- no means Waating in Lisbon . liats , too , are foand , ia large numbers ; and occasionally beviea , of cats * , ; dogs , and rats may be seen all feasting « way together in the most harmonious concord . A Coalition Hiniatry ( with *^ rats ) « ouid hardly form a more peaceful Happy Family . ^ '
We had made note of wore such valuable observations , ; but 'those just given will suffice . Having had this taste of Lady Emmeline as a traveller , let us now test the quality of her eloquent reflections . Lookuag at the present conditiott of the worMj and the destinies of huinanity , she observes , that Peace and Progress are victorious over Ignorance and Evil . The observation rouses her enthusiasm : she glows into , a lyrical fervour , which we recommend to Mr . GreraTd ! T £ iissey and jfll lovers of *' fine language . " To our tastes the forceof d ? thvi ambie imbecility cannot farther go : — " The blazon of the leaders in those lofty wars is "burning and refulgent , as if with all the golden pomp and bravery" of all tfieotit ^ aming ^ stars in the firmaments : for their seekings and strivings , aid stxainingff « mdBearchiag ^» re ' ever ^ upward-ten 4 inga « d soaring ; and still leap to the light , and live into it , unchangingly .. WnatJneei oave they of "the imperial « molazoning 8 , and thetrophiad pajBeantriesof , Earthi?—AH the , d ( tzaling and fiery heraldry on
« f the Heavens seems to pbuxitsbl ^ zuu ; lustre iniadiajit stormy floods those arms , those shields , those tcwery create , and to &sn intolerable splendour on the vastness of their sublimeat array . Yes V flie aWfut Tieraldry of the orbed , luminoMS Heavens , kindlingly illustrates , and BUinptuously--weighs down as wftb a fervid crush of glory /* the high Ensigns armorial , and the mystic * stately emblems a £ those ; embattled heats ; ibr tha illimitable universe is the eTer-expanding « i $ naof their prodigioua exploits , the overwhelmingly grand theatre of their Titanic exertions .. They know Success is throaei on the glittering , sky-ry--p ointing , and oii-movmg ^ pyr&midthut they earnestly Tbuild with their own t * ue « nd trencfiant weapons . They bear her along with them . " She is pledged to them from the far beginning . She breathes in the spirit of their inspired endeavour ,. and throbs at . the very heart of their enterprise , and- smiles on their august outgoings . Lot at times , when they themselves may itppear to paase ^« nd , at peace , remain WAfaahingratad silent ,, still their pripcelyj ve « pons thufi cunninnly-tashioBed and t » ilei ud aloft , aeem vet more and more to be upheaved and . exalted
(" almost as thougn instinct vyith inner stir and strife >—and , towering , to spread into stupendous and glistening scaffoldings against the still-unfolding , still-oatstretching , Architectural Colossus of the vast Creation . Not that the immeasurable work and structure stands incomplete , or could be touched and elaborated by any skill of human thought , or effort , or artifice , but th ^ t part by part is still and ever , as -it were , to us rebuilt—since ib b but built unto ourselves by slow observation , and the gradual progress of laborious contemplation and discovery . So have they wrought , and so have they laid siege , and so they yet lay siege , to the Visible &tti to the Rivwible ; and so are yet more upreared those golden scaffoldings of their flashing a * ms againat the imperisliable walls of "wodds around . And yet loftier deeds they do , and nobler schemes and undertakings they inaugurate , even for the supreme advantage * of all Hojnanity . And the chiefs and armed ciampions of these magnificent speculations of adventure and enterprise find , and shall find , for ever and everywhere , mighty and sovereign allies * marshalled under their wide-floating banner ; and thus shall they goon ,
aspiring and uplifted , still leaguing majesties with majesties , and triumphs with triumphs , awl transcendencies with new transcendencies , and exultations with greater exultations . From glory even to glory withont end shall be their course . * ' Seem not the deathless stars above to lean oat of the arcent-paved sky to meet ani greet them on their hi g h advance—even those bright-armoured sentinels , that appear ever standing on the beamy battlements of the empyreal , overhanging heights ? And they , tha immortal adventurers , inspired and armed with eshaustless prowess of soul , they hang tha out-blazing crowns of all their purple victories en these consenting , beatific stats—that glow with an added brightness—and pass on!—Yea 1 they pass on to gain yet more triumphant and surpassing victories I Yea ! so tfcey pass onward and proceed , since they may notmust not—daje to pause upon their effulgent path and pilgrimage o / achievement and high . persistency . And let them go , and let them etill rush onward , aud meet and wear on their
confronting foreheads the kindling Morning of new Expectancy and fresh l < rumon . Ihere is no end to the proud doeds to be wrought , to the successes to be accomplished , to the treasures to bo disclosed , to the wonders to be compassed , or th « secrets to be discovered . " Let them go glorying on ! On all sides , above , beneath , around , the world-peopled , sun-strewed universe , in the boundless state of its tremeftfeuis magnificence , awaits them I It awaits them , with crowns , and pomps , and triumphs , aaffacelaimings , and with mig htyexaltations , aaid rejoicings , and endowments , and enfranclnsonaents , and songs , and illuminations . And with endless Beauty , and Grandeur , and Sptendoun , and Fervour , anal Eostacy , it b prepared to guerdon their superb audacity , and do honour to their earnest dignity of resolve , and to the sovereign hardihood of their imposing defiance , and thricomagnanimous and stately challenge . Wars ? Aye ! but these wars are of Lifo and Love , of Hope and Joy . " After vending that , are you not prepared to " liail with delight" this Visit to Portugal and Madeira ?
wrk ^ ititiBh ' we un dertake say » r « ry worst that been printed for the \^ fa w 00 Vtiha * . WMiihalxa not sayinc little . XaHJyt 3 flftJM »* Mft ha * been ^ Portugal and Madeira . Lady Emmeline , aotcontenjb wim . delig hting the circle of which she h an ornament , with her observations and reminisccAces , thinks that there is an ignorant British public also to be delighted and instructed . Accordingly a handsome octavo of SO © paged i »< pre » ented to tike public , and ire shall see critics " hail with delight" this , aa they hare "hailed" aouh % ny other volumes . Lady Einmeline was in Lisbon * A biographical dictionary has furnished her with the dry dates of the life of Canioens , and she has further desiccated these dates and left them in her pages . " Many other celebrated Individuals , " she kindly informs us , u hare first seen the li g ht in Lisbon . " A remark ^ rliich aptly introduces more material from the biographical dictionary .
We have said that Lady Emmeline was in Lisbon . She "had her eyes open to the peculiarities of Portuguese life ; and what she observed she has recorded . Chapter the third opens vilh this invaluable bit of informaticcxz " Various n&tioaa had their representatives under the roof of the Hotel de Braganza . Occasionally wo encountered in tho passages , orsaw promenading about on tie platform before tie house , a Chinese , of most Tartarean aapeot . He was servant , I believe , to tho Spanish grandee I have before mentioned ; and report said , an . excellent one . There was a
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BOOKS ABOUT TURKEY AND BUSStA . u Surri / r and Demand 1 ' is tlio rigorous law wliich determines the current of Literature , although it in no sense determines the production of Books in the serious sense of tho word . Books are written , every now and then , because the writer has something ho must utter , whether the people are willing or unwilling to hear it . Such books are genuine , even wuen their contents are imbecile . They are the genuine products of Literature . It is quito otherwise ) with the mass of volumes wliich are produced by trade , ly Literature , aud which are written to supply a demand . Anything that be-
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Leader (1850-1860), March 11, 1854, page 234, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2029/page/18/
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