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work of a judicious and able writer ; well versed in the philosophy of mind , and thoroughly acquainted with the powers and progressive operations of Seidell ' s genius . The detail is accurate , at once conCise and full : the developement of character displays nice discrimination , penetration into the hidden springs of aClion , and a comprehensive view and just estimate of the whole . From the following quotation , we think , the reader will form a very good opinion of the author ' s talents : ' In his disposition , he ( Selden ) appears to have been a cynic , possessing great powers both of conception and expression j but certainl y he had none of those qualities which constitute an amiable man .
'He was lofty in his sentiments , quick in resentment , and very dogmatical in the delivery of his opinions . , ' His own interest he seems to have very assiduously courted , even at the expence of his private judgment ; and was too proud to retreat from a course and company of which he was really ashamed . _ ' Such is the view which this little book enables us to form of the mind of him , who is undoubtedly entitled to very great admiration , as having , by his
penetrating and laborious researches , enriched the stock of literature , and conferred a lasting honour on his country . ' As a writer , his excellencies are , —a great judgment , an extensive reading , a minute examination , and a logical preciseness ; but then his style is mean ^ his sentences are long and awkwardly constructed , and his language is the ' reverse of elegance : even bis Latin works , where one should have expected him more at home , correspond exactly with this character ; only with the
addition , that they are more obscure . ' The Notes are chiefly historical , and , in that view , very useful . The author has not published his name : whoever be may be , his singular talents for literary biography must procure celebrity to any work of that species which he executes . Laura , or the Orphan ; a Novel . B y Mrs . Burton , Author of the Fugitive , an artless Tale . 7 . vols . izmo . is . Richardsons .
LAURA , the supposed daughter of Sir Henry Granville , a 3 'oung lady with the usual accomplishments of novel heroines , is by her father destined to be the wife of Lord Belville , son and heir of the Earl of Selwyn , Sir Henry ' s cousin . Meanwhile her life is saved , at an inn that was on fire , by a very handsome gentleman , professing to be a strolling aClor . This actor turns out to be Conway Belville , the younger brother of her proposed husband . Conway falls in love with her before he hears she is intended for his brother .
She hates my Lord , and loves Conway . The two lovers , walking out near the country-seat of Sir Henry , are surprised by a storm , and driven for shelter to a cave . There they meet with an old man , who faints at the si ght of Laura , believing her to be the ghost of his own daughter , whom he had murdered , and also his wife . He was an Italian by birth , and was doing penance for his crimes on the coast of Dorsetshire . Laura is found to be this old man ' s grand-daughter , and not the daughter
of Sir Henry : she persists in refusing Lord Belville , who , on the death of Sir Henry , succeeds to the estate , which Laura would have inherited , had the discovery taken place . She marries Conway , whose circumstances had been much involved by extravagance and dissipation . They are on the eve of great distress , when Laura very fortunately is recognized by a rich Scotch Earl to be the lawful daughter of his only son , deceased , and is received as his sole heir . To balance his wife ' s good fortune , Conway ' s brother dies , and he is received as his father ' s heir ; and so the story concludes . Although in this work the transitions are too rapid and violent to be probable , there is not wanting merit . ' The sentiments are favourable to hums-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
work of a judicious and able writer ; well versed in the philosophy of mind , and thoroughly acquainted with the powers and progressive operations of Seidell ' s genius . The detail is accurate , at once conCise and full : the developement of character displays nice discrimination , penetration into the hidden springs of aClion , and a comprehensive view and just estimate of the whole . From the following quotation , we think , the reader will form a very good opinion of the author ' s talents : ' In his disposition , he ( Selden ) appears to have been a cynic , possessing great powers both of conception and expression j but certainl y he had none of those qualities which constitute an amiable man .
'He was lofty in his sentiments , quick in resentment , and very dogmatical in the delivery of his opinions . , ' His own interest he seems to have very assiduously courted , even at the expence of his private judgment ; and was too proud to retreat from a course and company of which he was really ashamed . _ ' Such is the view which this little book enables us to form of the mind of him , who is undoubtedly entitled to very great admiration , as having , by his
penetrating and laborious researches , enriched the stock of literature , and conferred a lasting honour on his country . ' As a writer , his excellencies are , —a great judgment , an extensive reading , a minute examination , and a logical preciseness ; but then his style is mean ^ his sentences are long and awkwardly constructed , and his language is the ' reverse of elegance : even bis Latin works , where one should have expected him more at home , correspond exactly with this character ; only with the
addition , that they are more obscure . ' The Notes are chiefly historical , and , in that view , very useful . The author has not published his name : whoever be may be , his singular talents for literary biography must procure celebrity to any work of that species which he executes . Laura , or the Orphan ; a Novel . B y Mrs . Burton , Author of the Fugitive , an artless Tale . 7 . vols . izmo . is . Richardsons .
LAURA , the supposed daughter of Sir Henry Granville , a 3 'oung lady with the usual accomplishments of novel heroines , is by her father destined to be the wife of Lord Belville , son and heir of the Earl of Selwyn , Sir Henry ' s cousin . Meanwhile her life is saved , at an inn that was on fire , by a very handsome gentleman , professing to be a strolling aClor . This actor turns out to be Conway Belville , the younger brother of her proposed husband . Conway falls in love with her before he hears she is intended for his brother .
She hates my Lord , and loves Conway . The two lovers , walking out near the country-seat of Sir Henry , are surprised by a storm , and driven for shelter to a cave . There they meet with an old man , who faints at the si ght of Laura , believing her to be the ghost of his own daughter , whom he had murdered , and also his wife . He was an Italian by birth , and was doing penance for his crimes on the coast of Dorsetshire . Laura is found to be this old man ' s grand-daughter , and not the daughter
of Sir Henry : she persists in refusing Lord Belville , who , on the death of Sir Henry , succeeds to the estate , which Laura would have inherited , had the discovery taken place . She marries Conway , whose circumstances had been much involved by extravagance and dissipation . They are on the eve of great distress , when Laura very fortunately is recognized by a rich Scotch Earl to be the lawful daughter of his only son , deceased , and is received as his sole heir . To balance his wife ' s good fortune , Conway ' s brother dies , and he is received as his father ' s heir ; and so the story concludes . Although in this work the transitions are too rapid and violent to be probable , there is not wanting merit . ' The sentiments are favourable to hums-