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Review Of New Publications.
nuine spirit of independence ; and a love of whatever is dignified , and excellent , among human beings . In the character of Angelina we find all that can adorn the female mind , breaking through the clouds of sorrow , and misery . The story , though it is not calculated to greatly rouse or agitate , is yet sufficiently interesting to excite and preserve the attention of the reader throughout ; and the language is elegant , and appropriate . We cannot close this article without admonishing the fair authoress against
confounding the active with the neuter verb ; we observe too that she generally writes " laying" for " lying . " Adela Northington . A Novel . i vol . izmo . Cawthorn . 179 S . THIS novel is , we understand , the first production of a Mrs . Burke ; and it is so far above the generality of first attempts , as to be highly creditable
to the talents of the authoress . The language is in general smooth and neat ; the story well told ; and the mind is throughout kept on the wing of expectation . If there be any fault , it is in the developement of the story in the last volume , which perhaps is not so well brought about , as more experience will enable Mrs . Burke to do in her future performances . She cartainly writes with great strength of imagination , and as time corrects her judgment , she will no doubt rank in the first class of the Novelists of the day . At all events , Adela Northiugton affords us a good earnest of Mrs . Burke's talents , and will deservedly be p laced far above the trash with which the press daily teems .
An Inquiry into the Authenticity of certain Papers and Instruments , attributed to Shakespeare , in a Letter addressed to the Right Hon . James Earl of Charlemont . By Edmond Malone , Esq . Svo . Pages 414 .. Price 7 s . Cadell and Davies . To follow Mr . Malone through the whole of this learned performance ¦ would . be to extract the whole volume : there is so much ancient erudition throughoutthat only those who are well versed " in such learning as was
, never read" ( Vide Dr . Fanner ' s Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare ) can be competent judges of the truth and force of the arguments . The author in the beginning of this inquiry undertakes " To prove , from 1 . the Orthography ; -z . the Phraseology ; 3 . the Dates given , or deducible by inference ; and 4 . the Dissimilitude of the Hand-writing , that not a single ' paper or deed in this extraordinary volume ( the volume published bMr . Ireland ) was written or executed bthe person to whom
y y it-is ascribed . " The arguments for his first objections , viz . — -to the orthography—are ingenious and forcible ; and we think , that unless the advocates for the authenticity of the MSS . can produce other examples of the use of the method found in them , the point may almost be determined from this single objection . Time , however , must determine , whether fair answers can be given by Mr . Ireland , or not .
There is much ingenuity in the investigation of the " Phraseology ; " but we cannot think the reasoning by any means conclusive . That a word , not to be found in Minslnen . and the old Lexicographers , might be in use , is not only possible , but probable ; more especially in words in use in the familiar intercourse of life . For not to . insist on the variety of words we daily hear
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Review Of New Publications.
nuine spirit of independence ; and a love of whatever is dignified , and excellent , among human beings . In the character of Angelina we find all that can adorn the female mind , breaking through the clouds of sorrow , and misery . The story , though it is not calculated to greatly rouse or agitate , is yet sufficiently interesting to excite and preserve the attention of the reader throughout ; and the language is elegant , and appropriate . We cannot close this article without admonishing the fair authoress against
confounding the active with the neuter verb ; we observe too that she generally writes " laying" for " lying . " Adela Northington . A Novel . i vol . izmo . Cawthorn . 179 S . THIS novel is , we understand , the first production of a Mrs . Burke ; and it is so far above the generality of first attempts , as to be highly creditable
to the talents of the authoress . The language is in general smooth and neat ; the story well told ; and the mind is throughout kept on the wing of expectation . If there be any fault , it is in the developement of the story in the last volume , which perhaps is not so well brought about , as more experience will enable Mrs . Burke to do in her future performances . She cartainly writes with great strength of imagination , and as time corrects her judgment , she will no doubt rank in the first class of the Novelists of the day . At all events , Adela Northiugton affords us a good earnest of Mrs . Burke's talents , and will deservedly be p laced far above the trash with which the press daily teems .
An Inquiry into the Authenticity of certain Papers and Instruments , attributed to Shakespeare , in a Letter addressed to the Right Hon . James Earl of Charlemont . By Edmond Malone , Esq . Svo . Pages 414 .. Price 7 s . Cadell and Davies . To follow Mr . Malone through the whole of this learned performance ¦ would . be to extract the whole volume : there is so much ancient erudition throughoutthat only those who are well versed " in such learning as was
, never read" ( Vide Dr . Fanner ' s Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare ) can be competent judges of the truth and force of the arguments . The author in the beginning of this inquiry undertakes " To prove , from 1 . the Orthography ; -z . the Phraseology ; 3 . the Dates given , or deducible by inference ; and 4 . the Dissimilitude of the Hand-writing , that not a single ' paper or deed in this extraordinary volume ( the volume published bMr . Ireland ) was written or executed bthe person to whom
y y it-is ascribed . " The arguments for his first objections , viz . — -to the orthography—are ingenious and forcible ; and we think , that unless the advocates for the authenticity of the MSS . can produce other examples of the use of the method found in them , the point may almost be determined from this single objection . Time , however , must determine , whether fair answers can be given by Mr . Ireland , or not .
There is much ingenuity in the investigation of the " Phraseology ; " but we cannot think the reasoning by any means conclusive . That a word , not to be found in Minslnen . and the old Lexicographers , might be in use , is not only possible , but probable ; more especially in words in use in the familiar intercourse of life . For not to . insist on the variety of words we daily hear