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Review Of New Publications.
of the right side , and arose from his wish to satisf y the bar and his own mind , which was , perhaps to a weakness , dissatisfied with its first impressions , however strong . The Beggar Girl and her Benefactors , a Novel . By Mrs . Bennet , Author of the IVelch Heiress , yvols . iz ? no . 1 l . 11 s . 6 d . Lane . AS this novel has been very generally readwe deem it unnecessary to
, , enter into an analysis of the story . The author displays several os the qualities of a good novel-writer . She possesses a considerable degree of humour , and is not deficient in tenderness . Several of thc chara & ers shew her to be well acquainted' with the existing manners of the fashionable world . So natural indeed do they appear , that they have been supposed by many to be taken from individuals . The most striking character in the piece is that of-LadGauntletwhich is an excellent icture of
insinuatingimpressivebey , p , , witching deportment , without benevolent dispositions ; of graceful accomplishments , without integrity ; of courtly . address and artifice , without sound understanding . Although this portrait may , in the principal features , resemble a lady , whose charms , like the wisdom of Nestor , have commanded succeeding generations of men , yet , in many of the constituents , has more than one ori ginal . Sir Solomon Mushroom is a very good representative of that numerous class of insolent , purse-proud upstarts ; especially those that
happen to have been indebted for their great-ess successes ancl most rapid advances to peculation , breach of trust , and other rogueries—such as may be . found in countries where money is a supreme source of eminence . Fashionable demireps , gamblers , loungers , debauchees , and other votaries of vice , frivolity and folly , are well pourtrayed . To balance the futile and wicked characters in high life and its dependencies , there are several personages introduced in the same stations , endowed with talents and virtue : the good
and bad , wise and foolish , being mixed as in real life . We think the work on the whole too long , and the characters too numerous , though we must say we do not perceive any confusion from the multiplicity . The heroine-is drawn , as heroines usually are , with too many perfections ; at the same time Iier excellencies are so well marked and discriminated as to constitute models for female imitation . Though accomplished in music , drawing , and the lighter arts , small part of her merit rests on so superficial acquirements .
The greater portion is founded on the solid basis of an acute , vigorous , wellcultivated understanding , with a benevolent heart , firm mind , and well regulated principles . The author shews that she knows well what are the amiable and admirable qualities of the female character , although she ascribes to her heroine a greater assemblage than is generally found in the same person in real life .
We think the ground of the displeasure which Rosa conceives for her lover improbable in tbe circumstances of the casr to a lady of much le * s ability than her general character and conduct exhibit . Montravllle , she bad , during their acquaintance in Yorkshire , perceived to be a man of talents and education ; she bad also icc-ivcrt a letter from him , expressed with propriety and elegance of diftion . The letter , written b y the person that assumed his name , bore every mark of gross ignorance , even to the want of
common grammar and orthography . The style was that of a footman , not of an informed gentleman . The very hand-writing must have been dliferent . But though there may be some improbabilities , there is a great deal of probability . Wi- confess we read of Major Buchannan , Dr . Cameron , Lord Aar n Horsemagog . Lufy Dom ' ngcourt , Lady Hopel j ' , and Mrs . Would-be , good and bad chambers , as they may be found really in the world , with much mote pleasure than of Schedoni , Spallatro , and the Monk of Palluzzi , in . circumstances merel y fictions of the author ' s brain .
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Review Of New Publications.
of the right side , and arose from his wish to satisf y the bar and his own mind , which was , perhaps to a weakness , dissatisfied with its first impressions , however strong . The Beggar Girl and her Benefactors , a Novel . By Mrs . Bennet , Author of the IVelch Heiress , yvols . iz ? no . 1 l . 11 s . 6 d . Lane . AS this novel has been very generally readwe deem it unnecessary to
, , enter into an analysis of the story . The author displays several os the qualities of a good novel-writer . She possesses a considerable degree of humour , and is not deficient in tenderness . Several of thc chara & ers shew her to be well acquainted' with the existing manners of the fashionable world . So natural indeed do they appear , that they have been supposed by many to be taken from individuals . The most striking character in the piece is that of-LadGauntletwhich is an excellent icture of
insinuatingimpressivebey , p , , witching deportment , without benevolent dispositions ; of graceful accomplishments , without integrity ; of courtly . address and artifice , without sound understanding . Although this portrait may , in the principal features , resemble a lady , whose charms , like the wisdom of Nestor , have commanded succeeding generations of men , yet , in many of the constituents , has more than one ori ginal . Sir Solomon Mushroom is a very good representative of that numerous class of insolent , purse-proud upstarts ; especially those that
happen to have been indebted for their great-ess successes ancl most rapid advances to peculation , breach of trust , and other rogueries—such as may be . found in countries where money is a supreme source of eminence . Fashionable demireps , gamblers , loungers , debauchees , and other votaries of vice , frivolity and folly , are well pourtrayed . To balance the futile and wicked characters in high life and its dependencies , there are several personages introduced in the same stations , endowed with talents and virtue : the good
and bad , wise and foolish , being mixed as in real life . We think the work on the whole too long , and the characters too numerous , though we must say we do not perceive any confusion from the multiplicity . The heroine-is drawn , as heroines usually are , with too many perfections ; at the same time Iier excellencies are so well marked and discriminated as to constitute models for female imitation . Though accomplished in music , drawing , and the lighter arts , small part of her merit rests on so superficial acquirements .
The greater portion is founded on the solid basis of an acute , vigorous , wellcultivated understanding , with a benevolent heart , firm mind , and well regulated principles . The author shews that she knows well what are the amiable and admirable qualities of the female character , although she ascribes to her heroine a greater assemblage than is generally found in the same person in real life .
We think the ground of the displeasure which Rosa conceives for her lover improbable in tbe circumstances of the casr to a lady of much le * s ability than her general character and conduct exhibit . Montravllle , she bad , during their acquaintance in Yorkshire , perceived to be a man of talents and education ; she bad also icc-ivcrt a letter from him , expressed with propriety and elegance of diftion . The letter , written b y the person that assumed his name , bore every mark of gross ignorance , even to the want of
common grammar and orthography . The style was that of a footman , not of an informed gentleman . The very hand-writing must have been dliferent . But though there may be some improbabilities , there is a great deal of probability . Wi- confess we read of Major Buchannan , Dr . Cameron , Lord Aar n Horsemagog . Lufy Dom ' ngcourt , Lady Hopel j ' , and Mrs . Would-be , good and bad chambers , as they may be found really in the world , with much mote pleasure than of Schedoni , Spallatro , and the Monk of Palluzzi , in . circumstances merel y fictions of the author ' s brain .