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Review Of New Publications.
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS .
Family Secrets , Literary ani Domestic . By Mir . Pratt . $ -vcls . itmi . Pages 2354 . Price il . $ s . boards . Longman . THE family of Sir ArmineFit 7 . orton , a clergyman , consitsofan amiable wife and three sons . These are described , as of very different dispositions , and yet each as excellent in his way . John is of a philosophical turn , carrying much of stern severity in his appearance while his heart is susceptible
^ of the finest emotions : Henry is lively , and of exquisite sensibility : while James is of a more even temper , and equally balanced between the two . Sir Anr . ine superintends his children ' s education himself , and having , as he conceives , fully obtained the knowledge of their dispositions , strikes out their different professions with a father ' s tenderness and a father ' s pride . John is destined to bear up the family name and honours , by being a senator ; James is considered as fitted to study the laws of his country , in the hope that he
will one day do honour to the ermine ; and Henry is ordained , in partiality to his own profession , to assume the sacred robe . Had the sons been left to their own choices each would have taken a different pursuit from that which this fond parent had contrived ; but it is recorded , among their other excellencies , that they . resigned to their father ' s wish w-ithout any apparent reluctance . In the neighbourhood of Fitzorton castle are two families , closely interwoven with the principal subject of this history ; The first is that of Mr . Clare , blessed with an only daughter—Olivia , whose picture is charmingly drawn . Parental friendship , on both sides , predetermines this lovely girl for the favourite Henry , and the will of a near relation sanctions the
decree , by leaving his fortune to Olivia on condition of her marrying a Fitzorton . Henry and Obvia are , therefore , brought up in habits of intimacy , which produce , on her part , the most ardent affection ; and on his , the purest friendship . From the tenderness of his disposition , Henry is described as co-operating with the wishes of his family , and paying her what they conceive the attentions of a lover ; while his heart is secretly engaged to another . His brother John , by a more heroic generosity ,
smothers a secret in his breast , under the apprehehension that it would give uneasiness to his friends , for he is secretly the admirer of Olivia . The other family is that of Sir Guise Stuart , a Roman-catholic gentleman , descended from the royal bouse of that name , possessing all the pride of his ancestors , without any of their virtues . Lady Stuart is a gentle , obedient , and relig ious woman , most affectionately beloved : Charles Stuart is of a high spirit , but in all other respects the counterpart of his father : while
Caroline is' the picture of her mother , only possessing more firmness of disposition . Between the two baronets subsists an animosity as fierce as their tempers are opposite , owing to the hatred which Sir Guise entertains of the principles of his neighbour . But this contention between the chiefs is made up by an affection among the younger branches of the families . Henry and Charles are the David and Jonathan of the p iece ; ' and the hearts of Henry aud Caroline glow with reciprocal love ; while Charles si ghs in secret for his ft-iend ' s destined bride .
This attachment of Henry forms the principal family secret , and he contrives toconce . nl it with no little uneasiness to himself , till the verge of that union to which the friendly houses have so long looked with awxiety . The discovery is confined to Henry ' s parents , and the agitation which it occasions Sir , VOL , vii 1 . 3 F
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Review Of New Publications.
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS .
Family Secrets , Literary ani Domestic . By Mir . Pratt . $ -vcls . itmi . Pages 2354 . Price il . $ s . boards . Longman . THE family of Sir ArmineFit 7 . orton , a clergyman , consitsofan amiable wife and three sons . These are described , as of very different dispositions , and yet each as excellent in his way . John is of a philosophical turn , carrying much of stern severity in his appearance while his heart is susceptible
^ of the finest emotions : Henry is lively , and of exquisite sensibility : while James is of a more even temper , and equally balanced between the two . Sir Anr . ine superintends his children ' s education himself , and having , as he conceives , fully obtained the knowledge of their dispositions , strikes out their different professions with a father ' s tenderness and a father ' s pride . John is destined to bear up the family name and honours , by being a senator ; James is considered as fitted to study the laws of his country , in the hope that he
will one day do honour to the ermine ; and Henry is ordained , in partiality to his own profession , to assume the sacred robe . Had the sons been left to their own choices each would have taken a different pursuit from that which this fond parent had contrived ; but it is recorded , among their other excellencies , that they . resigned to their father ' s wish w-ithout any apparent reluctance . In the neighbourhood of Fitzorton castle are two families , closely interwoven with the principal subject of this history ; The first is that of Mr . Clare , blessed with an only daughter—Olivia , whose picture is charmingly drawn . Parental friendship , on both sides , predetermines this lovely girl for the favourite Henry , and the will of a near relation sanctions the
decree , by leaving his fortune to Olivia on condition of her marrying a Fitzorton . Henry and Obvia are , therefore , brought up in habits of intimacy , which produce , on her part , the most ardent affection ; and on his , the purest friendship . From the tenderness of his disposition , Henry is described as co-operating with the wishes of his family , and paying her what they conceive the attentions of a lover ; while his heart is secretly engaged to another . His brother John , by a more heroic generosity ,
smothers a secret in his breast , under the apprehehension that it would give uneasiness to his friends , for he is secretly the admirer of Olivia . The other family is that of Sir Guise Stuart , a Roman-catholic gentleman , descended from the royal bouse of that name , possessing all the pride of his ancestors , without any of their virtues . Lady Stuart is a gentle , obedient , and relig ious woman , most affectionately beloved : Charles Stuart is of a high spirit , but in all other respects the counterpart of his father : while
Caroline is' the picture of her mother , only possessing more firmness of disposition . Between the two baronets subsists an animosity as fierce as their tempers are opposite , owing to the hatred which Sir Guise entertains of the principles of his neighbour . But this contention between the chiefs is made up by an affection among the younger branches of the families . Henry and Charles are the David and Jonathan of the p iece ; ' and the hearts of Henry aud Caroline glow with reciprocal love ; while Charles si ghs in secret for his ft-iend ' s destined bride .
This attachment of Henry forms the principal family secret , and he contrives toconce . nl it with no little uneasiness to himself , till the verge of that union to which the friendly houses have so long looked with awxiety . The discovery is confined to Henry ' s parents , and the agitation which it occasions Sir , VOL , vii 1 . 3 F