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Review Op New Publications.
' The gospel opens to me more interesting subjects , and presents a prospect , nut of perfection on earth , in a civil government , and pure liberty , but of endless perfection in the world of light ; uf a happy obedience to the . authority and the command of the King of Hea-ven ; and of a participation in the joys of those who compose a divine hierarchy of " thrones , dominions , principalities , and powers . " The Italian Monka Playin Three ABs ; 'written bJames Boaden , Esq . % vo .
, , y 2 S . Robinsons . THIS piece is . prudently called by the autlw * play . Certainly it is neither tragedy , comedy , nor farce . It is formed without system , it is inconsistent with all the rules of the drama , it is beggarly in sentiments , and its characters are devoid of strength and colouring . What merit it possesses , is in reducing the language of a well-known novel to a dialogue . And even herethe author has shewn so little portion of - genius , that he has slavishly
, copied , where it was the most easy and expedient to have improved . ' The author i ; , indeed , so attached to his original , and so little capable of deriving -any advantage from his own powers , as to leave some of his principal characters in an aukward sort of obscurity . The whole perplexity . of the piece , the machinations of the Monk , and the persecutions of Ellena ,
are owing to the proud resentment of the Marchioness De Vivaldi . This haughty lady holds a long interview with the Monk in his convent , when the death of Ellena is most seriously planned , and resolved tipon ; The Maichioness does not appear again ; nor even , by the common medium of a messenger , or a friend , is Vivaldi made acquainted with her death or reconciliation . Schedoni proves the real father of Ellena ; and Olivia , a nun , turns out to be his wife . Thus far , there is a smalfideviation from the novel .
Mrs . Radclili ' e has justly punished the villainous Monlcand the Marchioness wit !) death , and united Ellena and Vivaldi , under the approving eye of his father . This might well have been dramatized ; . and undoubtedly would have had a beautiful and insirueYive effect . Mr . Boaden , on the contrary , has preserved the life of Schedoni , though he has drawn him in as horrid colours as his feeble pencil could copy the striking original . The ambitious-, bloody persecutor of innocence is made finallhappy ; and the poor
Mary chioness is just brought upon the stage to excite detestation , and is heard of no more . Her part in the plot , and her relation to Vivaldi , render this treat , meat not only ridiculous but unjust . We shall not offend our readers by making extracts from the piece . - If they are induced to read it , we would recommend it to them instantl y to seek for relief in the pages of The Italian .
Poems , b y T . F . Dibdin . % -vo . -is . 6 d . Boards . Booker , & c . THE writer of these Poems acknowledges , in his preface , that the greater p : u t . of them were written when he was under the age of twenty ; we were not theiefore surprized to find many vvtarks of . haste , negligence , and immaturity ; . The truth of that common axiom , ' Porta imcshur , non Jit , *' -we are induced by long experience to admit only with much reserve and limitation . —The
flight of unfledged bards is precipitate and dangerous , and too often resembles the fate of Icarus . We think , however , that Mr . Dibdin has given , both in his-prose and his verse , some promises of improvement , which a due measure of industry and application may probably . enable him to fulfiU .
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Review Op New Publications.
' The gospel opens to me more interesting subjects , and presents a prospect , nut of perfection on earth , in a civil government , and pure liberty , but of endless perfection in the world of light ; uf a happy obedience to the . authority and the command of the King of Hea-ven ; and of a participation in the joys of those who compose a divine hierarchy of " thrones , dominions , principalities , and powers . " The Italian Monka Playin Three ABs ; 'written bJames Boaden , Esq . % vo .
, , y 2 S . Robinsons . THIS piece is . prudently called by the autlw * play . Certainly it is neither tragedy , comedy , nor farce . It is formed without system , it is inconsistent with all the rules of the drama , it is beggarly in sentiments , and its characters are devoid of strength and colouring . What merit it possesses , is in reducing the language of a well-known novel to a dialogue . And even herethe author has shewn so little portion of - genius , that he has slavishly
, copied , where it was the most easy and expedient to have improved . ' The author i ; , indeed , so attached to his original , and so little capable of deriving -any advantage from his own powers , as to leave some of his principal characters in an aukward sort of obscurity . The whole perplexity . of the piece , the machinations of the Monk , and the persecutions of Ellena ,
are owing to the proud resentment of the Marchioness De Vivaldi . This haughty lady holds a long interview with the Monk in his convent , when the death of Ellena is most seriously planned , and resolved tipon ; The Maichioness does not appear again ; nor even , by the common medium of a messenger , or a friend , is Vivaldi made acquainted with her death or reconciliation . Schedoni proves the real father of Ellena ; and Olivia , a nun , turns out to be his wife . Thus far , there is a smalfideviation from the novel .
Mrs . Radclili ' e has justly punished the villainous Monlcand the Marchioness wit !) death , and united Ellena and Vivaldi , under the approving eye of his father . This might well have been dramatized ; . and undoubtedly would have had a beautiful and insirueYive effect . Mr . Boaden , on the contrary , has preserved the life of Schedoni , though he has drawn him in as horrid colours as his feeble pencil could copy the striking original . The ambitious-, bloody persecutor of innocence is made finallhappy ; and the poor
Mary chioness is just brought upon the stage to excite detestation , and is heard of no more . Her part in the plot , and her relation to Vivaldi , render this treat , meat not only ridiculous but unjust . We shall not offend our readers by making extracts from the piece . - If they are induced to read it , we would recommend it to them instantl y to seek for relief in the pages of The Italian .
Poems , b y T . F . Dibdin . % -vo . -is . 6 d . Boards . Booker , & c . THE writer of these Poems acknowledges , in his preface , that the greater p : u t . of them were written when he was under the age of twenty ; we were not theiefore surprized to find many vvtarks of . haste , negligence , and immaturity ; . The truth of that common axiom , ' Porta imcshur , non Jit , *' -we are induced by long experience to admit only with much reserve and limitation . —The
flight of unfledged bards is precipitate and dangerous , and too often resembles the fate of Icarus . We think , however , that Mr . Dibdin has given , both in his-prose and his verse , some promises of improvement , which a due measure of industry and application may probably . enable him to fulfiU .