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Review Of New Publications.
Armine is pathetically expressed . The struggles in Henry ' s mind , between duty and affection , are powerful ; but in the end princi ple prevails over passion , and the dying injunctions of Sir Armine are religiously obeyed by the duteous youth , who , in blessing Olivia , renders himself miserable . Lady Stuart falls a martyr to her husband's treatment , and Providence punishes the murderer , by making him the victim of his own vices . His associates gain a complete ascendancy over him ; . his quondam mistress trepans him
into marriage , and , with the help of her paramour , robs him of all his property .. In the outset of her career she obliges his children to quit their paternal seat . Their first asylum is the chapel-house-belonging to the family mansion , and inhabited by Father Arthur , who is confessedly the venerable Dr . O'Leary . In their exile , they are attended by another excellent domestic , the faithful steward Dennison . Their residence here is of short duration ; but before he leaves his favourite retirement , the good priest determines on
viisiting the abbey , to give a farewell sermon to his wretched patron . The manner in which this mission is described would not have discredited Cervantes , Le Sage , or Fielding . By a variety of steps Sir Guise accelerates his ruin . He is reduced to wander the streets of the metropolis at midnight , while his wife riots in alj the depravities of fashionable extravagance . In this condition he obtains shelter at the house of an old servant of his own , from whence he sets out on
the western road , and becomes dependant on the casual care of Henry Fitzorton ' s attendant , True George , who contrives , with the Kelp of his mistress , to secret the guilty outcast in the forsaken walls of bis own house . Here , in seclusion and sickness , conscience rouses its forces in the bosom of Sir Guise , and a deep repentance is the happy result . The assiduity of Olivia and Sir John F . procures the return of Charles and Caroline , to render the last scene of their wretched father's existence more comfortable . The
death-bed of penitence is awfully described . After filling up a horrid climax of crimes , Lady Guise and her confederates pay the just forfeiture of their lives to the violated laws of their country .. The all-accomplished Olivia , ever unsuspicious of her Henry ' s alienated affection , contracts a fever by her unremitted attention to the youngest of her three children . Thus ' she and her babe , the former almost as free from the tinge of the world as the latter , expired within a few hours of each other . '
The flame which had so long preyed upon Henry ' s peace is hereby again ' revived ; but another dreadful bar is thrown in the way of hope , by the seclusion of Caroline in a French monastery , where she is actually on the eve x > f taking the veil . Our readers will easily anticipate the event . There are several other characters exhibited in the course of this variegated narrative ; all of which are well drawn , and none of them is unnecessarily introduced . One of these is Jane Atwood , an amiable country girl ,
deluded from her father ' s house by Sir Guise , seduced by him under a pretended marriage , and then cast out upon the world to earn the wages ol infamy . The unhappy victim , however , returns like the prodigal toiler father ' s home , and the villainous seducer , irritated at the circumstance , wreaks his vengeance on the distressed family , by reducing them to utter ruin . In this condition they are taken into the protection of the Fitzortons , and the penitent magdalcn becomes the favourite attendant of Olivia . Between her and True
George , the servant of Henry , a happy union takes place ; and we cannot help noticing here the generous conduct of this domestic , who , while he was paying his addresses to the unfortunate Jane , yet takes her fallen seducer into l . is protection , labours assiduously for his benefit , and even endeavours to console and revive his dejected spirits under his misfortunes .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
Armine is pathetically expressed . The struggles in Henry ' s mind , between duty and affection , are powerful ; but in the end princi ple prevails over passion , and the dying injunctions of Sir Armine are religiously obeyed by the duteous youth , who , in blessing Olivia , renders himself miserable . Lady Stuart falls a martyr to her husband's treatment , and Providence punishes the murderer , by making him the victim of his own vices . His associates gain a complete ascendancy over him ; . his quondam mistress trepans him
into marriage , and , with the help of her paramour , robs him of all his property .. In the outset of her career she obliges his children to quit their paternal seat . Their first asylum is the chapel-house-belonging to the family mansion , and inhabited by Father Arthur , who is confessedly the venerable Dr . O'Leary . In their exile , they are attended by another excellent domestic , the faithful steward Dennison . Their residence here is of short duration ; but before he leaves his favourite retirement , the good priest determines on
viisiting the abbey , to give a farewell sermon to his wretched patron . The manner in which this mission is described would not have discredited Cervantes , Le Sage , or Fielding . By a variety of steps Sir Guise accelerates his ruin . He is reduced to wander the streets of the metropolis at midnight , while his wife riots in alj the depravities of fashionable extravagance . In this condition he obtains shelter at the house of an old servant of his own , from whence he sets out on
the western road , and becomes dependant on the casual care of Henry Fitzorton ' s attendant , True George , who contrives , with the Kelp of his mistress , to secret the guilty outcast in the forsaken walls of bis own house . Here , in seclusion and sickness , conscience rouses its forces in the bosom of Sir Guise , and a deep repentance is the happy result . The assiduity of Olivia and Sir John F . procures the return of Charles and Caroline , to render the last scene of their wretched father's existence more comfortable . The
death-bed of penitence is awfully described . After filling up a horrid climax of crimes , Lady Guise and her confederates pay the just forfeiture of their lives to the violated laws of their country .. The all-accomplished Olivia , ever unsuspicious of her Henry ' s alienated affection , contracts a fever by her unremitted attention to the youngest of her three children . Thus ' she and her babe , the former almost as free from the tinge of the world as the latter , expired within a few hours of each other . '
The flame which had so long preyed upon Henry ' s peace is hereby again ' revived ; but another dreadful bar is thrown in the way of hope , by the seclusion of Caroline in a French monastery , where she is actually on the eve x > f taking the veil . Our readers will easily anticipate the event . There are several other characters exhibited in the course of this variegated narrative ; all of which are well drawn , and none of them is unnecessarily introduced . One of these is Jane Atwood , an amiable country girl ,
deluded from her father ' s house by Sir Guise , seduced by him under a pretended marriage , and then cast out upon the world to earn the wages ol infamy . The unhappy victim , however , returns like the prodigal toiler father ' s home , and the villainous seducer , irritated at the circumstance , wreaks his vengeance on the distressed family , by reducing them to utter ruin . In this condition they are taken into the protection of the Fitzortons , and the penitent magdalcn becomes the favourite attendant of Olivia . Between her and True
George , the servant of Henry , a happy union takes place ; and we cannot help noticing here the generous conduct of this domestic , who , while he was paying his addresses to the unfortunate Jane , yet takes her fallen seducer into l . is protection , labours assiduously for his benefit , and even endeavours to console and revive his dejected spirits under his misfortunes .