The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

LITERATI

Collected Edition of the Writings
Part I. "

Mr. Douglas Jerrold has bei
twenty years, an active contra
literature of the day. He no'
intellectual crops into ahem
posterity. We must all be gla
taste is now such as to allow
his life. Too often the perk
like ore of those girls who sell
equally conspicuous f,r the be
Sad the meanness of Lis no
public as there is now, would, i
paved the brilliant 'ltalia re
abeend Leigh Hunt in his feu
Of fame whereon his old age re
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Mr. Jrrrold began his caret
his fertility in that department
old Ore ks. He is the ablest it
at the "domestic drama"—the
charm in the scenes of corium
broug'it back nature to an age
for romance. Since Otway wi
was so long considi red unique
Sees not from the a sceptred pt
rdy," but from familiar sour
leo uced such an effect. Mr.
to bring from the Mizabothat
;spirit, and to " try" (as t'm
if to drive life into their dyad
to the hones of these old burl.
that wherever there is natnre
staking nature's etf!rts ; ant
gists tell us water is alwa3
ftrough a clay stratum ; so, b
Noe ordinary life, lie the si
palm Hence came the tweet
Hthe Vey which still chili
Englund ; hence the populsrit
drama (deriving its llama tro
would have loved) which
lighted the l'endenni, par
Costi;ran and Miss Fothering;

But, nevertheless—here cot
the drama is not Mr. Jerro
his dramas that be will 1
tiered. Of these pretty fir
already. It is only or such vatt
these sort of things. It is
who c•in afford (with h
victory) to bear the loss of
with a " tune" that " goes
dering b'terateur who picks
may—acme pretty little dean
down the stream for its fifty
a book wall—ate~, aa he rear
author's driiiicncy in the dr
wants " character." !lid p
genial r lenient of warm to
you sympathise with wlmr.
story—with the moral. II
impress you witl
are good and pieiusin,•—so is
delightful—so is Titania!
them as &eh-and-blood p
their say ings—you admire t
ever, p>ti v,sit them, 'tis us
hear a plcasitir. voice and go
joy pertion.A communion.
This deficiency is a deficl
shares in commas with !ten
Congrerr, and Sm. t idea at
put him in such a
preeiss ly those which are o
toe the said deficiency.
44Cstaline." la the last the
such an important part, Her
rioal character to the bighr
the senate are admirabl••
against Cataline, as nuy ot
them w II see ; but thougl
man is not, and the ft
Shakatiere aro worth Bur
Addisonld " Cato," w 11l I
utter oblivion Scarcely d
Miss Akin,
ourrert quotations— it 11 I
forma..ve—and nobody i.rir
If anyone supp,w-s tha
to dimutish Jerrold 's repot
takes Jerrold and miss-its
defect la his dramas, hut. NI
they contain more brill sn
ems than any English ivr
duce. Jerrold wrote e tmt
was dramatic, but M.es
impotence in e rediks,
than 11 usually given to
century. %Vit, like in;
capital is most rt qttirid.
ders,"—the " Bubbles
ever 3.m ...ouch them, like
alive I.ithepigram. Rutz
witty nla Jerre.l,l! The
Wonders" serves up lei.,'
matic slues. The po,t-I
diner-out. In a word, et
the walking advertisemi•r
_ --only that he had sumo

len. ad's wit is a subjr
Liao l‘e.uor than anytl
would make tolerable.
most le euliar styles of
Lath% sereen.
It reminds us of Keats
i Ltntia.

She was a g.,r.1; t

N trroil,un•eitot:i d,

It ha' the strang. at
crab)) •d, knotty cot,t.:rl
a brilliant jest struck it
tem •, like a Cashmer..
a m.i.r.orn. We attrito
stytr to two thinde—a I
influence of writers of tl
Cowiry. 'then, again,
wit.. win,is a Pr,
turbot up emb 'died
times in a stroke of pi
witty. Thus, Pope's
the pious George II
sionally as " qua.ut"
" Qonintneis," which
results from the union
Of a lit t:0141 moral. .1
the " Man made of M
ear:4 is so kind tint,
she Linen with a hare•
our old wits. There
wit, nor in Ciwley us
We look, therefore,
satirist, who has writ
tanri.y he is wit and vt
fseultiLs. Often one
his admirable Cskcw
beaten out of thin. t
as the Guinea tradere
Worthy fifty of the vi
Tenuity of ematructir
in the " Men of Char
eta republishod, and
sot create great surpt
who have only hither
lar and admirable (1
&Imams.

Jerrold's public cti
Inquirers to have bee.
rery cnaracteriatics.
eh aged with demxi
we think his motives
than political. He
Ho has attacked in I
radical as radical,
and fancy, of quick
the ridiculous. Wh,
has been in a gracef,
shines as the ancien,
bringing with them
!ad w ine.

It 14 a high praise
eine !have been
Tiers, es Jerrold's be
the it would be of
11MAly, genial good.
•I.sirical.
The collected ad
Jerrold will make
all libraries.