The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-05 00:00:00

LITERATUBB.

NEW NOVELS.
zu Isom of Marto. A Novel. 3 vole. By Mr. FILIDI.
ILIC/L HALL. London T. Cawley Newby.

The Lain of Bever Hollow. A Tale of Sewfhb Country
We. By the Author of "Mazy Powell." 2 vols. B

My Three duets; or ktretiouter. By the Author of
"Losg, Loag Ago." T. sad C. Motley.
The World sad hit Wife. By Lady Bums& LrrroN.
vas Skeet.

ariumat. A Novel. By AILCRIBILLD Bova. R.
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%dip istornostor. A Tractarisst Lore Story. B 7 ea
Ex-PITIIITITI. In Two Tolosa's. Inoclos Richard
Booby.
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Ia !termini a Toter te the Hebrides" we road,

" Sir William Forbes one to besakfast, end broughtwith Dla
Dr. Blecklock. Blackleg asemsd to be much =Triad when
Dr. Johnson said it was es. to write poetry than compote
his Dictionary. The mind was less on the stretch in doing
the one than the other. Besides, composing a Dictionary re-
quires books and a desk. You can make a poem walking in
the fields or lying In bed." We sometimes fancy a similar
observation may be made with roper to the composition of
novels. The every-day talk of roma men Is Bag. They
are novelists from the very sorority of their being; their
drink is nectar web as the gods might envy ; they dwell in
sumptuously hesitated chateaux in Spain; they marry
angels and beget prodigies. Only put their lives into a book,
and you bare a novel at ono*. A good deal of novel writing
is like novel reading, merely a roans of killing time, any
employment for Irmo hours. It is true neither great
poets we novelist. are made thus easily. All real
work, whether it is devoted to dictionaries or poems, is hard
week. When Ben lawn expressed his dislike for
"Verve as smooth and soft as cream,
white One was neither depth nor stream,"
he ordemmed by settleipation the verswerking which
Dr. Jamas esuldssed le be sadder than writing a Dictionary.
Fagg were pastry an Dr. Johnson'• plan. A W• 01•11 that
ewe waited en him In a leis* told him, as he said, that
he would Be abed and be did with • spoon. He died,
writes Pope, of indebres, and by no chance now doss the
public read • line et lento's. A similar fate r. reserved
for the novelist whose three volumes are written more
roily than they are reed.

" Tse Knave of Hearts," by Mr. Frederitk Hall, Is a
w►al of the clue. We began madam it at the mood vo-
lume, sad it was sot till we bad turned to the title-pep that
we Mud se bed Blade a mistake.

From trash like this it is pleasant to turn to the author of
Hwy Powell." Whim we reed that last tale of hers,
dmicriptive of Russian Hie, we fancied a felling off , but when
she ss beck to her satin soil, her strength is restored to
ban . The ladles of Brew Hollow" is • tens picture
of sentry life. The two Mime Hall,'Altlma end Catherine,
ere dirghters of a country pellagra of ancient family,
when son hod been sheriff of the county, but the family had
dread away. Bever Hollow, the patina estate, had been
iggli, seed the daughters were the only repreonstativee left. With
the Maki wreck of their property they have hired end stocked a
hes, end tin in a pleasant sad secinanikel manner, highly
minerail by all armed. The airier her their little troubles
and asuidale, and neighbours more or lass pirrat, sod
their young friends more or lees pretty, or more or lan in
love, and emir model parer and medical Man. The story is
simple, healthy, sad rittreetive. It will not be one of the
least popular of the author's tray law. Such Isar sa
Hass of Herr Hollow me, we are thankful for it, by no
miens rem, and they have still many admirers left.
There is a great charm in such pictures—at any
rase so thinks the author of -My Three Aunts,"
whisk Y • tale of the same domesti claw The writer
is orrwhist too descriptive, ant her heroines are not
so sir mtive as Hiner Alamo and Catherine, nor doss
✓e
mernict her story well ; but it lea little tale very well
written. The principal character le • certain Art Ophelie,
who ham a wonderful aptitude for fidllag in love, and being
talked out of it again by her stronger-minded sisters. Want
of bulk is • rare fault in this bookmaking age, but the "Three
Aunts " would have borne • little expeusion.
" I do well to be angry," wee the language of one of olei,
Indy Bulger Lytton is of • Moiler *Mon. Unfortunately
es
ea artist she Isla in coesepente. She has power, bat It
le eiplarly 'dappled. "The World and his Wife" will
ad aid to her haw Litereture should be • solace and •
refeso—Ledy Dryer Lytton unhappily would make it •
lAA red mivalair scream.
• drop meld of Mr. Boyd's clever historical novel,
•Tbaeial,le will be areptaide to that clam of 1101111
wean vie de ad value a story the lees because its style is
eithield r W baton:nation accurate.

PhOtp Pateriseder t • handsome young priest of the
Anglican chnech—rather foppish, not very strong-braked
. .

Clear-eyed.ar He becomes • Puseyite; leave• ilia rustic
every, where he had become engaged to Hebe, the nnao•
phisticated daughter of the squire, and officiates In st. Simone
fiylite•—a chapel in the faibioaable part of Loodoa,
to • wealthy proprietor, which had pealed through every
passe rsitiluss disti•ctioc, from actual nonconformity up to
the vary highest cburchistu , beyond which it had been •
wed tines on the point of passing, when the proprietor
stepped in, dismissed his curate, and saved his property.
Hem Philip goes from height to height of P•seyism, till ►e
as want no higher; then betakes himself, not theologi-
e•lly, but bodily to Roam, where, as was long ago the case
with Luther, his eyes are opposed, end he starts with horror
from the realisation of hie principles—returns to England—
marries Helm, gives up Pueryl.m, end becomes a model
country clergyman. There Is not much to ho paid for the
subject of this tale, but it is smartly writte•, and the doings
at 81. fltylitee are sketched with • graphic pea.

Tllll SUM! GAIDENS.—Next week the Surrey
011114111111 Will poissat ea attraction of a somewhat novel cba-
MOM The imam sew to to transformed taro a French
mobil squaws as it apposes during • holiday fits is honour
sillisaint, with Us fruit aad flower malts, mvantbires,
, troupes of Bohemians, &c. There are to b• Or)
to
furatahrd after the true Psrishia avidel. An
antes military band sod a Hilo de demo will
add suessessota of ohs wieners, who will doubtless bs
Missed a sowsidwishis ambits by this repressatatioa of
PIMA Ws sod issesssw.

THE LIVERPOOL MAGISTRATES AND THE
" Om! 6octaL HvlL."—At the Liverpool Town C,nocil
nmelisir yesairday (Wedassilay) doe watch committee 's-
pirted that they hod applied to Mr. Hasudeld, the otipesdiery
moslsteete, for ea explanation of hi. dirretion to the police
sot to report the keepers of coffeehouse., &c., ruping
relrealeasU oe to prostitute', expt where the calduat al the
compaay V disorderly or opeuly immoral. lir. Illearhad
'erred the committee to the head constable, whn, he hail,
um4erelood Ida order, sad characterised the ioqitiry se We-
Euler. The rewaiwittee, in reply, dossed that they had seed
Irregularly. No diacoasion took place with reference to the
report.

THE HAILEOIOUGH CIFICECH-EATE CASE AGAIN.
—lt .111 be ressembred that Mr. J. Nana*ley, opts being
sulatooned before the Harboring\ magistrates recently for
church rats., disputed the vs/idlty of the ran notwithatend-
iag which the justices ordered payment, aad Mr. Nnsehey
bong &erased tapes, carried the one before the Quota's
Beach, where the order was quashed, and the =wattages
were glad to compromise all poosedisse by peyhts coots. At
the Fierborsugh petty seeslin, nu Teensy, three more Har-
betwagh tredeemes—Mesers Btanyon, Gower& and Bos-
well—WM summoned far uon•paymeat of their quota of the
same rate. The sun objections were taken anima the va-
lidity of the rate, and the magistrates, upon this occeakia,
decided that they had in jurisdiction. It was understood
that the whole case would be carried by the churchwardens
Into the licciseieeliosl Court; mid menwhile 1110,11061011
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wen tam eat against south buck of tradanose vtiTo tui
plod psysent.

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CHIRAL PAL‘CZ. - ONE SHILLING DAT:.
WitiNSODAT, AVOCAT 4.—Admirotson paymint,26,o62;
eft by was tidings, 2,319, Mal visitors, 27,391.