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11 the extreme Of ngliuer,—aft.rding most encouraging ie.
equelios bow to bear the se taro/lune. of life, to 'appal and
runner its sp•gt,painful vicissitudes.
Whitt pertaing the same reflections,' Obe aftaclinteets ef
Thomas Pedin and Cossisnee, Awdeksaid Pntiusa, Ricarede
imilsella, Richard soil Lvonise, also mesh forcibly evince,
that it is not to the opinion at msnkiud, however fraught
with riches, titles, and rank in soil. ty, but to virtue alone,
rite affeeri..en of the heart are to be sacrificed, and that be-
wren God and love, time is sio•virisous mediator but con-
s, ;ewe.
The very intertstiog Coneerrafion of the Two Doge el'
Sae Hospital of the Resurrection of Valladolid, is replete
"spit classical Insetting, ravine grit, great iutelleetsal se-
qiiis;tititi, fur which we are wholly indebted to the Garvin
invalid Caropsaano, the jot victim of the Deceitful Mot.
riaye, Who overheard their cootheoestios, while helplessly
d'osYclte 011 the bed of sickness in the hospital, and wan in-
, teed to commit it to writing, for the vivification or his
j ocular and highly entertaining (mod Peralte, the licentiate.
Hergsnre's interpretation and perennial exemplileation of
bribery and curesption•--" NW moon the tongue," m• happily
peptic +hie to the sordid °rear, v ill render this dog as im.
rn,:rtal as the fame of Sloakspeare and Cervantes. II does
Pet appear. not•ithwandiog all Campusano's promises to
write it. that Scipio. the enlightened friend, and, sieroiding
to the declaration of else soreness La Camache, twiti•hro.
they of Itergthre, ever narrated his owe history, out which
• o murk impatient expectation was excited, which, to judge
P.v the sound seas.' and solid mistiming of his occasional ola-
"mtions during Bergance's classical narrative, has been a
ery sprints' 100 to the comae of public integrity, as it
promised largely to his. exposed the crime and base
a. notices of corruption and corrupt mottoes; and no less
a loss to. the woad of fetters. The p..litics of these two saga.
firma Meade wilt be deemed gonna, just, and highly i•te•
resting, iustreetthe, energetic, and every way worthy the imi-
tit of thiefn indslatessnen—oseful to all mankida. Their
pol.tical seollmewiteare-fosinited In realms and vino,. Cum.
mon Interest, g I safety, are the eitifor to objects of their
eneteimplatious, by so means degrading to the professions of
the hew political system. Neither ought we to be silent so
the very arch politics of the Little Gipsy, when she instructs
the poor, holiest judge (whose whole household was so des.
dint., they mold only reward all bee delightful entertain-
ments, of singing, dancing, and fortoone-telline, with •n old
silver thimble), "how to become rich :"—lasitate your num-
tiers. says she; male exactions, as they do ; get public
money into your bands; go to market, buy the license of
the magical Cortex, which produces money as prolifically as
the queen of the white ants generates her progeny; or, added
the Little Gipsy. in the way of admonitory warning, your
foonrat onal will be loaded with grief, and you will be sure to
Ole of famine, my poor Sir You! an exalted limb of the
law, and perish for want ! You, perhaps, desire I. be
rnanaired after your death, end, I confess it will be • most
...Gothaml thing to see. iu the cahrndar, the name ofe lawyer,
/!he that of a saint, in red letters. I must
hand, a am ill piece of your robe, to preserve as a relic to
furore limes.
Not to anticipate the delight of the reader, in the aware.
meat and instruction to be derived from the interesting and
enlivening details of Cervatitts, the Editor will only add,
that the reader will be greatly puzzled, throughout the whole
of these Novels, imperfectly traostated as may *to find guy
thing dull, or breathing • twice told dream, or any absurd
idiom, to discord. r the itederst•ndine, sad falsely to agitate
the bear,. Some may he of the ()Oslo° of the Editor, that,
it, these exemplary Novels, the Illustrious genius of Cervantes
was pointed to a 111111.111 and instructive imitation of the
Ifeabitte Nights' Entertaiamtnts,so perfectly is the interest
kept up, constantly rising, as the progressive stages of a well.
managed theatrical performance ought to du, and, in no in-
P 'll,llCe, dirappointlog the most sltiguinergpretaticro. Cum.
pa. joie tin. se exemplify NieVel4 with the alluring devices of
the Arabian Nights, it is possible some readers, during
perusal, may 'awry themselves less beguiled: ultimately,
they will confess themselves highly ;rattled, seieutidcally
instructed, usefully mutinied.
Sliskspeare Sell Cervantes were eontensporaries. Shah-
torture was both in 15114. and died 1617, aged 53. Cervantes
was born iu 1549, and dotal 1017, aged 65. These Iwo
transcendent geouises wire of kindred naiads; they sup-
Co," the none prise-irks, exposed the same follies, re-
rob:tied the same aboses—explatly the friends of human
Isitool, they equally eil and supported the sublimity of
✓rli%i.so; and sere alike advocates for the dignity and purity
• jostle :—thew both studied conscieute ; they both eerie.
✓at, d liberty as they seuerated religiuu, sod alike loved and
promoted every thing capable of eanubling and exalting
human nature! Was the Editor of these Novels called
en for an opinion, he might be naturally Mellon! to sup.
port his exalted countoyman; but, on their united and rigid
support of justice, he might as certainly be disposed to sup-
poi t his contemporary; •ad, therefore, withholding all opli•
so ion, he submits to public decision, whether the rich idea of
the pound of desk of Shahs Bare was takes from Cervantes,
ur whether the ores tail of rervautu was taken from
Shohspeare The imagisatioa is the same, and equally in.
genie's, and ludicrous in both. although Shakapeare attaches
peculiar soismoity, as Ur depeaded on the issue; whereas,
l'errautes made it only • sportive plea, not to be imposed ow
6y sharpers. The Editor also points the altintiou of the
public to the work of the pate Sir. Macklin, a much later
Roth.... in his admirable poitraiture of the Man of the
tvcrld, all the principles iiforthicit will be tumid is he es-
t %platy Novels of Cervantes, which base so much coutribated
to the lures of worldly knowledge and lostructive muse-
veet Thus the Editor premeds to the public the literary
outribotions of his fair issterpogaer, at the slider of the
lactic genius and splendid fame of &lipid Cervantes, at the
sad of upwards of two centuries! So well did Cervantes
frophesy future admiratioo.
This old edition bad nag lain very quietly in • species of
t• Weber is • stall in the streets of this great metropolis,
pow virtually raised from the dead, for something nut 's-
ending five shilling'. The Editor has give. him • cos-
&viable coat for duitseetic accommesiatism, as him fair toter.
punter has eudeasoured lo provide him with as entire new
court dress, in which to make his best °Weenies to • gene.
cuss protecting Public.—lf the Editor has added a fancy
Lesion, lo t it not lie fereutteu, that fancy is fugitive, Beet.
Seg. auil—public
THE EDITOR.