The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-20 00:00:00

NONTIILY LAW MAGAZINE.

The. Crofts, London, 1841.
this e are several well-argued legal articles in
11 'A umber one of which, "On the Law of
NAa
-of th lids," will be sure to attract the attention
l
Ale s: Pirolession. But the article which will
tne most generally, the biographical
but,74 of the celebrated French, advocate,
/-11) from which we learn that he was born
Ri,e Years before the breaking out of the first
ikant Revolution, and distinguished himself in
tla:,.,a,nd 1817 by his zeal as a Commissioner for
frp-iring the laws of the empire. His greatest
kesi,le triumph, however, was his defence of
kee-,,8:411.1 Ney, which he conducted, though un-
tas-s-*All, with uncommon tact and courage, and
de often since been heard to say that the con-
: f:Lnation of his client was not just, for that his de-
: fierliV7as not unfettered. " Dupin," says his pre-
faiiii"grapher, " created a new style, that of
tarplia: eloquence. An advocate above all, he
perratar more to gain his cause than to round a
bkv-„t)u• When he held a brief; the subtlest points
teriiir escaped him; he could at once gain the at-
Iviii,°n, of the Jury by the seductive manner in
Ittiee lie detailed the circumstances of his case,
prei,7ll.ew also full well how to minister to the
liirluaces of the Judge who presided at the trial.
ithvaAranpage, sometimes not very choice, but
tatio"B lucid and energetic, interwoven with quo-
frouirls) metaphors, proverbs taken at random
Blear the drawing-room or the street ; his voice
face'nd sharp ; the sarcastic expression of his
1)r the ll tended to give to his address a novelty,
aid of which he carried everything before

_
rliß HUNGARIAN DAUGIITER.
There . Mitchell, London, 1841.
1306„ ,ls some vigorous writing in this dramatic
‘l,e nut even in its most emphatic passages,
theean detect a certain haziness of thought, as if
tio author had no very clear or definite conCep-
• ttalrldef the idea he was anxious to impress on the
iiiith-sie.r.'s Mind. He seems to us to be a man of
with `l°lls but undisciplined intellect, who dallies
That themes above the reach of his capacity.
he•• is not devoid of feeling and even fancy,
; but if we except one or two brief
.liotT,es in his Hungarian Daughter, he does
tien; 'Low how to give fit utterance to his emu-
away and as to his fancy, it is too often frittered
Pr e• Inere verbiage, or runs into fantastic
will
Here is an instance in point, which t:llllg.that we do not condemn him without
Describing a cheerful summer dawn, he
1,,1
It) e morning breaks ; the blue and vigorous air
se, Doe
shake his wings; the blythe, immortal day,
' : • /I"nding to light the darkness of the earth,
IN -0‘;11 Yonder ocean .shore is young again."
'AltZif We strip this description of the load of
ds with which it is encumbered, we shall find
itB whole sum and substance are comprised
• _7lh the first half line, " the morningibreaks," and
at all the rest is a mere repetition of this mat-
We -llf-fact. Yet almost immediately afterwards,
Suing
a really beautiful idea, where, still pur-
the same theme, the author says—
" The golden sun with thoughtless speed
• Shakes day about, like peitume from his hair."
ore
from this and similar indications in his
ore ,„ Mr. Stephens has much of the sterling
d„,nui Poetry in his nature, but that he is utterly
4i.01.-iicietit in the art of turning, it to account. As
*l4w' Aegards melody of versification, in particular, lie
L"u4's not
for
6 seem to have the slightest notion of it,
lanY of his lines are as harsh, abrupt, and
11,' thelana, as the bray of the animal that chews
retnothistle. In a word, he has many defects to
he ve and many reuisits t gain, ere
Pe to achieve
succeq ss ase a dramatic poet.he can

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