The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-04 00:00:00

AG ALINES-(CONTINUED.)

teuTbhom„ de 7',1/7'.
Quincey contributes to Tait for Sep-
er a criticism upon Schlosser's Literary
to
°f. the Eighteenth Century." As a piece of
uanoter, the article is incomparably clever. Every
.t!nce has a relish. For the ignorance evinced by
ith.losser in his disquisitions on English literature
lug the last century he receives a castigation, such,
Nvl
e presume, he never ob`ain before, and which
he. will assuredly wince under. Speaking of the
'Ver./a M
ir
Dc Quincey does justice to the
abilities of Sir Richard Steele—aaesiayLit who is not,
t 0 our thinking, appreciated as he deserves. Mr. De
point,
makes one significant observation upon this
grit. Generally," he says, "if you see a line from
bollispere (in the papers of the Spectator), it is safe to
dee,argely that the piper is Steele's ; sometimes, in-
tain't of casual contributors ; but, almost to a cer,-
reniaYrki not a paper of Addi;on's." About .A.dilison
%jct. tpnli Milton's Paradise Lost"—namely,
a Grecian palace as !o amplitude, symmetry,
1:11,: architectural skill ; hut, being in the Euglish
W"aKe. is to be regarded as if built in brick ;
whereas, }IA it been so hap3v as to he wrirti.in in
pree, thea it would have been a p ilace built in
4r'att marble"—the critic e.;claims, in a delightful
pirit of indlgnation Indeed! that's etnart—tnaCis
handsome, I calculate !" ' But the most expisite
bgratof wrath—for which we d avouch ourselves
Positive} grateful to Mr. De Quincey—is that
neillere he corrects Schlosser's blunder about Cato.
Zosser represents the English pople as hav-
! " extravagantly applauded" that wretched
h
on its first representation, and he expresses
Clelt if as amazed that they should so thoroughly
Qe their nature and forget Shakspere. Mr. De
uincey denies the first part of this statement, and
dys 4,-
that man must have forgotten Shakspere,
w
and from ramolissement of the brain, who could
its first
Cato." After explaining that the enthusiasm
0f;44
b" " first audience was solely of a political kind, he
y®
ee4t---" Now, Mr. Schlosser, I have mended
41,e,
harness ; all right ahead; so drive on once
But, oh, Castor and Pollux, whither
Po7,,iat direction is it that the man is driving us ?
get Schlosser, you must stop and let me
coachman 11l go no further with such a drunken
its a (I— He (Schlosser actually describes Addison
4On u"
pro
saitti and the patron of pedantry !
to h the Man of all that ever lived the most hostile even
_ at
rd., was good in pedantry, to its tendencies to-
Ali, the profound in erudition and the non-popular;
enw7ni the champion of all that is easy, natural,,‘
ec,ali a pedant arid a master of pedantry . Get
gad I Schlosser, this moment ; or let me get out."
tre ,e° ends the first half of this criticism : again,
hit are grateful to Mr. De Quincey for his wrath and
la enthusiasm
Ever thus let Englishmen be
lisiearnest when speaking of Joseph Addison
ie Georgians Fullerton's " Grantley Malloy
ttpoo/147,ed with elaborate extracts. Our own opinion
colar:"15 beautiful tale has already appeared in the
,Ilapt;„43 of The Sun. A long story, called "Pauline
roite"alln retails to us the circumstances of a
Yot tradition. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder con-
ses
kid, disco admirable papers upon " Sco!tish Rivers.,"
Ip ursing still about the Tweed, tells us again,
e exquisite verse of Sir Walter Scott—
"If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright,
Geo, Go visit it by the pale moonlight."
e
Gilfillan, in the second of his " Sketches of
of Ar Authors," discriminates the peculiar merits
het ars: Elizabeth Barrett Browning. He describes
the 4"
Perhaps the most imaginative and intellectual
," females"—he might have called her one of
have -154 imaginative and intellectual women that
eVer lived, and not exaggerated. The opening of
14sePaPe! is right gallant in tone, and will be not un-
*lite„ll‘ reading to the gentler sex. Mr. Gilfillan
With; at nervously and as eloquently as ever, and
likehilt to much of that Thomsonian turgescence
thsits. marred the fervour of his " Literary Por-
..sitigh, tle lavishes more graceful imageries upon a
kti contribution than could be culled from any
Nat:fruiOns of the ordinary magazine writers.. One
la„'" we must quote, not so much from its excel-
atlin this particular as from its spontaneous energy
kowa."logium. He is writing of one of Mrs.
,14,1111.%5 poems :
"4e„. 7,„, Geraldine's Courtship.' as a transcript from
est t,t-e-1ea,,,a1 tablets of the heart'—as a tale of love,
47 the richest music—as a picture of the subtle work-
, Sitel,,t!le stern reasonings, and the terrible bursts of pas-
' .1)%.011111 above praise. How like a volcano does the.
tre4tYart at length explode! How first ail power is
ham in the dreadful trance of silence, and then in
g-r,"led tempest of speech! What a wild, fierce
--14 forth from his lips, in which, as in that of
wet: ,;113,_Quess, the foundations of society seem to
100,:ute reeds, and every mount of conventionalism is
t:ter found; and in the lull of that tempest, and in
`ZPerfut,..rning sunshine, how beautiful, how almost
isn-,i'man se the figures of the two lovers, seen
and
theseem
hofraist of the reader's fast-
tti„tslug teary, It tale successful love, and yet it
the °u like a tragedy, geady and most melts you in the crisis
"'Pi On Geraldine we had gazed as on a
finer
„11l dry-eyed and distant admiration; but when
net. "ir dissolves in showers at the feet of her poet
trinePg.ftirt very. joy. Truly a tear is a sad yet
4'444 eo constitutes a link connecting us with
rtvit nutries, nay, connecting us with diF,tant worlds.
4401
lottlnn 6
pi as, amid all her immensity, wrought no
44,11-1 Work as when she rounded a tear."
scleod:(411 the miscellaneous articles in Tait some are
l'°e Re the Political Register is a fair summary of
hvea..l.lse,ll, I election, and the " Song of the Locomo,
ed ii‘ue loco-amoko-motive, as poor Tom Hood
lyric
orwould have been better but for the previous
--nry Tramp.

DOLMAN.
liAtlkbelleertllie.r interest will be found in the September.
tktlit Dolman by its metropolitan subscribers,
b„"iolio hetb,jographical notice of the late Roman C
Zito pof London. It is penned by the Rev.
4itzsig has a certain degree of importance, ap-
r,%of ,L it does so soon after the honourable men-
Cillteeo7 Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths in the House of
ie'lidosth.ll the present Prime.. Minister. The editor,
141.4 of h• contribution,gives us three additional
-41:PA131,aniirnated account of the "Gordon Rn!ts.
Paley writes a paper upon the. `.‘ Anglican
Chile it Y4tern as exhibited in the Universities," which
1711 o-nsWill be particularly unpalatable to the mem-
th"? Churchherself,will be peculiarly relished
Dissenters.the There is a frivolous essay upon
eilerkt.alleter of Oliver Cromwell, in which. the
"side ttg. that great man is absurdly depreciated.
‘raordi L3l the writer makes no mention of an ex-
-I.?teetn.nsirY vindication of his Highness the Lornd
tLwoo„-r,,Published a few months ago—a paper o
in September, 1847, without any men-
-1 Cff° of
-11°illas Carl le is rather an anomalous
by Merle d'Aiibigne might have been over:,
John-utlTt Carlyle " The Lay of the Beacon,
e
rlowden is a spirited translation from th
I'4" limisi4 the style of Macaulay—but with the former
jislit,(l44 of the verse is more of a pretence. Most
"me gra,-I,",ers will examine with curiosity and pleasure
r"te liketch of O'Gorman Mahon.
D,

h 'eeicb.di -- E ECLEC7W REVIEW.
...
-44 The . 1 the most important disuisition in this.
b z' is th
~ Isseilti,,, e one on the " Electoral Policy of the
l_tetly r'3*---IV hat are its Results ? ' will emi-
It
'4ll_ dersZY,Peru!al. The
.notice. of Hans Christian.
some r -autobiography is genial. A critical and,
414114 e:Peete, a hypercritical article on " Dublin
o..l4l°the rPviratiee 'd ye attention, as also does_
6,: llw°tife,_ of' fir. Grate learned History of
' e Mel,' s. nave r.inadvertently taken the Septem-
Ilebr°-"titiehs in th left-handed manner of a
for wards'etilliolar, 1,44
reade either way, backwards or
the 'but are sensible and well-timed.

0 lierri v !it:SPORT/AU REVIEW.
{ i iit
00% Pal
_in
is _
deep
norn a sorry plight too, poor fellow .
''teet"ll.")-" 4-110-mettled Racer" has reachtedT'hi
There
this truthful series of
theothled for a Brace" is a capital vignette
It is a
aeld pike season, from the original of C. Josi.
a stroll
engravings.for this
Oyer rtielee as fresh and exhilirating in tone
h as
dew
is as
the stubble or the meadow 46 when the
Harry
liieove e grass." Craven, Castor, Saron, and _ erttek t are in
And the
rare spirits this month—ready to
iklitaritB,l,lllmY jokes as Mantons or Eggs.
°,9 his himself to be in excellent condition
4.t - Pleasant epitome of the yachting season...7o.
zieriother times of the year The Sportzib
Ivithele fluty be devoured as a hearty supper,
rog
siatin the slippers on the fender and the.
(1111 Y 11:nd 6tearning in the tumbler—now
Id
eall his , taken in snatches —what a nabob
.wou
and
it can
*rite • ' tiffuLn The writers are aware of this,
who
ittilio,with unusual smartness ;so that even those h
ki nuty read.
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JOURNAL.
The BEES'S EDINBURGH JOU
isti al
complexion of our old favourite
tert4:43's welcome to us, for he is ever glio, well
Nri Lel' d converstional —never garrulous.
- "as many lively ands nstructive contributions.

S'ilt
trgortifM") Tilßialtl3.—Tas BOSJESMAIIB.—These ex,-i
thlightLitrl beings are nightly attracting crowded. an
%pi,. '. audiences at this snug little cant, to witness
Irer, "nderful performances, and really wee must say we
Theire4touished at many of 'the ar.tics of the Bushmen.
!Itllguitin°4e a attack and defence is very curious; their
la fkiti Re is also peculi.ir, nearly every word they utter,
irl tlia4:}s,irilt,hwe
strap - which,
being accompanied by a click
, to an EJglishman, sounds very
etterrhe• forr. Fox. Cooper deserves every success in thus
ve
he dol the amusement of the public, and we have
state otifut he will obtain it, judging from the crowded
tam; the house last night. To all those who have
Thehi" Lot. the wonderful,
'NI' • we say—visit the Strand
,_ SA ~
t7lllporki.C..All SANDS.—One of our morning
-con-
ship
'34ran C" of Thursday stated th ►t the
op liv ttnds had sailed from Liverpool for
414 hedne'del• pto a late hour on Thursday night
steam New York.
144 a 4 pot 6ft the port, owing to &Ivens winds,
en.or
14/ 7.1144 for foreign pinta gone out tbr two y