The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-09 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.)

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LITERATURE.

FA UST, a Tragedp . Translated by J. S. Blackie.

Edinburgh, 1834.

In the preface to his translation of Goethe's
master piece, Mr. Blackie takes credit to him-
self for having made it " altogether indepen-
dently" of any former translations. Now, we
apprehend he is a little in error on this point,
and that Shelley's splendid version of the Wal-
purgis night scene, has left such a vivid im-
pression on his mind, as to have compelled him,
unconsciously, no doubt, to adopt, not merely
the same structure of rhythm, but sometimes
even the very lines of his predecessor. Thus we
find in Shelley this emphatic couplet—

" The giant-snouted crags, oho!
How they snort and how they blow,"
which Mr. Blackie must have had in his eye
when he translated the same passage, as fol-
lows :

" And each rock from jagged nose,
How it snorts and how it blows."
Again Shelley says,
" The stubble is yellow, the corn is green,
Now to the Brocken the witches go;"
Mr. Blackie's version is,
" The witches to the Brocken gallop,
The stubble is yellow, the corn is green."

This last resemblance is most likely fortui-
tous, as it is not a question of poetry, but of fact,
but the former bold, expressive line has evidently
been suggested by Shelley, as is also the case
with the line, " Honour her to whom honour is
due," and a few others that we could point out.
These are trifles, such as we should never have
dreamed of alluding to, if Mr. Blackie had not
put us on our mettle by vaunting his own origi-
nal claims as a translator—by assuring us, in
short, that such a man " must stand on his own
feet and flap his own wings." The " Prelimi-
nary Remarks" are well written, and display
erudition ; but why does Mr. Blackie go out
of his way to sneer at " Marlowe's farce"—
as he calls the Dr. Faustus of that powerful
dramatist ? As a matter of policy this is bad,
as a matter of taste, worse. The death of
Faustus, as portrayed by Marlowe, is one of
the most impressive things in the language.
Out of Shakspeare we know of nothing equal
to it, whether we regard its truth—its energy,
or the burning agonies of shame, remorse, and
affright, that it reveals to us. Of Mr. Blackie's
translation we must say, that it evinces more
industry than talent. It may be correct, but as
a whole, assuredly it is not animated. To our
thinking, the best portions of the translation are
the earlier ones, before Mephistopheles makes his
appearance on the stage. There is something
very solemn and stately in Mr. Blackie's ver-
sion of Faust's soliloquy in his study ; nor
must we omit to notice the description of the
poet's longings after his by-gone youth, which
are not only well expressed, but are also singu-
larly melodious in versification :

" Then give me back the time again,
When mine own spirit too was growing,
When my whole being was a fount
Of thronging songs within me flowing."
Oh, si sic omnia ! Altogether, Mr. Blackie's
translation does more credit to his scholarship
than his poetic sensibility. He understands
rather than feels, the power of Goethe's Faust.
It seems to have convinced his intellect, but
not to have touched his heart. In a word,
it reminds us of Potter's CEschylus—a very
meritorious translation, so far as accuracy goes,
but cold as marble, and destitute of the vigour
and daring sublimity of the original.

We have hazarded these few remarks in no
disrespectful spirit to Mr. Blackie. He has
shown himself an accomplished scholar, and if
he have not rendered " Faust," as such a
drama should be rendered (his version, by
the bye, is superior to Lord Leveson Gower's)
—he has only failed where success, except to
such men as Coleridge and Shelley, was all
but impossible. We question whether even
these two master-minds could have satisfied
public expectation. The fire, the fancy, and
the metaphysical subtleties of Goethe would
have lost nothing in their hands; but they would
have failed in giving adequate expression to his
shrewd, worldly sagacity, and the terse, cutting
sarcasms that are constantly falling from the
lips of Mephistopheles. It is a mistake to sup-
pose..that " Faust" is' merely a wild, imagina-
tive poem. Its worldly tact and apprehension,
its rich and various knowledge, are to the full
as remarkable as its fancy ; for the genius of
Goethe, like that of every great writer we
ever heard of, was bottomed on common-
sense. He did not put words into the
mouths of his witches that might, with
just as flitch propriety, have been spoken by
their broom-sticks ; but imparted individuality
to all his characters, old or young, male or fe-
male, in the flesh or out of it. How true to
nature, for instance, are these remarks of a
young, sanguine, ambitious student, greedy of
knowledge, but by no means disposed to give
up all pleasure in pursuit of it !

" I aim at universal erudition,
And whatsoe'er of great or splendid
In heaven or earth is comprehended ;
Science and nature's wide extent,
I seek to know from your tuition ;
And yet I cannot choose but praise
A little freedom and merriment
On pleasant summer holidays."
Where is the country in which the truth of these
remarks will not at once be felt ? They are of
as universal application as anything in Le Sage
or Shakspeare. We should observe, by the
bye, that Mr. Blackie is very felicitous in this
dialogue between the young student and Me-
phistopheles. The latter's advice to the former
to digest what he reads, and

" Not with flickering gyration
Will-o'-the-tvisp it to and fro,"
among the various fields and mazes of know-
ledge, is aptly as well as expressively rendered
by the phrase " will-o'-the-wisp it." We
have no space for further comments.

LARDNER' S CY CLORXDIA, Vol. LIII.

London, 1834.

We have read this volume with some atten-
tion, and have been struck with the various
research it exhibits, and the condensed, straight-
forward style in which it is written. The author
never rambles into those long, perplexing di-
gressions of which historians are so fond, but
sees his way clearly before him, and keeps

along the broad high-road of his narrative.
The " Middle Ages," of which he here treats,
afford many temptations to deviate ; but he has
resisted them ; and, accordingly, his history
makes rapid progress in every successive chap-
ter. His details of the Anglo-Saxon period
are managed with much skill and precision.
On the subject of " clerical marriages," during
that remote epoch he furnished us with many
novel and amusing particulars.

RECOLLECTIONS OF A NAVAL LIFE.

3 Vols. London, 1834.

We are indebted for these " Recollections"
to the pen of Captain Scott, an officer in his
Majesty's navy. They are sketchy and de-
sultory, as might be surmised from the title of
the work, and abound in short, piquant anec-
dotes, told in an agreeable, off-hand manner.
Captain Scott is a gentleman who has seen
much of the world, and has turned his know-
ledge to good account. The great charm of
his volumes is the constant presence of a frank,
sociable spirit, that in the course of a more than
ordinarily chequered life, seems invariably to
have looked on the sunny side of things, and
treated difficulties and dangers with all the
skill, coolness, and indifference of a disciplined
jack-tar. We shall occasionally make extracts
from these volumes as time and space may
warrant. They are capital club-room reading.

THE CHURCH AND THE DISSENTERS.

Dr. Smith, the learned divinity tutor of the
Homerton College, the oldest and most cele-
brated of the Dissenters' Colleges in the vicinity
of London, has recently published " A dis-
course on the necessity of religion to the well-
being of a nation, with an appendix on the
subjects at present agitated between Churchmen
and Dissenters." From his advice to the latter
we quote with pleasure the following passages,
which well deserve attention :

" Let us not, with servile credulity, repeat the
twenty times told cry, that the Christian religion
flourished in extraordinary purity and power, and
shone brightly in the beauty of holiness, till it was
adopted and incorporated into the imperial institutions
by Constantine. From the days of the apostles them-
selves, it began to be invaded and perverted ; and,
after the death of the apostle John, the departures
from scriptural purity were rapid and fearful. Besides
dangerous errors in the primary doctrines of the Gos-
pel, we find many corruptions in discipline and order,
long before the close of the third century. Obser-
vances and ceremonies, snatched up from the abro-
gated Judaism, and even imitations of heathen rites,
were obtruded upon Christians. Ambition, usurpa-
tion, and the love of worldly pomp, showed them-
selves in many ways. Efforts to obtain dominion were
zealously made, and the spirit of persecution was
displayed among the primitive pastors and their
churches. A synod of orthodox bishops applied to the
heathen emperor, Aurelian, to obtain the deposition
of Paul of Samosata ; and the emperor decided that
the party whom the bishop of Rome might acknow-
ledge, should have the bishopric. Superstition, self-
righteousness, and very gross formalism acquired a
firm establishment in current notions and usages; and
a comparative superseding of the Scriptures by a tra-
ditional rule of faith, the reluctance to an unrestricted
communication of the sacred books, and the mixing of
gentile philosophy with Christianity, were powerful
obstructions to any immediate and effectual expur-
gation of corruption where it had discovered itself.'
The comparative quiet which the Christians enjoyed,
at intervals of imperial mildness or altered policy, was
much abused to the nourishing of a secular and con-
tentious spirit. 'When days of suffering returned, it
was lamentably proved that the fires of persecution are
not necessarily purifying. Christian ministers them-
selves had amply prepared the materials and the means
of further debasement. But even them we should not
judge harshly. Utterly destitute of the knowledge
which modern times have derived from history and ex-
perience, and overjoyed at their deliverance from the
savage persecution which raged till Constantine threw
his protection around them, they too readily, yet very
naturally, became dazzled with the new sunshine of
court-favour, and were drawn into measures for the
purpose of converting security and ease into affluence,
power, and authority. The emperor was, in a great
measure, guided by their suggestions. Lucinius had
made the honour of the gods, temples, and priests,
and the suppression of Christianity, the public ground
of his war against Constantine, on whose side there-
fore the interests of Christianity became necessarily
and most righteously a chief object of defence. Jus-
tice and kindness to the Christians greatly conduced to
the security of his throne, and thus a good end ap-
peared to be obtained by good means. Himself, a rude
soldier and deeply infected with the vices of military
despotism, though an able statesman, pretended not
to be a judge of Christian questions; but he trusted
to the learned and supposed pious men who pressed
their advice upon him. His general measures, I must
venture my humble opinion, considering the circum-
stances of the case, were for the most part highly com-
mendable. That worldly men now professed Christi-
anity, in order to further their personal and party in-
terests, was not chargeable upon him. That would
have been the case, had Constantine been a practical
and consistent believer, upon even the purest plan of
what we consider scriptural religion. The chief mis-
chiefs were done by the violent and ungodly strifes
which had long subsisted among the Christians them-
selves, by their crafty ambition and covetousness, and
by their shameful want of faithfulness in the represen-
tations which they made to him of the principles and
obligations of Christianity. Had Constantine re-
remained a heathen, continuing the measures of his
predecessors, the stream of deterioration would have
flowed in some other channel ; and it is too probable,
from the facts of ecclesiastical history previous to his
accession, a more pernicious channel. Notwithstand-
ing the deplorable evils, some important benefits ac-
crued, which we ought not to overlook. The Scrip-
tures were circulated more openly and abundantly,
were more studied; and were upon the whole better
understood than they had been at any period since the
days of the apostles. The Christian cause now re-
ceived strength from a succession of authors superior
in theological value to the most of their predecessors :
Eusebius, Athanasius, Chrysostom, Ambrose, Jerome,
and Augustine. And who can estimate the benefit to
myriads of persons, of the middling stations in society,
in every part of the empire, from the free teaching and
extending of Christianity, by men unknown to his-
tory? Their names are written in heaven;' and
their labours and their successes."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER.
11ANCHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT.
;WORTH, P.P.
(5 to 2 taken freely)
6 to 1 agst Prudence
6 to 1 agst Custard
nte backed agst Viator.

'RADE CUP, P.P.
12 to 1 agst Mona's Pride(tak.)
14 to 1 agst Bridegroom (OB.)
18 to 1 agst Ratcatcher
25 to 1 agst Capt. Ross (taken)
6 to 4 agst Perseverance, So.
lon, & Speculator (tak.)
7 to 2 agst Controller & Bird.

catcher
5 to 4 The Controller agst So-
lon (taken repeatedly)