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London, England, 1858-06-14 00:00:00

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MA BEET NEWS.— (This Day.)

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The Poor Relation. A Novel. By Miss Pardoe,
Author of " The Life of Marie de Medicis, " The
City of the Sultan," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and
Blackett.
The numerous class of novel-readers will welcome
this work, which is considerably superior to most
of the fictions of the day. The idea of a poor rela-
tion being domiciled in a wealthy mansion with those
of kindred blood, but not congenial in spirit or
kindly of heart, may have occurred before to a
novel-writer, but in the working out of the plot
there is considerable ingenuity and originality dis-
played. Ella Ashton is a finely-drawn character.
She inherited the spirit of her father's noble house,
joined to the enthusiasm and fiery nature, which
befitted the land of the sun that had given her
mother birth. Some of the most striking peculia-
rities of her disposition were also the result of the
strange tuition of her childood, and the unusual
seclusion of her youth. Lady Harriette, the
wife of her uncle, is described as the imper-
sonation of mean ambition and selfish devotion.
She was too strong a character to be of no effect
in her generation. She must have swayed for good
or evil. Unhappily for her family, the latter was
the choice, and she contrived to meddle with every-
thing, disarrange favourite schemes, and subvert
the cherished hopes of a life-time ; this she effected
with perfect sangfroid and indifference. Perhaps
it was not entirely to be regretted for Ella, that
her early years were overshadowed by the presence
of this evil fairy, who seemed fated to spoil her
happiness. What she lost in light-heartedness,
she gained in self command. The constant courage
with which she bore minor annoyances, gave her
strength and endurance for the darker and
sterner conflicts of life which await all, but
especially the young and friendless. Sir Hercules
was really attached to his niece, the child of
the brother from whom he had parted in
youth, never to hear of him again till the messenger
who brought the child told of the father's death in
a far-off land, where he had gone to seek a for-
tune, but found an early grave. The dexterity
is considerable with which this part of the narrative
is conveyed to us. 'While revealing nothhig we are
left to infer that there will be something hereafter.
Long years passed from the day when the faithful
Ayah presented the orphan to the baronet, to the
yet more eventful one, when that same tried and
stedfast friend returned to make another offering.
In consequence of the death of his confidential
trustee following on that of Horace Ashton, the
enormous fortune of the latter, invested under
an assumed name, was unknown to those
concerned, and the Indien child was brought
up in supposed poverty, while one of the
wealthiest of England's heiresses. Tho discovery
of some hidden deposits in the banker's house in
Calcutta, led to the restoration of Mr. Ashtou's
papers which had been lost, and the Ayab, return-
ing to England, brought, them with her, to her
adopted child. The imprudence of Lady Harriette
had brought the family to the verge of ruin, when
these precious documents were discovered, and Dla
felt repaid for her sorrows in restoring peace to
the suffering mind of her kind uncle, who had always
possessed the will to be of service to her, but cir-
cumetinces had militated against him. Lady Har-
riette did not possess the feelings that could be
touched by an act of generosity, nor the heart
that could feel reproach for its past offences. It
is therefore satisfactory to find her assailed where
alone she was vulnerable, in her pride. The
gorgeous visions of wealth in which she had in-
dulged were not realised, till the tide of riches set
in, in the fortune of that girl she had alwayssneered
at for her posesity. This was a bitter thought fir
her, and other worldly schemes and subterfuges
proved illusory and unavailing. The manner in
whicn she influeeced her daughter Florence for
evil is strikingly shown, and the evil re,ults that
ensued from the lessons are made manifest in a
natural manner. Madame Despreaux, the French
governess, is a genuine instance of good nature,
and a kind heat, which it is pleasing to meet with
in the house of so worldly a votary as Ledy Har-
riette. It was to her early instructions that Eila
owed much, and nct till she was gone did she really
feel alone. Horace, the son of Sir Hercules,
is represented as a re.:le character, partaking more
of his uncle's disposition than his father's, although
he followed the example of the baronet in being too
easily ruled by his manoeuvring mother. Tnero
is great ability throughout this work, and many of
its passages are most exciting in their interest.
The variety of the personages introduced, the buil-
Jiancy with which the descriptions are drawn, the
vigour of expression which characterises the re-
flective portions, all combine to create for this
novel much that may claim attention and command
regard. While its readers admire the talent that
shines pre-eminently in its pages, they may also
appreciate the purity of its tone, and the integrity
of its purpose.

Friends at their own, Fireside. By Mrs. EU.,
author of " Women of England," tl:e. 2 vole.
Bentley. _ _ _

Mrs. Ellis has been long known as a writer on
moral and social subjects, but her present work
manifests a decided improvement in style and sub-
stance over her former ones. It shows us "pic-
tures of the private life of the people called Quakers,"
an undertaking for which the authoress is emi-
nently fitted, having been brought up as one of the
Society of Friends. The kindly intention and im-
partiality with which she has performed her task
will be readily acknowledged by most readers,
while the soundness of her judgment, and justice
of her conclusions, will be apparent to all who aro
not influenced by long standing prejudices or early
impressions. It had long been a favourite idea
with her, she tells us in tue preface, to endeavour
to give a faithful picture of the domestic life and
social system of the Friends, which can on'y be
thoroughly understood and appreciated by ono of
themselves. The inciients and act'irs in the story
are entirely imaginary ; but the gete-al details and
descriptions bear the stamp of fidelity and truth.
While differing from their opinions, she has en-
deavoured to set the Friends in the most pleasing
light, by showing their goodness, their hospitality,
their mutual support and assistance, their care of
poorer members, their love of order and harmony,
their gentle kindliness and domestic comfort. The
" fema'e Friends," as they are styled, are charming
characters, full of womanly softness and gracious
dignity ; though occasionally some gayer spirit, of
a less 'neutral-tinted" nature, rebels against, the
mono' onous moderation of thought, speech, action,
and attire—thought desirable for female Friend.
In alluding to this favourite term of speech, the
authoress tells us that, when a child, she was not
allowed to say, "I am sure." She exclaims with
reason, "Alas for human nature to what out-
bursts of feeling, to what explosions of extrava-
gance, has this unnatural restraint given rise."
There are many persons in the story whose varying
tempers and dispositions are happily contrasted,
showing how absurd it is to fit one mould to all
charac'ers, and how what is only a pleasant
and safe boundary to some is a prison-door
to others ; how the soft and quiet nature with
few wants, few aspirations, feels as little sympathy
for the fervent desires of a more ardent spirit as
the dweller by a cool mountain stream can know of
the burning thirst that consumes the desert
traveller. It would be as absurd to expect that all
mankind should grow to this same height as to
exact a perfect unison of tastes, powers, and
sympathies, to one narrow rule. The chief inte-
rest of the story centres in the family of Jacob Law,
though many friends and neighbours are pro-
minent. Jacob Law is a good, though passionate
man, and his wife, a narrow-minded woman, who
is wrapt up in her own peculiar theological notions,
fancying herself " called" to the part of a
female !minister, mixes little with ;her family.
Susannah, the elder daughter, is a perfect specimen, '
by nature and education, of a female Friend, and
her younger sister, Lydia, though more fond of
variety, and declining to wear the necessary cap is
of a gentle nature. It is in the only SOD, Reuben,
that the evil effects of the system show themselves.
Mrs. Ellis has drawn this life-like character with
painful fidelity. Of an excellent disposition
though weak principles, he is ruined by mistaken
treatment. A sincere affection for a young lady not
of the sect is checked, and the disappointed youth,
sent to a house of outward severity and inward
license, is led by evil companions and harsh judg-
ments into frightful dissipation. His death and
repentance bring comfort to the sorrowing family,
but the shadow rests on some more thoughtful ones,
who felt that gentle treatment, might have spared
the wanderer many a sad and thorny step. In speak-
ing in general terms of these principles, Mrs. Ellis
says

"It is ever thus in the affairs of this lower world, that
the smootherand more uniform the surface of the current,
the rougher are the rapids when they do occur, and the
steeper the descent where the pent-up waters fall. It is eve r
thus when the active principles of nature are so far ignored
as to suppose that human beings can be managed like
machines. It 13 ever thus where business is pursued as
the only lawful occupation ; and where the heart,
all the spontaneous affections and impulses, is treated as
nothing more than the creation of an id:e fancy, or a
romantic dream. What, in fact, can be more ominous of
future danger to a family than the habit of supposing,
because the hands are demurely folded, that they are
incapable of mischief ; that because there is an outward
conformity with decorum in look and manner, there is
no burning passion, or rebellious feeling beneath ; or
that because there is kept up from day to day a constant
strain upon the powers of calculation as to number,
weight, and substance, or any other qualities of mere
matter, there is no wandering of imagination into the
forbidden fields of beauty and enjoyment, all the more

attractive because of the contrast which they present to
the dull routine of actual life.
'' In this manner, perhaps more than in any other, the
Society of Friends have erred in judgment, while most
correct and scrupulous in aim. Afraid of the evil with-
out, they have neglected to provide against that within;
and, acting too much upon the negative system, hav
taken it for granted, that a condition of apparent empti.
ness and nothingness, must necessarily be one of inr o
cence, purity, and peace. The positive culture of al
the human faculties as the natural inheritance of man
received from the hand of God, and the direction of
such faculties into channels of healthy and wholesome
exercise, even when they have no relation to the claims
of trade or commerce, would seem, in former times,
never to have constituted any portion of the philosophy
of this otherwise shrewd and intelligent Society.
Music being to them a forbidden indulgence, and until
very recently the arts of design being rather discouraged
than otherwise, there was nothing but reading left avail-
able to them in their leisure hours ; and that resource
was often so limited in its range, as to afford but little
attraction to the youthful mind. Hence there has probably
never yet been in any society such greedy and indis-
criminate devourers of novels as occasionally might be
found amongst the Friends ; so that the most vehement,
spasmodic, and highly-wrought productions of the poet,
the dramatist, and the novel writer, have been seized
upon, perhaps by stealth, and read with an avidity eel-
done known to these who are accustomed to oemional
indulgencies of this kind under the careful supervision of
tome judicious parent or friend.
"Of course, these remarks refer more to the past than
the present—to a time when music, was so rare a thing
to the members of this society, that in cases where an
ear for music was a natural gift, the desire for music
amounted to an absolute passion, not unfrequently in-
dulged in stolen opportunitier, and at the coat of much
family disunion and grief.
" Whether from similar causes, it is difficult to say,
but whilst placing the average morals of the Friends
decidedly high, it must be confessed that in the midst
of the peaceful calm of their outward lives, there have oc-
casionally arisen solitary instances of the most terrific
disruption of the laws of propriety and order, and the
grossest deviation from the line of right. That such in-
stances have occurred chiefly where there has been no
real spiritual earnestness for their children's good on the
part of the parents, it is but fair to suppose—chiefly
where there has been a mere outward or nominal
restraint with, perhaps, excessive eagerness in the pur-
suit of money; and consequently a very defective eiern•
plification of the Christian character in those who held
the reins of government."
As is usually the case with republics and demo-
crats the Friends submit to a species of social
tyranny among themselves, which many people
would find perfectly intolerable. Thus several
marriages are broken off in this work because
" unsuitable." The elders are " consulted" on
domestic matters, and the authoress speaks of
" the strange and almost inconceivable power
which is exercised by the Society of Friends over
the minds and actions of the different members of
their own body." It is true that no personal in
i terferenco would be allowed but by those appointed
by the general body for the maintenance of rule,
order, and precedent. The style of the work is
good and the story pleasing, but the chief interest
is derived from the faithful picture of this remark-
able people, so full, doubtless, of sincerity and
domestic virtue, yet so sadly overlooking the
charity that " thinketh no evil." The dangers of
too great repression of the pure and natural tastes
of human nature are stronqly dwelt upon, but
there are other dangers no less fearful be-
cause less apparent. If youth debarred from
its natural wishes, breaks the bands of moral law
as well as those of pharisaical restraint, will not
middle age, tied down to business and routine,
become wrapped up in love of gold and selfish
accumulation ? Will not those whom age or
incapacity shut out from active employment, take
refuge in creature comforts and boastful deprecia-
tion of others. Social philosophers are but slowly
awaking to the fact that it is not by crushing down
and hemming in the desire for recreation and so•
cioty that dangers are to be avoided, but by giving
it a wheloaonao outlet, and that a love of vs riety is
sometimes less dangerous than a sobs rand quiet rou-
tine existence. Those who have not considered this
question may learn something from Mrs. Ellis's
pie asant pages, and while the "F; ieuds" themsei ves
have little cause to cootplain of the colours in
which they are depicted, her volumes may enlighten
some others that,".:eutralitints," and broad-brimmed
hats do not indicate a disregard of outward things,
and the use of thee and thou, although desirable,
does not necessarily accompany the attainment of
all the virtues.

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and 'Sardinia.
By Tbornas Forester, author of "Norway in
1848-49," &c. Longman.

A volume of travels —ivhich conducts us to a spot,
which, though familiar by name or in historical
annals, is little known and seldom visited by the
adventurous tourists of the present day, may claim
the advantage of novelty. The work before us
po3sesses certainly this attraction, and it is further
enhanced by the pleasant style of the author and
the tasteful pencil of his companion. The writer,
who is an experienced traveler, had previously
visited Northern Europe, and was desirous of form-
ing some acquaintance with the habits and charac-
teristics of a people, who,Fe island he affirms was less
known in England thAn New Zealand. With a view
of qualifying himself for enlightening the English
public respecting these brave and roman' is islanders,
the author, accompanied by his friend the artist, set
out on a rambling expedition untrammelled by lug-
gage, couriers, 'coitures, or other inconveniences.
Since the visit of Boswell, nearly a century ago, only
one Englishman has written on Corsica, though the
wild and romantic character of the country and its
people, the sin eulir and eventful careers of some of
its rulers, would seem likely to attract the attention
of the lovers of the stirring and picturesque. Pascal
Paoli, the eminent chief, whose long life was devoted
to the welfare of his countrymen, and whose system
of constitutional government closely resembled our
own, was in power when Boswell visited the island.
He was received by the Coreican chief with marked
attention, and he installed him as one of his heroes.
" Next to his devotion to the English sage, was
the homage be paid to the Corsican chief." The
Corsican vendetta has often figured in tragic tales
and wild legends, but few romances can excel the
truth. The picture which the author gives of the
reckless waste of life in these feuds, which often
arise from a mere trifle, is startling. The system
is now being checked by law. The following speech
of their guide shows how lightly such deeds of
blood are regarded by the people "
It was perhaps this idea which led me to question
Antoine on a subject we had hitherto avoided.
"Are there any outlaws harboured in these wild
Mountains ?"

" Not now ; they have been hunted out ; all that
is changed ; but blood has often been spilt in this moguls.
One terrible vendetta was taken not far from hence ; hut
that was many years ago. I will show you the spot."
" Antoine strode rapidly onward ; and we overtook
the women, who had rode on. In ten minutes we were
rounding the mass of rock crowning the pass.
" This was the spot," said Antoine taking a step
towards me, the rest of the party having passed ; arid
he added calmly, but with decision, and a slightly tri-
umphant air, "I did it myself." ("J'ai donne le coup
mai-vacate.")
"It may be well supposed that I stood aghast. We
had not then learnt with what little reserve such deeds
of blood are avowed in Corsica 1 how thoroughly they
are extenuated by the popular code of morals or honour.
Such avowals were afterwards made to us with far less
feeling than Antoine betrayed ;I indeed, with the utmost
levity. "Je lui ai donne un coup," mentioning the in-
dividual and giving the details, was the climax of a story
of some sudden quarrel or long-harboured animosity.
It was uttered with the sang froid with which an Eng-
lishman would say, I knocked the fellow down ;' and
it might have been our impression that nothing more
was meant, but for the circumstances related, which left
no doubt on the subject. When a Corsican says that he
has given his enemy a coup, the phrase is a decorous
ellipse for coup-de-fusil. Occasionally, perhaps, it may
mean a coup-de-poignard, which amounts to much the
same thing ; but since carrying the French knife has
been rigorously prohibited by the French Government,
stabbing has not been much in vogue in Corsica. Now,
it is to be hoped, the murderous twit has equally
disappeared."

The bandits are another specimen of crime encou-
raged by tradition. We are told that "the sym-
pathies of vast numbers of the population are with
the bandits. They are the heroes of the popular
tales and can oni : one hears of them from one end
of the island to the other." The career of Pascal
Paoli is full of interest, and a full account is given
of his efforts to secure the national independence.
On quitting;Coraioa thefriends repaired to theneigh-
bouring island of Sardinia, which is described in
the same agreeable and sensible manner. Ira speak-
ing of the prospects and position of this island the
writer says :
" Much interest attaches to the working of the consti-
tutional system in the Sardinian dominions, not only
politically, but in its effects on the social and economical
condition of the country. Hitherto the i-land of Sar-
dinia has been treated by the cabinet of Turin much as it
was long the misfortune of the English Government to
deal with Ireland ; regarding the native race as a con-
quered, but turbulent, impracticable,and semi barbarous
people ; the consequences of such misrule being poverty,
disaffection, and bloodshed. But I trust we see the dawn
of brighter days, when this flue island, partaking of the
benefits following in the train of constitutional govern-
ment,—ite %rungs redressed, its great natural resources
developed, and the natural genius and many virtues of
its inhabitahts being cultivated and having free scope,—
will be no insignificant jewel in the crown which assumed
its regal title from this insular possession.
" With our own happy country in the van of political,
social, and material progress, there aro three secondary
European states, which, in our own memory, have raised
the banner of freedom, and are consistently marching
under it with firm, vigorous, and well-poised steps. It
need hardly be explained that we speak of Norway, Bel-
gium, and Sardinia. Occupying, geographically and
politically, important positions ranging, at wide inter-