The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-07 00:00:00

JIT TIM AUTHOR OF " OLD MAIDS."
In 2 Vols. London': Macrone, 1835.
There can be no question of the popularity of this
work. It is brim-full of the most " rich and racy "of
the richest and raciest good things. The moral pe-
culiarities of Old Bachelors. are most humourously
pointed out ; and the classification of the species would
do honour to old Linnaeus. We have the finical Old
Bachelor, the slovenly Old Bachelor, the amorous
old Bachelor, the sentimental Old Bachelor, the li-
terary Old Bachelor, the woman-hating Old Ba-
chelor, the irascible Old Bachelor, the gouty Old
Bachelor, the cautious Old Bachelor, the popping or
presumptuous Old Bachelor, the ladies' flirts, the
rakish Old Bachelor, the - bashful Old Bachelor,
the indifferent Old Bachelor, the penurious Old
Bachelor, the hypochondriac Old Bachelor, the wiring
Old Bachelor with his unbegotten children, with
Heaven knows how many mote, besides their halls,
housekeepers, consciences, and morals. They form
a goodly gallery of portraits, painted to and from the
life—indeed, we might challenge the public to look
upon any one of them, without recognizing an old
familiar acquaintance. With the Author's opinions
respecting the Malthusian theories of population, we
have been much gratified. The ladies are deeply in-
debted to him. The public will thank him for one of
the most agreeably interesting works, that has appeared
this season.

NORMAN LESLIE:
T4fIC OF TIM FRIKENT TIMES.

BY THEODORE S. FAY.
In 3 Vols. London : Macrone, 1835.
This is a tale of American life. The author, in his
Preface, says it is founded on an actual occurrence,
which happened some years ago in New York ; and
we are bound to believe him. Had he preserved silence
on this point, we should have affirmed that the idea of
the story was taken from Grattan's beautiful tale of the
" Magic Lantern." Count Claremont is the very coun-
terpart of the stalwart and mysterious student of Got-
tingen, and many of the incidents so strikingly resem-
ble those related in that extraordinary fiction, that we

can hardly divest ourselves of the belief, that Mr. Fa]
must have been reading Grattan's tale immediate],
before writing his own. We subjoin the leading inci
dents, without regard to the transpositions adopted b
the author :

Count Claremont—the principal personage in the
talc, though ranked only as second—is an Italian ad-
venturer, who, from an episode in the story, appears
to have studied for some time in a German University.

There he distinguished himself for his brutality, and
his extraordinary skill as a professed duellist. After
killing several of his fellow-students, he was obliged to
fly the country, and subsequently won the affection
of an Italian girl, whom he married, and whose only
brother he killed in a duel, for resenting the injury
done to the honour of his family. From Italy he
fled to America, and being in possession of considera-
ble wealth, created himself a Count, and an officer in

the French army. SG important a personage, espe
cially as he had the advantage of a good exterior, am
the reputation of a marrying bachelor, was not liable
to be treated with indifference by the democratic mo-
bility of the New World. On the contrary, the first
men in the Union courted his intimacy, while their
wives and daughters absolutely doated upon him. While
paying his addresses to one of the latter the self-created
Count quarreled with Norman Leslie, the son of a
Member of Congress, and the hero of these volutnes-
A conviction of the real character of the Count had
flashed across the mind of the young American : in
his rage he gave vent to his feelings, and the conse-
quence was a vow, on the Counts part, that he
would have the life of the man who had dishonoured
him. The Count subsequently prevailed upon a
young lady to elope with him to Italy ; his wife, who
had followed him, acted as his accomplice ; and
as the lady, on the day of her mysterious
disappearance, had been in the company of
Leslie, suspicion fell upon him that he had murdered
her. The Count remained in New York to assist at
his prosecution ; he was tried and acquitted ; but such
was the strong feeling against him, that he was con-
strained to fly to Italy. The details of his wanderings
are unimportant. At Rome, during the celebration of
the Carnival, he encountered his old and deadly enemy
Claremont. We forgot to mention that Claremont
had thrice previously attempted to assassinate •him, and
that on one occasion, Leslie had received wounds which.
nearly cost him his life. While Claremont Is in the