The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-31 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Mr. Ainsworth's New Story, in "B-ntleP"
Under the title of "Old Court',' Mr. Harrison
Ainsworth began last month in Bentley's Miscellailll
a new serial storylof nowadays. He continues it in
the November number, with a second instalment'
It opens in rattling style, and is already full of ill;
terest. The mere Prologue of the tale is a Litt':
romance of itself. The scene of the narrative is 05"
with which our gifted and indefatigable romance•
,:
writer is himself personally very familiar indeed'
The opening chapters take us into the midst of
fashionable life at Brighton—carrying us even intt
a house situated in one of the finest Terraces at
Kemp Town, where the ladies are arrayed in rain:Lena
prepared by the hands of Madame Mercier, an 4
wher,s, in the private concert room, the milsicl`t err
are under the direction of the experienced 11-r
Kuhe. Does any one want a glimpse of Mr. Ains-
worth's young heroine ?—le voici !--

LUCETTA. of
Ter features corresponded with her figure, and Were
hted
lig a

the highest order of beauty—a lovely oval face, lig.
by black eyes of Oriental size and splendour, extlai°,i
pencilled brows and luxuriant black tresses, taken 13e
t
from a forehead smooth and white as Parian marble. J!'ri
features were of a pure classical mould, with a beau-WI:6
mouth and proudly cut chin ; and when her rosy lip
parted by a smile—and what an enchanting smile it iv°.
two rows of pearls might be discovered. This cbarrlas
creature was in the springtide of her beauty, for she 09,,,t
not be more than eighteen, even if she had attained

age.
Here, by the way, as a companion picture to th°l3
10
above, is a shadowing forth of the young gentle
evidently intended by Mr. Ainsworth, or we are Sr
mistaken, to be the hero, and as such, of eorhse#e,:,
eventually the heroine's husband (though as pt tij
have never met) —how shall we term him ?
OSBERT LEIGH—OR —CLARENCE CHET WINO' tit
The individual on whom he (Sir Hugh) gazed was '11),°0-
one-and-twenty, perhaps not quite so much, tall,
proportioned, with singularly handsome features, sligbt,id
embrowned, but glowing with health, clear blue eyes, ttno
brown locks. His bearing was manly, and the ex) sera
of his countenance agreeable and intelligent. 31°"eit41
costume does not indicate with any exactitude the s°,it
position of the wearer, and the grey Tweed jacket, t:,3,
boots, and Newmarket hat which the young man n3'; it
might belong to any rank. But b 3 his position
It
might, he was evidently one of nature's gentlemen'
was not, however, his good looks that attracted Sir
attention, but a remarkable resemblance to his ill-ILIS,
brother, which the baronet fancied he discerned ill if
Sir Hugh looked so very hard at the young man, ti`s,ist
the latter had been of a nervous temperament be nitbe
have been embarrassed. Not being nervous, he bore

scrutiny firmly. coil'
The tale, even now, is full of promise, and we so
gratulate our inexhaustible entertainer LIP°,II Pal© of
very brilliant a commencement of his new
" Old Court."

cer,
THE FUN ALMANACK for 1867 comes to hal' „r,
tainly betimes before the beg-inning of Nov the
and is capital—alike in regard to the drollery of
letterpress and of the illustrations. , ved
THORLEY'S FARMER'S ALMANACK, with of
pretty cover and a variety of illustrations/ iw c,
them colour-printed—has also made its apPe3not
SHAW'S IMPROVED DIARY AND ALMANAC of
1867—is first in the field among that clog
publications. Interleaved, as it is, with bloat of
paper, and richly stored with useful inforinat° ry
a practical character, it cannot fail to b°
widely acceptable. 31
THE LAW OF RITUALISM is the title of a legal
pamphlet by Mr. Hargrave Harnal, Barriste'.4

Law, just issued by Bothsworths.
ARCHBISHOP MANNING'S Remarkable Serilllls
oa" The Temporal Power of the rope ill ply
Political Aspect"—a report of which was giveljoil
ourselves in these columns, at some length/ °rd
the
morrow of its delivery—has now been i 5805
in an authentic or authorised pamphlet forol °
pages octavo, by the Messrs. Longman and dipg
pany. The Archbishop prefixes to it the follto
Notice, which is just now worthy of Part°
consideration : h
"The following pages contain the substance of W'it'olo
said on the day of the general supplication in behalf the
Holy Father. It is confined to the political aspect °ousel
Temporal Power, and deals only with the lowest g`iegiti
on which it may be argued ; namely, that of +.OO
and political justice. I had already at other a.Ol
claimed for the Temporal Power its higher Plit°,lo9o
as related to the person and office of the Vicar 0' dicfe
Christ. It was then objected that this was to rel,o',
the question from the tangible region of fact eed sr Dot
to the impalpable region of faith. Without repe3tifs„:cself
I have so often said before, I have here confine" ;-.1,33 at°
to the same field of argument, on which all leg:.-ecl
powers repose. If the British Empire can be ie°,4o,
its sway over the three kingdoms, and its dependell-, f:,l
the American Union over the Southern States, tlb°
more surely may the right of the Pontiffs be "13„a,,tf'vr
by the same arguments. The only
difference
ll' :115'
that we and the Americans have bayonets of e
The Pontiffs are unarmed. Foreign bayonets are 3 igitVg
mate defuice against foreign revolutions. Let the se:,c
ea
of all nations be withdrawn, with their acts, consr-pee
o
and intrigues from Rome, and there would be /I° ,
for bayonets." jet
THERE IS MYSTERIOUS NAME " DOROg'voe'"'
now "coming to the forward" among our novelists--
oeroC
Dormer is the name of Shirley Brooks' hero in "
Later"—Courcy Dormer is the name of one of th,,,e ecoertt'i
hse
ters in Harrison Ainsworth's, new story of "0"..8„,
now appearing in Bentley's Miscellany ; while the °ok, t)1,
tale, which is to be commenced shortly in OnCe a ariglil
Jean Boncceur, already known as the author of ``
is fv,t,
is entitled "Joyce Dormer's Story." The nott:e„'g
appears just now so frequently that it is becore'"
confusing to novel readers. is -BArso'f'
A MONUMENT AT LAST TO LORD BYRON .1` t;
or
MINSTER ABBEY.—A movement is being promon,,ol,-
tingham for raising a public monument to La
, Westminster Abbey, or, should that fail, for P.at'„iriacir.
statue of the oet in Market-street, ono a the
thoroughfares poet in Market-street, one. otb
thoroughfares of Nottingham. Veilt,i,°ci
ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF " SNOBS
has already been expanded on the meaning Of
Snob. When a nobleman's son is entered at e °io
d IJet'',
he is put down on the college books, in abbrevittteltiont„/
as " fil. nob. ;" and, similarly, his companine 1101)dis
handle to his name, might be written down a 5
the s standing for sine; and hence the Snob iv° Si
Apt 0,
man who was not a Nob. vibe
THE OLDEST AMERICAN JOURNALIST..„- ou(-e'
rican papers record the death of Mr. Charles Al.etea
Philadelphia the oliest journalist in the 13.111 Vrity
lie purchaied and used, when a young man, tbe
ing-office, type, and presses belonging to 3300 P" 00,
lira.,./0901„000
RATHER PRECOCIOUS. Miss SPit"'ied -4 t°
daughter of the popular preacher, acconeeb-- icAtioct
Emma to this country. Miss Spurgeon 15 04L, teo l°o
the Sandwich Islands, in the hope of being eu - ~or
the natives in the doctrines of ChristianitPory prr.ire
years of age, has a fine intellectual face, end foie
sessing anners.—New York Bonze fornal• P'
graph will be rather amusing to the friends °Deo ll°ro
geon, who is only 32 years of age, having
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