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It is oNI something like reluctance that we
nti 'r 311 v rein •*rkS on Mrs. OP I E'S new work, and
This simple reason, that we can say nothing
.0 the Aothor !rich has not been already said,
asuf echoed by readers of every possible descrip-
tion. It may seem, perhaps, a paradoxical coin,
pl;ment, but we could not more strongly evince
adnitr,ition for a successful writer, than by be-
t lAying an awkward consciousness of insignifi-
cance, v-i ittremplng to pronounce with emphasis
Hi, opinion thaehas, never been disputed. It is
not often !hat we are placed in this awkward di
Iton u t with the public.' Few writers possess,
like Mrs. Opts, the enviable privilege of conci-
liating readers of whatever age, or sex, or party,—
of attraeCng sympathy from the learned and the
vulgar, and equally delighting the ignorant and
the cultivated. It belongs not to us at present to
investigate on what grounds she has been per-
mitted to obtain such universal suffrage,
leading character of her compositions is too well
known to require to be analysed or elucidated.—
Her attraction is found to reside in a certain ante,
pity and tenderness, a felicitousjetae.scai. quoi of
sentiment, quote beyond the limits ..of .criticism,
which, whether judgment be satisfied .or. net,
never fails to captivate the affections: Such was
the charm by which Mrs. OPIE first stole into
public favour, and sae are happy to find that it
still possesses its'attractive eneigyand' that the
witcheiV is yet. nitbroken.
The " New Tales** certainly do not discredit
their tclarionship" to those of ati elder series,whicb
havr bet n long deeidedlavoarites with the public.
One of the most interesting stories in the present
collection is the Ruffian the i',;b!e of which
was suggested to the. Author by a fact of. almost
recent date, unhappily too well anOteuticated in
the criminal records ofGermany. Gerald; Duval,
youth of fine parts, bur inferior station, in a
phrenzy of malignant desperation, attempts to
stab Ethelind Manitein, but .hy mistake planges
his dagger ihto the bosoni of her female compa-
nion, to 'whom he bore no enmity, and from
se hose family he had received mild) kindness...—
For this atrocibus crime, Geraldi is condem ed
to suffer twenty years imprisonment : he utters
a fri;:httnl menace of future vengeance, and
repairs to his solitary dungeon. At the ex-
piration of fifteen years, he is, hOwever, li
berated, partly from consideration of his render
years, and partly from his hypocritical
,assmnption
of sorrow and penitence. He is no sooner restored
to socie.y, than 'he resumes his atrocious purpose
against •Ethelind, who has Jong been the beloved
and devoted wife of Baron Waldemat. Various
are the stratagems employed hy..Geraldi for the
consummation of, his crime, but .they are Con-
stantly frustrated by,the,vigilance,of 'Waldemar,
or the self-possession of Ethelind. To avoid his,
persecution, the faithful pair retire to a chateau in
11,thetnia, where they have. at length tbe.couso-,
tatiou to he informed of Geraldi's detention in.
prison. The scene that follows this agreeable. ins
telligence calls forth Mrs. OM's exquitite
lent oeseription _
The children, accompanied by their governess and the to-.
tor, had been permitted, ever situ:e the apprehension of Ge--
raldi, to walkout nt thr.grounuk itdo the adjacent country;
and Edit-hod had allovvwd them to be themselves the distribu-
tors of the bread; or the money, or the linen, or t be.medi-
eine, which she sent to the pout cottegers around her; for
she never forgot others, even in trifles, flowerer opprevccet
she Was herself; knd but Torbir own tears and tier titedian,4's
protioininu, she would hayx been known to these object's of.
her bounty in person; but the habitual fear that C;erabli
iniKlit hr on the watch for her, hied made her quietly submit.
keep entirely within her own precincts.
The day before that axed upon fur the festival, the gnver,-
ness and rim little. Waldemar bad seen a faxged bezging
near the gates; and they pee her a piece of money, because
she 4,lslired thi.m she" begged for her pour grandruothrl.. Who
was dringetously ill in that c?ttasie &uinting to the one near-
est to her.)

" 1 will go in and see your grandmother, then," said the go-
v:.rnese ; `• and if she is eery ill, the kind l.nly whip lives
!.:oilder will send her ,witet Fling to do her good."
The young girl thonlred her ivarinly for her Lind offtr, And
r:in on befure to announce the visit.

ail(' saw an old wwnen pitting aI
!oust duo ale fiver
,a few pieces of wood which she had .jit,
lighted, and aexwiug too ill to takr any notice of her vibi•
tor:

"Are yon feverish ?" said the gormless. " that in so hot
a day as this you want a fire to WarAl you ?"
.1t the sound of her voice the started and turned
round ; but 1;1-.1i-truly restuned her posture without answer-
on; :—and the girl ohscrved,:she was ton deaf to undeistaud
what ;nty otie said, unless the winds were spoken in her Var.
The goveme•s, therefore. stooped dowii, and spoke rite
ynes-
tum in her var. The old woman then heard ; and swin::itig,
backwards and forwards, as it, in great pain, said, " No; I
ant not trverish, only 10 great sottering—sonsething bad in.
sale, I fear." And the compassionate governess promised
that some sort, of relief shouid be sent her. Then assuriug
her she should see or hear from her again, she went in search
of Etheliod; who, moved to pity by the accoont,—exagge-
rated as those of childhood usually are,—which her children
gave of the poor oid wonian's Silirelllllo, age, and apparent
i.oeerty, sent her cordials :rod medicine, promising to come
and see her bersvit is she was nut better the next day.
hut the next day wit the day of the festival, and even
I.llelind forgot her nroutisc in preparations fit her guests.
The suit shrine brightly on the anniversary of a marriage
which had it.,, L..- cause of happiutsi pure and uninter-
rupted, except by a inaliguant Spit it clothed in earthly form ;
and the whole park looked bright and gay with booths and
flags, and stirailirrs Olt the hats of the peasauts, and huskers
the b.nr of their wives and daughters—while Intisic ass
heard front near and distant groups : and the cheerfulness
aiid hilarity which mere risible on every face, gratified the
hem-volt tit hearts of the Lord and Lady of the Castle.
" This teniluds us or farmer days, elturest Ethelimi,” said
Waldemar " nays when no Ceraidi had as yet crossed our
pt.) and poisoned onr enjoyments."

Nlay these happy days continue !" cried Ethelind sigh-
land hastening to nitet 54,iiir friends just arrived from
iler guests continued now to arrive so fast, that
lielind was forced to resign every thought but of their ac-
commodation ; and clic passed rapidly with her light and
graceful step along the busy and crowded scene. As soon as
inspiring vsaltz was played, the higher order of
guests chose their partners and formed their own
circles, while thr lower orders, at a respectful distance, did
tile same; and lahrlind, laughing at her own unfailliunable
taste, selected her husband for her partner, saying, " that
o:rw she never W4lti 01 with any OHC but Walflensar or her
:iildren ;" while the gratified husband, enfolding with tond
prude her still lovely person, Lure Ler along the animating

When Ethelind p;ttised to recover breisth, she cast a ernti-
cyc over the scene . before her. Festoons of pinl, and
had s,o.v hero hang on different croups of trees, altere-
d s,r the ground was level :and Scafilt of the dancers tics,: along
tire circling waltz, their round marked out by bands of
fragrant flowers ; while the lofty trees over their beads
s •reeuril the dancers from the teat of a noon-day sins, aNd
us:a yr al iu deeper verdure from the gay contrasts beneath them.
full heart spoke in her glistening; eye.a3 she ;fazed
04 Oil. cheerful seem. of innocent enjoyment; arid she twit
ikful for the consciousness that she acrd ‘Valilettiar were
.1 ',wed thus to amuse the friends who were dear to tats„,,
•,.,41 t., rewacil.the industry of the pe:tsant by a day of happy
not untroductive idieness;—for Waldeular, bciug result-

ed nt,t to injure those whom he aTuu,,d, meant to bestow on
each family what they would have earned during the day,
though during that day they lived at his expense.
But why did Ethclind start, and a cloud come across her
brow, as she looked over heinerrythrong ?—reeping through
the iron gate at the bottom .of the park, she saw the shoeless
girl of the cottage looking, no doubt with envy, at all that
she beheld Etlielind instantly, with a feeling of self-re-
reinetnht red that though she had heard the old woman
was wor:e, she had tint fulfilled her promise of •visiting her;
and now that her power of attending the sick in person was
restored to her, it was so tterse wroi4g, she thought, nut to
have profited Ply it.
No sooner had the unusual feeling of self-reproach•on.such
subjects arisen in the mind of Ethelind, than it was necessary
to remove the intruder, by fulfilling the neglected duty; and
withdrawing unperceived from the throng after the waltz was
over, she threw a veil over her head, and accompanied by the
governess stole out of the gate, bade the girl lead the way,
and followed to the cottage.

Ever as much atcpe to-
ostentation as she was prone to real
charity, EthelinFlook no relief with her except money, as
that site could carry unseen in her pocket. But recollecting
that the poor woman's disorder was said to be violent pain,
she sent the governess back fur an opiate—and entered the
cottage alone.

The errand was one of charity, and her look and the tone of
her Voice were those almost of a ministering •angel : and she
had just closed the door after her, when her children, who
had become much interested .in the obi woman, re-opened it,
and begged to he allowed to stay on the threshold. Et helind
only, nodding assent, stepped forward to the bedside of the
old woman,,whose face was shaded by something lesembling
a hood.

• The tutor now joined the group at.the door, returning from
his accustomed walk : and Et helind, who kindly thought that
the children and he tirade too much noise at the door for the
invalid, was just going to beg him to lead them further oft ;
when lhoking towards her, she saw her raise her head sud-
tient), and cast au angry glance towards the tutor, who now
tittered the cottage.
Etliclind's look immediately became riveted on those eyes
so expressive of vengeful malignity—and swift as t-lte flash of
lightning the truth hurst.upon her aninfl.. There was no time
for deliberation. She rose suddenly from the side of the bed,
along which she had throWn herself in order to speak in the
ear of the deaf invalid, and ap.prpaching the tutor told hint
that she wished to converse with him apart; hut when she
reached the threshold she called Ts her children to follow her,
nor stopped till she found herself in the arms of Waldemar,
who, directed by the governess, was conic in search of her.
Ethelind did not, could not,
.uttera word hut her pale cheek
and altered countenance spoke volumes to the apprehensive
husband.

At length, however, she recovered her utterance; and de-
clared that in the feigned old woman whom she went to suc-
cour, and if possible to save, .she had by the brikht and ler-
rildr ryes discovered Gera !
Waldemar instantly sprang from her detaining arms, and
ran to the cottage ;---hut Geraldi was already tied'. He had
suspected that Ethelind had discovered him ; and throwing
off his yeoman's apparel, he, ready dressed for tli;:ht, jumped
through a window near the bed, mounted the horse-in readi-
ness, and made his escape.

Waldemar was immediately surrounded by a band of
friends, followers, and grateful peasantry, ofrering to join in
pursuit of the villain who had thus endeavoured to wake
an act of mercy the means of destroying the performer of it.
" But surely my foe was kind there," said Etbehnd smiling
- through tears : " while engaged in an act of mercy, was it
not the hest time to anrar before the throne of mercy ?"
" What can we do.?' said Waldemar; " whither shall we,
go in pursuit of him? Over my beloved Ethelind's life I am
inclined now to believe he has no power, but over our daily
comfort. much. No, my kind friends, I thank yon ; but till
I have communed with the Magistrates I will not accept your
proffered services, nor take any steps whatever, except that
will secure the cottage girl. In • the mean- while continue
your rejoicings, now changed in their cause. Rejoice now
for my dear Etheliud's fourth deliverance from danger and
from death !--Yet no," added Waldemar, deeply sighing,
" I summon you all to join me previously in thanksgiving;
and I.invite you to follow tae to the chapel., '
The Priest was at hand; and the Lord and Lady of the
castle, in the midst of their children and the thoughtless
crowd which they had gathered together for other purposes,
bent in humble thankfolncss before the throne of grace, fur
,the signal deliverance from danger and from death of the
beloved wife, the tender,muther, the adored mistress, and the
accomplished friend.
I believe," said,Ethelind, as she rose. from the affecting
servic-7—" I believe that this has been the most touching yet
gratifying moment of my lite."
_ _ _

These copious extracrs from the Ruffian pay,
have left. ..... -ur remain-
ing tales. We have been charmed with some-de-.
heate and delightful "ouches in The Welcome
Home! and The Proposals fur Murriage. Henry
Woodville -gives ample scope to Mrs. One's pa.
theik powers. The White Lies is vronhy of a
less vulgar title. To Mrs• Arlington, and The.
Confessions (I an Odd-tempered Man, we cannot
at prescnt (10 justice.

(To be continued.)

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