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THE FAST OF ST. MAGDALEN.

• 1110adAtet, IN TUrn VOLV3IIII.

BY MISS ANNA MARIA PORTER.

The eventi recorded in these volumes, even if re-
lated in the simplest manner, would form a story of
Thsary isterest ; but wrought up as they are, by
id imagination and fine taste of this gifted
writer, they constitute a romance of the highest class.
The work, indeed, might, without impropriety, be
designated•by the title of a Prose Epic; for the ac-
tion is grand and entire, and the characters are dig-
nified. Miss PORTER has laid her scene on Tuscan.
ground, and has chosen, for the subjects of her ficti-
tious biography, the descendants of-Loazezo the
Magnificent, after their exile from Florence. In the
conduct of this " high argument" she has displayed
equal spirit and consistency ; her exhibition of Italian
manners in a romantic age is impressive and appro-
priate ; and all the minor accessories are in admirable
keeping with the principal groupes of the picture.
To undertake a fiction illustrative of this classic
and enchanted ground may be considered a bold at-
tempt, after the signal achievements of Mrs. Ran-
ey-met in the same region of invention. But in truth
the powers of that engaging writer are of a nature
wholly distinct from those displayed in the present
performance. The luxuriant descriptions with which
her tales are charged, and perhaps encumbered, prove
that her peculiar talent was scenic, if such an expres-
sion be allowable ; that of Miss PORTER, on the other
hand, claims to be distinguished as dramatic. She
resorts very sparingly to the expedients so lavishly
employed by her predecessor, and produces effects
equally striking by a much simpler apparatus. With
a kindred taste for the picturesque, she intersperses
her narrative with many fine though rapid sketches;
but, intent on a loftier aim, she leaves them to be
bodied forth by the imagination of the reader. Her
descriptions are fully adequate to maintain the
charm of the illusion, without interrupting or sus-
pending the progress f the action. In proportion as
that action becomes involved and complicated, they
are less frequently introduced, and are at length only
Kiven is such m'easure as to assist in its graceful
developement.

The story, as already observed, is engrafted on a
memorable passage of history, and is managed with
admirable felicity and skill. It would be premature
to exemplify its merits, either by abstract or analysis;
but we may add, that its 'termination is prosperous,
and leaves an impression on the mind as pleasing as
the recollection of past music. It is difficult to de-
tach a just specimen from the narrative; we therefore
select from the characters the following portraiture of
its hero, the Marquis of Valombrosa
" Perhaps no man had more fi iends, and fewer
enemies; for his fine qualities were not without-alloy,
and his associates, remembering that he now and then
sunk beneath their level of' prudence and command
of temper, forgave his excelling them in generosity
and temperance. At four and twenty, (that charm-
ing age when yOuth breaks into manhood, and the
greatest indiscretions find perhaps too ready an ex-
cuse in the ardour of the blood!) Valombrosa's cha-
racter certainly displayed the faults of his age; but
these were really overbalanced by a far larger pro-
portion of amiable and estimable properties.
" Frank, true, and unsuspicious ; firm as warm in
friendship ; with large and liberal views of his duties
as a patriot and a patron ; rightly understanding the
best and most splendid means of exalting the nobi-