Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-26
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FRIDAY MORNING., JUNE Of. 1929.
"EbGEhlLL."

w - ILL.,
II any one has hiheria been deferred from
peru sing this work itom Sar,;cipa,ine in that
sectional natiorfsl prejad,e .Mhich prompted The
Jews 10 exolaim, Can any nod come oui of Ma
sayefh; OF, il an one Yet Joubts thai a Novel
may b. written, and w'lsen we'll too, even in
! Virginia, we would commena 90 his attention
the following no'i'e, copEd frym The YAM
xEE, AND BosToN LITERARY GszErrE," Of The
lllh inst. A Novelist and Pc of no ordinary
fame, the approba'ion OF the au,hor of the "Bai-
ties of Niagara Keep CO0l" RANDOLPH" SC
whose pen. Wills, in England, VA. nj .s,ed in
behslf Of one Of the most celeb aed and original
modern periodicals, Biackwood's Edinburgh
t Magazine, mus, outweigh, in tse,yaupreiu-
diced mind, a thousand puerile ctiIissms and
capiicus objections. We are g'aiG d to see
so many cc,empo'ary Journals 'akiNsno4ice Of
the Work l. will bear he most rigid ane Sc.
we're scrutiny, and be more valued as /; hco Dimes
better known. Edge Hill has not YET, We are
sorry 10 learn, received lhs, degree Of paroon>
aye and attention to which It's merits en'ile il:
| but amids, his discouragemsnts, IL must brccn-
suling 10 the author, TO receive the encomuni
Of Judge so wer qualified to decide on MS
merits and appreciate It's txcellenc'es, as JoHS
NEAL.
We trust the Author will proceed i'll The ca
| leer he has so auspiciousy begun, and bee ome
as Mr.. y. intimares he will, The riUal Of Cooper
We would ,emsrk, en- passani, thai we b. leaV
to dissent from MIR. Neal, in his opinion OF IN
similarity or identity of character existing be
9eeD Albert Monleagle and Rashley Osbaldi
stone In some general features there may b.
Resemblance they are sufficiently dis
| ,inct 10 consli,ue them varieties Of the SAM
class. The villainy 0! Osbaldislone arose from
ambition and desire f Distinction, that, c
Mou'eag!e was ulen! solely on self-gra'fics,lo
and oupldity The former displayed TIE wo'
ings Of a daring aid HAS ;er-spiiit, confident q
| lis own power and RESOURCES whle Monica
gle, 10 mis- eff onrcry aud hypocrisy, joins III
cowardce of a poltroon. Thrre is as much re
srmblancc, we conceive, betwee n the Two, q
,h-re is between Buonaparie AID The prescn
hopeful sovereign Of Por ugal Don Miguel.
EpoE.HIaL, a nouci by a Nrgimon in t,Vo uok
Richmond. r. W. Wpie.
1t is really cheering TO SEE our brethren OF tn
soutn, he liner spilus Of the Ancient Dominion
taking tht Fl, Id with US in he liera'ure Of tlf
ima ginaIion. This, believe, is the frsi Vir
gina novel ,ha, ever appear, d, Lnles, he Or,
BACuELoR may be regarded as a novel, or tn
BRITISH spy, DO h of which came forth 20 tn
world in Virgiaia, thug, the author h msrl
was NJ lrylander. Nor do now happen T.,
rrcollec, any Southern story VIVA ever, in III
shape IT novel.
4 Bu, this, takeit altogether, is highly res
pee able affair The Characters, though our !
borrowed, iha, O! Albert Morteaele, are fin
and spirited, and huen'ly CHARACTERIZED, toi
frs; attempt. The POI is good plot; thr NJ or
| al-what j. should &c; ne lauguagr, uBifurm!
easy, and wi h 'wo or three EXCEPTIONS, nn,lorm
Iy colrec', and sometimes beautiful; and tn
windins-up is altogether in the old fashione'
s'yle Of p'oprir'y.
b., Albert Mon,easle, as Ihave said hefore
is borrowed rather borrowed, that il. He "
90 like Ashley O,haldisr ore He is Villain
of the same sort-endowed with The same >or
OF re adnrss and rlf-posse ssion-his stature -
his "compaei and muscular Frame" & 25) ewes
mis- uOice and mic Shapen face cna repulsirc ecun
ienaace," Ii. l52, are thr Same.
In al other respyc $, Edge Hill appears to b.
sufficierly new Tor story of me re'nluii.n
add take the ,,lot as it is, in'erwoven inl, rtan
gled, and finely cleared up, II is worth hall 4;
score Of modern plots The author in FACT II
clever; and il this is 4 first attempt, as proba
bly, Is, he ought TO eclips Cooper before he ha
done; for Edge-tiill, though much of piece
with Precsuton, the frs attempt OF Cooper
pu,h oeing formed upon English models Of
me by age, is iea'!y superior, much suPerio
! 10 p au ion N.
We take pleasure in observing III" manli
ness, and indepe with which some o
the first prints. in Virginia speak Of he pro