Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-19
aGIS GAAEAIrYs
From the n. Y Courier.
DElEREU\.


We have read this last and mo g, finished ,,,.
durton from the pen OF BuIwcr, with an inter
'eiesi of enthusiasm, Eoi 50 much Tor the up
broken charm oil its narrative. nor its
easy gliding from incident TO mcident-nor
IT'S tnll Development OF any one charactor-
Tor IA these II falls far below Richilieu but far
the magic power with which il groupes the AZ.
hngpnhed percentages OF the era OF " hich il
treats, and sets be fore IA he master trans of
each, IN strong colols, aud wonderful 6u,,b
OF their mental anatomy. The suihor di,piays
and That without effort, great eruduion min
ute rs varied, and accurate AS spposile He
calls 10 his drama, the machinery OF ancient
mythology, the supersriio ION Of the middl. aces
aad the snbleties OF the philosophers OF diff .fe,t
eras-he delights IN searching IA the priyste
habits anl 'ulng passions OF princes. STATE,
men, aud men OF letters and having dan. So
he presents them TO Us IN the true VISUAL fo,us
oi admiration or infamy-of contempt OF lid
icnie. lie paints The dark passions ui his sub
Jee's IN cnlors that bring hem before us ia a
fehq, thhi suffers no shade 10 Escape, while
uIr VII is partly matter of history. or If ina.
gined, generally equals the original vein
"hence u IL said TO nav, flown His melan-
choiy musing are tinged with much thai i, wild
and remaniic-his apostrophes are sometimes
mere rhapsodIes, but here and Their. ar. mas.
sages oil high wrought and perfect eloouence
10 winch the mind always. aud the heart rem
orally, responds. His heroine, the wife of
Devereux, has but two qualities to distinguish
ber--a high and noble spliit, and love that
knew no aba ement 1hese qualities and her
beauty, are oflen dwelt Oh both before and
after her death, IN language Of holy idolauv.
u such an EXP ession be not too strong and for
many II vii not be, when speaking oi one for
whom her high born aud highly gifted lord
was Wiling 10 torego has wealth, and all the
objects OF ambition IN that stirring age, (he
beginning of the lSih century,
In reference to Bolngbrrke, Pope, Swift
Addison, Steele, Ofvar and Richard Cromwell
Philip Orleans, Cardinal Dubois, VoItaire
and Peter the treat, he presents them, in some
aspects different from those of the historians,
and while he renders them no better in MANY
particulars. paints them with less nattrring
colours IN most; except the Cromwells and
bol'ngoroke, whom he passionstely admires,
and whose very vices he there fore attempts 10
CLOS, or 10 extenuate. The success ofOliyer
Cromwell, and the writings of Boimgbroke,
appear 10 have blinded him 10 their detects
The character Of the younger Devereul is
unnatural, aud the last interview of the hero
with that second cause, but most powerful agent
OF DIS msiortunes, is highly wrought, and gives
evidence OF great talent but is SO incre dible,
especially when connected win the written
confession of awful crime Without sufficient
motive, that we thought of the author, and of
course the tale palled. There lis much in the
work that might be omitted, parrcu larly in the
character OF Dtsmarias. Much of feeling with
which we could not sympa,hise OF
liberalhy al which we could not smie-and not
little table badinage among those who we're
the undo"o'ed wits: Of the day. at which we
were disgused The fashionable interIarding
oil French and Latin and now and ,hen Italian.
winch the vanity of late novells,s has induce d
'he,n 10 use, has tan,t d tie author of Deveresx;
anu except where the language is drawn from
'ne "ofks OF the great men Of whom he writes.
smacss oil 'nexcusabe foppery 10 Ii,eraiur