Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-23

unl--Yhai those literary dieiatoIo TIC review
cts will say conoernuug u.--bu, OF this can as
sure you,-thai no little sensation has been e..
cited in our city, aud especially among female
readers by ITS appearance. Whilst yon have
shown that ne have among us a Corn Ia
Eastwood you have likewise redeemed the
character of the seq IN yopr interesting por-
trait OF Miss Elnore In her you have shown,
aud give me leave TO say, with ordinary
skiil-how meekneSs aud lnudesty OF character
may be blended with n spfit ifely heroic
aud think have no whrre seen the peel n
traits Of iery, YET brave aud generous young
Vrgin,an, more truly depicted than ~ young
4 izroyal.
presume thai YOU have read the Crih9ne
Of the Editor "f,he Enquirer. | confess that
was good deal surprised II, his notice. Whit
II Is true, thai he lavishes much compliment
upon your performance, -euognes your pow
ers, aud predicts that sIgh literary distinctions
awaits you u on peTsevers IN your eiiorts,-l
cannot think that his crilieisms nrc Just lie
fnds fault with your negro diaogues--and es-
peclally thai between Miss Katy aud Owe ley a
chRra cterizes them as lun, without being COM
ic know not what he precisely means b,
comic bnt think that at least nne out Of ten
readers would he pleased with Miss kaiys IN
| educated simplicity. III was rlghI to intro
duce low persnnages al all IN the story--t was
| surely proper te give hem natural and appro
pirate oonycrs' alton and nothing wond have
appeared more awkwa,d aud irrational than In
have astrib.d L. the humble House h ecper aud
the tustlc tipplr,s at the Inn. the language OF
refined and polished people 1.-THE editor is
rght--,hen Walter Scott and even Shakespeare
are egreginnsly wrong, iof no writer's have nd.
miied m,e lowIdialogue into then works--iha
these great men.
II may be the ptiviledge. and perhaps The
duty OF Limner. To make his coioring, tresher
aud deener than nature-beonnse his canvass
" III fade with time but the writer who repre-
SCENTS human life and manners, should be true
and faithful in his pictures
With Ms littlr Justice think, is the dialect of
the negro condemned That beautiful write
the authoress of Redwood, has been puil Of
the same literary sin--wlih this difference only
that whilst her limitations are imperi CT, and
are more like the African ihnn the Virginia ne
gro--yor have hr of the latiers peculiar
phrascology with grea, accuracy. For my
own pat, think there Is something affecting
ia the short aogue between Ruth and the Gar
dener aud think most persons would feel the
iOrce aud simplicity OF old Alice converse
tons with Charles in the Cottage.
Some GOOD protestanls have accused you,
understand Of dispRragng the episcopal char
acier, in the person at Mr.. Kobrick bu, have
often heard my elders say, that the Church in
Vir mia, during the revolution, was composed
OF many such pastors, who preferred the fleece
10 the flock. Others contend that you have
borrowed some of vour characters from Scott
and tina, your Ruth Gilmore is nothing more
than copy OF Re coca in ivanhoe
government aud citizens. by whom he was
cupied less or more for the remainder oi the
know not What sou may have d"sis But
confess am better pleased with the Christian
Orphan than even the heroic Jewess, although
do moi, aud am sure you would have Too
much modesty to contend, that any living wri.
ter could rivsl SCOTS description OF kebeeca,
when she threatens TO leap from the upper story
OF the tower.
! hope, SIR, you will no, be discouraged by
any ill-nntnred things that may be said of your
work. You may rest satisfied. that 10 the
heari Of woman, AT least, parts Off are affect.
ing, and the whole deeply interesting | could
wish with the editor ofthe Enquirer, that you
have over charged the character Of hlonienge
Such u wretch ought MOI To exist in real life.
but dare say there have been, aud will be
many again. bnl little ais inferior in wicked
ness A LADY.