The Arkansas advocate., 1832-04-04
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EuGENls ARAM

Paul Clifford, SC. has just been repnb. Iished at New York from the English Iediiioti, and the eastern "a esrsz abound
 with notices of 1t, ahd uniformly agree in bestowing high and unqualified en- eomiums upon it. The New York A- merlcan Advocate says
 sin the work before us, We think the
 writer has outdonc himself: there is an Interest excited from the very com fnencement, which tie reader feels to De ono seldom called forth; the mighty magic of genius is every where present throughout the whole of the book. 2
 The narrative is founded on the well known history of Eugene Afam, a coli vict, who was executed for murder in ltnglaHd about the middle of the last century. The moral tendency of the work, unlike that of some of Mr. Bull "er's previous productions, is said 10 De anexceptionable, the descriptions are pronounced admirable, and the deline- atons Of character skiifal, consistent, and appropriate. itis said to be full of vigorous conceptions and of striking beauties oflanguage, and in fine is pro nounced one of sthe first works of the kind that has ever appeared 10 gratify and improve mankind.''
 The NeWgatc Calendar,a q work well llnown in England, but seldom found in this country, gives naeeount of the extraordinary life and melancholy ead of the real Eugene Aranl. He was born ia l704, of poor parents. his fa- taer bcinga gardener by pEofessiotl.--- lie early evinced an inextfngnishable thirst for learning, and aYailed himself of all the opportunities afforded him for devotion 10 solitude and books He married carly, but tie marriage proved unfortunate, and jealousy and the hope of gain combined to lead him 10 the commission of murder, for which, after an interval of many years, he ul- tirnately forfeited his life. His accom- pliee, one Houseman, confessed tue crime and became evidence againsthim. The trial was remarkable for the ex- traordinary abiiiiy, ingenuity, and clo- quence with which the prisoner con ductcd his own defence. The argu. ment which he made in his behalf and which was preserved in the records of the times, is said to be introduced by Bolwer with no other alterations, than such as were necessary for condcnsa- ton and compression. The New York Commercial Advertiser gives the fol- lowing account of the manner in which the novelits has executed the difficult task of weaving this well,known histo- ry into romance.
 The gloomy reality of the legend be- fore him, with its dates, places and cir eumstanees, did not admit of his being led away from the high road of his mar rativc by any Will-o'- the-whisps Of the imagination. The consummation of Aram's destiny, 50 to speak, cast its shade behind, over the path of his pc .etical bioarapi1cr. All the influences Of cxtcirttatfs!. nature as they operated upon him, ard all the movements and occurrences in the lives of the princl- pal characters of the romance, have re- lation, in the connexion and complica- tion. of the fable, to the inevitable re- suit. Of soliloquising and dialogue there is much; but it is naturally intro- duoed, and iii accordance with the situ- alton of tho moping student, who bore about him forever the consciousness Of an awfll secret, ,and the knowledge that it was in possession of another who might, at any time, in revenge, necessi- ty, drunkenness or madness, betray it, and drag him from his seemingly beau tifnl solitude, before the bar of Justice, and thecyeS of the world as a cold-blood- ed murderer and robber. There are no digfessive apostrophes and disserta- lions; no la5ored descriptions; no intro dnetions ofpurely fantastic characters;
 which, however amusing, need not sto have been there,' in this novel. The n-keeper and the Corporal were es- seatial fer some sual characters were,)
 to give life to the landscape of the vil- Haze, and variety to the travels of Wal fer, when on his inquest to discover
 traces of bis father--the murdered lClarixe. These characters are not nn- necessarily introduced. And the cen
 sure which has been cast upon the speli ham school of novels, and others of a like kidney. of being taudrily decked
 out with purple sand gaudy exeres.
 cienccs, does not at all apply to this
 production.
 Besides, the difficulty arising from ] the well known issue of Aram's adyen 1 au .ti<.,,.. aI,<,,,,5 ct1uuacfeds .,,