Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-04-03

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valry, the culture Of true nobility, the infinite proves
and cenqnests exhibited from the time of julius Cesar
with divers prophecies ofloverssnd their varOu
fortunes histories which find their highest type AM
fullest development in the yery elegant delicious, mel
lifuons and pleasant narrative Of the NOBLE yicto
rrioas, and excellent King Percefores King of Grea
Britain, Founder of the Frank Palace and the Temple
the Sovereign God; with the marvellous Enterprises
Deeds and Adventures of the bellieose King Cad
differ, Of Scotland, whom the Emperor Alexander thu
Great crowned King under his authority Nor are thes
every pleasant histories to be secuted aothing worth
for this very Perceforest is the chosen extbook Of
de sante Paaye in his dissertations onHhe history
habits of the middle ages and NJ Dunlop tells thai
CharesIX. of France chiefly busted during his edu
cation with the study of this same romance
To these succeeded the Cone Dsvots, the Sacred Ro
mances the French Fabaux, and the metrc chronicles
"'0f Julius Caesar the emperour,
OF Alexander the conquerour,
OfGreece and Troy, the strong stryf
Where many man lost his lyf"
And next in order have the Italian Tales which fill
the Decaeroasf Boccaccio and the Nopeo Of Massucco
To these doubtless English literature is indebted for the
Canterbury Tales of Father and Master Chaucer
for if he deserves any opprobrous nickname he should be
called the Italian rather than French Brewer" in
the swell Of English unde6led."
As we down to the modern period, it becomes diff
fcult to classify the numberess of fiction When
that excellent lady, Mrs Barbauld edited the
spondenoe Of that school novelist Richardson she took
occasion in predatory remarks to divide novel liter
AZURE into three departmentshat in which the author
narates the story frem his knowledge Of it, that in
which he introduces his characters as telling their
story, and lastly that in which the personages carry
the narrative by interchange of letters is quite
fh0ffi Wis w in
order place Richardson at the head Of episoy novel;
sts being the originator Of this school, The most
comprehensive division that have met with is that of
sprghtly Frenchman NJ. J. Cohen according to whom
the principal may be comprised under the 6l
lowing titles The romance PASTORAL the romance oren-
tai the epistolary subteranean; socialist;
maritime; POLITICAL historical SC. In the pastoral
romance" he says, meet with shepherds dressed in
velvet shepherdesses in satin and lambs with green rib
bons tied around their necks; in the oriental tale
found harems mutes, eunuchs and bashaws with three
tails while hours and gen Turk under every covert the
epstolary romance is noted for its letters which it
would take three months wre and require entire
mailbag to carry the "subterranean romance" is filed
with visions Of horror the cankng of chains mysterious
sounds doors that crea floors that sink mountains that
fall ightnings that FASH thunders that roa heard
and in " Count Rodericks Castle" the socialist
romance is that in which it is proved that property is
theft and that human life should be confined in social
paraelograms called phalanseries the "sea romance"
srendered unntellgble by its saorims for lands
to describe it; the political novel" relates to
"Young England" free trade, aborsaving machinery,
and in country predicts secession under par
tsan leader and paints the terrors of consolidated
government.
But like the priest in Don Quixotes library, are
tired of discussing these books one by or rather class
by class, and therefore pronounce with him, that
they all be thrown aside and deposited in dry vault
until we can determine, with deberaton what is
to be done with them"