Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-28
THACkERAY'S ENGLISH HCMORlSTS OF
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY,

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We are indebted 10 Harold & Murra: or Harper IN
England and this country with much cc!at The a'!
Thackeray 10 be ready dsuos!:irr up th
fob!cS ol his subjects rather than dwell their v!T'nr'
He is most pungcnt critic and does not believe in fig
adaGe 10 say nothing :" the dead unless be good-s
his appreciation Of character Is generally vt: a~I ana
possesses sharp and brilliant intellect and rich hGrnof
Inc moral 10 te GrawG from hs roraitcrc OF eminent -
tEos, remarked by contemporary is that genus fS
learning carriers az tnst imprudcncc a oi
and tina. the discipline The "heart is al inniIri. NO.
importance 10 individual hlppness !han al the stores Q
literature ami all The lights Of science Swift Steel. am
Goldsmith OF whom li:ckrray prominently treats h'r@N
the of mrh Others bore rucful cnunt"nnccs them
selves for tie Dean s.. pat;icss constantly haun
cd with msanthrupv and Steele with hai'h- viii" ~
singer ,he Deserted Village Witnessed tr .rpc"
al downfall Of his spIcrti castles in the air.
Thnckcray writes in :cc aui STYLE hU, OF hand
bitter sometimes fpplnt and positive !is lectures
readable parcl!ry The coneintins one toy way
Of appendix on Chart AMI Hnmor
We are aad 10 Sc. ist i:aGkcray will 10 Ghis
country letter Garl London, Jane 81 written by an
Eng!shman, says:
"Mr rhackeray seems mach the better f,r his wra,ro
Trip and says he has rra2cI La UO0 by his lectures av
Ing been lavu.l received he 10 return and
trust he will always continue grateful Ia the county THAI
has shown him much confidence and kindness a. snnc
OF his countrynen have been formerly urgairui ta'
used shOut take bal! from EnEish ravGieT
not pen and ink while in America. Now, however
the countries understand zach other better ant 10 each Other
more justice.
''Thackeray saws that n!cyca will be cqIal in ell things
Great Britain in ,on yeara and s,trpass n twenty
years; but mus! keep a our steamers 10 emain head
as long we can for you authors scupors and d
vines already aaalchr- palm Of victory and
even your yachts ont aiming ns in our own seas
-seN
Memoir Journal and lJ-re'pondenec Of Thomas Moore
edited by Lord John Rus.s.larl 5h, Ncw York D. Ap
pletou IL CO., publishers.
The London Literary ,g.nnIs have cause express their
dissatisfaction with Lord ons edorship Of this work.
The task has been cxecu:d carcessy and he could
have read the Diar in print il is 50 iu Of crrnrs-
o. course, however in collection Of the works Of 30
sweet poet, there must great many choice hngs-and
among them The olowu. account Of Moo:cs visit 10 the
Falls of niagara in lette his mother liz Is proper that
should add that Lord .n has given eloquent and
beautiful dcncation of ihc aarac,er OF the poet:
NIAGARA JuLY "a lS0i
"My DEAR MOTHER Il haze seen the Falls all rap
aud anazement c1nnt give you better Idea OF what
have ielt than by transferring what "r1e oil hastily IN
my journal returning. Arrived at Chippewa, within
three miles Of the Falls. saturday July 2ls,, Liunc
That evening walked towa!'. the Falls but got further
than the Rapids which CAV prclbacG ut The gan
deur had expect Nat day, Sunday Juy s2!, went
visit the Falls Never s! forget the impression ie
The hfs glimpse Ut ifem "lch thc carriage
pa the hill that nrKs Them. ".
uugh be agitaicd by t- 'r;ic effects but
through ,hc this MY low d! waters dissenting
with calm nagn!fccnce, received enough of s gran
dcur 10 Imagination lr wing-imag aglnattUn which,
even al Niagara, ou;:un ni'y.
IL felt approaching very residence Of thu Dritr
the Started n c:es q! remained, moments after
we had lost sight oi IN. that delicious absorption
which pous enthusiasm alGn, produce We arrive ~
the NeH Ladder and dcscrntc TO the bottom. Tier. all IL
awful suaimIties rushed iGIJpon ut TIE !oruc!
qu!Se sensation was gone ] now nj. The s!'.un
when had been touched by first impulse eni whch fan
~ would have kept forever n,Iha.!u rceii
y. Yet, though there was "a imaainr there
much 20 feel My wrvir he: ant soul asccuG.d t1wlr
Divinity in swell 0 Geyou: admiration which n..c,
lore experienced On bring atheist nc:r and he
return atheist pity !hf who coIiy !osgn
10 write description Of t.'e lnrtabc wtEtcrs: ElHcn
more DO pity Tim who unit them the aGraca-lfc-
tneni OF gallons and yards impossible by pei. ~ prn
Gil to convey even lant idea their mapnifrrnce Paint
Hg Is cess; and The most rnag wards vi poetry have
all been arishcd upon ln:rin and uIdua:y SUBJECTS We
must have ne" combinations d language 10 c"sc!.oc III
Falls ut Niagara"