The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-09-18

natural 10 The very life The one is intoxicated
with the ctlehry he suddenly acquired; the
nlheT. conscious of his own merits, p"rus"s his
own praises with calmnes< he ore aff-cis 10 be
| more deeply read than he really is; the o'her
unwItlingIy suffers his vast kno" ledgA to Ill. .ze
io:th "a intervals the one is "gntSi; the o her
Is Void of all PRIDE he one confounds in The
same ind,v dual Gishcnorable conduct and lofty
FEELINGS together; he olhrr pcr>picun,isIy draws
strci line of dcaIa ilinn, and never depicts his
cha nracterS Ht variance with themselves the one
trusts much 10 great popularity the other
aS II hr were inid aulhor whose name is as yet
unknown the one is iuIl of pretrntion the offer
Is .unasSumIng and retiring; in fine the one is
BuIw"r, who Is vaIn enough 10 think he a.
tempt any thing; and the other is De Biz &c, no
ESSAYS not 10 emerge bry yond the limits which a
thorough knowieh &c Of his abilities hls traced
for himself.
'Ernrst Mnlttavers'' is Gefcipnr IN incident, and
will not interest those who merely read to te
amused. Nor was it 10 that class that Sir l.. J.,
Buiwer addressed himself. To the thinking por.
lion OF the literary world the book was Welcome,
for TO that portioa did it speak. The hero is
man OF grnlus whom every circumstance combinrd
TO bless. So far as hg birth pecuniary posses
slons, and great talent render an iudiv rdnal
! happy lie is a strange compound Of good and
evil; al one moment he teaches lovely girl
whom certain occurrences cOG3!gnrd TO his care,
to know and adore her Maker, and in The n"x he
sedlcrs her and then he wreps over :he Bible,
aiij seeks lpr consolation in the arms Of another
Mistress That such concentration of di,crc.
pancIcs 10 feelings and sentiment NAV exist in
mind >Ingularly organ,z"d, do moi doubt, but
III" CFMh Is Not always the mos: CFal Semjii6te;
and certain tint in the sky or the dark blue sur
face {" certain lake, appearances which are really
n4rural frt onentlv shoe k when copird IN nclur.
Nv the too Iu hand of n arri4,
Ernest MaltrayaIs" i. a book that n severe
critic nf il v"uom"us disposition would delight to
lavish his cau>tic Ic,nnrks upon and there is
thrnugho ample scope for castrgstion. At the.
same time Ih, " ork ahoonds with innuucra bI,
h.aurirS, deep ,hoonlf. profound ref elton. and
plio>uDiic, i vein Of sentiment that is no, f., he
encountered in The y"neralirv Of raraII,I and con-
temporary works. Ib, fIesirn j. h,llv, the char
nc!ers for the most part we'll dt.pic d. and the
whole is in,rrSptrscd with Il great deal of fine
wiring.
We have dwel somewiI hat upon this work, be.
cause it has been orunuunced Bulvcr's hest novel
Ii Is certain that he received a thousand cuineas
for the first dtor aud half that sum in addiriun
on the occasion of u r. ,rint M English now lis,
has received such high prices AS }ulwct lor hi,
" orkS, because, i Mr. Dickens was paid Two thou
sand pounds for his IN Nichoas NIckelbv' it must
b. remembered that IhIs work contained three,
Inn S as much rs "Ernrsl lIallrAvers"
AS a poet, Sir f. l., RuIwer has not shone so
nl:nrn,lv as novelist; although fame ascriars to
h!m the authorship of the ..Modern Timou''-a
I.udd pnrtical compo>i'Ion.
\ Someu hat savage, but certainly talented com.
mcnt.1or on the works of BuIwer, has thus amos.
lrophsrd him .-"Conc, PcIham-bjd Bedos ex.
crt himself: let him put he warm bath and the
eau DE- Cologne gl,ss in reQni<i.ipn; see that the
mirror >urf,ce OF the polished bouts is aultIrss
III the sacred name OF Adonis throw those gloves
inlo tIl fire! What Ptlhnm dr(Iie himself with
clcuHcd goves, smelling viIIainousIy Of gall Bah!
yet nausrate al n, smell they emitted. Reform
such This : single mistake in "a well got up
man is d.st:uction. And Bcd"n, be p 'rIicuar in
the color OF those under ves's. valet should
have the eye Of the most generl Regent street
Iouugpr himscif. There is ii genius r. Qtircd Ia
harmoniz- with d,l!cacy those hneS We noticed
IN your ,st fort something too much Of gaudv
contrast This, anded To the odnrous gloves. gave
ii faulty styit' TO the ambularg speciin"n Of your
abilities. BE it remrmb"r q, however shocking it
the sci',rce Of dress Thai no English gentleman
possibly pass through the ordeal "f ftshi"n
without the and OF French valet. Now You
Periec', T. lhn'n-"nd Can come forth from your
Gothic dressing room "i carved oak PaneIs and
stained glass and The world will look upon y""
"Ih reverence and W"nd"r while from the eyes
OF the tairer portion OF the ong O < Z'rs, per
chance y"ur peri'cilons may draw gIanc"s al
love. Laties and gentlemen, her" IS Pelham
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