New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-01
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sN'e .,..-s.s. ssss,s characters, aoa Il snoecs'
- " ,Ns.,,e.xAsnl them In their mutual rcla'
% s,r We ear gain = satisfactory view of
,,,rs,,ive nStvitaShties, and the Vte"r
-, ,,sn,s 81 their pcr,tsiiurCS. The story.
-, resse,siss safNc'cut INTEREST," TO make the
-. ssAslfs acses common novels, IL suecr-
-, n tie moral anatomy and dehnoat'"n'
I.sa !. the 'avc;ite employment Of the
~ We follow tho progress of the
tA.;A Aeon anxiety 20 know what The iates
:. rssiyci Tor our new aequsintances; but our
=, constantly heeuilcd by the rich and curious
1 ,AAsssoss II character, for which the events OF
= se-y merely furnish the stage. In this respect
n Newccmes preserves the stamp of Thack-
las former productions Ii repeats the same
knpesscs. The same motives. the same machinery,
las the same characters, with which we are "a
.>sar in Vanity Fair and " Pendennis." Less
\, work Of fiction, than a representation OF rea
n. /, fights ulanful battle With the pretension,
hriSue snd hypocrisy of modern society
A.i.e the stcutest blows against the fOllies
a the frauds both of the fashionable and
y financial world But in this work, more
srhsps than in any of Thackeray's writings
81 ssarp dissection Of social weaknesses is tenn
,,red " ith a vein Of noble humanity, and if he
ever weakly extenustes" the errors which it
, bis duty to expose, he certainly cannot
= charged with setting down Taught 10
!. malice" His NEST c.ustic satire, though
esrchiog the diseased points of society TO the
mick. is free from ill-nature. II never glOats
yer vice with the morbid appetite ofthe cynl;;
sr doe. he find in the faults of others any ma
,,ials for Pbarissic self-complscency. The jd.
6.;al cslmness with which he brings hollow
,rstenses to light is remarkable. Without pas
ioa or excitement, he fixes his terrible eyes on
he false. the base, the artificial and reprOduces
ieir repulsive features in his faithful descrip-
ions. Equally free from maudlln tender
,ess, from feIociOus joy in human fail
rsr, and from an inflated sense Of per-
snsl superiority, be takes his stand in
Ne midst of realities, aud seizes the peculiar
RATS Of the grand living panorama before him.
he does lot undertake to write the natural
history Of angels. The entertainments of an
deal Paradise are BOT 10 his line. He has no
sncy for clothing men and women withS higher
'ssree Of excellence than is found ia the Ordi-
lsry experience of human beings. His charac-
ers are rot taken from the realms OF fancy or
,iIy.Mnd. He prefers finding them in the Lon
Ion society Of the present day. His men, ac'
,Oroiu gly, are not heroes, nor his women para
gsps. Hence his pictures arc an illustration OF
The effect Of existing social institutions. lie
shows the weak spots ia the church, the school,
The family relations, the arrangements OF trade,
and the intercourse Of sOciety; and with the
aoIv rv-er &c 10 afms at no set moral lesson,
las no taste for ideal speoulations, aud rarely
,scends 10 the region of general principles. H.
Iitad Of this, he frequently inddlges in strain
'f halfsericus, hali;jccuar moTalizng, which
'leDOing its quiet music with the general
cton Of the piece, gives it a deeper tone aud a
-cLer sud more earnest spgges,iyeness. With
his exception, "Ibe Ne wcotnes" is almost
rtirely confined to descriptive narrative.
The author cl, arly has no intention OF writing
. romance. His materials are furnished less by
Imagination than by experience. TIE leading
If without prototypes in our own
are such true Illustrations of human
weakness and passion, that we can scarcely
regard them as merely personages of the authors
INVENTION. Crowded as the scene before US is
sith complicated events; aud various actors, they
III preserve their identity with wonderful ex.
s,tness, and each presents a study Of peculiar
interest, though in many instances brought in
Fy the gratuitOus generosity of the writer,
|Fnhout boing essential 70 the development Of
DE plot.
We will rot attempt to condense the story Of
asse two large volu mes into our limited space,
|at will present our readers with one or two
wcimens OF Characterization, which may serve
sshow them that the mastery hand of the au-
Dor has lost none Of its fine, inim table quail
sa in this its most recent composition.
Col. Thomas Newcome, the father of the reg
thi hero of the story, and himself a genuine
sGhcb, f" we may premise, is first introduced
a the scspsgIace son Of ga highly respectable
Aniiy, who rebels against the leading strings
Va ssnctimonious step mother, so~s his wild
eats with great profusicn during his school
s,is and after falling in love with the charming
laughter Of a French emigr6, who is Intended
hsksher game, seeks to msud his broken heart
No make bis fortune military man
a'lndia. During that csreer he msrries
q snterPrising -siasw, becomes the father
u an cEiy SOP, and after accommodating
handsome property, returns in the mild even