New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-01
THE LONDON PRESS on MRS. STOVES
NOVEL.
From Tie Ika-rey.

II
il dipnaOn her own Wien she speaks OF tne save
syst III and OF the demoraz cation II eDgenders In nel
tint stony she depicted III Il woman way 'iS ioen
~ son Of tie slave; in this story The d"euS mort
{, pecaly the position OF his master IL Il ucn W
say of the book that it worthy Of its predecessor ou
it would be unjust 10 say lees. IL does not hIi on VI
the deneaton Of character, or IL the power OF het
etng ito readcrs and the witness bear we honestly
believe to be most true Witn.ss to The STATE Oh SOCIETY
il describes.
Uncle Toms Cabin was disclamed for IL e1aggetsr
ton, wbeieupon Mrs. Stowe published Tie hey' CIV
ing authentic parallel TO every incident ana, as rne
now obselves fact given in that hey hes ever
been di,put,d. The former book showed "nat inc
law allowed; and what therefore could happen, and
did often happen, among Christian people. IL ~aS
flst appeal ade with noble woman euliie eneIsy,
md il slowed hard truth from wornans point oi
view IT, one hcb-banded fault war obvious enough,
in the fact that sympathy with the oppressed had no
doubt led 10 ovesiaement OF the present ers oi me
neerots Ii appears TO be- IN truth the strongest par
of tie case on their behalf that they greatly de-
based by the working of the slave system the great
." bristiaIiZng iilst tution Other iauIts aieRco
sesiut that book We cannot admit To have been SUCH
1La, tie whites in the ue good and bad pretty
much ia proI orion TO their sympathy with slaves was
We need scarcely say, necessarily par' OF The cohcep
ton Of work of ait meant to produce surh sympathy
Us its particular effect and Nc may add that accord
Ing TO tie present state Of European feeling l. really
hard 10 conceive that men ana women can b. other
" Ire than good and bad III pretty close proportion 10
tie cunt Of humanity they show toward other men
n
H. tie new tale now before U.s. the case IL stated
with less yession than before. There Is less of the old
generous exaegeraon and the book oi course cannot
create the sensation caused III the ioIner instance
wien Il new flood Of thought wac suddenly let oo-e
uuoh our idle world bnd Il ON Il writer until then un
kIOwn there came fiction nnexanpled III all previous
literature for ts carnesntss Of purpose, remarkable Tor
IT, lLmor and i.s pathos aud delightful even for those
very dei.cisthe Amerlcdnsms and IL, frequent neg
lie, nee of sly lewhic mace II appear less like piece
oi authorship than frank outburst Of true genius and
noble feeling Died appears under precisely opposite
conditions. Tie authorizes herself has 80 made her
topic Of the most familiar IN England, that II might
almost with certainty be predIcated that she can but
hcc lave come as cleaner To tie h"ld nom when
she las already cGuicd the harvest homo. And in
stead of now appearing a nobody whose worth 1t v
oy,ry mans rit 10 dlscoy or. shc necessarily ap-
pear somebody who has euounou- credit to
maintain.
We md in Dred, nevertheless, all that We had
rc III 10 expect from Mis-. Stove. IL IN the nature
OF thncs impossible that she could stGrtle the reading
world h. AN with her fist novel, because a. 90 her
public course she has but strong purpose IN life
und having sur rised u with its strength, she
c.n bu, 20 adding hne on line Moreover, sh. b ~
must necessarily happen IN II case oil uhir kind
put art ndy her best loot foremost. But there N
Dred II Q dice of the same woman OF genius who has
a dian atic il stnct IN Conceiylng character-, and
power of appealing TO the heart with pahos, and to
he head with smcwd or humorous suggestion, which
belong 10 her beet nature and canno, be separated
i,m il. Tie readers of the book urc strongly later
enough To Keep them well amused through dialogues.
on suIdiy pats o the slave question, which We mutt
adm b. both LEM Thy and uiduct.c There Is III tho
present .tory no imIorsiby angelic negro from the
II old of nCle Tom. The central figure oi The book,
bred, athletic. hal-nsHne Atiican. son oil Ia
tier executed Tor attempted insurrceu"n, VINO hue
broken from his bonds ana lives n iugtINe IN the
cCnt dismal swamp near those plantations Of SOUTH
(aIona which the scene of the tale He appears
at critical times uttering, in the language OF the
Hebrew prophets, warnings OF wrath on the land 81
the olpi,,sor and crlns also 10 'he men oil hs own
race 10 out and be free. There Is. moreover, a
ain pie and steadfast house negro, Miv, who works
patiently, suffering little IN her state VI slavery, and
ln,ug living Ialth IN the hereafter for her cOlsola
ton. But except these the negroes in Drsd more
than NGrous forms of the s"nsuous, affectionete,
tLoupli.ss childish INDECENT, oddly religious Air. an
Thee is Tomtit, who may be roughly estimated a.
Tolsy OF the other There is Duclncr, good for
nothing except wien he is ut music. And there is Old
Hrndnd. hnily cos"hman, who can always demon
strate liz he no, bring the horses ont and
does orisg them ont except on the most rae &C.
Ch,iUIs.
Tie merely sentimental part OF the story he's Of
course is dsiec, but 1t is Gl-o tu OF feeling ard
pave. Quadroon who Is his late masters sou, and
unknown Ler such the brother of his mistress IS
t.Iict,d natural man strongly rebtlIng against
rIopg. Wien his mistress dies and her also biz own
tvianr ous brother becomes the oppressor he sumey
knocks him down AMI flies into the swamp. On the
Other hand there IL tile said i'll this novel OF open
ci.,l,y in the plantations; the slave. aro almost
throughout the book treated Ldul ntly and enjoy all
TIC ph, siCsl advantage upon which advocates of the
slave tysit used ~ dwell. Almost the sol tyrant
Il H. iiUidCl BLo Is represented, O Lsgre.,
but rather a. Il Preston Brook The novel a. We
la, said il meant show what il tn stale OF white
society ia Il slave STATE say in South Carolina. and
that q picture il presents L. have la, had
,aundsni testimony. NJ. Brooks himself. with the
cp Of liz ccnst ueni, has supplied Mn. stowe with
argument No; EASILY 10 he resisted.
IL very least ii al can be said of the s tia,
che OF The most interesting roves Of the season.
Fro. ne Pre-, Tory OrsanL
Ms Stoves tale i al much the same material
and texture "a " Uncle Ton" Like that production
Is various IN rs matter and very unequal in its
Tis. Much Of II Is written IL th. style of such Amer
an books p "C",cchy,' made up for the rno-t pert
NE peculiar "hit.chat and -oc sl pOrraure OF hs;
~ ppoee VT L; sccept-irvm the general .mlari-
" q nlrcs' Its r,I-es strle reflection Of d mes:c
in tuIn TVLI, lS.sa-es If -uch rena able over,
a. oh,iy 10 se1,a-ste Il ese works I VIn the class
to VII in '-h,. respects tt.v bear strong a
sen nee ILero are whole chapters IL D'-i,'
- il presently show, % nj, Il, ctua power If
3. yeIy higle> Kind that has ever poured ii>e. INTO
sLtp's Of ToIrapc'.
IT, main dIference between " Uncle Tom nd
D-td that willie The former was pu'e!y e. a,
~. iai.- thoush .tl relltng 10 modern times, :.
lie more .eIious ;srts OF historical cast The story
ot DR., IL y ..ch a one SUti might have seized ou
il ~ had been BON in the United states. D-ed + IL.
ron ~ -,sve Denmark Ve-ey by name. who. having
ob,ared MS freedom became the head Of q CONSPIRACY
in South Carolina cor hbeTsilng ne oiack Popu!a;lon
D1cd was a lad Of fplrrcn when Ne-ey was executed;
10 saw bis father de. aud was himself sold 20 ds.an;
plantation Blu, hi- nature unameabla; he struck
liz .y.rs er dead took TO the twsmps, and was
more heard Of In this romance en- sagi>ary career
!. sLaped o.; for him consi.el. with the 70 hnowr