, 1859-09-12

-fht Sefle8 DOW emOE8clnE tuc complete WorAS | Z
4 Montague, Fenelon's Telemachus, Pascals 8
'royipcia1 Letters, and Nadame Dc Staei's Ger t
aauy. The work Of the editor, Ar. Wight, |
Iocs not appear to hare been very laborious, t
,ut the grouping together Of the best criticisms
md biographical notices Of the respective au-
:,ors in connection with their works, mikes d c
7ery neat and compact p1escntnent Of The
.tandard productions in French literature.
It would be mainly ridiculous to essay gen. | {
eral criticism in the columns Of daily news
paper, Of the writings Of Madame De Stael, who
has 50 long been food for the quarterly reviews.
To the mass Of American readers she ia best
known as the thorn in the side Of Napoleon Do
nnparte, the intimate friend Of Tal1eyraDd, and
Of Gibbon, the devoted daughter Of Secker, md
the nuthoress Of Coriane. She is also, though |
less generally, known rs the person who first
broke the crust Of German Literature and ex-
posed its nobility aud greatness to the world.
Dnt among the scholars On both sides Of the
Atlantic she is assigned the place Of the grcnt-
est Of female writers Of all ages and countries,
rnd according to Sir Jamcs Macintosh she de-
riyes her title to that distinction from the vol
u,nes before us. Danished from Franceby Na-
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serying the customs Of the country, rummaging |
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af1er her denarture that be felt as thouch he bod
;us, r;spn from n hed nf sickness. II wa. nil
mn n tbe ipdefatirablo A{adame. She 1,urrow-
al !, Al, the dark corners md avenues Of Ger
many till there was nothing more to be rum
,aaged over. She then published the most
,ran,;c and aonrcciatiyc surrey Of Teutonic
1:c. .,o;.,,t ~ f.o,;nn IN tba heo;,n;ro of 1Io
.:n,tnont7, caat,-r that has avar arnc,red Mr
na-,s,s z,o st,.Js conf..sedlv ~ tba be,d of
-.,,t.,,,ar,-r s,rdonts and cr;t;ca of German,
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.,o,, .. s,rrav If ccr,n,,v ,re Madame 4.
! s.ael's volumes profoundly interesting. Ser
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.a.f.ss @ ~. ~ assa1s ~ sn.ev,at;rs to,;rs aivs
pe'ofe vs. As e9s"9 w oFee.'e A'P'~'' E''e
admirable tone to the descriptive and critical
character of the remainder Among these the
most striking is chapter 10, in part Ill. under
the sentimental caption Of " Love in Marriage
!; Though addressed peculiarly to the frivolous
nnd heartlcss society Of the French capital, its
sober. eaanest truths commend it to all the
| world. and assure it reading as loug rs bus
hands and viyes are the fashion Of society. II
;s m 1;cht nra;se of 1Iichefct's late work, Z.
l,oour to say that the moral of this interesting
! ,bn,tcr !, Madame De Staels Germany seems t.
: ncrroda Il from frat tn Inst.
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,cout;fn1 scr;cs Of Cooner's noyels-unqucstion
,,,1v onc If the finest specimens Of the publish
~ ;ac ort tl,at has ever appeared in this or On
:, other country. The ample notices Of the ed
IL finn which hare already appeared in our CO
e rmns, render any further allusion to its merit
unnecessary.
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