, 1861-08-05

TIE London AtatNasztns rroises Dickens
rcT novel, "Great Expectations" in fiatter.
ing terms thus:
"There is nothing in English fiction. not
even the print Of mans foot in the sand' il
Robinson Crusoe,' fuller Of cngrossiog and
legitimate terror than the night scene Of the
conyicl,s return, dogged from It's first moment
ey death. Freaa this point to its close the in
with resistless and E1zady power nv.
el Icle1e attained by Mr. Dicsens. Nor tes
he cysr Esed his OWE la1snase with sucu poi
gBsEt muscular force as here. Notan epithet
S lest; net touch is laid on ca1cles.lF; net
a sentence is hammered. Adventure follows
:dsenfrEc-cath one more r1se:isg than the
lsst-cach one, too, adding some sotfeniug and
.eaeenfcg light to tic character OF tho poor
hunted s'Wn1 miEt.' without making the closo
oi bis sad story maua]ln OF sentimental Eg--
eI!thlng is as ii should be, great and ema1};
i1oM he tItmertcrs murdkr scene in the
Hn4ekila Go.n to Wemmick's lancutation
over the portable property
"IheTe are those who Will say that Miss
Hsvisham's strange mad life is overdraWn; but
such have not BEEN been coryersant with the
freaks uIG eccertricities which naughty epi1~
it in agoEy can assume; ncr the manner in
which a resolution oaee taken becomes law
never to be broken. Wa nave no doubt that,
6yen row, IN remote places Of England, rich
OLD maEsiors NIT 1t be found IS strangely peo-
lled as the deserted brewery-with its spectre
In while satis hou7e, with Its dank ard weed
grown garden AID the nlouldering bridal feast,
ts as real, to Us, a5 the lonely churches on the
marches, OF as the wonderful estate in Wal
worth, With Hs works of art and ingenuity
the original Of which, by the way, We have
heard claimed tor haif-a-dozen different local
tiles.
'tOne word more. In 20 late fiction has Mr..
Dickens been 80 happy In his group Of what
may DC called accessory characters, Mr. Jag
gers With his handkerchief; Mr. Wops;e with
bis dramatic instincts; the greedy, sycophznt-
IN seeas:1a4 ls Il 11at wonderful tho1n in every
cnt's side, Trabb's Eoy-are al capital We
ianey that at 1hE outset he may have meant to
make more and mere OF Mr. md Mrs, Matthew
Pockct-but they are not missed-Hcrbert is
AZ hesh and genial an Horatio ms hero could
GstiIe; and most particularly are we grateful
for the uncertainty in which The tale closes, as
We interpret it. We 90 not believe that Pip
did mans Eetelia, though there ore tFo op:n-
iahs on lie subject.
1--WE part from this tale with: as much re-
lut!auce as Il nc had never before known the
dear delight Of reading romance. So strong
in this EIderness Of dubious literature Of
euls. Great E1pectadcns,' ZIG are satisfied,
Will ada 20 Mr.. Dickens reputation, aud il
the imsginatiHe BOOK Of the gesr."
Mrs. TorTASF BEAuREsARD.-As statement
made some time since IN tl.is paper, to the
ehtct t5at Mrs. 3earregafd, the wife Of the
iIsn1gent general known by that name, was
in the neighbo1hoo3, las been doubted, CON
indicted and laughed at ss thing Incredible
and ridiculous. The thipgis ono of very little
ser sSte3nstsausnee, e and Is probably forgotten ere
This By everybody but ourselves, aud we have
remembered it only to, prove, when ths time
came, that We were right We nov know
TINT Mrs. Beauregard has been in OF near New
York all summer, and that she Is or was, q
~ days: since, residing at Hoboken. The
evidence Of the truth Of our origina1 state.
men., and possibly as an indication thst Gen;
! Eeaureg21u does not consider the South a
| deeiran1e, 1t may be not even eafs place Of
| residence lor his famiiy.-N. Z. Tribune T.