The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-04

dron, hanging like ripe cherries % the rool'fee,
ready 20 DO pluoked Dy somo proper wooor
who has Arst taken lhe procauhou to consult
tho heads above uaued. Mas Garth, AN elder
ly, educated, oomouled person, not al all dye,
pepllc, orpooI, no bulIlod nor browrbealeu,
buthappy M tho alIe,liuuale intimacy OF hefl
generous employers, aud her two luyey pu'
pills 80 eils tue canvass, l,ih well s5t WI
has plenty Of room, and Mr. Wnko Collins
might have 'skeichot through Whole tumI
mgr oI hr days in'a good, easy, wruous, mat
ter-oltlui romance, ,lor the patterned "rris'I
tam shaudy " or My Novel or-by his own
creation, but sill hodthy genius in such al
style as q ready wit a warm heart add ua'o.I
raj imagination nigh hopho
But Mr. Collins hao chosen 10 do no such
thing He does notSIoloa many pages before
he begins to ride tho dgh horse. Mr.. aud Ms,
vanstouo ave hurried 10 London by laysler.
ous ctle, with yaltoe post mark an the
mystic yllamy OF Jlo romance. which used to
come II ON Italy is bong gradually transferred
to America p Thee ia much shutting Of
scenes, dumb show aud noiso There is o doc.
tor In The case, lueic .rc lawyers involved
There 10 oyoua baby Jumper ordered. Then
comes ho crauh--lhoro ID railway sraash,--
Aud thea, Ibesevcu your pardon, maiden FREUD
Of yels, prudence aud salibiliy) out pops
,he srcro,--- Suguue honest Mr. Van
stone Tender, spolIess Nlrs vauslouo g.
! 1Hey lace aerer bean mUried Wore sail :
Mg Nanstme-- tho mysterioes leuerwith
tho yankee seal Las hat another wTc Icing
IN Nor Orleans : , Fo for shame Mos,
dsropuhbe Scaudalous let us--lor the
beuedt OF the more pervous-hury over the
lameulablo disclosure,
Out Of this cataslgophe-- or AZ We may call
il, this uuIuoky neglect Of the parents, which
il explained TO theauthors entire Satisfaction
proceed the woes ol the children. They are,
attainled, Of course they lose their estate ;
they bouOme pennilcss and dependent on Miss
Garth, the goyeuess The younger Magda.
len, thereafter, assumes tho post OF heroine,
and draws around hu tho plot, action aud in
terest OF u Gisgnoeiu. career. She runs away
She uniles herself with wretch, who has
Lotlliug to recommend him bnta slwewd ras-
cality, aud very plnut hmnor. She goes ou
the Stage, She plote AN infamous design on
40 idiot cousin. She marries him--lor lnoney
She tiies 10 poison herself with uuduum --
And in tue end But let US not anticipate
auothers perusaI or blab anothers secret 90
Tue eud is equally unnatural aud disgusting
After dragging W through foul om ds Sd,
ltill We are sick an sore o, such aud 50 much
travel, Mr., Wilkie Collins has no outlet, exccp'
oun- pa innluynninu, Wi sahisl-L4. l.uildl -iis
Tor ihe narration, which We will not specify IN
detail. 1t N lily constructed, aud tediousy
spun OUT, II is verbose, not minute. There
Is d lack uslre in the eye OF il. aud though
written IN pleasant vain ur correct English
rarely rises 10 plssabir vii OF ine, or original
sentiment
Ito characterization is quite as inferior. NJ
together constructive Made 10 order. Tn.
natural meu aud women to suit unnatural
events. limitations, sell plagiarisms, dilutions
Puppets that work on wires, not flesh aud
blood, beings OF feeling, thought action and
utterance. Instead Of holding the mirror up
to nature, he has contrived to reverse the glass
We are thus given faint and distorted shadows
Of humanity from the rough mercury, not clear
outlines aud the very age and body of the
time, from FURNISHED surface.
Of the tendency Of these latter day fchons-
of which this is a notable specimen-more is
to be suggested, than said. Il may DO thai
they are the last fuul flashes Of that carnival
Of the romantic, which Illuminated the first
bali OF the present century. It may DO, that
like the drama the novel has had, aud is about
to end its day. But whatever be the CAUSE
whether essential, or derived from alien effects
oI popular corruption and vitiated taste, or an
outeting Of the blood chat once flowed in
such rich currents through the veins Of the
ancient regime OF observation-disclosures influence il
not good, nor C!eyatiag ca the mind or morals
OF this our age. Novels as plays, are excel
lent or they are abominabIe, aud are to be
sought only 80 far al by wit or ~ wisdom --as
profoundly taught through poetry as through
prose--they inspire I'd with fresh views of life
holding up TO US that which is noble for cur
emulation, and that which is depraved, for our
scorn and detestatiou
--i -N~.s-----
ReA. Lieut. Gen. D. II. Hill, who has lately
been transferred to The Army Of Tennessee, It
as conspicuous for rety as his brother in-law
tl,a l,fa aud lauanfad I.rkaon pha Do, H.,