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

British fiction is getting to be-lik, tue COZ
fee al one oil our principal hotos-yory wry,
and dlso very weak. II has neither the color,
nor smell OF the older aud purer article. You
look into it, aud a muddy reflection Of human
ity is given back You taste it, and sense OF
,aAlltarajian riaaa M q O. nPlAie IA tal"-...it
AZ once becomes manifested. There has beer
a blockade abroad most efficient paper
blockade blockade on brains, more disas
irons TO Messrs. Dickens, Buwer and Wilkie
Collins, than the yankees are able to devise
against all these Confederate States.
Seeing that the novel has usurped the place o
tho drama in popular esteem; that its encroach.
ments have actually elbowed the old dramatiats
not only OF the stage, but on the shelf that
the passion of 0tway and the wit of Congreyo
the whim Of Marlowe and the concet Of Ben
Ionson, the skill Of Cumberland and the humor
Of Sheridan, nay the entire mental wardrobe Of
the theatre, past or to the present, manorborn
are layished upon the Young Romantic Idea,
aud how il shall shoot that since the DAYS
Of Walter Scott no part or parcel Of the literary
calling has been so profitable, and none ever
so tempting and less irksome and, in short
taking into account the quaHtum aud variety
Of material furnished by the changes Of time
and the progress Of all things human aud II.
vine in this railroad century, where religion
has now aud then to stretch its legs and tuck
up its robes to keep pace with men and boys
considering all these things, it is strange that
the novelist of all others, should grow dull
aud confess himself through three leading rep
resentatives, unable to invent new amuse-
meat for his bountiful but ever exactug Nero.
Yet, 80 it Is. The Great Expectations" OF
Charles Dickens, and the Strange Story" .
Bulwer Lytton--bOth dead failures-are con.
6rmed by the last Of serials, by Wilkie Collins
mo Nanie5" az we Rhall show before we lay
down our pen.
1t is story Of English domestic hfe 40 are
all the stories which wish to succeed in the
world, since "Jsne Eyre" It may be added
with equal justice, that it has followed tho les.
son taught by Charlotte Bronte, in another es.
sential respect. lite foundation is biglmy.---
The tals.tellers Of lBritian, Of late years have
fallen in love with the abstract system, pral
tically called Mornonism "a relic Of Turkish
ignorance, folly and husband have been ssdd
lousy iDstrGctng the youth Of her Majesty
realm in the entire othordoIy Of certain bigam
itical relations. mo Name" niue. be marked
az fcrcible illustration Of this. It opens witt
dramatic yigor aud eject, q fine, pure, alsio
saxon style, sptly introducing country man
or-house, and its inmates one by-one. lis elv
1 lylmorning aud the clock what magic have IT,
same behind the scenes, mingled with blu,
lights and strange mysteries) strikes the hour
as each member Of the household appears
Fire. there is dog--then domestic--then
waiting maid, and then the rest Combe- RaveI
"a round, full, musical designation -- lie th,
place, Yanstono the family. Mr.. and, Mrf
Vanstone, Misses Moral and Magdaeon Van
stono, end Mics Garth, gOverness and frieat
arc tho dramatispersoRr, at leaat for tho pre-
ont. Il ia a model circle. truly, to all appesi
ances. No one 40 bale, hearty and joyous c
the pater fdmilias. Tho matron, chaStC
well.hrsd, elegant English woman. The daugh