Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-01-13

i. nox bsi.g hammered upon; il it gets through
..;, a,n.o, j, viii, like ths.abstita, l.w, TAXI
,ho wind OF vast puubsr Of sAilt.
yi+erotura.. .Fiction--Lcs Misernbles.
We tura aside for f.w hours from the dreary
details rf III, WIZ, saying TO ourselves:
That bout. the of[reeen.ri ta!o Of strife,
Tbs feast Of cultures, md the wHste of life!
The varying fortunes Of each separate hold.
Th. Gercs Ito, vanqui.h aud thsfant lh-. yis.d!"
All a.su from hat Congress is doirg, AID
leaving undane-to have slight literary aiits-
tim with cur readers. We Wish to tell them OF
the new and very famous French Gctrn " Lee
1fi.eyuJle." (Th. wreich.d)-and to udvss them
to nrccurs and read it, Wo Go'd it to be the duty
"a! The press 10 ugiiAe The question of literature
till tie Using gcre.alcn Of ihu Scu!t shall un-
a.rstanG ils b.nsfts and PLEASURES III all their
l.nsiL, breadl. aud depih.
Tho great Lora B.con -nia that reading hisaOs
the iull ,nau, snI conversation Tho re"ding mal
tho mind like tho body must be fod. and like the
body tn, health dupsuds EN- the quality of tho
iood Good litu,aturo makes good society, and
yuud soclsty makes good men AID women We
Ifio.ply uity the him or the her that enjoys not'
9. oil book. The racred volume tells US that iron
.bsrp.6sth iron; 80 doth the counterlpco of
frierd" This is n,o.t strisily true, whether That
ps1suu shows himself in person or III print. And
especially is lterature bcnefcial 10 woman, for. in
eo,npur,on to man. her opportunities fer ohserva-
lion are few; and tits by books that she must
make up the difference. The moth,r that loves
not good rea ing, can only perform half her du-
ties 10 bcr children. Whether modern Fronch Gc-
iou Trough can DC called good literataieor or n"t
i. Il rntter Of very serious doubt; the generality
Of il il certainly nut-peikrr in matter, moru's,
n,s 1ylc. We fay We viii shock the sentiments
OF many g"oi people b, recommending : Les
Nj, ,.rnble, :" it isa wund; ;rful ~ork however, and
well worth the pcrus;l of any inan pr woman
The hook is oae of strange power, Uloqutnce and
sa,ci,atiun AID Z hazard ;he prediction that IT
will long hold conspicuous Plsse in tins coiler-
ton Of all lovers Of Gc:isn. And who IL this
srrustau .ra, wher Thaekeray and DcteEs and
Bulwer may be seen iu une ..ornngs !"ur ge
through Pull. Mall or the Park, 10 mt a'lovcr OF
hcion. For our own part, when . man or w man
tells III: " never read Novels" more especially
II The 8, ccch be accoml apiei by sort Of self
c-a,n,. .,ory .tyi., and tho pl..itude that "'h~ie
a:e plenty Of jae:, to learn without wasting time
ia ,es .iuy ;aet;on," We shrug our shoulders look
on them riiyrsly, and ra,s hy on The 'hsr eide
-'rc.ly needing that they may h. very worthy,
sr.ust,,ary m,n,"crs of Ioe.ety. hut ut the same
ri.n. a.i.iisd that With t,cm ne shall fhd Mt
ple r.L:e IL entail s1cilemspt or Pahu!nln. Why,
we had ten TINES rather be tEe CREATOR OF Col.
/ N.wc.n4, the painter of 'kat last e'eFins scene
! in the rood mans lie, when ''Adfum" falls from
i. lips ,artpd y the ,st qmiv:rirs breath. there
i, the trencs of Lis hoyi.h triS:s sEd trinnth''
,hau Jefferson Daril, ~rie he even greater IL an
;ha. W. ,hink him. We had rathoT have written
{" Ivarhoc," or D"ianey Son, Of :" What will
:. do with il ," than the Drcar.ti.'E of Indepsn-
deucc, or Durkes R-hoc ions the Fronch Key ~
lutian.
rut 10 return to L.. Yi~er"ihs. This is the
II work Of yic'sr Hugo. who ';ar'' proud y
,r,.rm;oeut .mcrs French nCyr!ists-"n"nE {
/ writer's generally lie. .fiser"bi,s though enc
corrected story. il ,utlisLcl in fire separate rum
b.rs or voum -, .aah ye!umr hearing different
; n,me-F.",iH,. c"ssS. Ma'i", 81 D'"i'' s"d
/ lem l"L>nn--.ll si,eS TO the public Except the
/: las. wb:.L i. yer: s.sn to b" s'ue' Thee vol
une, are ,ron.latsdSsm tn. French "lh decided
! ability and tn.,e--hy whom NE know MT - Yet
| Thoy ure puLli,hed by. the euterpriS'ng firm OF
/; wsst and Johnson, Riehmprd; AID may M" he
! had in orr neighboving cities Of Columbia nna
Auguaa.
Tic rprk partakes of all the exce!lenrrs and
s,ult. Of the modem French Noyrlists. Is pnr-
uose i, to show that tociety il responsible, in
great jogrvs, Tor the of-nc'' Of in!ividua'; 'ha'
.ua;sha.ea:s are often greatly disrrar"''"ned' TO
4bs4.t.at of III. offence committed; that d.de'
;,~,,r.h.. in its a,llnmi,lraiion is often uijnsh
and h,t Law generally, while it iset" b" COM
rsu,,, for the punishment il inaicts o, the h'lt
ard h.r.,cd tran. grcsSur, has n.ta S"'iab'e re-
| r,r Cor tLc irir,siics Of Lu:nani'y. Ihe 'to'y
10 ,r, ,,f s,.D aud ah.orbns interest and narrA-.
t.l viii, yer, unuyusl power II il caarArlrt'h'"
~, all F,e.rh rovels ara, by considerable c3Sg'
yer,t;,n bu, il cout,ins evcry wher. passages "'
xoras ful a.u.h and b-il;inncy and learning
If a,s morality is s"""t'"ss quf' '"n"Alt' We
yhonld r,memher' th..t it processes t' unveil IT.
ro.,,rr< Of n corrupt state of society, far tho
nur,,uso Il: anmadvcr,i"n md ret"ria and On
,h. ,ther hAnl 1t noids up 10 us noble examples
IF ,i,:u, and cxcsllcrce. One fourth of fhe
,o..., ,.,r.nn r,.,uc. il d,vo,rd t"a description
~ III. ,at!!a Of W-lcl"c--;he finest ever "r'''eH'
Tai, description. although O."taininE some pas'a
.,a r.,r,,s. absurd to an American or Eng
li.hmM, is sill u wor'l-painting Of unparalleled
rsrvor and .loqusncc-worlh Of ITSELF the price
of ;hs Eve sn!umcs.
Nsr We observe TINT the lsiios OF NJ ohiio' IN
keeping with tho fertility of resource aud indus
,ry that hus inmorta'izcd their sex during