Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-30
TaE GOLDEN pAaGaRs.

ROMANCE OF CALIFORNIA, TRAksLATED FROM THE
TsESCH CT PAUL TEvAL-Br GENTLEMAN CT LOUISIANA.
Tie dffsrerce between Freroh aud English intellect
has often been remarked az running through the
tonal history and projections Of eaeh in every dIeO
tiou Tn. contrast lie most easily in their ers-
lures That of the English affects truth, depth ard
reflection To show the under log thought, the cluie
rather than the act ITSELF which results to attract
by sober narrative and careful, rather than pointed
reasoning; to impress by the truth rather than starte
by tbesiraDgensss of the climax, is its aim.
The French genius, on the contrary, has ever been
demonsrati70, dramatic, aptithec. The subject mat
ter be ads says 20 its peculiar manner Of treatment
Is Characteristic is less in Psscal than in Sue
Montesquieu illustrates il ss well as BaziC; the same
generic manner bsongs to the spcculasOns OF Cousin
and Come as to the clever FepstOn Of "a Poor Young
Man" French Iovos ard romAnces are tpt to become
dramas; R4ench drama to become melU.drama This
is the fault to which the French most prone. Yet
the exceenoies of point life oesrness they exhibit in
unrv-ed degree. Ce qgi nest pas clair nest point
fraaeais is nearer the ruth OF prOverb than the
fals:y of boast. These trte remarks We have beeu
led into by the little volume whose title appears above
The "GOldsR Daggs's' is q dramatic, lively and
sen'ed BY French noble nan and Hungarian, Disguised
a. an EnglishmAn. meet in Par q Gt the house Of a
Warehouses; whose daughter is Rl4soed 20 krtn,h
man Toe latter does recognise the Hungarian, but
s recognised by him. We meet mystery at the out
set in a relation Of adventures in the gold-mn'ng
countries Of America. Thls relation is given unsus
b,Ctingly, but in garbli manner by the rench
Couct. The Hungarian finishes the story in = manner
highly Interesting to the company and yet more 80 to the
FrerchmaD who suspects from t that the relator if he
be not himself the victim in America least knows the
vic i'm, therecchery and the traitor The whole Of the
subsequent action CoG6ned, in space to Paris in
time TO few days. and consists of the means taken by
the French Count to assassnae the Hungarian aud the
counter means.
The latter, of course, ara tucoess'u. ToWah, aPas
nee, follower Of the Hungarian, aud hero of plot
vi hin plot such ErenOhmen love, obtains his
vsngs and disappears. Tne Hungarian Stays the French
Count; narres hs AArcbioness daughter, the Brises
OF the Strife regains his ancestral domain of bog and
forest and Frsneo-pOstCIl justice prccams him calmly
enjoying domestic bliss under the vine Of TOkay. In
his cup, however, drop Of bitter minges-she Mar
chioness his mother-ln-!AW, who seems soo1 wearsd
of the rural scene.
The book lie entertaining, foil OF action, never dull
Despite lmprObsbLidss aud gross mistakes CT typo
reply, IL interests US by its spirit and viVacy-the
rather as the vice which undsrSs ia yelled and only
indicated instead Of berg SYSTEMATICALLY paraded and
dissected in the readers sight, as ia the habit OF the
modern French rOmsnce.
We return thanks in advance Of the pubic to the
translator for making good choice and so good a
translation. 1.-THE Golden DIggers," truly, lie, as be
hoped very s TO amuss and stracs the readers mind
from the too continuous Anxiedes which weigh Us
all
The translation is clear and spirited, and batting some
faults Of csrslessness good Eagish, often idiomatic.
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