Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-23
TUaCKERAY.

staple, seek expression II = homenelAtura' Bold
Osneise, expressive, or securately reproductive
Of themselves. Per aEhtksss to this, he says
vbsn society becomes old, intellectual, re-
Aaed, when taste besomes cultivated, language
becomes eclectic OF redundant, wants artificial
and complex. pestryis s%uPplanted by its Pseu-
donym composition OF 3 oonpsuRd Of words,
rymth, and eonceis which, though plsEsing to
the taste and h~arzonisus te the ear, viii want
the point and vigor Of genuine poetry. Per
hsps there would be ne bs.tsr Illustration Of The
idea .hsn that furnished BY the poetry Of BURNS
md GOLDSMITH, in contrast he that Of Day
pEE and eRAY, which, Though net far from CO
temporary a. to time, srs aPuy suggestive
OF tbs difference Of sceisl states; the s0ld, sem-
plex, measured hsxamescrs Of The lsst-made
M chiefly By tbs use Of sdiectiTes-in contrast
TO The warn, simple, EirIle verses, or, rather ez-
hsIalioRs, OF the hrsL GOLDSMITH ssid Of
GRAT's Elsgy, that the omission Of the adJse-
lives enBleyed in each line would charge the
Measure. but strengthen the ssHsei aRd tee
same rsusrk was made by Sir WALTER soeTT,
ef he Dydsnic measure, employed BY PoPB u
The Translation Of the Iliad
While MACAULAY's idea Is probably true as
% posary, the converse is true as to geusralht
srsture, sud Hus for the Tesssn thsi it is rem
It's very nature, the prodUct Of = highly agsif-
cal or eogvsutional social, szd intellectual con
didon. While this is true subisefivsiy Of all
general literature, Il IS true specially Of 81 OBJ
iestive literature or literature reproductive Of
social conditions or social phases, such as satire,
.ssssy drama, az che Hore modern form Of TO
nance OF novel whose sole, or certainly eRisf
mission is to bold The nirreF Up to society in
ths r~eprsduction Of the faults and fslies Of old
and organised soeisl life.
TIE difference be!WeeH the romance AID TIE
novei originally, was, that the fist, deriving its
nzme from the R5mGrelqHe or h5Tid dialects Of
tie southern provinces Of FrzRee, was thrilling
or marvellous history OF adventure and The
last was s~oiemPorsry stsry, or story made up Of
living inci5ent and adventure, and consisted IN
the probable, s. the Erst did il TIE improbable.
Tie Est, 5omeWhst qualified BY serious motive,
may be traced in POstieal fern 10 England
70 she Faiue Qaesa Of Spencer and coming
down, may be traced through the Utopia Of
Mons and TIE Arcadia Of SYDsET-neither,
particularly the frst, unjlutel ronsaee-lo
he almost pure romance Of WALP0LE, Mrs.
RADCLIFFE. the Misses PORTER, and, sbe7s al
Monk LEWIS. TIE father Of the novel suoad
kas, is supposed to be CERvAETEs. and its FIRST
.Eerk was to kil Of romance in it's association
with tie absurjities Of knight srrsutry OF
chiVslry. Tie k.her Of the FIsnsh nevsl is IL
SAGE, while the accredited paternity Of he
EBglish novel is assigned to FIELDrss Any
one iemilisT with the stories OF FIELDING, OF OF
bis successor sMoLLEF, CT GOLDSMITH, OF
sTEREE, emitting the vaErsnt episode of the
last, viii ksve ne diaeully IN precisely defining
the mission, OF the literary relation or nature Of
ths novel; OF il discovering that it Is simply no
mOye nor less thsn epic sssi1o, or satire thrown
into the form Of prose story, having the same
purpose md motive as tie acted drama.
The stories OF SCOTT arc tsrsiam gzid. or
q compromise between The romance and tie
novel substituting pure history for The Wild s5-
vsRtWs Of ths.former. and pure wholesome bu
nor for It's coarse Ead broad satire. The ofsc.
Of sCoTTs example as the father Of tie his.oI-
cal romance OF novel, was 70 beges az innu-
nsrEbie uuitituds Of imitators and followers.
not al daad yet but rapidly dying out under q
new rtgass ~insugursted By DICKENS aud
THAcKERAY, and destined, II Eot intended ts 70
store the novel to It's pure snd appropriate po-
sitior, mHfGts mg5ssais, 81 allowing fer neesssa.
y changes Of time. Dickens may be said to
be tue novelist Of the poor and neglected. the!-
arts ana theh champion, depicting their hum
ole hhtsry snd episodes Of history, in aspects
OF hapPinssl and D isery, aud Esrrow and 10Y,
and seriousness and absur3iy, with the symss-
thing tuihfulHsss AID sens!biHty Of WILEIE;
and tie cant, sud shan and corruption Of shsir
advtrssnss and oppresSorS, social AID political,
wJhthe terrible or disgusting fsiihfulEess Of
HoeARTE. DICKESs is q seiEing contrast 70
SCOTT, IN that be has little or ne epic talsgt
little power Of artistic grouping OF combiuatent
his Gully talent in hEs way being n such az
sregation as yeu EilHess in such = picture as
VESTS" Christ healing the sick, while his great
puwer is in detailed indiVi5usliz.ag. SAM wei
LER j. worth more S = portal; than PICK
VICE is worth IS 8 picture, while GE9RsE. OF
SEAGsBr, CT SRIMPoLE or BUCKET, OF Hrs.
BAGSET is fSr more 10 be Prissdss a biography,
than Biesh House is ss q story. DICKENS in
mortality is secure as lorg IS humor OF huuApi-
y Tsnnins, or people who suffer, OF laugh, shall
live.
THACKERAF-Whose death. recently On.
nounesd in iss foreign savicss, has been the
suggestion Of this psPer-as a novelist, may Be
sGd 70 be superior 70 DIcKENsi while be is
much iufenor So ss artist in Ia aspects delg-
The mission of tho novel proper, finds
il most psriost hlEIlnsnt in THAcKERAY. De
Is The embodiment Of beth FIELDING and
sNoLLET, ID the Characteristic humor and
satire, which make up the ideal novelist. lie is
= gentleman, wlh few or nc social drawbaeks-
= healthy gentleman. intellectually, morally,
and physicslly-s gentleman Of good hsari,
good education, add lively, sprizhsIy, scu!e il.
Re draTa living msnners well. having
however, like bis master DICKENS, = fsu,,y
for drawing people Of peculiaritiss, which.
axe SUES episode Of CABRIoE and PRELEr.
nay tend sore 80 individual amusement, than
e6i6eafion. As q hUmorist and
10 clHnot be surpassed IS q por
.1Ai. painter, be is generally very fair,
lad somsames stEikiBgi as a groupe or picture
be is bot She hrst Of bis class aad as q
ssoy hnor or TaeoHttHr genial, smusing and en-
! raining, bit elaborate, episode, psriphrssGe.
ard h~iefunnable. Tbs length Of the modern
aovel-she result Of serial pablicsii0n and pay
sent By the Ebsss-Uhls a greai bore, u a great
loparturs hoH the old three volumes u mo or
Ieotlf eys and fsriy ehsFieTs. T~HACKERAY's
sns viii nsTsTt bc SC great OF 50 long lived ca