, 1865-12-03

"sto1y;" but In <aH Nj. Hnia}fd ha, NJ,
much more of story to tell tha,
mad the needy kpife~grindet, Rev.r,
hundred pages arc taken up vith nm
ve1aaiions which are Of the mo,t snn.ra-
qualify, and snch as nobody ever din tes, -
cyeWtt1.U outside Of a book. The eh.yss; = =
AZ walk upon stilts.. In fact. thew ons -,
all. appear much morn l,ke vcIl dres,.a de ~. au'
;. pe.s .nen !ea! ne@ah-and'blood @ creations, b
sane Is = so1smn prIg, WHO swearas i 11a-r
4 cue H':and u represented as having aevo;,ss, s'
all ancient 'and modern literature a. fwen, :, ,
tttn;ee. Ae is i, kind ,ofI Ernest Msltravers
painted u water eolora.. Indeed; ahc rn.nner
|:la.ns aans Of BhFer are quste percsptt6le II N,
Hihafas style: ThereIs the same INN, ,.,h,
wisdom, the same nneetatlon Of 1earninr ,vn nn'
vague mysticfnn, that means nothfne a. ss'
comes to.nothine, which II ohserysbie n a.,
#ers early Rrittngs.. But while: Mr.. H,1,ior
wears the cast-oG clothes Of the Enp,,.,, nv.
eNst, we are obliged to :eoaicas that th-1 "a A.
not. become him. We find no trars +, NJ
book Of the clarerness, the tact and kno,- ~
: ledge Of the world which make The Cayton
and My Novel 80 delightful.
we have remarked TINT the characters 1,
oe sanc arc constantly npou stilts. :Thcy do
however, sometimes step down from thet
elevation, and the step Is. usually from tb,
sublime to the ridfculous- This .fauz pas /
taken with grcat precIpitancy, in tho follow.
Ing passage: =, :: -
I! "ADo Jou. then. Ar. De Vane,' she said. .no
hsfee with Hamlet that we thond
: -nther bean those fns ne harr. , ::
1n&u f5:to olhezs that we know not ofg't
Ahl he Epoke Of taking onu's own life faid
De vane- That, think, Is never to be donc-cer
sos Sezrs.r 9f 1!!e: But spoks of pertaining bj
rs Even then, the sald.. sudden death l. terri
BILE; for IT prec3prntcs IL into
s1e9'e* rnStseosssea e1un NOM rhose bourne
~, .De s Esno looked Rsayo. warins said nothing,
son}e 4s,:h +, q1ds5 nnas,ny sa Mss
's'Fuf fsom IT, said war1nr. 4 have seen II mn.
aer dreat9stsrees which made It inmtnoas and I'd:
$50 have 1-onee,' said Do vnre.
,rs,.;. - s1lenee-ettliDess-reisned for some mo-
~ -. lsas.h VI, Goae,phin said .Th.. "Budc
Ashton: Let " tarn to somethlne eay:r.'
i. fots r. "a rang 1or ses'nas Braag us
~. H presently returned with refreshments, and
"'uos DELICIOUS ice, are ~ ead Es.hcr; .vrtes
,,ss .iss., saia Mi.s aeSo'phtn. I nna them re,
OF course the heroic DeVanc and the saintly
Esther a1c married, at the flve hundred aud
and ilf1ieth page. r II
whish ho aerea n tSc a1a
Dersne and Esiher ~ II IN angel With outspsrad
pEs.s pEs s'o 9, fSssssa over them seal vi" ao
AAs0N1UroEAs: By Mrs.Aaz11AL l. cuuacu,11-
Ssia3es SsSsss ef,sa Fe1tsR RRa pa o. ,s a''s'n casoa
! Tho authorcss Informs us in her preface:
Thesc r. poems, when written, thought but to .ead
o4ir hecJ u ue elal' a should give me good
PIT the, q ny e.or. 20 hopefully look,
I'm persuaded % sesct the lines Up in book
] In this she has done we'll; and, as johnson
said OF Garrick, she has added 10 the public
stock OF harmless plcasure,'' We have Ger
| tatnly read this little Fo;um With much en-.
tertalnment. poem, on the Influence OF
Free Masonry" begins with an e1hortation to
tho ladies not to grumb'e when. their hus.
bands visit the Lodge. This is, followed by q
graceful allus'on to the writer's own filth an d
lineage: = :.
Others bosst Of blood and Stamina.
AasoHry runs through our family. -
1t may be objected that the above rhyme ,s
| rather irregular, and We notice. Other in
stnnces, such as phenomena " and "astro.
nomy," where words a1c somewhat uncqually
suAso ,ose1n out ioF such poetic license,
~, ~ aasasse ~ ~ mAS cue lne example Of Stern
a.oo.n no,u auu horAs, Us witness The following
e'anzA nom saetr version OF the Psalms:
AqH ,fo FIT H. ee e99s,o ata cdn@'t Their nu''s,
And exc the labor Of their bands
He gave to sho oratshoppr.
IN Inc poem above mentioned, the history
OF Masonry IN this country Is traced, and
the leading incidents Of Its career pass in
rapid review. The Morgan affair Is thus
touched upon:
The Mutterlng tempest The fury aua strife
X esH ta LEE =, % no~ eauea anio he'
A crime was committed, Is many suppose,
ny laa ume-honetea Usdcr, then quickly arose
~. - "'A'H a1u uAseen'ion'
Hee h,IIt.nt III Hssass ~ uat iememocs u low long,
Men sonsht WITH bar af,lIiat1on;
Mho drank a re fountain bat not with the heart,
Wis no deen e. seuse Of fs re.il15,ijon,. du ,I9r,
Here, also. the severe critic m,cht nh,ec+
that the last line doesn't kern stem With ia
otbers. Rn3. nca,lv- wc arr oab.1oa ~ 49,
mark pnon snch 1'3,]en1.ho.. nd ~.
on1ho,sss ,n,1ht ,nsror +h,a aaa ~ , A.'a NC
other poet did to person who objected that
eo,,e or his lines wprs not s-ood meosr,a
sNot trooa y,cosnr. -, c-,od ~ tasuse'
,, ~, -'t1 -, e0 N'-
lhOr. y They arc excellent measure-thcr
are moro thau cnoueh!,
~ f,1,,,~,,,- "a go. ,,.,,,,. H.
Ivy 'o.to" .nE osaH.nS eAn'Dlt nlce ue-
roDgcment Of cp'taphs," as Mrs. Na.hprop
would say:
spcb ,r,s ,ba ec,d,t,o, ~ ,r...,...
T1'e H.. tnax, 49, ~ ~ - - Sh. " stuaty Maea
r. n-crcnt ~ sbts .ossa ~ H,D 0et. ana
All t,snw thst IL. net,r ses
r. A. nn; IN ~ eIs r seh.e th 1et need
~ poS, ,rs, ora snau !som tos uo tato1nl seed.
".o7s ''e'' "pa'' 4ae'1'e'