The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-09

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her; and to plaee her there o tolerated inmate Of
shat circle, was to disparage its own claims to our
sympnthes and respect.
!.5 We can understand how selfish and even ma
ignant man like Osborne should be tolerated;
since, openly he appears as the well-bred gentle
man. # his morals are bad, his manners, in So
cieS are scion les gegles. It is the objection to
Miss Golding, that her manners are so bad, TOO
bad for the circle; bad, indeed, that we do not
suspect her Of any morals whatever, and do rot
careinto Whist circle she shall fall.
We have dwelt more on this matter than we
should ordinarily in discussing any ordinary book.
1t is because 1tNamaess' is not an ordinary book
that we object to the exaggeration in the portrait
ture Of this vulgar woman. It impairs the harno-
ny of the story just rude character in red and
yellow would impair the beauties of Titan or
Claude Lorraine. And we confess Is 8 sentiment
Of sur ,rise, that writer whose general portrai-
ture is 80 nicely and deicately sketched with such
an excellent sense Of the proprieties- she
should have fallen into the exaggeration Of this
one portrait.
We do not deny that such aperson does exist in
this world that the character is true enough to
nature in certein conditions; but we do protest
that such person would never have been admit
ted into our circle, the writer's own circle, or
the circle which she has brought US to know, in
this charming little volume. !4:s1. ~.
or Mrs. DowNMa's writings, hitherto, we have
known little or nothing. A few graceful little
poems are all that have met our eyes. We are
told that she has written othervolumes Of prose
fiction, such as the present, which are all spoken
Of with favor, not admiration. We trust that
she viii persevere in the present province Of let
ters, which seems to come naturally to her hands.
Nall il sc"o -. .F71-.-
ing at the sensational or spasmodic All is easy,
graceful natural, and very artist-Ike. Good taste
she certainly possesses in an eminent degree,
purity Of thought as Of style, and that sense OF
nice propriety which is required to be the very
foundation Of good taste. We commend to her
the choice Of Home subjects. .:55:}ss:
The English, themselves, give US qnite enough
Of their fctions from high and fashionable life.
| Let us leave them in possession Of these topics.
! Let Mrs. DOWNING next give us just such story
this, and lay the scene in the good old Getty o
| the Oaks"-Raleigh-or in her own pleasant towr
| Of Charlotte, and we promise her wider reputa-
| ton and better compensation than she could pos
sibly acquire from delying in the foreign and con
temporary material. Let her do as We counsel
| and the good ttOld North State" win spread he,
patriarchial arms above her, and can her blessed
among the d.rgh.ers zho have done honor t5 hzl
soil. 5,..:
TIE Aaoosz. Magazine Of Tales, Travels, Esssys and
Pcema. - W.. "A. Sa{s t%. - /.
| Tho February number has been sent us by Mr.
JOHN RussEII, the agent Of the Magazine for thi'
| Stale. Il opens with the second instalnent Q
what promises to make very interesting story
'sThe History Of Robert Falconer.n The scene ii
laid in Scotland, and tho conversation is entrel,
in dialect which, IN ITSELF lendsit an untransiate
able CHARM The authors name is not given, bn
it is;elesrly the work Of . masters hand. & ~.
The other articles are as follows; q Hafz; by E
r.. PALMER, IL A. s. Ny Love-; by MAaaARE
BRowx ~ Over the Colder GeAnt; by the Late q
H..BAKEn, M. D., F.fH. 8. e. s. Small Talk aui
Very. Small Talk; by Captain LoKDA1E HALE, r
E 6. The tsMary James" forecasae, q seamani
Experiences. ?. "a Tour under an Umbrella. 6
Winter sonneta; by .Wu11AM FnEE1.Aan. Q. On
Relations With Relations; by Ju1IA srREr7oa. 10
shoenakar's Village; by HEaRy HoLBEAcz.
I The following is made up largely from tn,
Rossad 1hbie, Of February q, :s. 5 5- 5T;.
I Mr. CT. WAaanesroa aMooN w-itas5 that bi
s.Dean's English has been reprinted in New Yor]
tbY Nj. BrRAHAH, who sells it for $1.75. M. Moo,
offers to booksellers the original English work i
tstseeta q price, but complains tia
4 the trade sprefars buying Mr.. srRAHAn's Is fth
greatly superior edition" put forth III England
the author, all because there is no intarnatscnl
4 copyright iAw. 4l NE g., Nv s
Mia MAnEs q. Boo71 sppears to be- ~ uansti II
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