, 1874-03-08
BULWER.
From !" Falkland" to "The
Parisians."


Il 1ON6 Liuo Vi euAl lAlu5 TltAAVAs'
The Only Novelist Who Moralizes and En-.
chants at the Same Time.
A week or two ago, the frequentcrs OF our
principal bookstores found themselves con-
fronted at every turn by 3 printed strip an
uouncing The Parisians: 4 Novel. By Lord
Lytton." Although many had already made
partial acquaintance with the work through the
serial publications Of Btacktcood aud Harper,
its final appearance in q completed form excited
in SONG Of them peculiar interest and emotion
It was something like the last letter from
friend who is no more. Tho book is tho
LAST OF LONG LINE,
OF which the frat was "Falk1and," Issued half
a-century ago. Doubtless there are few novel;
readers now living who remember the advent Of
that cloudy and romantic hero, or his Immediate
successors. But no one can pass just Juds-
ment upon this latest work, or duly appreciate
its author, who receives his first introduction to
Lord Lytton through g. Tho Parisians."
To those Of us who made his nc
guaintanco in childhood, the name
upon this title-page is, in spite OF
long usage, nor the most familiar In vain does
the old Coclney librarian, scowling severely
upon us, reprove the irroyerencc OF our demand
for " Bu1wers Works." by the awful gravity OF
his ss You're surely aware that he's long been
made Pair!' With the conservative Peer,
the elderly aristocrat, we have nothing to do.
Like our predecessors, We know him best as
THE " BuLwEn''
ornr vrhoaa h1rornnn nfnriannt and IaOra the
maidens of former DAYS wept their eyes out,-as
+,,o .r+hor ~ I. xvhot VIII Ho m with It 2n-
~rr'a s.ct~.rp. c.o.-, ~ ss,rrN N,ra,r
oi eno otlan6o o'ois' " 10y eo
respondence OF Goethe with Child that her
f,randn,other said that Goethe was the Deyil-and
e., 1o.,1o,1 ~ soo lin, rbo srst t1;nc tbnt sono
ono toNseo w eos N... -. 49,
OF Us ever hea,u WILL - er nf " a,aars ar
with the warning that they were ''highly i'm
,,,r,,,, {yhatnor mr. mt wa wero like Rettina
t44o ~. :s.roe.,-, ao,,n,aha1t,o5 c,,,tion
aho tn's: t"peitee'ts -eoAp r u ~ I1:S1-
prompted the aeslre TO feaa the"' IL ee1'a'nls
added mysterious fear and interest to the de-
Eobt with which we came rpon au old volume OF
u>v~ovr
.,o.,,,o,,, :,
and-no,1 II 's u np u7o ~ oa' 20 "'s"' ~
pernse implies iansuld, cfltcal survey ~ an'-
nossibIe as it was unuatural to us then-the
tpren"i N1 ;ta naras. INV Novel or Sariet1ea
in English Iife,"-what pleasant memories those
words awaken!' I ecem to group of chill
f]ren entering. with eager, trembling feet. that
hroad md ar,c1l,anted domain, the English novel.
The ancestral oaks md chestnuts, the moss
cyown nalinrg of Hazeldean Park. rise up before
rs. here arc tho good-nat11rcd Squire. and his
sansihlo wife. and their idolizcd son Frank.
and t1o v41 p1arish-school, and the church. We 60
out to fsh far sticklcbacks and ninnows with
~ ~ R;cc.hncca -benoyolent Micbiayel, with his
tn1i snare fc1re. tl.rcadbare garments, and wise
nrorerhs' ia welcome Miss Jenlns, CHEEKY
p,d thrifty. To her honors as Madame Riccabocca;
I aoI sro lam tia rate With them both, end
! bid goodbye to Leonard, who goes away to seek
~ t;f,,i zoo md his fair Lopes and Illusions
| :. They will stand long wear and tear" says the
| noctoT turning away with q sigh Us the hero
| 5;aonnearR down tho dusty road. IA year Al
leaat 5 reioins the late. Miss Jern1ma.
1~'' WITH CARE IN TIE wAsn!"
| How VA refoice in tho discontinue OF hand
some pursc-proud Dick Avenel, when his poor,
bahhy sister comes to SEQ him and her child, ut
| 10 f;na conntry-house where he is entertaining
IN nohiitr ,yhon he locks them up in room
and t],ey egcape by the window. Whatevsl
annuaarnent va deriye from the lighter portions
| at this book nothing is so plain to us, even II
th;e trat hastv reatIne rs that it is story with
| mnrai Randnl Leslie becomes the type O.
| I,to1;ect warne;] Inv Sellishuess and the satis-
faction With which ne arrive ut tho failure OF his
a-aftu achomes ia eoftoned by the seriousness
| which attends the recognition OF great truth.
R- rho ti1no wo nave flushed IS 41y Novel," We
rroublo ourselves no more about the morality OF
| Rnlwer: he has taken us captive. Not curiosl-
~ bnt Lore. impcIs rs Immediately towards the
charn,inr romance with tho cnigmatical title ot
'sWhat Will He Do With 1t lhen:-
not to be tedious in telling what was SO fal
| from tedious in doing,-dld VIC not hnn1
| III, ssThn Cations" aud "Earold," aud line