Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-18
.. GEORGE ELIOT AND THOMAS HAEDY

This pzx,sr va snalfg the I'm. AansrsczE. par.
n.ls,--lf II va M the very afsil--,o reeasraizs
the originsI talent VI hr. IbOr1as Hardy uis
new EBgiish noysiist. We raw IN the ts!ss of
" Dszi1.fzts i.sr4silss AID Under the Green
uoviTfss prlfalss II valuable 2eese<1,n "
tie list n ftnaF,es vrs,er. WIN have made Eng
lisA L.tesz,ufs tzlnoas and did mt hssitAte "
hal the rising Light although ss JET il had Urn
bArsly no.e1 away from hqias. A. Tia t-iae Nf.
Hardy lad MT Nu.tsn h.s nl,st pEstsnloas @ofh
Far from tic MSlding Cfowd. In sotns re-
sI,ecta tb!s book, nOu canpleted, II Isss saiis-
f1ItOry l.zH tie others, but ml ths whole II
stiows groNtl and Development and nnst be rat
Cd AZ Mr. HAr1ys present uiastsrsece, although
We lave right " expect yet greater thing Of
the antbOr. Par flom the ha1t1ing Crowd,
upyf II. anDnyfnDus beginning IN the GorIJtat
A0goz,re, wss claimed by no less Gn authority
than the london Hpeotator ~ be the work Of
"GeOrge Eliot ,r--lr, rather the spectdtor crit
le said that II the nsW novel war not written by
George EliDt tha great sutiDress had at lat
rast her match. Tiiin tremendous pTa.ss really
pnE Mr. Hardy al a disadvantage, for II In mis-
taken Kindness which compare. rsing winter,
however brilliant, with snch al intellectual prod
ICY AZ Mrs.. Lsxee. similar mistake 1as re-
Gently inais ia tl.is country ln1tltutiDg cum
parison between Mira. Lewes aud Mrs. H. II.
Daus. Compliment u that sor II crushing in
its nature aud by no means " be crushed by tho
weaker party.
An regards Mr. HARDY it il difficult 10 sse how
70 keen judge al the Spectitor should have
made the risky speculation aboye recorded. I'm
iesn Nh zutIfsys ff,rfnct f,aIk. wtrc
the reviewer, VI had been fDrgottsn-and the
latter goems All unlikely ase-it would have
been an easier reading II the authorship Of
. Far From the M@lding Crowd " refer II "
the author Of "Under the Greenwood Tree u
rather than 10 that Of " ItoInola " or Middle
march," That In sOrne particulars similarity
eKists may be stiii.t.ed, but II IN snrface like
nsss only and will not stand critical test,
Thees wTiterc units n a fondne.. for depicting
rural character, the far away typns u humble
life az seen Ia farm lAborert and humble village
folks. B,Lns of Mrn. Lewss' npst striking chap
tsrs are descriptive Of there ample worthies,
with minute detail. " their CONFORMATION. Tho
-amc Ia true II Mr. HArdys bJoks, but II will be
found that while "Geofge Ellot. chAracters
eIpre.s 0Dqasetoes, while they rhe language and
IHhIIltht LADusub IhbiIdl " tJSI b'JII4lLIJIl
while, in effect, they arc true transcripts from
life -Mr. Hardys cilAraGtars eEpress not them
nelYen, hut arc tli1 Yehiceh " the authorr
whlmEicai ideas. These idea. arc often very
hnrnOrOng and entertaining but they arc quite az
likely Il be entirely f1feign ~ the condition oi
the men and women Who arn ruppOrel W give
them srprsnsiDn. Here EG have a vital dintinc
ton.
Again, in hs analysn of motive, tompera
nent, &c., 1t should not require very trained
Judgment " declare " Mr. Hardy that iir gin
m these directions IL not N be named in Ill,
sarns breath With that VI the author of "Sila,
Manner yet take Inn ho IL, Mr.. Hardy /,
an author n whpm tho Englirh people rhoull
be proud and u whom they may expect much,
He is irone Poet and IN hin yet nhot caree
has given ns come u tho mort delightful book,
N the VGngTatDu