Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-09
warPrz.e on DICKENS.

Dicksas' gssias h qsiss - isssss-e.
Ing . subject for the esitie. ssA THAR
readers - bis works. Whas h. -.
and the peculiar trend ssd sxprssu,o.
Of his amazing literary gifls furnish
The materials for endless disputes snd
wrsngiss between the reviewer whos.
sslf-slecsed provincs u II 70 discover 10
IN unrsdscting world just whss their
favoriie authors arc made OF and m.
philosophy and meaning Of THAR
thoughts and writings. In the Allan.
tic for March Mr.. +. r. whipple has
. characteristic essay on Dickens,
"Hard Times" We reproduce the
following from, the body Of the same :
Indeed, the great characteristic 81
Dsckens's early popularity was this.
that u was confined TO no clane. hni
extended TO oil Glasses. rich and poor !.
noble and plebian. The queen on tbs
throne read him, and 70 did Hodpe ~
tho pillow; and between the soversior
and her poorest subject there Va n
class which did not sound his nrai.e
~ . humOrist. Still, every stndent ~
the real genius OF Dickens must 4.
surprised 1t the judgment propou nced
on his various romances bv what n 1 :
be called the higher, the proSeasionsi
the educated classes, tho classe,s svh,c,,
both 10 England and the United states
noid positions Of trust and honor, and
are bound, by the practical necessitIes
OF tne'r posts, 70 DO on level with the
advancing Intelligence OF tho are In
legislative, economic and judicial sci
ence. by these persons The Pick wick
fapers arc, - general thing, prefer.
red TO any other Of the works Of Dick.
ans. The Lord Chief Justice (after-
ward LORD Chancellor) Campbell told
Dickens that he would prefer the
honor OF having written that book 10
the honors which his professional az .
ertions had obtained for him. that Of
being . peer Of Parliament and the
nominal head Of tho law. All pcrsons
who have had q sufficiently large A..
qnaintance with tho men Of practical
ability who have risen TO power In the
United States, whether - iudQes
statesmen, or political economists.
must have been impressed with the
opinion OF these men a TO the m peri.
ority OF Tho Pickwick Papers over All
the successive publications Of Dickens
let II II a. certain ~ any question
coming before the literary critic can
be, that 2 number Of the work. thai
followed The Pickwick Papers are su.
perior 70 that publication, not only In
force OF sentiment, Imagination. ana
Characterization, but IN everything
which distinguishes the individual
genius Of Dickens--a genius which NJ
70 the utno OF David Copperfleld deep.
ened aud enlarged In the ORDERLY pro
cess Of It's development. The secret OF
this preference for The Pick wick Pa.
pers II 70 be found In tho fact that tho
author had, 10 that book, no favorite
theory TO push, no grand moral to en-
force, no assault on principles about
which educated men had made nm
their minds. These men could laugR
heartily At Mr.. Buzfnz aud Mr. Justice
stareleigh hut when, a. In Bleak
House, there was serious siten n n
assail equity Jurisprudence, thew felt
that the humorist had vcntured m
ground where no had nothing but his
genius 70 compensate for his lack Of
experience and knowledge. Thus IL
- mat work which, with all its
wealth OF animal spirits, IL COMPARE.
lively shallow aud superficial consld.
cred as full expression of Dickens's
powers OF .hnmor, pathos. narrative,
description, imagination, and charac.
.erization, has Obtained q preeminence
ABOVE It's SUCCESSORS, not because /,
contains what Is best and deepest I'm
pickens's genius, but because II omits
certain matters relating TO social and
economical science, with which he was
imperfectly acquainted, and on which
MS benevolcnce, misleading his gen.
Jus, stu urged him vehemently, 10