, 1880-12-11
Endymion: Beaconsfie1d's Autobiography
The Dreamcr--Bohemian
Days" Sand"
Tennyson's Ballads and Other Poems
Under the 0live-Wild Roses.
Of Cape Ann.
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NEW NOVELS.

Of the jrttl5El statesman, 80 long IiGraECcd,
30 well advertised. so royalty rntd for, natu-
rally ranlss first In Importance II notin merit,
among tin novels Of tho hour. Copiot,s ex-
tracts have already been published In these
columns from this work, and q key 10 tho
Which ,nay Or may not he correct,
hns a'sn been furnished. TO our thinking
Disrnclf Ia tp tic best novcltsts--suctl US
Thackeray. Dickens, or George Elios-wlsat
tic carcaturist IS among artists. lie Is not ,
1nckEng ln talent md III skill, but courts pop-
ttfnr favor rather than the approval Of the In
tettigunt; sacrifices tho production Of 1nert-
torious work to the qualification OF personal
Feeling or tho expression of personal
Imagination n the master fnculty. It
Is tho criterion Of nll his work.
" Tho art of composition, good tnstc. npprc-
ciatloll Of truth, depend upon IT." Tho a,,-
thor Is dreaming. II you like, md makes his
dream equal TO tic truth by designing irnng-
iiary objects rs precisely and with as tn1lct
detail as real objects. But to lie successful
l!e must be entirely imaginary and yet 80
true to nature rs to deceive. lie must win
absolutely the confidence Of Ills reader, and
then abuse tint confidence TO tho best Of Ills
ability. Dickens lived In MI Imaginative
world, and NJ Talne truly says, "hls
Imagination was like that Of t,on0tnantacs."
but his Imagination did not always perceive
grcnt things. Thackcray WIS TIC kecnest Of
sAt4rists, and satire WIS tho object Of his noy-
els. But lie also extollcd sweetness md
moral purity. lie lectures and warns, but
also ltnpresscs lis with his truth even more
than with his art. 1t has been said TINT tho
English are naturally both sattrists n,ld nov
eItsts." DfsrAgll possesses this first q1,n1~
i1lcation. l}ut lle Is full of him
sp}f-nnd ITO one believes him, lie
is in the field of fiction yery mich ~ l,c il in
pohtlcs' M eccentric ma ,nidacious ad-
yenturer, Of brilliant parts, but forever su-
pre1nely selfish. lie cannot even affect sin
cetity or t!islnterestetlncss; and II he did, no
oMe wou!a ,, e,eolt ING nssuinpt!on. atp me gen.
cFal public" Snss Mr. Mccarthy. very fur
critic, although m opponent IN politics,
"persist IN refusing 10 take Mr.. Disraelt scri-
oasly or to fastsn on him my mora! resloa
a'p.llty ;s.i iol h"s.nahk nu m'emt ss's Ut uo'.
In politics ho las occasionally been Just
little too clover, nnd In his novels he l,as car-
eS eectva fsr' IT. @ as fie se e .SoSe 9s 5 at to b rs
faef Statues of soS tet Sl ct IS s
they are fabricated lie diu not believe Il
word OF it, and it Is Impossible to below that
noyctists Of tic nge under tho thin disguise
Of IT. !iarbc and .pus'.D. Dlsr,mlt ls essen
tially tlramatic,. c,..nlways striving for. effect
and ilotorie.y. II his thoughts are 1n1rrorcd
Extravaganza are part Of tho characteristics
Of grentiless. Loi|tntr was eocord Count
Af .Montc Christie, anu in Entlylnon therearo
plenty OF "Rems Of .Golconitn," Jewels Of
anMs sretin,es Of servants for Priyy- Council.
lnrS that n khctllyu n,ipllt envy, ASA story
thu novel Is almost worthless. Ks 4 political
novel. dealing with n time nearly half cen-
t%31} s S i w M b. Zs Mtegp Hg s,s to te nnss aSs
.!ceins Dlsraell's works Of ilctIon % fro,n tlto
lower class Ut novels to which they might
otherwise bo assigned: bMlwer nlso Wrota
BSif@,sn @ ts Se sa1i ntrks a95 's.s f ne
Lord For light political satire nl.d ",c..sy
nccurato characterization VI political cllqucs
| mt! pgrsnllnRes," vivian Grey" "Colhigs-
ly" "TnneEc'i," aud "l0tlInlr" take uio
sham. llW sentiment, the poetry, the uhlloso-
hy-nll these nre shan" fund without evcn tho
appearance Of reality. "Ehdymlon +" shares
in tle 60. Go,,nsnts on tint hayS d,fS been
| It y inferior t1, his h,st work; Il VIC tako
| II IS 4 pure nxt En,zn-lrreEulRr through
out. Written ly any one alse, u would bo uli.
doubt whether It Will ailord pleasure to my
| Of the thousands tho fanu OF its author wifi
attract. MT tlint It Is without merit. There
ay srklng cpiSrns .ny eits Of
is only radc ,tccutn 'for tho political Dis
sertntlons nnd thu characters arbitrarily it,
jectctl smelly to enable tie, writer to sat!rize
sss 4ost S5 Fsts s i q s rftss s s # &c
has Geull created In order that tbs autfoi