The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-18
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duced in some fine writing" Contain
ing one. OF the most bloody battles. or
rather duels. that were ever recorded In
domestic history Better worth read
and many others"
We are never sure whether Fielding Is
In earnest or not 1T seems" says Low
r X sse two ioess OF the brain were
one OF them be on the point Of surrender
ing itself to fine frenzy OF unqualified
enthusiasm, the other watches, over 4.
makes fun OF IT,. renders y uneasy with
q vague sense OF incongruity till at last
y Is forced to laugh when It had rather
Is a kind OF comic ''Iiiad." differing from
Homer only In Its treatment Of the more
humble circles Of life. Instead OF battles
sSss and heroes ws have
ward boors-"as bloody a battle ~ can
possibly be fought without the assistance
o. steel or cold iron" He introduces
AS m.ser VINO hath In some we'll
built city a cottage. value 20 shillings.
when at distance he Is alarmed with the
his ioss but when ne finds ' the beautiful
palaces only are burnt and his own cot
tage remains safe, he comes instantly 20
himself and smiles at his good fortune:
But sometimes no comparison can sat
isfy him
Reader. we would make a -imiIe on this
occasion but for two reasons: The first r.
II would interrupt the description, which
should be rapid In this part: but that doth
not weigh much, many precedents occur
ring for such an interruption; the Sec
ond. and much the greater reason. IL. that
we could find no simile adequate to our
purpose: for. indeed. what instance could
we bring to set before our readers eyes
az once the idea OF friendship, courage,
youth, beauty. strength and swifiness7 Ali
%hich olazed IN the person OF Joseph An
crews Let those. therefore, that de-
scribe lions and tigers and heroes flercer
than both, raise their poems or plays
with the smile Of Joseph Andrews who
IL himsei above the reach Of any simile."
t1elding's work II also fun OF the rnere-
" comic. Too often he descends TO the
hnnoonery, the coarse epithcts, the hi-
ulcrous situations and hard blows OF the
carly comedy. The battle royal between
MOL seagrim and her detractors, whore
me i9sty amazon puts to ignomlnious
night me whole parish. ~ hurnor ~ the
Is beaten In almost every chan OF "Jo-
sem Andrews He il continually the
victim az ludicrous circumstance. He
tails into parson Truihbers pig sty; he
= struck ful in the face BIZ A panfui
or hogs blood. thrown by an angry anna
Eon Re Is assaiicd by a Kitchen maid with
soaking mop. There Is no end 10 the
tricks which the author plays upon him.
All this IL humor in its crudest form. Vel
y - aH The humor that many can ap.
The leading charm Of Fielding lies IN
nus nearnegs 70 nature. He r. not niv,ags
clean what that has come pus az fhe
eighteenth century isg-bul he Ia never
immoral He IA as wholesome az nature
herself Squire Weston IN admlrahlv
Drawn. Ills loud halloo echoes through ths
pages Of Tom Jones" like the hay ~
hounds through forest He IL ciose
20 nature. Joyous as a sDring morning
and as fresh and free. When Tom lies
very sick he insists on aereuadino Mr.,
zach morning under his window with ar
snrill blasts of his horn. He II in full
pursuit Of his runaway daughter sonbia
when a mack ~ hounds In full cry crossas
nis track. Instantly all Thoughts ~ ma
daughter are lost. and with nfehtv
ehcnt he dashes IN pursuit 81 the rvfsr
pack The hounds ran very hard ara
me squire pursued over ditch and helva
Nith al his usual yocifersiion and aiaS.
MY. ana with all his usual pieasAr.
.Sueh a picture could come only from,
NE pen Of true humorist.
ice only other novelist of the era
worthy 70 be menfiored with Feldlnr a.
honserist IL Laurence Sterna whosa
reputation rests almost wholly upon NE
novel, u X may he called n novel .s-rri.
Tram ShaDdv" fi758l This chaottc ,nl
ntne y certainly ono Of the curiossties -
Enxtlsn literature. IL In without Moi
without form and order, without cansee
nuvs interest. The hero IS NOT horn ,irsss,
well toward the middle OF the val,.r, s'
ana he ID hardly out OF dresses whsn " ~