Year: 1869

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of Hotspur,"" Lula" "Stormclid," etc., etc. lzmo'


pp, 47O. Carleton.


II we were not veracously assured that Mr. Mans
field Tracy Walworth is real person. we should take
the highsounding name the ttle-page OF
this book to be an anagram for Mrs. Nickleby, Mrs
Malaprop and BOmbastes FuTiOso, who have entered
into joint partnership forthe purpose of ryang and
if possible surprising the famous Miss Evans of Mo-
bile on her own peculiar ground The reader familiar
with the astounding works Of that great descriptive
artist may find it hard to believe u.s. but we can assure
him on our word of honor that Miss Evans of Mobile
is as far behind the author of Warwick, as Mr. Syl-
vanus Cobb is behind Victor Hugo. Weare cOnsoled
by the possession of Warwick" for the loss of
LADY Cherubna de Willoughby. or the Adventures
Of Heroine" a bewitching book long out of print
and inaccessible the delight of our youthful days.
But that was inferior to this production in two par
tlcuars for in the first place there was far less Of
1t, it could have been read through in hour,
whereas, this viii last man good round year.
there being close upon five hundred pages of it and
80 cloying a sweetness, that one can only read
chapter OF so at sitting. Then, besides, LADY
Cherubna' was an avowed burlesque, whereas
Warwick is apparently written in cold blood ana
In perfect seriousness so that we can laugh at inc
author and his book at the same time which, 10
people of a malicious turn of mind, is great gam


The book opens IN heroic style. the author burst
ing upon us with first-class description ana ne"u-
Ing his chapter with choice and charmlngy neon
Bequential quotation from Mr. Wits Quo1a'lon'
indeed is one of the authors strong points, and to
show the extent and depth of his reading we may
state that his ftyfour chapters are headed with ex
tracts from nearly as many different writer's
from Mr. c. p. Cranch and Lola Montez up to
Bacon and Shakespeare. If Hudibras could not Ope
his mouth but ont there flew tTOpc, this writer can
not dip his pen into his inkstand but he fishes out
TecOndite illusions, sesquipedalan phrases, words
that would have delighted the pOnderous soul Of Dr.
johnson, and an amount Of bombast and verbiage
such as, we verify believe, was never contained in
any books but those of Miss Evans of Mobile since the
world was created. 1t would be wasted labor for us
10 undertake to tell readers what is the plot of
this absurd book, Indeed, the plot is the last thing
in it that any one yh9 tskes ap the 6Q9k W care
about. Each chapter is Small miracle, complete in
ITSELF OF which tie latter half always forgets the
DeglnDIn2 and the reader rises from its perusal so
salated with emptiness, and stuffed with pedantry,
that he will have no faculties left to connect
what he has read today with what he read yester-
day, or 10 wonder what is to follow it tomorrow.
Sufficient unto to-day is the shallowness thereof.


There is of course, heroine and she is one of the
good old-fashoned sort The scene of the story so
far as there is one seems to be laid in New York,
and the heroine is apparently formed on model
which the success Of the Ledger and "Waverley
Magazine" novels has proved to the publishing and
book-making mind to be exactly suited to the gen.
eral run of New-York noyel-readeTs, q class
mainly recruited from the people that live in cheap
clearinghouse, hOop-skirt girls, and dry-goods
clerks. This heroine is as tall and graceful as
princess" except when she is displaying the ease
and dignity Of empress" the epithets alternating
throughout the book with praiseworthy regularity.
To oV,I of
"large and lustrous," beside being dazzling in
ments of excitement, indicating genius, an ardent
temperament and violent passions" These eyes are
furnished suite with the usual "lOng dark lashes
which vailed their beauty, cuTled outward fancy
the ladys R2eitq9 sensations her long ashes had
taken whim 10 curl inward and were Of the game
dark chestnut shade as her wonderfully luxuriant
hair, which swept backward from her forehead
without a ripple or suggestion Of a curl"
We may observe, here that her hair, in
sweeping back from her forehead follows the
example of its owner. who never walks out of a
room, or into one leaves it quietly, but always
sweeps her exits and entrances, and, black velvet
being her everyday wear or to express ourselves
more genteelly, " she was draped in deep mourn
ing which became her wel.' she must have been a
very imposing person TO have about the house. The
average intellect of our New-YOrk artists would
seem to have been unable to Withstand such
pinchbeck fascination for the author that
"From the walls of many humble studio "-lthls
then probably does not include the Academicians)--
looked forth the sweet face of The Beautiful ATs
tocrat' title given her by an artist who had en-
jOyed her kindness and in gratitude painted her por
trait for exhibition at the National Academy of
Design, with this sObriquet attached to the frameP
We do not like 10 venture TO dispute the dictiOn Of
Overwhelmingly learned apersOn as author, butwe
IL. 81 gTa-N
tionaries, who define "sObriquet to mean " a nick
name, a burlesque appellatIon for a nickname" il
which case we think the less said about the gratitude
of the artist in question, the better. However,
we hold that he perfectly excusable for making
fun OF such guy.


This heroine has horse, and the beasts name is
Warwick, and when she is on his back ne beats
everything on the road. We are first introduced TO
his acquaintance at ball which we gather to haYe
been given at Newport, although it requires n good
deal Of penetration for any TO find out where any
thing in this book takes place. This ball introduces
u.s. not only TO the horse, but to men and women who
are quite as remarkable in their way the steed is
in his They talk in a fashion 10 put encyclopedias
10 shame. and an animated dictionary would prove
itself an ignoramus in competition with them Capt.
Ransom and the heroine, May Delano, have gone ont
the balcony for conversation, and the gallant
officer begins his share Of the talk with little
Old-fasl.ouod fatery, when he is Unexpectedly cut
Us short as If he had tried the same game on Miss
Anna Dickinson Never mind the customary and
gentle breath Of Aattery expect but consider
ali these pretty things said and over with,
and tell me some Of your adventures in SPAIN
No sooner are these words out Of her mouth but
she that she has put her foot in it, for the Cap
tain, who is crammed with learning as she is her
nd bur.fipO with ridcuIoue ,,o,;tv