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Review Of Literature The Drama. &C.
attain the highest accomplishments or the most perfect grace and selfcommand . Coulcl we have expected such instruction from him who taught so well the lesson of freedom , and the history of human energy so finely in Rienzi ?
A Pedestrian Tour through North Wales . By J . G . Bennett , Esq . Colbourn . —Mr . Bennett has appeared before as a litterateur , and certainly not unfavourably , in a volume of poems , " The Albanians , " and also as the author of a well written novel , " The Empress . " The journal before us details a national tour through a portion of our empire which , were it fashionable for our bel-esprits to roam in , woulcl be found to possess scenery equal in grandeur and loveliness to Switzerland or the Tyrolwhile the accommodations afforded to the traveller ba freedom
, y from the passport surveillance , by due attention of a civil landlord , the cleanliness of the hotel , ancl the comfort of a good bed , form a happy contrast to the disquiet , discomfort , and inconveniencies attending foreign travel ; but ei va le monde . Mr . Bennett has very happily thrown himself , without reserve , into the romance which his subject naturally gives rise to , and with the playfulness of fancy has depicted scenes of great interestwith equal feeling and truth . He has culled
, posies for the ladies—investigated monumental records to win favour from the antiquary—entered into the spirits of Powys , Glendower , Howel , Sele , and others of the clays gone by—ancl has refreshed the recollection of time by a very interesting volume , which intelligent readers , ancl more especially travellers , will find to be also a very useful one .
The etchings , by Clint , are well conceived ancl equally well executed . Woman ' s Wit ; or , Love ' s Disguises . A Play in five Acts , by James Sheridan Knowles . —It is really refreshing in the present drought to meet with some pure Heliconian stream . If we except the productions of Mr . Knowles , the highly poetical though imperfect dramas of Lord Byron , ancl the classical effusions of Mr . Serjeant Talfourd , where can we find a dramatic written in these times ? The lay before us is
poem p a genuine English comedy of the old school , replete with quaintness , ancl abounding in beautifully chaste description and close delineation of character . It is not a little surprising that the poet whose powers so greatly shone in " Virginius , " and "Caius Gracchius , " at once placed him among the first of our tragic writers , who , by his " Hunchback " and '' AVife , " may be said to have founded almost a new style , should now ire toancl bhis "Love Chace" and " AVoroan ' s Wit"
deasp , y , servedly attain the highest rank among the authors of sterling comedy . AVhen we read the powerful passages in which Lord Athunree , an admirably drawn character , and a fair sample of one of Charles the Second ' s courtiers , relates his villainous intentions towards Sir A alentine ; the noble panegyric of De L'Epeie by AValsingham , the sudden and striking repentance of Lewson ; and a thousand other passages , which are
" Thick as the leaves that strew the brook In Vallambrosa ;" we feel ourselves entitled by their sterling merit to say , is it not truly refreshing to see such a production in these days ? The scene between AValsingham and Eustace , where the former relates the sad tale of Helen ' s fall , and the latter , really Helen in disguise , seeks , nay is driven by an irresistible impulse , to defend herself , teems with poetry which the first of our tragic writers mig ht be proud to own . Then the charming Hero Sutton ! the wild , the free , and spirited girl—we loved her
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature The Drama. &C.
attain the highest accomplishments or the most perfect grace and selfcommand . Coulcl we have expected such instruction from him who taught so well the lesson of freedom , and the history of human energy so finely in Rienzi ?
A Pedestrian Tour through North Wales . By J . G . Bennett , Esq . Colbourn . —Mr . Bennett has appeared before as a litterateur , and certainly not unfavourably , in a volume of poems , " The Albanians , " and also as the author of a well written novel , " The Empress . " The journal before us details a national tour through a portion of our empire which , were it fashionable for our bel-esprits to roam in , woulcl be found to possess scenery equal in grandeur and loveliness to Switzerland or the Tyrolwhile the accommodations afforded to the traveller ba freedom
, y from the passport surveillance , by due attention of a civil landlord , the cleanliness of the hotel , ancl the comfort of a good bed , form a happy contrast to the disquiet , discomfort , and inconveniencies attending foreign travel ; but ei va le monde . Mr . Bennett has very happily thrown himself , without reserve , into the romance which his subject naturally gives rise to , and with the playfulness of fancy has depicted scenes of great interestwith equal feeling and truth . He has culled
, posies for the ladies—investigated monumental records to win favour from the antiquary—entered into the spirits of Powys , Glendower , Howel , Sele , and others of the clays gone by—ancl has refreshed the recollection of time by a very interesting volume , which intelligent readers , ancl more especially travellers , will find to be also a very useful one .
The etchings , by Clint , are well conceived ancl equally well executed . Woman ' s Wit ; or , Love ' s Disguises . A Play in five Acts , by James Sheridan Knowles . —It is really refreshing in the present drought to meet with some pure Heliconian stream . If we except the productions of Mr . Knowles , the highly poetical though imperfect dramas of Lord Byron , ancl the classical effusions of Mr . Serjeant Talfourd , where can we find a dramatic written in these times ? The lay before us is
poem p a genuine English comedy of the old school , replete with quaintness , ancl abounding in beautifully chaste description and close delineation of character . It is not a little surprising that the poet whose powers so greatly shone in " Virginius , " and "Caius Gracchius , " at once placed him among the first of our tragic writers , who , by his " Hunchback " and '' AVife , " may be said to have founded almost a new style , should now ire toancl bhis "Love Chace" and " AVoroan ' s Wit"
deasp , y , servedly attain the highest rank among the authors of sterling comedy . AVhen we read the powerful passages in which Lord Athunree , an admirably drawn character , and a fair sample of one of Charles the Second ' s courtiers , relates his villainous intentions towards Sir A alentine ; the noble panegyric of De L'Epeie by AValsingham , the sudden and striking repentance of Lewson ; and a thousand other passages , which are
" Thick as the leaves that strew the brook In Vallambrosa ;" we feel ourselves entitled by their sterling merit to say , is it not truly refreshing to see such a production in these days ? The scene between AValsingham and Eustace , where the former relates the sad tale of Helen ' s fall , and the latter , really Helen in disguise , seeks , nay is driven by an irresistible impulse , to defend herself , teems with poetry which the first of our tragic writers mig ht be proud to own . Then the charming Hero Sutton ! the wild , the free , and spirited girl—we loved her