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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 201
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XXXIL—NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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A. « Silas Marner; or, the Weaver of Rav...
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two points of view in which the recent events are still more gratifyi in n g ' to me ect , t b ecause the morale , if the o l f esson politics can — be Do rea as d , you they would are most be done instructive
by—1 st , T p hat the system of expediency , has failed in the hands of , perhaps , , the ablest man . in Europewith every advantage for the experiment .
2 ndThat the masses _ivitli , a will and a conscience have prevailed over , the masses paid to be _xoiihout a _tvill and conscience —( the sin of
armies But !) I fear that the multitude is not yet qualified for universal
suffrage- —as long as it is deemed necessary by the leaders of thele to natter them with fallacious hopesas Louis Blanc and
peop others appear to do , the beings so addressed , are presumed not to be rational and enlihtened . The vanity of the national character
is always more or less g an element in the feelings on one side , and in the calculations on the other ; and what so unstable as vanity r _*
Wnen will the public anywhere dispense with something dramatic in their great men ? Perhaps ive have in some instances passed this
stage of character . Neither the Duke of Welling'ton nor Lord Melbourne have the slihtest tinge of that kind—perfectly
singleg minded and simple—so is the Queen eminently . I down hill a few steps every yearbut without regret , and
with go more and more power of enjoyment in , life . Believe , dear friend , in that affection which time has proved to
myself that I shall always feel for you . Remember me to Dr . Mojonand your sons .
, Yours ever , A . S . _Noeil Byron .
This letter is addressed to : — Madame Mojon
, Rue des Petits Hotels ,
Faubourg Poissonniere , Paris .
Notices Of Books. 201
_NOTICES OF BOOKS . 201
Xxxil—Notices Of Books.
XXXIL—NOTICES OF BOOKS .
A. « Silas Marner; Or, The Weaver Of Rav...
A . « Silas Marner ; or , the Weaver of Raveloe . By the Author of " Adam Bede . Blackwood . London .
When a writer of the acknowledged eminence of George Elliot the produces a new laces novel of cr , iticism the critic . The and min the d that public creates alike a shrink work whi from ch
until discussed immediatel commonp , remarks y and takes anal a ysed beyond classical , looked a rank mer at e in descri from literature ption this side , of has the and been book from admired appear that , ,
to be any _impossible . And as for description ! why seek to put in feeble words the lot or the sentiments which the author has
already expressed p in incomparable English , and which every
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1861, page 201, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051861/page/57/
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