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FOTICES OF BOOKS. 207
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Memoirs And Letters Of The Late Thomas S...
before us , " it is only a limited audience which can be expected for the still small voice " of the following- pages . They recount the
career and althoug , abrup h tl there y concluded was abundant , of an earnest promise and of hi his ghly attaining -gifted artist the ,
name highest will place even in now a special be unknown department ; for " , just to the as he general was beg reader inning his to
be famous , the pencil dropped from his hand , and on his grave was planted True it the is laurel that even which as came the chronicle too late for of a his Christian living brow life , . " this little
memoir does not afford those exceptional instances of active suffernarratives ing in the of cause the of present Christianity time , when which the may terror be found of " in wars various and
rumours of wars" have called , forth heroism and endurance of martyrdom worthy of any age . But after the many mournful
histories of mis-spent genius , of the highest endowments of mind associated with such moral laxity or moral deficiencythat their
, unfortunate possessors became tormentors of themselves and all around them , often sinking into the lowest degradation , and dying
in poverty or even by their own hand , such " a still small voice " of Christian love and duty as this little volume contains , is listened
to indeed with heartfelt hope and comfort . For ourselves , reading the life of a good and noble-hearted man , and of his struggles to
continue faithfully along the difficult and narrow path , provided all be truthfulland simply recordedas in these pages , we can
well dispense y with stirring and passionate , narrative or romantic incidents .
There may be those amongst our readers who visited the small collection of Thomas Seddon ' s worksexhibited in the rooms of the
, examined Society of those Arts shortly beautiful after his works decease of ; art and or such who who have carefull seen his y
very , most important picture , —a wonderfully accurate and interesting view of Jerusalempainted on the spotand purchased for the
benefit of the artist , ' s widow by his friends , and admirers , to be presented to the National Gallery , and now to be seen at Marlborough
House- —will find much to interest them in this little memoir , where the history , and of various of these pictures may be read ,
given in the artist progress ' s own words , passages of his letters having been judiciously wrought into the narrative by his brother with much
affectionate ap ; preoiation of their interest . Did our space allow , but we would must refer willing our ly readers have extracted to the volume some passages itselfwhere from , these if they letters have ,
a sympathy with the artist mind , and its keen , appreciation of the tender and beautiful in nature and human life , combined also , in
Seddon ' s case as in that of all true artists , with a keen sense of the ludicrousthey will find much to interest ; and if' they sympathise
with the , yearnings of the devout Christian , will meet with much to edify and strengthen them , for marked as was Seddon ' s
unwavering pursuit of the highest excellence in art , his pursuit of a far
Fotices Of Books. 207
FOTICES OF BOOKS . 207
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1858, page 207, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111858/page/63/
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