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    ' STORIES IN VERSE. Stories in Verse, By...

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    M. Forgues On The Caricaturists Of Engla...

    ^ sS ^ r ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ A r ^ t ^ uit 9 ^; fpropapef- 'uisiibr - i agueeable gbw ^ Vfor AK <^ f ^ t ^^^ oSlamp hKn ^ JVom ib ^ innin ^ to ^ na f ^ Se ^ o ^ faUiwed' » . pewsal ^«« J 3 H 5 »* w » - « mi . hiSrint ^ ha ** w-e themiscn ^ q ^^^^ nme ^ S «« d fingl « h refercaiu * d ^ £ mran ^^^ eases wht «« ^ n * autnor « w . * Caricature in- ^ - England i ; with ?« the ^ Jtfw tFoiguie ^ egns his theory ^¦ J ; " ^ ^^ qnarreU of the andwhei . Ahefiai ^ tuwst ^ onl y to jj ^^^ if tleatrifcal caricaheafe pf subjects reaHy tahisjand . ^ tl " ! I g ^ ^ . Ho « rartfa . We . must tnite ^ f tltatdaybruigsjthehistona ^^ name of Hogarlhcplaced on a , age which boreifce ^ Ue o ^ i ^ perhaps ,: 4 he wmmm ^ S ^ d ^ oiTSo ^ yv an « i ^ other mere caricaturists , who-werean no strict S ^ oTtheS ^ p ^ fnters at alL Considering : how > stly and admirably cSStur ^ A ^ if they are triedfby the standard of Nature , than can be ^ i ^ in ^ y ^ he serial pietures of the Rake ' s Progress , the Harlots EiDo ^ ress , or the Marriage a ia Mode . - / _ ., a 3 ? o ^ fiogarth . M : 1 rorgues leads us on tothe cancatur ^ ts who came ato 4 ^ e greLTwunten S ° ay ^ , Gilmv , and Row andson receive tjie ^ ost ^ r ^ ns ^ dis Wiminatin / appreciatW aJbistods ^ ^ The ^ c ?*™ lg ££ * Swork ends , wi & Geor ^ raiksbank , whose achievemexite ^ _ «" ^ are , assitseemstoi unrated , bv thes author rather toovbighly ; Of the suc-^ S ^ r vSkshank ( who , in our opinion ^ have carried their art to amuch b ^^ pitch than that td which he or his immediate P f ^^ f /^ l ^ Svatfth « rbest ) , MJBorgnes does notspeak in ^ detod He < f »^ . ^ tdibesttlLirta state of ^ rogre s ^ , and nbt yet fairly entitled to take their T > la ^ t"t ammwithe Classics of Gai'icaturc . ^ VSS ^ W y , tk > add * o this : brief eketch-of the contents of an excellent pantpUet our hearty icohgratulhtions , to theauthor on *^ e-mtinia te acquaint-WWith the social anf political history of England ""^ ^ f ^ J which ^ exhibits . The mass of mfornmtion ^ collected wtbm a small space , Jhejustice and intelligence of the critieal passages , and the ^ t ^ . ^ ofthestvle ; aU claim for this work onr warmest recognition . We trust that w ^ have ^ ot heard fi-om M . Forgues on English subjects for the last time .

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    ' STORIES IN VERSE . Stories in Verse , By Leigh Hunt . Now First Collected " ^^ w ^ SSkfi SS to cure tfiem of their " ^ ' ^ M ^* ^ Sohtaneously fri . m the thought or feeling to which they give ex P ^ ' « "T fe ^ fe ^^ feoZr ^ ho ^ es , darting to ' and fro oh many ^^ gHshra . ways , through peopled town broad meadow , and green old woodland , and incorporating itselt with the hoirie affections , tlie household thoughts and familiar memories , of many Ehtflish'hearts . We are well assured ' , tlint no book of poems extant w bettet / ntted to beepkne . a part of the moral life of a people . JUeannese , m-Bincerity , ^ li gn » ncy , and ir reverence , CannoJ ccnexist ^ with tho open ^ aunehme orLeigl ? HunVi mind , That disregard of the beautilul-or rather that positiy 0 worship of the ugly and vulgnr—which forms but too large an etemfnt He nqpuWintelfe , must needs fcei itself rebuked and converted by ^ S » ges , ^ o (; overflowing with beau ty ,, health , and love . On the mere ffr ^* d of , literarytaste , we are grateful for this volume ; on the broader ground of human progression * * o most bo doubly thankful for seeing here collected some of tljenchoibest writings of a man who , while combating » n < l suffering for political liberty ^ has done the most to keep us humane ; while contending against ' bigotry , has dohe the most to miiko , us religious ; ana , while fighting against-hypocritical pretences , has done the most lor genuine m FuHy acknowledging as we do the woj-th of Leig h Hunt ' s lyrionl , descriptive , and meditative poems , we cannot but think that jt ih main y ** aWative poet that hq w' 41 Wo his rank in the future . An * we behove S ^ Mt is in this direction tjiat his ambition chiefly looks ; for we have reason to know that he regards narrative poetry as pne of the highest oxoreisesof the poetical faculty , and regrets that wp have not jn the fcnglwh language a Sealer numbexv-of " stories in verso" of the , romantic and . deal order . E the example of Chaucer before us , it is difficult to co . no to an oppo-Opinion ; otherwise , we confess to a doubt whether the chronicling ot XiSShowever much they may be in alliance with emotion Jwhich is the vSy'Jsierice of poetry ) , be * ha highest office of the poet , who is thus turned ' i

    into a sort of ceM «« l' ^» ttte * ilfr 4 ^^ alsl J *^ « ^*^ * oW ever , to under- I stand that we u & 4 fc 8 h ^ r ^ m ^^^ rmMp ^ % 2 jr * very restricted sense-a sense which exclade ^ epic ;^ poem as the " Faery Queene" of ^ of the soul , or an allegorical presenttt ' eht bf Mr ^^ iHc | p Wm ballad poetry , as giving a series of tableaux * of w > ich th ^ ihterni ^^ paj ^ are hinted by some intense suggestivenee / s : of emotion ., , Br ^ arra ^ e ,, poetry , we mean poems such as were ^ Uten . lbj 1 p . h ^ u ^^ , aA 4 , |||^ d ^ 4 fi # 4 > tfl { pn > own times , by Scott , Byron , and Crabber poems ; which , depend ^ -fofftUeir int erest ( we do not say their , poeticaj , worth ) chiefly on . the incident * , ^! wh ? re , the , facts J are narrated , with , the same regular sequence thut we find mi , a prose ^ taie . I Yet , as we have said , thjs js ^ he cjass « f . ppe ^ ry ^ wK . qha . «<^ ?| MetU 5 I wrote : arid before the transpendapt genins pjf i thafi . e ^ riy , pfijtan : pf our ,. Utera- ; I ture , all tbeorieB whicli do not harmonuse with h ^^ pr ^ c ^ ce . s ^ and abashed- j Dryderi , moreover ,, cast ncmch pf , \ $ s masculine , inind ; : wfa . thw . n ^ ouW ; and 1 here is Lei «* h Hunt making additions to the stock , in the form of Ins touch- I ing " Story of ltimini , " aivd the , otber , exqu . ^ ij e ^ yj finished tales of the \ ° We rejoice to see that , in this new ' edition' ' of " Eeign Hunt ' s chief ^ poe ^ tn , ; \ the author has restored those omitted : or altered pitesages wliich form part | of the beauty of the whole . Fdr instance , the fi « esh , iiatiiruU and sponta- | neous couplet with which the story briginally-dpen ^ d , ^ gttifi appears : — | The sun is up , and ' 11 $ a tuorri of May ^ Roimdbia Ravenha'i clear-Sliowri towers and bay . | Every one must feet the superiority of this ^ 6 "We shtnetvhat limp and j faded lines which were Inexplicably subkitulted in after editions : — | 'Tis morn ; , W « i never did fiJovelier day , ' .,. ,. . I Salute Ravenna fromi Its leafjr ]> ay / . . , .,.. . , j The catastrophe of the tale ! is a ^ so restored ^ Ud dying , , ui a . duel with j his brother Gbvanni , and Francesca . wastm " . . into death with ^ nef , instead ? of the two lovers being murdered by the > a % s ? husband .,, ' ^ t & e refeshion- , men ? i thepoem , " says t he P ^ e f ^ e tp ^^ OTe ^ c ^ W . ^ as always an | unwilling , «& I now beji ^ yc w ., s a , mistaken ^ cpnqesSipn tQ r what ^ s « PPOJ « d | to be the ascertained facts ' .. of ^ e story , a . nd Jhe , l « Her , Qonweyance of the , moral . " AVe Uaye thereiqre agaiq the beautifig aadres ^ pf Giovanni over the dead body pfW ^ roti ^ er ^^ uis ^' p ^ mto | romance oF " Mort d % th ^" n Cut we miss . w ? th souie , regrel theiund hurry p of the murder as given In inlerinedialecM ^ ,, -r ; - ^ , . - f I The description of tlie pageant in the first Canto of ^ the Story of ^ Rimini , " Is a xharvellous study of word-painting , and , of melody , lhe ca- a valcaae pours along briglit and exultbjg , and , t ^ e , y erses s ^ me ^^ S ^* ? jewels , and seem to march tp the stately . ineasure of , ^ hp procession . W hat u can ie more vivid in description than this ? -r . „ ,.. « , First comQ-the trwmpetcr ^ , < Jad r fill in white ... .. . „ . \ . Except . tlie ^ reast , whiph ^ v . eats a scutcheon bright . j By four an 4 four they / idp , on horses ^ rey ; And as they . sit along thfeir easy way , \\ To the steed ' s motion yielding aa they go , : Each plants his tfumpqt on his saddk-bow . , j The heralds next appear , in yesU atttr'd .. ¦ .,. ij Of stiffehuig ; gold with radiant colour ^ fir'd ; , ,. g And th wns an ^ path s , which bring us to the edge of the ( brcst : — ' ' . „ ,. [ ' ,. , i A laud of trees , which , reaching round about , - j In » h « dy blesbing stretch'd their old ar » n » out , With spota of uuuuy opening , « wd will * , nooka \ To lie and read in , eloping inioibrookis I Where at her dri » k you aturtled the bUto deer , | Retreating lightly with a lovely fear , The fountain , which " shakos it « loosening silver in th ^ C sun , is worthy of playing in Parudise ; but still uncr is the rill in the garden , ¦ Wliosc low , sweet talking scom'd ft « ^ C it » aM Something eternal to that happy shade . When the bride cornea back to Itavonna ^ dead , the simplicity of tho climax " is very touching : — . On A Buddon , just As the wind open'd in a riding gust , : ' A voice of chanting rose , and an it upread , They plainly heard tho antuein for tho dead . It wua the choriuterii who went to moot | i m

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 25, 1855, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25081855/page/20/