THE LITERATURE OF THE VICTORIAN AGE.

(By J. D. Davis.]

FOURTH PAPER-FICTION.

The novelists of the present reign are «> numerous that it is hatd to decide which of the aaaomblage to take first. It will •*> » W ell, perhaps, to bcgio with one of the earliest in point of time. Bn'wer-Lytton bad published " Pelham," B*«ene Aram," •'fanl Htford," " Kionirf." "The Last Days of Pompeii," and other works, before the reiga began, bat /us literary activity attended onwards *&*■ M«e mtermisHon, tiU hi* death *Q y««s a8?- He was credited by MaJ» ula7, wlth Po3"*s" Ids "very considerable parts," and this it ttß vercuct which is now general*1? ftO^P'^d ia his ca-e. Young men, fresb lrom. rett<i'n ß his books, somstimes ju^husissiically conduct him to a higher plaoe among the litterateurs of their country, bat with lupsd ot time, wider reading, arid enlarged experience, their enthusiasm waveii, and they wond-r at their formtr admiration. Lytton waa the incarnation of clevcrnoiH. Ue did a numb, rof things cleverly. He wrote clever novel*, clever plays, clever verses, nude clever speeches, and published a clever translation of Horace's Odea. To a greater height hti nerer roae, however mucti he nwy have desired it. His "Harold," "Kieozi," and "Last Days of Pompeii," hive a higher value, because evidencing greater research and pains tbaa must ot tiis oth<r novels. "Eugeue Aram" is an impossible creation; co is " Paul Clifford."No one seems to know what "Zanoni" means. Ie in thought that a hidden bigaiticauco lies below ths smface, but|thou&h diligent search has beta made after it, no body appears to have yet oome across it. frobably when discovered, if ever it is, it will pruve not to be worth the tumble expanded, The plays of Lyttoa are mostly highly sentimental in charge! er, aod that is oue renson why several of ihern have kept the stage.

Cleverness ia al-o among the chief qualities of Disrieli's numerous novels, fint Due is puzzled to know why our fathers »ad grandfathers were so tak>:n with {ho "Younj;_ Duke," " *lroy," und ths rest. Di«rauli wrote the former novel before he had ever su mucii as seen a duke. Probably their popularity was mainly owing to the dearth of light, reading at the time they appeared. There w»s little to umuse au odd hour, and Disraeli's books filled a gap. " C -niugjby," generally esteemed his uess, is, after all, but a poor production. Xne interest in badly bus tatned, aad it is fall of false political philosophy, if it cau b<j dignified by tuat name. Who, it may be asked, would have read hi« latest productions, "Luthair"aad "Kadymion," but for the r. putatioa of the writer! Witb an unknown man's name on the title page, they would li.ye turned out, as they d?sei»«d, o»'"vitw f»Uurm. On the oihtr hand, Ciarlen Lever's Irish stories were crmnieU withfau and laughter. There is haruly a duil pag<-. to bs found in any of them- They m*y no- b- of a high chw, tiie plots are not elaborate tae cLaracters are not marveli) of creative power perhaps, but the wit and the jollity made amends for all drawbacks aad secured a wide audienoe. " Uarry Loirequer" ap peared in the "Dublin Uuiveoity Mcgazlne" in 1539 ; "Charles o'M.illey " wai wtiitsn during the next two years. "Toe Dodd .Family Abroad," one of his beet, where the character* are made Tdry skilfully to descrioe themselves from tne letters they write, wus published in 1854. lever died at Trieste ia 1572.

With Lever may appr prutely be brack eted Marryat, who div for uavat life wliai the ioimer did for the army. The brave captain, who distinguished himself during the Napoleonic wars prior to IS 14, ana earned hk captaincy through gillaut servicts ia the Burmeie war, wrote his best noyels, "Peter Simple," "'Jacob Faithful," and "Japhet ia Seared of a Father, "[prior to 1537. He lived eleven yeors loader, and curing that period produced some dozen more fiction*, none so good as the trio just enumerated, bat all of them containing Tariety enough, and fre-h breezes fiom the BsR, Marryat's fictions pos-ess a decidedly English character ; and as illus trations of a kind of life revolutioniwd sines his day, they must leiain a perma nent value, apart from their vivacity and broad humour.

William Harrison Ainaworth, who was born ia 1805 and survived till last year, batman to publish novel* before the accession ot Her Majesty. He was a po.uinent member of a quasi hfatorieo! sctuol, now out ot popularity, but unce claiming an ex ten.iTo eucle of readers .-otne of hU r> n»*nce3 are worth perusal, and wilt cwtiuue to be road, but others have met tin fat.' they merited. "Old Si. Paul's" and "The Constable of the Tower ' a'e arnoog Am worth* best. Toer« Is a sum tained iutete-t of aa exciting sort iv bota, and btie ct/a-acers appear to bo drawn with extra care. (i. P. ii. James was another writer ot tha sam-j school, but inferior io the last nu,ir*d. H.ia iadmtry was prodigiou>>. He is mid to hfiv.> be -n the sa>e author of one hnadred and eighty nine volumes, of which the bulk were nt>v«l*.

Th« fi:iion of which Cbarle* Eingsley wa-i the »a'h<>-, is of quite a different: ttamp from any w« hare notic d. N^vel writiog was only one out of Kiogslev's many acaieveiuo its. His earue ties^ ut purpose, and desire to do th-; word service, imp -Hud him to ch'.OJe t is method of co u..g before ttie piblie. Kiugsley's ta rnta were of a most veraa'ile desc ip ion. He C'uli do a number of things well. He -anted to be a modal pariah panoo, a great scholar, a university prof-; aor, ai eloquent preacher, a respectable p^et, ana a pipuUr novelist. He spread his energies over too wide a surface, and abundant though they were, the selt-imp b--<1 task was too heavy to be borne, fie died, worn out, when ia his prime. It is &■• a novelist that we con sider him here ; and it i-< a? a novelist that, it is probable, he will be loogts" remem bered. The troubles of-1848 occasioned his first story, " Alton Locke; Tailor aDd Poet," and his " feast,'1 which latter is not nearly ao satisfactory, either ia method or execution, as the farmer. There is ia both, to a striking degree, a flavour of Carlyle. King-iley was, especially In his early days, a, staunch believer in the ragged philosopher, ana was in the constant habit of transmitting ide>s derived from that source through the medium of his stories. There are passages in "Alton Locke" which might luv<; beeu written by CaTlylohimself, not only are the sentiment' iiis, but the very style also. We call to mind two, one oa the dignity of labour, the other on m racles. To proceed 1n1553 "Hjpatia" appear -id, the best, in our opinion, of the whole series. The way in which the author ha-< made the Alexan dria of the fifth century live again is mar vallous. Ii pays a !ii,:h -ributa not only lii-i cl.-is-icil learning an.l research, bin ii'3o to the viviin-ss of hi 3 imagination. '" Two 'ears ago," which we rank as bis second ■sst, came out io JSS7; " Westward Ho !" ". most popular of his novels, a couple of y^rs previously. The reason of the success °* "ie last-named lies on the surface. The stot '. is one of adventure and exciting mci

dent; and it is told with snch a heartiness and enthusiasm that the writer cmics his render perforce along with him. There are several noble characters in it, admirably conceived and depleted, whom all English youths uud men possessing any degree of spirit, caunoc help being enamoured of. KiDgslcy's high moral tone also contributed to his popularity. . There is an earnestness visible on every page; and, though he was often strong and oat-spoken in his attacks, he never wrote a line which could offend the most fastidious His wholesoineneas and rightmindodness deserve to be per petuated, and their influence to be widely felt dunnc many generations.

CharloH Dickens ha* been, ami still re mains, the moat popular of British novelists. Wherever the English tongue is spoken; there his books have been devoured by multitude* o< fascinated readers. Dickeas possessed in remarkable combination' the requisites for a good writer of fiction. lie con-rved to fini a siitable basis on which to found hia (structures. It was his custom to pitca uiKtu some abuse of the time, and white making it interesting and often anms i.ig, to write at it wtth vigour. The p&aper apprentice system was attacked la "Oliver Twist," one of his earliest books; the cheap boarding school in " iN'icaolus JRickleby;" the debtors' prisoo. in " Little Oorrit" For this reason Dickens has been lauded to the heaveus as a philanthropist and benefactor of his species, and s* in » eartoia sense he was ; bat not in the eetwo that Wilberforoe and Zachary Maoa«l»y were philanthropists. With Dickens such things were part of his atook-in-trade, oat of which lw desired to make money. He, no doubt, did his best to rouse aa apathetic, ignorant public ; but at the same time he was going the quickest way to work to add to the balance at his banker's. It ia no secret that one of DickenVi objects ia life was lo ama<s a fortune; — a perfectly reasonable and even praiseworthy aim, in which he succeeded admirably, tor his will was proved, if we recollect rightly, under the noble figure of £90,000. Having chosen his subject, often after much consideration and debate, Dickens proceeded to elaborate his plot. In this department of his art he did not shine. Some of his novels, such as "David Coppcriield" and "Pickwick" have no plot at all. "Our Mutual Friend," perhaps, shows the mo 4 ambitions attempt at weaving a plot, but even here the two parts of the main story are not very successfully joined and amal gamated. For lack of an intricate and skilfully planned succession of incidents there was always introduced one or more odd, striking, and eccentric character?, about whose peculiarities so much pains was taken that, unless one examines them closely, they have tbe ap pearance of life. So funny, or so out of tbe com; bod, or so marked in their chara tong ues, are they for the most part, that, when once described, they live in the memory and refuse to be dismissed. But, after all, they are not representations of actual beings —they are but caricatures. Where has been seen the living counterpart of Quiip, Mr Pickwick, Pecksniff, Montague Xigg, Mrs Gamp, Sam Weller, Sally Brass, Mr Dick, and a score more ? They are do more pictures ot live people than Lyttoa's Eugene Aram, or St. John Rivers in "Jane Eyre." They are vastly diverting, no doubt; but they all more or leas partake of the qualities of overdressed puppets. About all his work Dickens threw the charm of hii wonderful wit. Ia this respect, it will be long before we look upon his like again. Be has had no equal so far, and what he was In hia books, ao he was iv con versation. The stream flowed naturally, and needed no artificial aids to swell its volume. Nothing can be more easy and fitting than the way in which he lights up hi? pages with continual flashes, He was also a great master of pathos. The death of Paal Dombey, little Em'ly'B fate, Mr Peggoty's wanderiugs, the death of" little Noll, these incidents and many more recur to the m!nd at one. Dickens'a literary style, never first-rate, degenaratsd often into mannerism. In our judgment, "Our Mutual Friend" exhibits some of the wont faults of manner, There are to be found in it passages- which a parodist of Dickens might have written, '

wbicu Brot Harto could have introduced into his "Sensational novels." t)n two occasions Dickons tried his hand *t historical or semi-historical novels. In the one, " Tale ot Two Cities," he unioubtedly mido a palpable hit; in the other, "Barnaby Hudge, 'he scarcely reached his usual standard. It is not often that authors form a correct estimate of the relative positions of their productions in regard to value, but Dickens happened to bo au exception to the general rule. He liked " Copperfield^' best of all; ;md the verdict of critics and public alike, hu3 confirmed the judgment. It is doubtful whether Dickeus's novels will fine? a permanent place in -English literature. Boyoad question their abundant wit, the oddity of many of the dranuilis [persona, will endue them wlih a lengthened and vigorous vitality, but they do not possess truth euoui'b. to deserve or claim au im raortalicy.

{To he Continued.)

A Fearful Murder.

The peasantry of picturesque Brittany, saya the "Standard," are proverbially super. s'.itioiis, ia spite of the spread of instruction and the foundation of school?. A cose now proceeding before the CVHes-du-Nord Assize Court furnishes an illustration of this wclJ known fact A man and wife are charged with harinK crucified the brotherof the latter under the following circumstances : ■ There bad been recently v dUpute between the mur dered man, Philips omn6-', and his sister, respecting * legacy, jud the female prisoner accused her bnit'jer of f»l-»e swearing. It was determined botwei herself and her husband to punish the perjnry, and for this purpose thn aerrices of a mint, known as St. Yves de VcriuS, were sought. Iv the country aide th's saint has the repu tation of bribing death npon liars or forgers, provided tiitHc who Qavs suffered prejudice by the lyiug or forgeries make pilgrimages to the statue, ana merit consideration by ofieringi of sufficient value. The prisoners sent tnoir offering by a woman named Prudeno?, who usually serve) as intermediary between the saint and the population; bnt one day the cur<S of tbe Viiliag« where the statue is placed, finding her vi«ite irksome, di« lodged ibe stiint. and shot it up in loftT It being thenceforth impossible to chastise the alleged false swearer through the agency of St. Y>es, the prisoners de cided to act for themselves, and their vic tim was dieoovered one morning crucified between the shafts of a farm cart, with his right band somewhat raided, and his mouth gagged — this signifying that hand and mouth had been dishonoured by the crime of perjury. :

Origin of the If antes of the Week.

IN the Museum at P.erlin, ia the hall de voted to Northern antiquities, (hey have the reoreseutaiions from the idols from which the namew of th; days of our week arc derived.

From the idol of the .Sun cornea Sunday, This idol i 3 represented with his face like the euo, holding a burning wheel with both bands on hi« breast, signifying his course round the world.

The i'iol of the Moon, from which comes Monday, is habited in a short coat like a man, bat holding the maoa in his hands.

Tuisco, from which cornea Xuesday, was one ot the moat aacicot and popular gods of the Germans, and represented in his gar mouts of *kiua, according to their peculiar manner of clothing: the third day of the week was dedicated, to his worship. Woden, from which cornea Wednesday, was a Paliaat prince among the SaxoQS. His image was prayed to for victory,

Thor, from whe'ice we hive Thursday, is seated in a bed, with twelve stars over his head, holding a ai; pro in his hand.

Friya, from whence we have Friday, ia represented with i-. drawn sw>rd ia his right hand, and a boy in hid lef<.

Saster, from which is Saturday, has the appearance of perfect wrctcheduesi; he ia tbin-visaged, long-haired, with a long beard. He carries a water-pail ia his right band, wherein are fruits and flowers.

UNKNOWN

"YOU see," said the boy, "pa has been reading out ot an old back-number Bible, and ma and me argncd with him about getting a new revised edition. We told him that the old one was oat jit style, and th»t all the neighbours had the newest cut in Bible, with dolmm sleeves, and gathered in the back, and they put on svyle ovei ur, and we couldn't hold up our heads In society when it was known that we were wearing laat yoar's Bibles.

" Pa kicked acalnst it, bnt finally got one. 1 thou^hc I had as much right to change thlygs in the revised Bibles as other fellows h^d to change the old one, so I pasted some mottoes and patent medicine advertisements in it after the verses. Pa never reads a whole chapter, but reads a verse or two, and skips aronnd. "Before breakfast the other morning pa got the new Bible and started the ten com mandment* and some other thing.*. The very first thing he struck was : ' Verily I say unto yon, try St Jacob'i oil for rheu matism.' Pa looked over bin specks at ma, and then at me, but I had my face covered with my hands sort of pioua. Pa said he didn't think it was right to pnt patent medicine advertisements in the Bible, bnt ma said she didn't know as it was any worse than to have a patent medicinenetice next to Beecher's sermon in the religions paper. Papa sighed and turned over a few leaves and road : ' Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife nor his ox, if you love me as I love yon no knife can cut oar love in two.1 The last part was a motto that I got ont of a paper of candy, fa said the sentiment was good, bat ho didn't think the revisers had im proved the old commandment very much. " Then pa turned over and read : ' X ak« a little wine for the stomach's sake, and keep a bottle of Heed's Gilt-edged tonic on your sideboard, and you can defy malaria and chills and fever.1 t'» was hot. He looked at it again, and noticed that the commandment was not on yellow paper, and the corner turned up, and pa took hold of it, and the paste that I utuck it on with was not g<>nd, and it came off; and when I saw pa lay down the Bible, and pat his specks ia the case, and reach for the fire-poker, I knew he was not going to pray, and looked out of the window, and yelled dog tight, and lit out, and pa followed me rw far as the side walk, and it win that morning when it wai slippery, and pa's feet slipped from under him, and he stood on his neck and slid round on hu ear, and the special providence of sleet on the sidewalk saved me. Hay, do you believe in special providence ? What was the u.se of taut sleet on the sniuw.uk it it was not to save sinners ? " i

An Interesting Souvenir.

A VERY iutcrestiac; souvenir has jmt changed bauds, owing to the dcatn of the person who had carefnlly preserved it for the lasn forty-three years. This lady, Madanu Gabirol, a resident of Bordeaux, had had in her possc-siou since IS4O tii« ivory crucifix which the Abbe Edgeworlh de Firmont offered Loui3 XVI. to kiss at thefojt of the scaffold, whilat addressing him tbe words, "Son of St. Louis, ascend to Heaven." The cacifix first fell into the hamta ot a Mdmc. Kpilat, who received it from Abbd Firruont Mmielf, and it remained in her posso^sion tili IS4O, whfn, being at that period extremely aged, and p.;rciiving that her end was neir, she aum moucd her friend, Mdme. Cabirol, to her sidi;, making over the cruoiiix to her on the understanding that, previous to her own death, she would place it iv safe keeping. The promise has just been performed, A few hours before Madame Cabirol expired a priest belonging t > Bordeaux, the Abbu Bjuupeiiirs, was seat for, and the dying »voui»a entrusted to him the prociouo relic ou the same conditions that she had received it, namely, that he should give it tv another by whom he Knew it would be treasured when he felt ah last moments approach ing.

ODDS AND ENDS.

What the cabbage said to the cook.— "My heart is thine,"

Why is a latitude like a clothes line 2— Because it stretches from pole to pole.

Why ia a widow like a dilapidated boose I —Became she wants to be re-paired.

Mis Parting ton says that her mlriEtor preached about " the parody of the prob able nan,"

When do dogs resemble cards ?—When they beloag to a pack.

" You said, Mr Jones, your umbrella had a straight handle?" "I thought it did, bat since it vanished I am quite cer tain it ended with a hook."

"Is that your dog, Mr Trigg f " Yes, *ir, that's my dog." "Is he a setter t " He's of that type, yes, sir." " Oh! than he'a a type-setter."

"1 get an inkling of your thonght," siid the retreutiog book agent, und he neatly dodged the Hying bottle of writing fluid aa he made for the door.

A maa told his tailor that he would not pay for that last epilepsy. It was disooT» ered that he meant bad fit.

Whatia the difference between a civilised person and a cannibal ? Une enjoys him self and the other enjuys other people.

One of the sweetest pictures of domestic economy is a post blacking a white stock ing so that it won't show through the fissure in his boot.

There is something wonderfully in thu roar of thunder, until you discover it hai soured the last half-pint of milk in tho house.

It would ue well if men did what is right in the aume way in which thoy do what la wrong—with earnestness, alacrity, aud en| juymeut,

"Ho girl «ets along well without ;.-. mother,'' says amoral writer, 1: v cer> t,iiniy impoasible lor her to gtt astaitin ilje world without oue.

Every man is fond of striking the nail on the head, but when it happens to be his finger nail, his enthusiasm becomes wild and incoherent.

He rang the door-bell of a banker. The servant tclla him "Monsieur does nat receive to-day." "Ihat make 3 nothing to me. My racket is to know if ho will give anything."

A man recently committed suicide because he lived next dour iv an amateur trombone player. The coroner held aa | inquest, aud the jury returned a verdict of •'Trooi boned." "KUEISIN PRIME." A hundred times I softly sighed— "Be mine, dear maid, bo mine )'' Ere eho consented. No it 1 wish I'd stopped at nlnotynino. | It is hard to tell which ia the more ridi culous, the young iooi or the uld fool; bnfc "*" old fool has tais advantage—he wIU never o« * ,„„,,, f oo) wn erca3 the yonnc tool may some dSj v. '. <n mU fo£)J< ° JUUU» That was not bad of an opuieli. , t 3 tlemao, recently deceased, of whom HwS^, aaktd, " How mucu did no leave V "Oh everything ; he touk uotliin*; vntli Lira." '

" And so you are married V , S ani one old acquoiutauce to another. "Qaite bo," ww the reply. "1 have been married moie than ajear." "Aa long as ihutl" " i'es, mdetd ; 1 atn now nrnc Walking geutlernan tv a double-jointed boy baby. Cjuib down aud ace me."

Hor lipg were like tho leaves, ho said. By autumn's crimson tinted ; "Some peoplo uutuuiu luavts preserve Uy pressing tlieia," she Uimea, ThemeanlntfOf the gontlo hint The lover did discern, And bo ho clttopod hor round tho neck, And "pressed " hii lip 3 lo hci'n.

A racy story is told of au old lady who refused to be comforted by her pastor's assuraoco that when he kit the Loia would send a better pastor as hi* successor. " Ha, na," she baid, •' I hae seen lourteeu changes in the ministers siace I uueuded the kirk, and every ane has been waur than anither."

An Irish womaD, needing some silk and some tape, Bent tier husband for them, The silk waa shown, but the.buyer thought the price Mo great. The clerk explained that all silk goodß were dear, owing to uorne disease iv tnis time prevalent among the silkworms. The tape was next exam iaed, and the Irishman thous<nt t!mt a little stiff as to price. " Aud, indade, sir," sjys he, "is there likewoiae a dezuso a-prevail iu' amoog the.iapeworms ?"

Two gentlemen were approaching Boston when they catue in view of a fiuc residence 'oeautifully situated on a hilhidu — the nouic ot a man who hud ma leu fortune in the sale ol epirit6, and ivhoae spirits may or may not have bceu watured. Said one of them, pointing t> iha h^use, "Sec what ardent spirits aid.' "See what cold water did," ftau the suggestive reply.

"I think," said a vegetarian once in a coQvertation, " that when a maa lives on beef he becomes something like (in ox; if ne eats mutton he besjins to look sheepish; and if he eats pork, may he not grow 10 be swiuiah 1" " That may be," said his fiieud ; " but when a man lives on nothing bat veireublec, I think he is apt to be pretty fcmtill potatoes."

John had come on a visit to London, and arranged with his resident relation to attend the Temple Churca. John, iike a guud Scot, was preaeut iv good nine, and got a prayer-book iuudod to him. After perusing the sacred buok for lhu trot time iq hi 3 life, John setecd toiy bat and sud dcaly bolted Iroin the liuiliiiu^, ilia ftiund mes him outside, and a-.ked the me<miug of his iliglit. " Gjod gracious, man, 1 looked over the programme, and I touad every here and tnere ' Collect.' Xow, I can staud one collection iv a day, but I ciuuu btand a dozen."

A navy captain at a Portsmouth ball, when his partner, a "lady of rank, " sug« gested toe propriety oi puain^ on ius gioveu before ihey led oil, nxelaimed, " vo, uever mind me, madam ; 1 nhall wash my liamls wnen I've done dancing."

a. Jew JUe Mo:.—Somebody asked Baroa Kothschild to take venison, "No,"suid the Baroa, "I never eati-h wenshon; I don't tink it i«h so co>it a^ mutton."

" Oh," said the Huron's friend, " I wonder at your saying so : if veinson i-j not better than inultiin, why does venison co»t so much more?' " Vy," repliect the Baron, " I vill tell you vy ; in di«U varld do people alvays prefersh vao is deer to vat i-ih sheep."

■|hi; experiences and luiifoituaes of .Mr Bi^ar as a lover havu already supplied mure than one allusion to tliu Cjntoaipor aty drama. The member fur Cavan has beeu noticed in burlesque andfa.ee, and he has now reached the elevation of melo drama. In a piece which is performed at one of the London suburban theatres the bero is an Irishman. H.t is ciigjged courting a but the aiiuir ratuoi kau^s lire, lio .-■on't come to the point, and lii.ugh i, e kutci the lady's foot, hu doca not propose. olio dbturmiucd, however, to L>ru.g linii to book, and a--ks him auaij,ht oui .i ue nitons marrkge. " Certaioly," u-ij,iea ihe hero, you duu'c mistake me tor a liiKgat," The ait, of course, is at once seized, aud h:in£s down the houae (

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