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    NOTICES OF BOOKS. 201

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    old by It is tlie gentleman as absurd like reality and or ridiculous as as a P p ant opul aloon arguments ar represent in a p she antomime ation puts of into a is Tory their like squire a mouths foolish at . _,

    the Victoria would , be like tfie reality . Living persons are _sjDoken of effort with at somewhat " scenic questionable effect ; " and ladies taste and are very made much to exclaim with the , i same ( Per

    A Bacco We / conclude " enti , and lfictitious hope , . that Rathe the r stories unwarrantabl related e of as families such an at ncona are y

    invention would be in a book which professes to be real , it would be better than the _supiDosition of so outrageous a breach of confithe incidents truehowever dis

    dence as would be implied were , - towns _o-uised the by thickest names an veil d d is at of es , necessit ( and in y transparent the small societies . ) of Italian hout the volumesbt

    There is a tone of flippancy throug , uwe are m very anner read of y writing to excuse ; excep it in t in consideration some few instances of the , authoress where it ' deserves s lively

    a afraid more ser a national ious name defect , and , to sho which ws a more our travelled radical , and countrymen , we are half and

    women , are only too prone . Very fair in certain admissions which many hks Eng us occas lish iona would llb h y ardl a y sweep choose ing jud to gment make , of Mrs her . Gretton neighbour 3 _^ ' et s

    motives soc and feelings , y which is not one whit more charitable because in most cases it is levelled at numbersand not one whit more

    , justifiable even the ultr because a relig it ious is party about dislike foreigners to think . Thus of or , she to allude assumes to that any

    " preparation for eternity . " A sweeping denunciation , this ! and singularl admitted y into untrue , as Mrs .

    Gretton would have found , had she been an intimacy which , with such opposing views in politics and religion , would be , as one acquainted with the " set" in question knows , simply

    impossible any . A strong and consistent reserve , combined with great openness and confidence , being one of the Italian characteristics

    which often baffles an Englishman . After using the words intelligence and honesty , our authoress

    adds , " Ifc is no want of charity (?) to say that no member of the anti-liberal tunites both these qualities . " But we venture

    to differ both par as y to the fact and the charity of its assertion . She describes one of the numerous confraternities , consisting of

    Laymen of all ranks , who devote a portion of tlieir spare time to offices of charityvisiting and assisting prisonersthe sick , and

    , , others . "Who the members are is in general kept secret , but Mrs . Gretton assumes that if their hoods fell off they would be only old

    men , —a strange mistake to any one who lias had an opportunity of knowing the reverse . She asserts a universal prevalence of

    unbelief , ( and this , as we have said before , with a knowledge of necessity very limited and imperfect , ) but though she records

    outward attention to religion , and even the unwearied performance , as

    Notices Of Books. 201

    NOTICES OF BOOKS . 201

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 201, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/57/