The New-York Literary Journal, and Belles Lettres Repository, Vol. 4 PDF Download

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Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483069022
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Excerpt from The New-York Literary Journal, and Belles Lettres Repository, Vol. 4: From November, 1820, to April, 1821 The Moeastery is decidedly infe rior. It is evidently written hastily, if not careless] y though every chap ter bears the mark of genius, it is ge nius inindoleoce. Besides. It is too late in the day for ghost stories - and a ghost, or rather a spirit story, it cer tainly is. What though the white lady of Avenel is lovely, and celes tial, and sings in sweetest, purest strains - the pure and perfect vision of a poet's dream-yet she is obso lete, and takes from the general in terest ofthe work. Sir Pereia Shaf ton is, no doubt, a good specimen of the court gallants and enthusiasts of that day; but like Mysie of the Mill. I could not understand him. The character of Halbert is holdy sketch cd, and the scene where he refuses the Abbot's favour is, perhaps, among the best in the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.