its, lacks all those elements of interest which come from the
generous and gentle affections. His champagne enlivens, but there is
arsenic in it.

_Brothers and Sisters. By Frederika Bremer. Translated
by Mary Howitt. New York: Harper & Brothers._

This is by no means one of Miss Bremer's best productions, but it is
not on that account a commonplace production. The pathos, the
cheerfulness, the elevation, the sweet humane home-feeling of the
Swedish novelist, are here in much of their old power, with the
addition of universal philanthropy and the rights of labor. But we
fear that the original vein of our authoress is exhausted, and that
she is now repealing herself. It is a great mistake to suppose that a
new story, new names of characters, additional sentiments nicely
packed in new sentences, make a new novel, when the whole tone and
spirit of the production continually reminds the reader of the
authors previous efforts. It is no depreciation of Miss Bremer's
really fine powers to assert, that she lacks the creative energy of
Scott, or the ever active fancy and various observation of Dickens.

_Grantley Manor. By Lady Georgiana Fullerton. New York:
D. Appleton & Co. 1 vol. 12mo._

This is altogether one of the finest novels which have appeared for
many years. It is written with much beauty of style; evinces a
creative as well as cultivated mind, and contains a variety of
characters which are not only interesting in themselves, but have a
necessary connection with the plot and purpose. The mind of the author
has that combination of shrewdness and romantic fervor, of sense and
passion, so necessary to every novelist who desires to idealize
without contradicting the experience of common life.

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