The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 - A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics

CHARLES READE. HOW ROME IS GOVERNED. CONCORD. WHAT WILL BECOME OF THEM? HEAD-QUARTERS OF BEER-DRINKING. FRIAR JEROME'S BEAUTIFUL BOOK. LITERARY LIFE IN PARIS. THE LITTLE COUNTRY-GIRL. SWEET-BRIER. HOUSE AND HOME PAPERS. THE HEART OF THE WAR. OUR RECENT FOREIGN RELATIONS. REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES. RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS Some one lately took occasion, in passing, to class Charles Reade with the clever writers of the day, sandwiching him between Anthony Trollope and Wilkie Collins,for no other reason, apparently, than that he never, with Chinese accuracy, gives us gossiping drivel that reduces life to the dregs of the commonplace, or snarls us in any inextricable tangle of plots. Charles Reade is not a clever writer merely, but a great one,how great, only a careful rsum of his productions can tell us. We know too well that no one can take the place of him who has just left us, and who touched so truly the chords of every passion; but out of the ranks some one must step now to the leadership so deserted,for Dickens reigns in another region,and whether or not it shall be Charles Reade depends solely upon his own election: no one else is so competent, and nothing but wilfulness or vanity need prevent him,the wilfulness of persisting in certain errors, or the vanity of assuming that he has no farther to go. He needs to learn the calmness of a less variable temperature and a truer equilibrium, less positive sharpness and more philosophy; he will be a thorough master, when the subject glows in his forge and he himself remains unheated. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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