Great
exigencies afterwards develop her character, and it gains in dignity and
beauty from her misfortunes, and we do not again think compassionately
of her till she is reunited with Griffith. In spite of all her faults,
she is wonderfully charming. The reader himself falls in love with her,
and perhaps a subtile sense of jealousy and personal loss mingles with
his dissatisfaction in seeing her given up again to her unworthy
husband. She should have been left a lovely and stately widow, to whom
we could all have paid our court, without suffering too poignantly when
Sir George Neville finally won her.
_Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie._ By HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. With
Illustrations by F.O.C. Darley. Boston: Ticknor and Fields.
_Maud Muller._ By JOHN G. WHITTIER. With Illustrations by W.J.
Hennessy. Boston: Ticknor and Fields.
_The Vision of Sir Launfal._ By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. With
Illustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. Boston: Ticknor and Fields.
_Flower-de-Luce._ By HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. With
Illustrations. Boston: Ticknor and Fields.
Of these volumes three have long since taken their place in the letters
of America, and in the hearts of all who know and love the purest, the
truest, and the best that poesy can offer.
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