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and savors strongly of the Alexandrian
school Of poetry and rhetoric. 1t is elegant
without force, it is ornamental without
splendor, it is beautiful without lifc---t is, III
short, the composition Of student of rehn-
ed taste and cultivated imagination, rather
than the effuson Of an ardent and powerful
genius. The luxuries of the gardens OF Ep-
icurus are described with much more felici-
ty than the stern mysteries of Memphis; tho
passionate love of the hero and the tender
purity of Alethe. are described with greater
effect than the vigorous irmness. the sim
pie Christian virtues of the primitive teach-
crs and martyr of the new faith; hue OF
ilexandran softness. touch OF Epicurean
feeblcncss, is felt throughout the whole sts-
~. Nevertheless, it is a tale of much grace
ful invention, both for the polish OF its style


and the elegance of its ornaments, and


moreover for the fidelity and beauty OF many


of its descriptions Of natural feeling and nat


ural scenery, it raised far above the ephem-


eral trash of the circulating library.