138 THE AUTHOR OF " DARTMOOR.'' 



degree of attachment which should exist between bride and bride- 

 groom elect; and that though circumstances should tyrannically 

 enforce their union, there were others also which would ever alien- 

 ate their hearts. 



To be concluded in our next number. 



THE AUTHOR OF "DARTMOOR/' 



Resumed from Page 91. 

 DARTMOOR.* 



This is the work which stamped Carrington as a 

 poet, and in which his name will be handed down to 



Eosterity as a worthy compeer of Britain's illustrious 

 ards. When the productions of other authors, who 

 have written in a more fascinating style on subjects 

 more attractive though evanescent, have exhausted 

 their little day of fame the memory of Carrington will 

 still be cherished — the high-minded poet of Nature 

 will be revered — the author of " Dartmoor " will be 

 prized ; for however long a work of intrinsic merit may 

 remain unseen and unsought by the many, its time of 

 due estimation will unquestionably come : it is known 

 that one John Milton did not acquire an immediate 

 fame and that the blind man of Chios was not worthily 

 valued in his own day. With such recollections we 

 may cease to wonder why Carrington has not yet been 

 so highly appreciated as his deserts demand, but we 

 may remain strong in the assurance that posterity will 

 render him the homage which his contemporaries 

 denied. 



" Dartmoor'' is free from the errors in execution (if 

 the expression may be allowed) which were noticed as 

 occurring in his previous work, " The Banks of 

 Tamar ;" every passage — every line — from beginning 

 to end is full of pure and passionate poetry, while, at 

 the same time, there is no commixture of bombast — 

 affectation — mannerism or morbid sensibility. The 



* A descriptive poem, by N. T. Carrington, with preface and 

 notes by W. Burt, Esq. Ilatchard, London; Williams, Devonport. 

 Crown 8vo. pp. 204. 



