AMELIA MANSFIELD; 
fntist be the exclusive property of ano- 
ther! The sacrifice is mutual, and after 
having loitered away a considerable 
time in England with Louisa, who had 
now settled in her native country, it is 
determined that Mr. Stanville should 
confer the only reparation in hi3 power 
on the girl whom he had seduced, 
namely, by marrying her. But it is 
clear that, this would have been a miser- 
able termination of the story: if Stai- 
ville had married Agathie, the heroine 
of the novel would have been left in the 
lurch—a pottical injustice quite inad- 
fhissible. How then is the difficulty 
obviated ? Stanville sets out for France 
with the most honourable intentions, dat 
an unfortunate dur— 
. Upon his arrival at Languedoc, hé was 
tefused admiittance to Agathe, whosé letters 
had poaervaly breathed itapatience for his 
presence, and dependatice upon him alone 
Yor restoring her to prace and reputation. 
He obtained an interview with the friendly 
‘rousin, who éxplaited to him, that however 
steady the affection of Agathe had continued, 
his long absence and frequent delays, had at 
length given efficacy to the remonstrances of 
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the confessor, who held out the veil as the 
only adequate atonement for. her fault; 
which, so far from being expiated by mar- 
riage with a heretic, would, on the eontrary, 
he insisted, endanger thie eternal salvation not 
pay, a her own soul; but of that of her 
chitd.”” 
Mr. Stanville actually returns to 
England without seeing Agathe, con- 
tenting himself with addressing a letter 
to her, expressive of his solicitude for her 
happiness ! It is needless to add, that he 
marries Louisa, 
The conduct of Mr. Stanville is very 
inconsistent with that high sense of ho- 
nour which is represented as his tuling 
principle of action. In the rapid sketch 
here given, we have also noticed some 
other inconsistencies; but the novel fs 
notwithstanding very far above the or- 
dinary salmagundies that assume this 
name. A considerable knowledge of the 
human niind is displayed, and of foreign 
and domestic manners: fashionable vices 
are severely satirized, and virtuous sef- 
timents and honourable feelings areevery 
where inculcated. » { 
Ar: X. Amilia Mansfield. Translatid from the Frenth of Madame C * * *, Author of 
Matvina and Glaire d Albe 
THIS is one of those perform- 
neces which aré difficult to charac+ 
terize without entering fully into their 
merits : Madame C. has endeavoured to 
shew, that “ thé most venial love may 
_fead to unhappiness,” that “ pridé will 
harden the heart and mislead the judg- 
ment.” And are four volumes required 
_ to establish such a*truism as.this? The 
ollowing is a brief outline of the story : 
_ Ameiia Mansfield is the grand-daugh- 
ter of the Count de Woldemar, who, 
‘proud of belonging to a family which 
fd iven sovereigns to Saxony and Po. 
_idand, determinéd to inflict aii exemplary 
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rnar, heir to-his title and fortune, pro- 
vided that he should marry Amelia de 
Lunebourg, his grand-dayghter. In 
case of Amelia’s refusal he disinherited 
her; transferring her portion to Blanche 
de Geysa, his other grand-daughter, on 
the same condition; and if Ernest refus- 
ed to marry either of his cousins, he then 
gave his title and property to Albert de 
Luneboturg, Amelia’s brother, provided 
however, that le took the handof Blanche 
de Geysa. 
Amiélia, the heroine of the piece, is an 
amiable, mild, and susceptible girl, while 
Ernest, hér betrothed husband, exhibited 
when a lad so proud, domineering, and 
ferocious a temper, that she shrunk with 
horror from thealliance which her grand- 
father had prescribed for her, and deter- 
mined never to submit to the odious 
bondage.——This determination was 
strengthened bj her affection towards a 
young man, Mr. Mansfield, who was on 
a visit to her fathet § a man whose en- 
gaging manners and various accomplish- 
ments, forming a striking contrast to the 
brutality of Ernest, soon fascinated the 
yielding fair one. In short, they mar- 
ily, he made a will, by which He de» ried: the pride of the fumily was not to 
‘tlared his grandson, Ernest de Wolde- “ana with impunity; the persecu- 
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_-penalty on any of his descendants, who 
should contaminate the blood of his il- 
_ lustrious ancestors by a plebeian alliance. 
_ After having united his only son, Baron 
| de Woldemar, to the haughty heiress of 
the Counis of Kybourg ; and his two 
_ daughters, ne to the ‘Count de Lune- 
pourg tite father of Amelia, and the 
other to Baron de Geysa, his next object 
Was to arrange the future marriages of 
is grand-children: Finding no better 
neés than those which might be con 
acted within the circle of his own fa- 
