I will improve upon
it. My heroine shall not only be wafted down an American river in a
boat by herself. She shall cross the Atlantic in the same way; and
never stop till she reaches Gravesend.'
'We have got "Rosanne" in our Society, and find it much as you
describe it; very good and clever, but tedious. Mrs. Hawkins' great
excellence is on serious subjects. There are some very delightful
conversations and reflections on religion: but on lighter topics I
think she falls into many absurdities; and, as to love, her heroine
has very comical feelings. There are a thousand improbabilities in
the story. Do you remember the two Miss Ormsdens introduced just at
last? Very flat and unnatural. Madelle. Cossart is rather my
passion.'
Two notices of her works appeared in the 'Quarterly Review.' One in
October 1815, and another, more than three years after her death, in
January 1821. The latter article is known to have been from the pen of
Whately, afterwards Archbishop of Dublin. {140} They differ much from
each other in the degree of praise which they award, and I think also it
may be said, in the ability with which they are written.
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