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           OccasionallyabreathofNature,araindropofpathosandtenderness,oragleamofhumor,willfinditswayintothemidstofhisfantasticimagery,andmakeusfeelasif,afterall,wewereyetwithinthelimitsofournativeearth.WewillonlyaddtothisverycursorynoticethatM.del’Aubepine’sproductions,ifthereaderchancetotaketheminpreciselytheproperpointofview,mayamusealeisurehouraswellasthoseofabrighterman;ifotherwise,theycanhardlyfailtolookexcessivelylikenonsense.

           Ourauthorisvoluminous;hecontinuestowriteandpublishwithasmuchpraiseworthyandindefatigableprolixityasifhiseffortswerecrownedwiththebrilliantsuccessthatsojustlyattendsthoseofEugeneSue.Hisfirstappearancewasbyacollectionofstoriesinalongseriesofvolumesentitled"Contesdeuxfoisracontees."Thetitlesofsomeofhismorerecentworks(wequotefrommemory)areasfollows:"LeVoyageCelesteaChemindeFer,"3tom.,1838;"LenouveauPereAdametlanouvelleMereEve,"2tom.,1839;"Roderic;ouleSerpental’estomac,"2tom.,1840;"LeCulteduFeu,"afoliovolumeofponderousresearchintothereligionandritualoftheoldPersianGhebers,publishedin1841;"LaSoireeduChateauenEspagne,"1tom.,8vo,1842;and"L’ArtisteduBeau;oulePapillonMecanique,"5tom.,4to,1843.Oursomewhatwearisomeperusalofthisstartlingcatalogueofvolumeshasleftbehinditacertainpersonalaffectionandsympathy,thoughbynomeansadmiration,forM.