_The Partisan: A Tale of the Revolution. By the author of "The
Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. New York: Published by Harper and
Brothers._
Mr. Simms has written, heretofore, "Atalantis, a Story of the
Sea"--"Martin Faber, the Story of a Criminal"--"Guy Rivers, a Tale of
Georgia," and "The Yemassee, a Romance of Carolina." Of these works,
Martin Faber passed to a second edition--"Guy Rivers," and "The
Yemassee" each to a third. With these evidences before us of our
author's long acquaintance with the Muse, we must be pardoned if, in
reviewing the volumes now upon our table, we make no allowances
whatever on the score of a deficient _experience_. Mr. Simms either
writes very well, or it is high time that he should.
"The Partisan" is _inscribed_ to Richard Yeadon, Jr. Esq. of South
Carolina; and the terms in which the compliment is conveyed, while
attempting to avoid Scylla, have blundered upon Charybdis. The cant of
verbiage is bad enough--but the cant of laconism is equally as bad.
Let us transcribe the Dedication.
TO RICHARD YEADON, JR. ESQ.
Of South Carolina.
Dear Sir,
My earliest, and, perhaps, most pleasant rambles in the fields of
literature, were taken in your company--permit me to remind you of
that period by inscribing the present volumes with your name.