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rally popular , and agree in the belief , that were It known in the dwellings of the poor , it would go far to supersede many debasing pursuits . At the same time , we are glad to observe the candid spirit in which the editor warns the devoted admirer of the game in which he himself evinces so heartfelt an interest , against that excess in its exercise which can change the most innocent of our recreations to sin , and would , in this case , bring ruin in its train as assuredly as does the career of the spendthrift or the gambler .
Doctor Antonio . A Tale . By the Author of " Lorenzo Benoni . " Edinburgh : Constable and Co . —The story opens in the spring of 1840 . Sir John Davenne is returning to England with his fair daughter , Lucy , whose delicate health had required the soothing influence of an Italian winter . As they are travelling along the
famous Cornice road between Genoa and Nice , the carriage is upset , by which Miss Lucy ' s ankle is sprained and her leg broken . Doctor Antonio comes by , like a deus ex machina , and by his care not only
is her wounded limb cured , but the interesting invalid is restored to sound health . The progress of her recovery , the varied and novel means adopted to strengthen a weak constitution and to develop a dormant mind , during her lengthened stay at a little w ayside osteria
are beautifully told ; and it is surprising what tender grace the writer throws upon such an apparently tame subject . A love , unacknowledged by both , springs up between the doctor and patient , and it is not until the arrival of a coarse-minded , loud-voiced " heavy dragoon " of a brother from India , who carries her away , that either is aware of
the strength of the bond that unites them . Antonio now devotes himself , heart and soul , to his country ; while Lucy , returning to
England , fulfils her destiny , as every right-minded baronet ' s daughter should do , by marrying Lord Cleverton . She is not happy with him , and after a six years' union is left a widow . The inexorable year of w eeds and mourning being ended , the widow , whose health had become very dilapidated , seeks the spot where in happier and earlier days she had first recovered her strength . But the osteria is in ruins , and Antonio has returned to Sicily , which is in arms to recover its liberty . , The year is now 1848 . She determines to follow him to
Palermo ; but while at Naples , she meets Antonio atone of the court receptions . They are soon on the old footing , and the doctor has only time to declare his passion , when , on the 15 th of May ( a day memorable in the bloody annals of liberty ) , he is nearly killed by a
Royalist soldier as he is tending the wounded on the barricades . "With Poerio and others , lie is tried ( nay , condemned untried ) by the infamous Navarro , and sentenced to nineteen years of irons . He is removed to the castle of Lscliia , whence lie might have escaped through Lucy ' s means ; but lie will not desert " his Jive noble
fellowprisoners , the least of them worth ten such as lie . " A plan is laid for rescuing all , when the police are put on the alert ; Antonio is removed to another place , and Lucy dies heartbroken . It is a simple tale , with no striking , stirring events , but as attractive in its natural siui-
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rally popular , and agree in the belief , that were It known in the dwellings of the poor , it would go far to supersede many debasing pursuits . At the same time , we are glad to observe the candid spirit in which the editor warns the devoted admirer of the game in which he himself evinces so heartfelt an interest , against that excess in its exercise which can change the most innocent of our recreations to sin , and would , in this case , bring ruin in its train as assuredly as does the career of the spendthrift or the gambler .
Doctor Antonio . A Tale . By the Author of " Lorenzo Benoni . " Edinburgh : Constable and Co . —The story opens in the spring of 1840 . Sir John Davenne is returning to England with his fair daughter , Lucy , whose delicate health had required the soothing influence of an Italian winter . As they are travelling along the
famous Cornice road between Genoa and Nice , the carriage is upset , by which Miss Lucy ' s ankle is sprained and her leg broken . Doctor Antonio comes by , like a deus ex machina , and by his care not only
is her wounded limb cured , but the interesting invalid is restored to sound health . The progress of her recovery , the varied and novel means adopted to strengthen a weak constitution and to develop a dormant mind , during her lengthened stay at a little w ayside osteria
are beautifully told ; and it is surprising what tender grace the writer throws upon such an apparently tame subject . A love , unacknowledged by both , springs up between the doctor and patient , and it is not until the arrival of a coarse-minded , loud-voiced " heavy dragoon " of a brother from India , who carries her away , that either is aware of
the strength of the bond that unites them . Antonio now devotes himself , heart and soul , to his country ; while Lucy , returning to
England , fulfils her destiny , as every right-minded baronet ' s daughter should do , by marrying Lord Cleverton . She is not happy with him , and after a six years' union is left a widow . The inexorable year of w eeds and mourning being ended , the widow , whose health had become very dilapidated , seeks the spot where in happier and earlier days she had first recovered her strength . But the osteria is in ruins , and Antonio has returned to Sicily , which is in arms to recover its liberty . , The year is now 1848 . She determines to follow him to
Palermo ; but while at Naples , she meets Antonio atone of the court receptions . They are soon on the old footing , and the doctor has only time to declare his passion , when , on the 15 th of May ( a day memorable in the bloody annals of liberty ) , he is nearly killed by a
Royalist soldier as he is tending the wounded on the barricades . "With Poerio and others , lie is tried ( nay , condemned untried ) by the infamous Navarro , and sentenced to nineteen years of irons . He is removed to the castle of Lscliia , whence lie might have escaped through Lucy ' s means ; but lie will not desert " his Jive noble
fellowprisoners , the least of them worth ten such as lie . " A plan is laid for rescuing all , when the police are put on the alert ; Antonio is removed to another place , and Lucy dies heartbroken . It is a simple tale , with no striking , stirring events , but as attractive in its natural siui-