Essays and Remains of the Rev. Robert Alfred Vaughan, Vol. 2 of 2: Edited, with a Memoir (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Essays and Remains of the Rev. Robert Alfred Vaughan, Vol. 2 of 2: Edited, With a Memoir

But no one acquainted with the Spirit Of Mr. Kingsley's writings will readily believe that he has in any undue measure the fear Of man before his eyes. He is more likely to have paused where he has done, from deference to what he deemed the dictate of taste, than from any cautious heed to the presentiments of timidity. He considers, probably, the history he has revived as a parable, which, like all parables good for anything, carries its main lesson on the surface. He would urge, with some truth, in his justification, that the moral Of a story should be suggested rather than Obtruded, - that a romance is not the place for a homily, - that the painter is only indirectly the preacher, - that those who have ears to hear will hear with advantage, and those who have not will never be prosed into wisdom. Still we think that some farther application Of the results brought out by this study Of the past should have been attempted. A concluding chapter, embracing some such thoughtful and suggestive summary, and indicating the real analo gies and distinctions between the Old conflict and the new, would greatly have enhanced the value Of the book.

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