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ART. 21. - The Wife and Lover; a Novel. By Miss HOLCROFT. 3 vols. 12mo. Pp. 204, 293, 294. Colbourn. 1815.
Generally speaking, our best novelists are females. Miss Holcroft, in this essay, does not class with the highest order, but certainly soars above mediocrity. Her narrative is without plot; but not without interest. The language is chaste, and so is the moral. The character of Mrs Tabitha Wormwood, a proud, supercilious sprig of fashion, envious, censorious, and malignant, is well drawn and true to nature.
[complete] Provided by Julie A. Shaffer, September 1999.
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