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ART. 26. The Farmer of Inglewood Forest, a Novel, in Four Volumes. By Elizabeth Helme. 8vo. 14s. Lane. 1796.
They who delighted in very tragical actions, may be gratified and instructed by the perusal of this novel. It paints in strong, but not improper colours, the vile arts of seducers, their prevailing power over youth and innocence, and the complicated miseries which they too often bring upon families once virtuous and happy. A striking contrast is also exhibited in the prudence, fortitude, benevolence and purity of their characters in the piece.
It may be seasonable to warn novel-writers, as well as their authors, that four small volumes, at the price of 14s. will now, perhaps, meet with fewer purchasers than formerly; at a time when the resources of our country are so urgently called forth, to preserve us from the attempts of still worse seducers, foreign and domestic; and form the most implacable enemies to virtue and happiness, by whom Great Britain, or any other nation, was ever assailed.
[complete] Provided by Samantha Kirkby, September 1999.
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