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Murray House; 'a Plain unvarnished Tale'. By Mrs. Parsons, 3 vols. 12mo. 15s.
This novel compared with many others of the same sort, may be considered as a tolerable publication. But it is liable in a high degree to that objection, which applies to the generality of novels, which is, that it abounds with extravagance, and an absurd cant about sentiment and sensibility, which, however fit they may be for heroines of romance, are but scurvy companions in the beaten track of life. Such nonsense has always a tendency to enervate the mind, and render it unfit for ordinary duties. The faculties of the soul are perverted, the imagination becomes inflamed and distempered, and every object is seen through a false medium. Such is generally the effect of injudicious novel-reading, even when the general scope, as in the present instance, is intended to promote the ends of morality and religion. [complete]
Provided by Karen Morton, December 1999
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