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Art. 25. The Physiognomist. By the Author of 'The Bachelor and the Married Man.' 12mo. 3 Vols. 16s. 6d. Boards. Longman and Co. 1818.
In this work some characters and passages are obviously imitated from another popular novel, and Mabel the Prophetess seems to be born of Meg Merrilies: but she has 'the inflation of that sybil without her inspiration;' and it is difficult even for the romance-readers to imagine that the same person is at different times a beauty, a warrior, a mad woman, a prophetess, a moody gentleman, a skilful surgeon, and finally a lady again, by the mere doffing of coats and cloaks. The denouement, also, is tedious and confused; and, on the whole, this novel has less merit than the writer's earlier performance. [complete]
Provided by Samantha Kirkby, September 1999
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