REMINDS the Sons and Daughters of Faſhion and Beauty, that tho' they may poſſeſs every latent excellence, yet they require the improving hand of Art, like rough diamonds, to obtain the poliſh and brilliancy of the firſt water. What is elegance of form or contour of beauty without improvement? like "a light hid under a buſhel," or whatever can be conceived to be moſt unlike:— And it is a lamentable fact, that
Full many a mind is rear'd with toil and care,
To waſte its worth—by SLOV'NLINESS in HAIR.
The tailor, or milliner, may encaſe us with taſte and elegance; the dancing maſter teach us the ſteps of eaſe and dignity; the muſician inſtruct us in our throats and fingers; and the preceptor may inform our minds; and yet, with all these accompliſhments, can we even be PASSABLE, if the higheſt accompliſhment of all be neglected? and the HEAD be left to its own "diſorder worſe confounded," exhibiting a "paltry crown of mud and ſtraw," placed upon an "edifice of ivory and gold!"—and further—
What though the EYE voluptuous roll,
The FORM poſſeſs each heavenly grace;
Say, can they ANY HEART control,
Draw FRIENDSHIP near—bid LOVE take place,
'Till SMALLPEACE touch them!—he whoſe trade is,
T' make Gods of Men—and Goddeſſes of Ladies!
☞ SMALLPEACE has elegant apartments for Ladies and Gentlemen; and will be found conſtantly at "the poſt of honour," and attendance, to wait upon them.
Oct. 17 [1807].
Columbian Centinel.
The novels of 1833; from the "Salem Observer," July 13.
The decidedly bad moral tendency of some of the most popular novels of the times is forcibly depicted in a magazine recently established in England, by two of the sons of William Cobbett, in the following language:—