The novels and romances of Edward Bulwer Lytton . eiveand to perform. If I had graven it on the rocks of adesert, this apparition of my own innermost mind, in itsleast-clouded moments, would have been to me as dear;and this ought, I believe, to be the sentiment with whichhe whose Art is bom of faith in the truth and beauty ofthe principles he seeks to illustrate, should regard hiswork. Your serener existence, uniform and holy, my lotdenies, — if my heart covets. But our true nature is inour thoughts, not our deeds: and therefore, in books —which are his thoughts — the authors character lies ba
The novels and romances of Edward Bulwer Lytton . eiveand to perform. If I had graven it on the rocks of adesert, this apparition of my own innermost mind, in itsleast-clouded moments, would have been to me as dear;and this ought, I believe, to be the sentiment with whichhe whose Art is bom of faith in the truth and beauty ofthe principles he seeks to illustrate, should regard hiswork. Your serener existence, uniform and holy, my lotdenies, — if my heart covets. But our true nature is inour thoughts, not our deeds: and therefore, in books —which are his thoughts — the authors character lies bareto the discerning eye. It is not in the life of cities, —in the turmoil and the crowd; it is in the still, the lonely,and more sacred life, which for some hours, under everysun, the student lives (his stolen retreat from theAgora to the Cave), that I feel there is between us thebond of that secret sympathy, that magnetic chain, whichunites the everlasting brotherhood of whose being Zanoniis the type. London, May, 1845. E. B. L. Z A N 0. BY EDWAED BULWEE LYTTON (LOED LYTTON.)novelsromanceso28lytt
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