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makes possible the discrimination of characters who have

outwardly little or nothing to distinguish them; and the

analysis of the states of mind and feeling of ordinary peo-

ple is done so faithfully and vividly as to compensate for

the lack of passion and adventure. She herself speaks of

the "little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work,"

and, in contrast with the broad canvases of Fielding or

Scott, her stories have the exquisiteness of a fine miniature.

W.A.N.

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