Tulkinghorn?HowwouldGeorgeWarringtonappreciateMr.Pickwick?
Yes,thetwogreatnovelistswereasopposedastwomencouldbe——inmanner,instyle,inknowledgeofbooks,andoftheworld.AndyethowadmirablyThackeraywritesaboutDickens,inhislettersasinhisbooks!Howhedelightsinhim!Howmanlyisthatemulationwhichenablesanauthortoseeallthepointsinhisrival,andnottocarpatthem,buttopraise,andbestimulatedtokeenereffort!
Considerthispassage.\"HaveyoureadDickens?O!itischarming!
BraveDickens!Ithassomeofhisveryprettiesttouches——thoseinimitableDickenstoucheswhichmakesuchagreatmanofhim,andthereadingofthebookhasdoneanotherauthoragreatdealofgood.\"
Thackerayisjustasgenerous,andperhapsmorecritical,inwritingofKingsley.\"Afine,honest,go—a—headfellow,whochargesasubjectheartily,impetuously,withthegreatestcourageandsimplicity;butwithnarroweyes(hisareextraordinarilybrave,blueandhonest),andwithlittleknowledgeoftheworld,Ithink.