to which Fate, and not her own fault altogether, had for a while handed over Ethel Newcome. Let those pity her who can fool their own weakness and misgoing! let those punish her who are without fault themselves."

Newcomes, II., 7, 6.

"If you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor?"

Vanity Fair II., 1, 12.

"O, be humble, my brother, in your prosperity! Be gentle with those who are less lucky, if not more deserving. Think, what right have you to be scornful, whose virtue is a deficiency of temptation, whose success may be a chance, whose rank may be an ancestor's accident, whose prosperity is very likely a satire."

Vanity Fair II., 17, 3.

"We own, and see daily, how the false and worthless

live and prosper, while the good are called away, and the dear and young perish untimely, --we perceive in every man's life the maimed happiness, the frequent falling, the bootless endeavor, the struggle of Right and Wrong,

#Lovel the Widower, I., p.2.

in which the strong often succumb and the swift fail: we see flowers of good blooming in foul places as, in the most lofty and splendid fortunes, flaws of vice and meanness, and stains of evil; and, knowing how mean the best of us is, let us give a hand of charity to Arthur Pendennis, whith all his faults and shortcomings, who does not claim to be a hero, but only a man and a brother." Pendennis, Conclusion.

Thus much concerning life-lessons which Horace and Thackeray teach in common. Other things in which they resemble cach other might be mentioned---their love of independence, which is but a corollary to their hatred of the toady and the snob; their occasional humor on the subject of women and love; their frequent allusion to wine, its charms and its abuse their humorous appreciation of the fact that John and Davus know their masters' affairs quite as well as the masters themselves; and other details of minor importance.

#Carm.I.,19; III.,9; IV.,1. Vanity Fair I., 4, 3.

+Ibid, I.,18; III., 21; ÍV.,2. Virginians Í.,31,8; Lovel IV., p. 11. *Sat.fi... Pendennis I., 36, 8.

Style.

The foregoing has dealt with liorace and Thackeray as men and as teachers, showing that they possess points of similarity in their outlock upon life. Their satire is directed against many vices and weaknesses in common, and they agree in teaching certain lessons. There is an appreciable correspondence in spirit and matter; is there any correspondence in style? It will be pointed out that their methods agree in certain respects, and that there are certain traits which may be clearly recognized in each.

It has already been said that both authors were satirists. Now there is satire and satire---some of which is blustering and clumsy, as if one should strike with a club; some keen and stinging and whip-like; some consisting in thundering invective, and some in delicate sarcasm, and some in more laughing. The genuinely angry author usually takes up the coarser weapon, though he will use the whip, too, if he understands how to wield it cffectively. Juvenal lays about him furiously with the club, and, indeed, does no small execution.