24 NOVEMBER 1832, Page 21

CRAVEN DERBY.

IT is impossible to understand the state of a man's mind who could write and publish a novel or legend, or whatever it may be, so utterly destitute of even common sense as is this performance. But what shall we say of his folly or his impudence, when we find him telling us, in a letter to the Editor, that he has no doubt that his "work will be found an acquisition to any library I" Even his folly and his impudence, however, are exceeded by the desperate lowness of his moral perception, in suppOsing for a moment that we should be influenced in the expression of a critical opinion by the promise of his " advertisements and other advantages. Faugh!