Excerpt from Novels and Novelists, Vol. 2 of 2: From Elizabeth to Victoria Although Mrs. Radclifi'e liberally employed what may be called supernatural effects in the construction of her roman tic novels, she was original in her way of using them. Like Miss Reeve she felt that society would not endure the free and unfettered introduction of the materials of the old ro mance, andthat the charge of extravagance and impossibility ought to be avoided even in the treatment of the extravagant and Mpossible. But not contented with keeping herself within the limits of sub-supematuralism, she introduced the plan of explaining away at the conclusion of the story all the marvels of the early chapters, and showing how all the miracles proceeded from simple and natural causes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.