# The Hubble-Shue

Author: Carstairs, Christian, 1763-1786

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35039

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Hubble-Shue+Carstairs&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

If originality be a test of genius, the authoress of the _Hubble-Shue_ bids fair to rank highest amongst the dramatic writers of the last century. This rare merit even the most fastidious critic must allow: but her histrionic essay is, in another respect, equally remarkable. We are told that obscurity is one of the sources of the sublime; and who will presume to deny that this drama is not sufficiently obscure? Perhaps the most remarkable feature in it is that singular, partially intelligible mystification, which we in vain look for in other writers: thus, when Gustard enters with his sword drawn, is it possible to figure any thing more intelligible and natural than that the cat should ru...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hubble-shue-35039/chapters/1/index.md)