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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. + Volume XIII, No. 376, Saturday, June 20, 1829. + +Author: Various + +Release Date: February 28, 2004 [EBook #11350] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, NO. 376 *** + + + + +Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Allen Siddle, David Garcia and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team. + + + + + + +</pre> + + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page417" name="page417"></a>[pg + 417]</span> + <h1> + THE MIRROR<br /> + OF<br /> + LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. + </h1> + <hr class="full" /> + <table width="100%" summary="Banner"> + <tr> + <td align="left"> + <b>VOL. XII, NO. 376.]</b> + </td> + <td align="center"> + <b>SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1829.</b> + </td> + <td align="right"> + <b>[PRICE 2d.</b> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. + </h2> + <div class="figure" style="width: 100%;"> + <a href="images/376-1.png"><img width="100%" + src="images/376-1.png" alt="Exeter 'Change, Strand." /></a> + </div> + <p> + Who has not heard of Exeter 'Change? celebrated all over + England for its menagerie and merchandize—wild beasts + and cutlery—kangaroos and fleecy + hosiery—elephants and minikin pins—a strange + assemblage of nature and art—and savage and polished + life. + </p> + <p> + At page 69 of the present volume we have given a brief sketch + of the "Ancient Site of the Exeter 'Change," &c.; showing + how the magnificent house of Burleigh, where Queen Elizabeth + deigned to visit her favourite treasurer—at length + became a receptable for uncourtly beasts, birds, and + reptiles, whilst the lower part became a little nation of + shopkeepers, among whom shine conspicuous the parsimony and + good fortune of Mr. Clarke, the cutler, who amassed here a + princely fortune. But the march of improvement having + condemned the whole of the building, "Exeter 'Change is + removed to Charing Cross." Mr. Cross's occupation's gone, and + the wild beasts have progressed nearer the Court by removing + to the King's Mews. + </p> + <p> + Surely such a place is worthy of preservation in a graphic + sketch for THE MIRROR. Perhaps its wonders were once the goal + of our wishes—to receive a long bill from the jolly + yeoman at the door, to see the living wonders of the upper + story, and be treated with a pocket knife or whistle-whip + from the counters of the lower apartments, have probably at + one period or other been grand treats. Yes, gentle reader, + and two doors east of this world of wonders appeared the + early numbers of the present Miscellany. + </p> + <p> + Among the improvement projects, we hear that a building for + the meetings of public societies is to occupy the above site. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page418" name="page418"></a>[pg + 418]</span> + </p> + <h3> + RECENT BALLOON ASCENT. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>To the Editor of the Mirror</i>.) + </p> + <p> + <i>June</i> 10, 1829. + </p> + <p> + Sir,—With your permission, I will attempt to describe + the magnificent scene I witnessed on my ascent with Mr. G. + Green, in his balloon, on Wednesday, June 10th, 1829; but I + really want the power of language to depict its grandeur; for + no poetic taste, or pencil of man, can unfold the splendid + scene we enjoyed while traversing the ethereal regions. + </p> + <p> + Having implicit confidence in the skill of Mr. Green I + ascended with him from the Jamaica, Tea-gardens, Rotherhithe, + amidst the acclamations of the multitude, whose forms and + voices soon passed away; the busy hum of men (with us) ceased + in a few seconds, and a solemn stillness reigned over the + metropolis. The serenity of the evening threw a degree of + solemnity over the scene, which had the effect of + enchantment. We never lost sight of the earth, for our voyage + was perfectly cloudless. The fields and buildings were all in + miniature proportions, though most exquisitely depicted; and + as Greenwich Hospital, the Tower of London, St. Paul's, + &c. apparently receded from our view, the country + succeeded, resembling one continued garden. The fields of + wheat, &c. were beautifully defined, and the clearness of + the atmosphere threw a sort of varnish (if I may use the + term) over the whole face of nature. We had the Thames in + view the whole of the time, which appeared like a rivulet of + silver; but below Kingston Bridge, about half an hour after + our ascent, the setting sun <i>gilded</i> its surface with + magnificent effect. The boats appeared like little pieces of + cork. The Penitentiary, at Millbank, had the resemblance of a + twelfth cake cut into quarters; St. Paul's and the Tower of + London could be distinctly seen, the light falling happily + upon their proportions. Old and New London Bridges, were like + two feeble efforts of the works of man; and here we saw the + triumph of nature over art, and the littleness of the great + works of man. At one time, on nearing Battersea Bridge, we + observed a small, black streak ascending from the surface of + the Thames, which we concluded to be the smoke from a + Richmond steam packet. At that time the course of the balloon + was south-east, although the smoke above alluded to was + driven towards the west. The air being so serene we felt no + motion in the car, and we could only know we were quietly + moving, from seeing the grappling irons (which hung from the + car) pass over the earth rapidly from field to field; whilst + the scene seemed to recede from our view like a moving + panorama. At our greatest altitude a solemn stillness + prevailed, and I cannot describe its awful grandeur and my + excitement. We then let loose a pigeon, and having a + favourable country below, we prepared to descend, and Mr. + Green hailed some men with the cry of "we are coming down." I + saw them run (though very small,) and we fell in a field of + wheat, near Kingston, with scarcely any rebound; in fact a + child might have alighted with safety. + </p> + <p> + Thus, Mr. Editor, ended this short and rapid, but splendid + voyage. On our alighting, Mr. Green wrote on a piece of paper + our safe arrival, which he tied to the neck of a pigeon, and + sent him off. + </p> + <p> + Our greatest altitude did not exceed one mile and a quarter, + in consequence, as Mr. Green informed me, of the density of + the atmosphere, which would, at a greater elevation, have + dimmed the splendour of the scene beneath us. + </p> + <h4> + P.T.W. + </h4> + <p> + [We thank our ingenious Correspondent for the previous + description of his recent aerial voyage, as we are fully + aware of the difficulty of describing such a magnificent + scene as he must have witnessed in his ascent. During the + whole voyage, he experienced nothing but sensations of + delight; the atmosphere being only disturbed by very light + wind, just sufficient to waft the aeronauts without any + laborious management, and the time—evening—being + beautifully serene. We thought ourselves richly rewarded by + the view of the Colosseum Panorama, but what must have been + their sensations at a distance of 6,600 feet high, when with + the huge machine they appeared little more than a speck. The + varnish, or glare, which our Correspondent describes, was + that charming effect which we are wont to admire here, on + earth, in evening scenes, especially when they are lit up by + the splendour of the setting sun; but which must be doubly + enchanting when viewed from so great an altitude. He likewise + tells us that the landscape appeared to recede like a moving + panorama, whilst the balloon seemed to be stationary; so that + the scenic attempt at Covent Garden Theatre, a few years + since, to illustrate a balloon ascent, by moving scenery, was + in accordance with the real effect, though, we think, the + theatrical attempt was not so appreciated at the time it was + made. In conclusion, we congratulate our friend upon his + splendid recreation, for such his ascent must have been.] + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page419" name="page419"></a>[pg + 419]</span> + </p> + <h3> + PITY.—A FRAGMENT. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>For the Mirror</i>.) + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + What is pity? + </p> + <p> + 'Tis virtue's essence,—'tis benevolence + </p> + <p> + Itself;—'tis mercy, justice, charity; + </p> + <p> + It is the rarest boon that man doth give to man; + </p> + <p> + It is the first perfection of our nature; + </p> + <p> + It is the brightest attribute of heav'n: + </p> + <p> + Without it man should rank beneath the brute; + </p> + <p> + And with it—he is little lower than angel. + </p> + <p> + The generous mite of penury is pity; + </p> + <p> + Nay, ev'n a look.— + </p> + <p> + Not so the heartless pittance of the affluent, + </p> + <p> + That is hypocrisy. If you pity, + </p> + <p> + Your heart is liberal to forgive, + </p> + <p> + Your memory to forget— + </p> + <p> + Your purse is open, and your hands are free + </p> + <p> + To help the penniless. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <h4> + CYMBELINE. + </h4> + <hr /> + <h3> + THE PENDRILS. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>To the Editor of the Mirror</i>.) + </p> + <p> + Sir,—From a note which I have just seen at the foot of + the interesting account of the escape of Charles the Second, + in vol. v. of the MIRROR, the reader is led to conclude, that + the pension granted to Richard Pendril, expired at his death. + No such thing. Old Dr. Pendril lived, practised, and died at + Alfriston, a little town in the east of Sussex, some forty or + fifty years since. His son, John Pendril, died at Eastbourn, + four or five years ago. His son, Mr. John Pendril, kept a + public house at Lewes, a few years since, to which he added + the appropriate sign of the "Royal Oak." All these in + succession enjoyed the pension of —— marks, + granted by Charles the Second, together with something of a + sporting character called "free warren." The last Mr. John + Pendril was lately living at or near Brighton. + </p> + <h4> + W.W. + </h4> + <hr /> + <h3> + EATING "MUTTON COLD." + </h3> + <p> + (<i>For the Mirror</i>.) + </p> + <p> + Be good enough to insert the solution of <i>Hen. B</i>.'s + difficulty in your last MIRROR, which I send at foot, and + thereby oblige a constant + </p> + <h4> + SUBSCRIBER AND FRIEND. + </h4> + <p> + The solution, or attempt at solution, of <i>Hen. B</i>.'s + difficulty as to what Goldsmith means in his poem + "Retaliation" when he concludes his ironical eulogium on + Edmund Burke, thus:— + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + "In short 'twas his fate, unemployed, or in place, sir, + </p> + <p> + To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor." + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + By being "unemployed" it is presumed that he was not engaged + in the ordinary avocations of life, or in other words was not + engaged in those legitimate avocations which have for their + object the procuring the means of subsistence for the + masticator; but if it is meant to have a name of extensive + meaning, the solution is unanswerable. + </p> + <p> + Assuming the former to be Goldsmith's meaning, the answer to + be given to the solution might be that eating mutton cold, is + eating cold mutton in its cold state, cooked or uncooked; but + if the more general meaning is insisted upon, I cannot see + how the masticator is unemployed, as his jaws which form a + most material part of himself—are set in full motion by + the operation of eating—hence full employment is given + them—and as much to the "he" who is the owner of such + jaws. + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + FINE ARTS. + </h2> + <hr /> + <h3> + EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>Continued from page 338</i>.) + </p> + <p> + 91. <i>Portrait of the late Earl of Kellie, Lord Lieutenant + of the County of Fife.</i>—D. Wilkie.—A noble + portrait, painted for the County Hall, Cupar. + </p> + <p> + 92. <i>Night</i>.—H. Howard—An exquisite scene + from Milton:— + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + "——————now glowed the + firmament + </p> + <p> + With living sapphires: Hesperus that led + </p> + <p> + The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, + </p> + <p> + Rising in clouded majesty, at length + </p> + <p> + Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, + </p> + <p> + And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw." + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + 102. <i>Portrait of the Duchess of Richmond</i>.—Sir T. + Lawrence. + </p> + <p> + 110. <i>Cardinals, Priests, and Roman Citizens washing the + Pilgrims' Feet</i>.—D. Wilkie.—This ceremony + takes place during the holy week, in the Convent of Santa + Trinita dei Pelligrini; and Mr. Wilkie has infused a + devotional character into this picture which is highly + characteristic of Catholic solemnity. + </p> + <p> + 127. <i>Portrait of Jeremy Bentham</i>—H.W. + Pickersgill.—An admirable likeness of the + veteran-patriot and political economist. + </p> + <p> + 128. <i>The Defence of Saragossa</i>.—D. + Wilkie.—The subject is so well explained in the + Catalogue, that we quote it:— + </p> + <p> + "The heroine Augustina is here represented on the battery, in + front of the convent of Santa Engratia, where her husband + being slain, she found her way to the station he had + occupied, stept over his body, took his place at the gun, and + declared she would herself avenge his death. + </p> + <p> + "The principal person engaged in placing the gun is Don + Joseph Palafox, who commanded the garrison during the + memorable siege, but who is here represented in the habit of + a volunteer. In front of him is the Reverend Father + Consolaçion, an Augustin Friar, who served + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page420" name="page420"></a>[pg + 420]</span> with great ability as an engineer, and who, with + the crucifix in his hand, is directing at what object the + cannon is to be pointed. On the left side of the picture is + seen Basilico Boggiero, a priest, who was tutor to Palafox, + celebrated for his share in the defence, and for his cruel + fate when he fell into the hands of the enemy. He is writing + a despatch to be sent by a carrier pigeon, to inform their + distant friends of the unsubdued energies of the place." + </p> + <p> + In this part of the room are half a dozen excellent + portraits, all by different artists. + </p> + <p> + 149. <i>The Soldier's Wife</i>—W.F. + Witherington.—This picture is from an anecdote of the + late Duke of York. His Royal Highness, as he returned one day + from a walk, observed a poor woman in tears, sent away from + his house. On asking the servant who she was, he answered, "A + beggar, some soldier's wife." "A soldier's wife!" returned + his Royal Highness; "give her immediate relief: what is your + mistress but a soldier's wife?"—An interesting picture, + although we do not think the likeness of the benevolent Duke + is very striking. However, the incident must have occurred a + few years previous to his decease. + </p> + <p> + 157. <i>Lord Byron's Dream</i>.—C.L. Eastlake.—A + rich oriental landscape, and a most delightful scene of + desert stillness. + </p> + <p> + 172. <i>Portrait of Robert Southey, Esq.</i>—Sir T. + Lawrence—We hope the president's portrait will please + the laureate, for he has been rather tenacious about his + "likenesses" which have been engraved. The present is, + perhaps, one of the most intellectual portraits in the room, + but is too energetic even for the impassioned poet. + </p> + <p> + 181. <i>Queen Margaret of Anjou</i>, being defeated at the + battle of Hexham, flies with the young prince into a forest, + where she meets with robbers, to whose protection she + confides her son.—H. P. Briggs.—This subject is + by no means new in art, but is here cleverly treated, and the + whole is very effective. + </p> + <p> + 214. <i>Othello and Desdemona</i>.—R. Evans.—Why + is Othello in armour? Let Mr. Planché, in his + <i>Costumes</i>, look to this. + </p> + <p> + 216. <i>Portrait of Miss Phillips, of the Theatre Royal, + Drury Lane, as Juliet</i>.—H. E. Dawe.—This + picture is entirely devoid of flattery; and is by no means a + good likeness of the interesting original. + </p> + <p> + 224. <i>Roman Princess, with her Attendant, washing the + female pilgrim's feet</i>.—D. Wilkie—An affecting + picture of a truly devotional incident. + </p> + <p> + 246. <i>Camilla introduced to Gil Blas at the + Inn</i>.—G. S. Newton.—This picture is considered + to be Mr. Newton's <i>chef d'oeuvre</i>. The landlord is + entering the chamber with a flambeau in his hand lighting in + a lady, more beautiful than young, and very richly dressed; + she is supported by an old squire, and a little Moorish page + carries her train. The lankiness of Camilla is somewhat + objectionable, but the head is exquisitely animated. The + sentimentality of Gil Blas too, is excellent. + </p> + <p> + 293. <i>The Confessional—Pilgrims confessing in the + Basilica of St. Peter's</i>.—D. Wilkie.—An + interesting picture, though not equal to others by the same + artist, in the present exhibition. + </p> + <p> + 322. <i>Hadleigh Castle. The mouth of the + Thames—morning after a stormy night</i>—J. + Constable—The picturesque beauty of this scene is + spoiled by the spotty "manner of the artist." + </p> + <p> + 352. <i>Coronation of the Remains of Ines de + Castro</i>.—G. St. Evie.—An attractive picture of + one of the most extraordinary scenes in history. The remains + of Dona Ines de Castro taken out of her tomb six years after + the interment, when she was proclaimed queen of Portugal. + This is an illustration of Mrs. Hemans's beautiful lines + which we quoted in a recent number of the MIRROR. + </p> + <p> + 455. <i>Portrait of Mrs. Locke, sen</i>.—Sir T. + Lawrence.—A Reubens-like portrait of a benevolent lady, + and which we take to be an excellent likeness. + </p> + <p> + 592. <i>Portrait of John Parker, Esq. on his favourite horse + Coroner, with the Worcestershire fox hounds</i>.—T. + Woodward.—We can relate a curious circumstance + connected with this picture. While in the room, a country + gentleman and his lady inquired of us the subject—we + turned to the number in the Catalogue, and gave him the + desired information. "Ah," said he, "I was sure it was + <i>Parker</i>, and told my wife the same, although I was not + previously aware of his portrait being in the Exhibition." We + should think the resemblance must be very striking. + </p> + <p> + The <i>Antique Academy</i> is almost covered with portraits, + and the miniatures hang in cluster-like abundance—so + that what with bright eyes and luxuriant tresses, this is not + the least attractive of the rooms. + </p> + <p> + In the <i>Library</i> are several fine architectural + drawings; among which is a view of Chatsworth, by Sir J. + Wyatville, including, as we suppose, all the magnificent + additions and improvements, now in progress there. Mr. + Soane's Designs for entrances to the Parks and the western + part of London, (which we alluded to in our No. 360,) are + likewise here. + </p> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page421" name="page421"></a>[pg + 421]</span> In the <i>Model Academy</i>, Messrs. Chantrey and + Westmacott have some fine groups, and Behnes three fine + busts—the Duke of Cumberland, Princess Victoria, and + Lady Eliz. Gower. + </p> + <p> + It would be easy to extend this notice through the present + and next number, but as other matters press, and as all the + town go to Somerset House, we hope this notice will be + sufficient; for it is not in our power to enumerate half the + fine pictures in the Exhibition, much as we rejoice at this + flourishing prospect of British art. + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + MULREADY'S "WOLF AND LAMB." + </h3> + <p> + In a preceding number we stated that the copyright of this + picture had been purchased for 1,000 guineas, and + appropriated to the Artists' Fund, which a correspondent, and + "a member of the Fund," informs us is not the fact. He + assures us that the original picture was purchased some years + since by his Majesty, who granted the loan of it to the + society, at whose expense it was engraved; the sale of the + prints producing 1,000<i>l</i>. to the Fund. Mr. Mulready has + the merit of painting the picture and procuring the loan of + it; but our version of the affair would make it appear + otherwise. We copied our notice from the newspapers, where it + was stated, as from the Lord Chancellor, at the Fund Dinner, + that Mr. Mulready had relinquished his copyright to the + picture for the benefit of the Fund, which had thus produced + 1,000<i>l</i>.; but we thank our correspondent for his + correction. + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + THE SELECTOR AND LITERARY NOTICES OF <i>NEW WORKS</i>. + </h2> + <hr /> + <h3> + FIVE NIGHTS OF ST. ALBAN'S. + </h3> + <p> + This is a work of pure fiction, and is one of the most + splendidly imaginative books we have met with for a long + time. It is attributed to the author of the "First and Last" + sketches in <i>Blackwood's Magazine</i>, some of which have + already been transferred to our pages. No further + recommendation can be requisite; but to give the reader some + idea of the vivid style in which the work is written, we + detach two episodal extracts. + </p> + <h3> + THE IDIOT GIRL. + </h3> + <p> + When Peverell reached his own house, his man Francis met him + with a strangely mysterious look and manner. + </p> + <p> + "Here is one within," said he, "that will not, by any dint of + persuasion, go; though I have been two good hours trying my + skill to that end." + </p> + <p> + "Who is it?" inquired Peverell. + </p> + <p> + "That, neither, can I discover," quoth Francis. "She knocked + at the door—it might be something after eleven, perhaps + near upon twelve—and when I opened it, she whips into + the hall without saying a word, walks into every room in the + house—I following her, as a beadle follows a rogue, + till he sees him beyond the parish bounds—and at last + takes possession of your low chair, and, without so much as + 'by your leave,' begins to wring her hands, and cry 'Lord! + Lord!'—What do you want, good woman?" said I. But I + might as well have addressed myself to the walls, for 'Lord! + Lord!' was all her moan." + </p> + <p> + Peverell hastened into the room, and there he saw poor + Madge—her face buried in her hands, rocking to and fro, + weeping most piteously, and as Francis had described, ever + and anon calling upon the Lord, but in a tone of such utter + wretchedness, that it pierced his very heart. + </p> + <p> + He spoke to her. She started up at the sound of his voice, + looked at him, and then mournfully exclaimed, while she + pointed to the ground—"They have buried her!" + </p> + <p> + "Then be comforted," said Peverell, in a kind and soothing + voice; "your hardest trial is past." + </p> + <p> + "What a churl he was!" continued Madge, not heeding the words + of Peverell; "I only asked him to keep the grave open till + to-morrow, and he denied me! Only till to-morrow—for + then, said I, the cold earth can cover us both. But he denied + me! So I fell upon my knees, beside my Marian's grave, and + prayed that he might never lose a child, to know that + blessedness of sorrow which lies in the thought of soon + sleeping with those we have loved and lost! It was very wrong + in me, I know, to wish to call down such affliction on + him—but he denied me—and I had to hear the + rattling dust fall upon her coffin—ay, and to see that + dark, deep grave filled up; as if a mother might not have her + own child!" + </p> + <p> + "Poor afflicted creature!" exclaimed Peverell, in a half + whisper to himself. + </p> + <p> + "Yes!" said Madge, drying her tears with her hands. "Yes! I + have walked with grief, for my companion in this world, + through many a sad and weary hour. But I shook hands with + her, and we parted, at the grave of Marian. I buried all my + troubles there. What is the hour?" + </p> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page422" name="page422"></a>[pg + 422]</span> "Hard upon two," replied Peverell. + </p> + <p> + "Then I must be busy," replied Madge, in a wild, hurried + manner, and smiling at Peverell, with a look of much + importance, as if what she had to do were some profound + secret. "You'll not betray me, if I tell you?" she continued, + taking his hand—"Feel!" and she placed it on her heart. + "One, two; one, two; one, two—and so it goes on; it + cannot beat beyond two! Oh, God! in what pain it is before it + breaks!" + </p> + <p> + She now returned to the chair from which she had risen, at + the sound of Peverell's voice. He approached nearer; and + (with a view rather to draw her gently from her own thoughts, + than from any desire that she should leave his house,) he + asked her "if she would go home?" + </p> + <p> + "Yes," she replied; "bear with me yet a little while, and + I'll go. It is near the time I promised Marian, when last I + kissed her wintry cheek, as she lay shrouded in her coffin; + and I may not fail. Lord! Lord! what a troubled and worthless + world this seems to me now! A week ago, and the sun, and the + moon, and the stars, and the green earth, and all that was + upon it, were dear to mine eyes; and I should have wept to + look my last at them! But now, I behold nothing it contains, + save my Marian's grave! You will see <i>me</i> laid in it, + for pity's sake—won't you?" + </p> + <p> + "Ay," said Peverell, "but that will be when I am gray, and + thinking of my own: so, cheer up. He that shall toll the bell + for thee, now sleeps in his cradle, I'll warrant." + </p> + <p> + She beckoned Peverell to her, and taking his hand, she again + placed it on her heart. A sad, melancholy smile played for a + moment across her pale wrinkled face, and her glazed eyes + kindled into a fleeting expressing of frightful gladness, as + she feebly exclaimed, "Do you feel? + One!—one!—one! —and hardly that—I + breathe only from here," she continued, pointing to her + throat. + "Feel!—feel!—one!—one!—another!—how + I gasp—see!—see—" + </p> + <p> + She ceased to speak; the hand which retained Peverell's + relaxed its hold—her head dropped—one long-drawn + sigh was heaved—and poor Madge resigned a being touched + with sympathies and feelings not often found in natures of + nobler quality, in the world's catalogue of nobility. If, + among the thousand doors which death holds open for mortal + man to pass through, ere he puts on immortality, there be + one, the rarest of them all, for broken hearts, this hapless + creature found it. A self accusing spirit bowed her to the + earth, with the sharpest of all griefs—a mother's + anguish for an only child—lost to her, as gamesters + lose fortunes—thrown away by her own hand. + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + FITZMAURICE THE MAGICIAN. + </h3> + <p> + "<i>I have lived three hundred years!</i> In that + time—in all that time, I have never seen the glorious + sun descend, but followed still its rolling course through + the regions of illimitable space. I have shivered on the + frozen mountains of the icy north, and fainted beneath the + sultry skies of the blazing east: the swift winds have been + my viewless chariot, and on their careering wings I have been + hurried from clime to clime. But, nor light, nor air, nor + heat, nor cold, have been to me as to the rest of my species; + for I was doomed to find in their extremes a perpetual + torment. I howled, under the sharp, pinching pangs of the icy + north; I panted with agony, in the scorching fervour of the + blazing east; and when mine eyes have ached, with vain + efforts, to pierce the darkness of the earth's centre, they + have been suddenly blasted with excessive and intolerable + delight. + </p> + <p> + "All the currents of human affection—all that makes the + past delightful, the present lovely, and the future coveted, + were dried up within me. My heart was like the sands of the + desert, parched and barren. No living stream of hope, of + gladness, or of desire, quickened it with human sympathies. + It was a bleak and withered region, the fit abode of + ever-during sorrow and comfortless despair. I was as a + blighted tree, that perishes not at the root, but is withered + in all its branches. Tears, I had none. One gracious drop, + falling from my seared orbs, would have been the blessed + channel of pent-up griefs that seemed to crush my almost + frenzied brain. Sighs, I breathed not. They would have heaved + from my bursting heart some of that misery, which loaded it + to anguish. Sleep never came. I was denied the common luxury + of the common wretched, to lose, in its sweet oblivion, its + brief forgetfulness, the sense of what I was. Death, natural + death, closed his many doors against me. All that lived, + except myself—the persecuted, the weary, and the + heavily laden of man's race—could find a grave! I, + alone, looked upon the earth, and felt that it had no resting + place for me! God! God! what a forlorn and miserable creature + is man, when, in his affliction, he cannot say to the worm, I + shall be yours! I might have cast away, indeed, the + YENARKON—the Giver of Life—the elixir of the + Sibyl—but that would have been to subject myself to a + power of darkness, in whose fell + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page423" name="page423"></a>[pg + 423]</span> wrath I should have suffered the casting away of + mine eternal soul! + </p> + <p> + "Thus the stream of time rolled on, burying beneath its dark + waves, our little span of present, in the huge ocean of a + perpetual past, and devouring, as the food of both, our swift + decaying future. But I floated on its surface, and beheld + whole generations flourish and fade away, while age and + silver hairs, growing infirmities, and the closing sigh that + ends them all, mocked me with a horrible exemption. I + remained, and might have remained, for ages yet to come, the + fixed and unaltered image of what I was, when in Mauritania I + encountered the potent Amaimon, the damned magician of the + den, but for that—woman's faith, and man's + fidelity—which have made me what I AM! + </p> + <p> + "This <i>was</i> my destiny. Now mark, how I became + enthralled to it; and how it befell, that at last I shook it + off, and found redemption. + </p> + <p> + "In my middle manhood, when scarcely forty summers had glowed + within my veins, I left my native Italy, and journeyed to the + Holy Land, upon the strict vow of a self-imposed penance. It + was for no sin committed in my days of youth, but for the + satisfaction of an ardent piety, and the growing spirit of a + long enkindled devotion. I had patrimonial wealth in Apulia; + I had kindred; I had friends. I renounced them all, to + dedicate myself, thenceforth, to the service of THE CROSS. My + purpose was blessed, by a virtuous mother's prayers, that I + might approve myself a worthy soldier of Christ; and it was + sanctified by a holy priest at the altar. + </p> + <p> + "Even now, the recollection is strong within me, of the + feelings with which, as the rising sun illumined the tops of + the surrounding hills, I approached the once glorious, and + still sacred, city of Jerusalem—that chosen seat of the + Godhead—that Queen among the nations. Eclipsed, though + it was, and its majestic head trodden into the dust, by the + foot of the infidel, my gladdened eyes dwelt upon what was + imperishable, and my wrapt imagination pictured what was + destroyed. The valleys of Jehosaphat and Gehinnon, Mount + Calvary, Mount Zion, and Mount Acre, stretched before me. The + palace of King Herod, with its sumptuous halls of marble and + of gold—the gorgeous Temple of Solomon—the lofty + towers of Phaseolus and Mariamne—the palace of the + Maccabees—the Hippodrome—the houses of many of + the prophets—grew into existence again, beneath the + creative force of fancy. I stood and wept. I knelt, and + kissed the consecrated earth which once a Saviour trod." + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + "THE HUNTED STAG: A SKETCH. + </h3> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + What sounds are on the mountain blast? + </p> + <p> + Like bullet from the arbalast, + </p> + <p> + Was it the hunted quarry past + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Right up Ben-ledi's side?— + </p> + <p> + So near, so rapidly he dash'd, + </p> + <p> + Yon lichen'd bough has scarcely plash'd + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Into the torrent's tide. + </p> + <p> + Ay!—The good hound may bay beneath, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The hunter wind his horn; + </p> + <p> + He dared ye through the flooded Teith + </p> + <p class="i2"> + As a warrior in his scorn! + </p> + <p> + Dash the red rowel in the steed, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Spur, laggards, while ye may! + </p> + <p> + St. Hubert's shaft to a stripling reed, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + He dies no death to-day! + </p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + 'Forward!'—Nay, waste not idle breath, + </p> + <p> + Gallants, ye win no green-wood wreath; + </p> + <p> + His antlers dance above the heath, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Like chieftain's plumed helm; + </p> + <p> + Right onward for the western peak, + </p> + <p> + Where breaks the sky in one white streak, + </p> + <p> + See, Isabel, in bold relief, + </p> + <p> + To Fancy's eye, Glenartney's chief, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Guarding his ancient realm. + </p> + <p> + So motionless, so noiseless there, + </p> + <p> + His foot on rock, his head in air, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Like sculptor's breathing stone! + </p> + <p> + Then, snorting from the rapid race, + </p> + <p> + Snuffs the free air a moment's space, + </p> + <p> + Glares grimly on the baffled chase, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + And seeks the covert loan." + </p> + </div> + </div> + <h3> + "THE COMPLAINT OF THE VIOLETS. + </h3> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + By the silent foot of the shadowy hill + </p> + <p class="i2"> + We slept in our green retreats, + </p> + <p> + And the April showers were wont to fill + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Our hearts with sweets; + </p> + <p> + And though we lay in a lowly bower, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Yet all things loved us well, + </p> + <p> + And the waking bee left its fairest flower + </p> + <p class="i2"> + With us to dwell. + </p> + <p> + But the warm May came in his pride to woo + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The wealth of our virgin store, + </p> + <p> + And our hearts just felt his breath, and knew + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Their sweets no more! + </p> + <p> + And the summer reigns on the quiet spot + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Where we dwell—and its suns and showers + </p> + <p> + Bring balm to our sisters' hearts, but not— + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Oh! not to <i>ours</i>! + </p> + <p> + We live—we bloom—but for ever o'er + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Is the charm of the earth and sky: + </p> + <p> + To our life, ye heavens, that balm restore, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Or bid us die!" + </p> + </div> + </div> + <h3> + "THE FOUNTAIN: A BALLAD. + </h3> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + Why startest thou back from that fount of sweet water? + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The roses are drooping while waiting for thee; + </p> + <p> + 'Ladye, 'tis dark with the red hue of slaughter, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + There is blood on that fountain—oh! whose may it + be?' + </p> + <p> + Uprose the ladye at once from her dreaming, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Dreams born of sighs from the violets round, + </p> + <p> + The jasmine bough caught in her bright tresses, seeming + </p> + <p class="i2"> + In pity to keep the fair prisoner it bound. + </p> + <p> + Tear-like the white leaves fell round her, as, breaking + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The branch in her haste, to the fountain she flew, + </p> + <p> + The wave and the flowers o'er its mirror were reeking, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Pale as the marble around it she grew. + </p> + <p> + She followed its track to the grove of the willow, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + To the bower of the twilight it led her at last, + </p> + <p> + There lay the bosom so often her pillow, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + But the dagger was in it, its beating was past. + </p> + <p> + Round the neck of the youth a light chain was entwining, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The dagger had cleft it, she joined it again. + </p> + <p> + One dark curl of his, one of her's like gold shining, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + 'They hoped this would part us, they hoped it in vain. + </p> + <p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page424" + name="page424"></a>[pg 424]</span> + </p> + <p> + Race of dark hatred, the stern unforgiving. + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Whose hearts are as cold as the steel which they wear. + </p> + <p> + By the blood of the dead, the despair of the living, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Oh, house of my kinsman, my curse be your share!' + </p> + <p> + She bowed her fair face on the sleeper before her, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Night came and shed its cold tears on her brow; + </p> + <p> + Crimson the blush of the morning past o'er her, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + But the cheek of the maiden returned not its glow. + </p> + <p> + Pale on the earth are the wild flowers weeping, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + The cypress their column, the night-wind their hymn, + </p> + <p> + These mark the grave where those lovers are sleeping + </p> + <p class="i2"> + Lovely—the lovely are mourning for them." + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + <i>The Casket.</i> + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + THE COSMOPOLITE. + </h2> + <hr /> + <h3> + COUNTRY CHARACTER. + </h3> + <p> + (<i>For the Mirror</i>.) + </p> + <p> + Country society has but little relief; and in proportion to + intellectual refinement, this monotony appears to increase. + We have always been favourable to Book Clubs in country + towns, and about ten years since, established one in the + anti-social town of ——. The plan worked well; its + economy was admired, and extensively adopted all over + England, but we heard little of its contributing to the + social enjoyments of the people. Twenty families reading the + same books, and these passed from house to house, among the + respectability of the town, might have brought about a kind + of consanguinity of opinion, and led to frequent interchange + of civilities, meetings of the members at each others' + houses, or at least a sort of how-d'ye-do acquaintance. The + case was otherwise. The attorney and the doctor joined our + society that their families of ten or twelve sons and + daughters might keep under the sixpences and shillings of the + circulating library; but they soon became jealous of <i>new + books</i>, although they often returned them uncut and + unread; and so far from knitting the bonds of acquaintance, + we at last thought our plan served to estrange the members, + by affording the little aristocracy frequent opportunities + for venting their splenetic pride; the books were like + <i>disjunctive conjunctions</i>, and when we left the place, + the "society" did not promise to live another year. + </p> + <p> + We could entertain ourselves, at least, with sketches of a + few of the members of this disjointed body; but we must be + content with one, and that shall be the <i>bookseller</i> of + the town. + </p> + <p> + Imagine a man of middle height, rather inclined to obesity, + and just turned of fifty-eight. He had a broad, low forehead, + sunken eyes, an aquiline nose, a heavy, hanging lip, and a + chin which buried its projections in ample and unclassical + folds of neckerchief. He was bald, except a tuft on the + <i>occiput</i>, or hinder part of his head, and on dress + occasions he wore powder. He was a widower, his wife having + been dead about ten years, leaving him two daughters, the + amiability of whose dispositions was a painful contrast to + the uneven temper of their father. He kept a good table, and + had the best cellar of grape wine in the town, but + entertained little company. His guests were usually the + valets or butlers of the gentry in the neighbourhood; but the + housekeepers were never invited by his daughters, a point of + propriety in male and female acquaintanceship which amused us + not a little. His business was of a most multifarious + description, and besides the trades of bookseller, stationer, + and druggist, he had a printing-office, and was, moreover, a + self-taught printer, He was post-master and stamp + sub-distributor, receiver of bail, and agent for + insurances—little official appointments which would + have made him mayor in a corporate town. Of late years, he + seldom meddled with these matters of business; but tired of + their common track, he struck out a course of life, which was + neither public nor private, but made him a sort of oracle in + the town, whose opinions were freely printed and gratuitously + circulated, whilst the author was seldom seen except at + vestry-meetings. In this way he acted as secretary to a + benevolent society established by the gentry, and such was + his enthusiasm that he gave his services and £200. + worth of printing during the first year; and the Committee in + return presented him with a handsome piece of plate with a + complimentary inscription, which he had the modesty to keep + locked up, and never to display even to his visiters. This + proved him to be a benevolent man, and he would have been ten + times more useful had not his charitable disposition been + over tinged with oddity and caprice. His contact with the + poor of the parish soon made him overseer, although his + religious observances would not qualify him for churchwarden; + for he only went to church at funerals, to which he was + frequently invited, his staid appearance, and a certain air + of gentility of which he was master, being in such cases no + mean recommendation. Overseer and select vestryman, he + printed the parish accounts, for the most part gratuitously, + although the poor and even the better portion of the + towns-people never gave him full credit for this generosity, + conceiving that he was repaid by some secret services or + funds. The oddity of his + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page425" name="page425"></a>[pg + 425]</span> pursuits was only exceeded by their variety. In + politics he was a disciple of Cobbett, and year after year, + foretold a revolution, an alarm which he communicated to + every one of his household. He took extreme interest in all + new mechanical projects, but seldom indulged in the practical + part of them. In wine-making he was once a very + experimentalist, and studied every line of Macculloch and + unripe fruit; next, he turned over every inch of his garden, + analyzed the soil <i>à la</i> Davy, and <i>salted</i> + all his growing crops. His cogitative habits led him to take + long walks in the country, and he soon flew from + horticultural chemistry to real farming; and about the same + time took to road making and macadamization, and became a + surveyor of the highways. But the trustees wanting to + macadamize the miserably pitched street of the town, he + bethought him of dust in summer and mud in winter, and drew + up a long memorial to the lords of the soil, remonstrating + with them on their impolitic conduct; but all in vain. It is + curious, however, to reflect that what the people of a + country town about ten years ago thought a curse to their + roads should now be adopted in many of the principal London + Streets. The last we heard of our bookseller's hobbies, was + that he had bought the lease of a house for the sake of the + large garden attached to it, and here, like Evelyn in his + <i>Elysium Britannicum</i>, he passes his days in the + primitive occupation of gardening. + </p> + <p> + Our bookseller is a self-educated man, and in some pamphlets + on the charitable institution to which we have alluded, are + many of the errors of style peculiar to self-educated + writers. Among his acquaintance we remember an attorney who + practised in London, but had a small house in the town. He + had been editor and proprietor of four or five morning and + evening newspapers, and furnished our bookseller with all the + news off 'Change and about town. This friend and the journals + were his oracles, and their influence he digested in morsels + of political economy, so introduced into his pamphlets as not + to offend the landed gentry of the neighbourhood. To them, it + should be mentioned, he was a most useful personage, and his + aid and auspices, were almost necessary to the success of any + project for the interest of the town. The trades-people + looked up to him; they would agree if Mr. —— did, + or they would wait his opinion. + </p> + <p> + We have heard that he has been a gallant in his time; and + more than once he has told little stories of dances and + harvest homes, and merry meetings at the wealthy farmers' in + the neighbourhood, of the moonlight walk home, and of his + companions counting their won guineas on their return from an + evening party—all of which throw into shade the social + amusements of our artificial times. We have said that he kept + a good table; for presents of game poured in from the + gentlemen's bailiffs in the neighbourhood, fish from town to + be repaid by summer visits, and if the fishmonger of the + place was overstocked, the first person he sent to was our + bookseller. Again, he would take a post-chaise, or the White + Hart barouche, for a party of pleasure, when his neighbours + would have been happy with a gig. He did not join, or allow + his daughters to mix with them at the tradesman's ball, but + they staid moping at home, because there was none between the + gentry and trade. Yet the professional and little-fortune + people cried —— trade, and thus our bookseller + belonged to neither class. The people of the place know not + whether he is rich; he has been "making money" all his + life-time say they, but he has "lived away." It is, however, + to be regretted that they cannot settle the point, since they + determine to a pound the income of every gentleman and lady + in the neighbourhood, and, doff their hats according to the + total. + </p> + <p> + To sum up his character, he is just and sometimes generous; + hospitable but not unostentatious; dictatorial and + circumlocutory to excess in his conversation, and of an + inquisitive turn of mind, and considering his resources, he + is well informed and even clever in matters of the world; in + short, he is a perfect pattern of the gentleman tradesmen of + the present day. + </p> + <h4> + PHILO. + </h4> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + NOTES OF A READER. + </h2> + <hr /> + <h3> + EMIGRATION. + </h3> + <p> + A pamphlet of <i>Twenty-four Letters from Labourers in + America to their Friends in England</i>, has lately reached + our hands. These letters have been addressed by emigrants to + their relatives in the eastern part of Sussex, and have been + printed <i>literatim</i>. We are aware of the strong + prejudice which exists against the practice of parishes + sending off annually, a part of their surplus population to + America; but some of the statements in these letters will + stagger the <i>Noes</i>. We quote a few from letters written + during the past year: + </p> + <p> + <i>Brooklyn, Jan.</i> 14, 1828. + </p> + <p> + John is at work as carpenter, for the winter; his Boss gives + him 5<i>s</i>. a day, our money, which is little more than + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page426" name="page426"></a>[pg + 426]</span> 2<i>s</i>. 6<i>d</i>, English money. They tell us + that winter is a dead time in America; but we have found it + as well and better than we expected. We can get good flour + for 11<i>d</i>. English money; good beef for 2<i>d</i>. or + 3<i>d</i> do, and mutton the same price; pork about + 4<i>d</i>.; sugar, very good, 5<i>d</i>.; butter and cheese + is not much cheaper than in England; clothing is rather dear, + especially woollen; worsted stockings are dear. + </p> + <p> + <i>New Hereford, June</i> 30, 1828. + </p> + <p> + Dear Father and Mother, + </p> + <p> + I now take the opportunity of writing to you since our long + journey. But I am very sorry to tell you, that we had the + misfortune to lose both our little boys; Edward died 29th + April, and William 5th May; the younger died with bowel + complaint; the other with the rash-fever and sore throat. We + were very much hurt to have them buried in a watery grave; we + mourned their loss; night and day they were not out of our + minds. We had a minister on board, who prayed with us twice a + day; he was a great comfort to us, on the account of losing + our poor little children. He said, The Lord gave, and taketh + away; and blessed be the name of the Lord. We should make + ourselves contented if we had our poor little children here + with us: we kept our children 24 hours. There were six + children and one woman died in the vessel. Master Bran lost + his wife. Mrs. Coshman, from Bodiam, lost her two only + children. My sister Mary and her two children are living at + Olbourn, about 80 miles from us. Little Caroline and father + is living with us; and our three brothers are living within a + mile of us. Brother James was very ill coming over, with the + same complaint that William had. We were very sick for three + weeks, coming over: John was very hearty, and so was father. + We were afraid we should loose little Caroline; but the + children and we are hearty at this time. Sarah and Caroline + are often speaking of going to see their grandmother. Mary's + children were all well, except little John; he was bad with a + great cold. I have got a house and employ. I have 4<i>s</i>. + a day and my board; and in harvest and haying I am to have + 6<i>s</i>. or 7<i>s</i>. a day and my board. We get wheat for + 7<i>s</i>. per bushel, of our money; that is about 3<i>s</i>. + 7<i>d</i>. of your money; meat is about 3<i>d</i>. per pound; + butter from 5<i>d</i>. to 6<i>d</i>.; sugar about the same as + in England; shoes and clothes about the same as it is with + you; tea is from 2<i>s</i>. 6<i>d</i>. 3<i>s</i>. 6<i>d</i>. + of your money; tobacco is about 9<i>d</i>. per pound, of your + money; good whisky about 1<i>s</i>. 1<i>d</i>. per gallon; + that is 2<i>s</i>. of your money. + </p> + <p> + <i>Hudson State, New York, July</i> 6, 1828. + </p> + <p> + I must tell you a little what friends we met with when we + landed in to Hudson; such friends as we never found in + England; but it was chiefly from that people that love and + fear God. We had so much meat brought us, that we could not + eat while it was good; a whole quarter of a calf at once; so + we had two or three quarters in a little time, and seven + stone of beef. One old gentleman came and brought us a wagon + load of wood, and two chucks of bacon; some sent flour, some + bread, some cheese, some soap, some candles, some chairs, + some bedsteads. One class-leader sent us 3<i>s</i>. worth of + tin ware and many other things. The flowers are much here as + yours; provision is not very cheap; flour is 1<i>s</i>. + 7<i>d</i>. a gallon of this money, about 10<i>d</i>. of + yours; butter is 1<i>s</i>., your money 6<i>d</i>.; meat from + 2<i>d</i>. to 6<i>d</i>., yours 1<i>d</i>. to 3<i>d</i>.; + sugar 10<i>d</i>. to 1<i>s</i>. yours 5<i>d</i>. and + 6<i>d</i>. Tell father I wish I could send him nine or ten + pound of tobacco; for it is 1<i>s</i>. a pound; I chaws + rarely. + </p> + <p> + <i>Constantia, Dec.</i> 2, 1828. + </p> + <p> + Dear Children, + </p> + <p> + I now write for the third time since I left old England. I + wrote a letter, dated October 8th; and finding that it would + have four weeks to lay, I was afraid you would not have it; + and as I told you I would write the truth, if I was forced to + beg my bread from door to door, so I now proceed. Dear + children, I write to let you know that we are all in good + health, excepting your mother; and she is now just put to bed + of another son, and she is as well as can be expected. And + now as it respects what I have got in America: I have got + 12-1/2 acres of land, about half improved, and the rest in + the state of nature, and two cows of my own. We can buy good + land for 18<i>s</i>. per acre; but buying of land is not one + quarter part, for the land is as full of trees as your woods + are of stubs; and they are from four to ten rods long, and + from one to five feet through them. You may buy land here + from 18<i>s</i>. to 9<i>l</i>. in English money; and it will + bring from 20 to 40 bushels of wheat per acre, and corn from + 20 to 50 bushels per acre, and rye from 20 to 40 ditto. You + may buy beef for 1-3/4<i>d</i>. per pound; and mutton the + same; Irish butter 7<i>d</i>. per pound; cheese 3<i>d</i>.; + tea 4<i>s</i>. 6<i>d</i>.; sugar 7<i>d</i>. per pound; + candles 7<i>d</i>.; soap 7<i>d</i>.; and wheat 4<i>s</i>. + 6<i>d</i>. per bushel; corn and rye + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page427" name="page427"></a>[pg + 427]</span> 2<i>s</i>. per bushel. And I get 2<i>s</i>. + 4<i>d</i>. a day and my board; and have as much meat to eat, + three times a day, as I like to eat. But clothing is dear; + shoes 8<i>s</i>.; half boots 16<i>s</i>.; calico from + 8<i>d</i>. to 1<i>s</i>. 4<i>d</i>.; stockings 2<i>s</i>. + 9<i>d</i>. to 3<i>s</i>. 6<i>d</i>.; flannel 4<i>s</i>. per + yard; superfine cloth from 4<i>s</i>. 6<i>d</i>. to + 1<i>l</i>.; now all this is counted in English money. We get + 4<i>s</i>. per day in summer, and our board; and if you count + the difference of the money, you will soon find it out; + 8<i>s</i>. in our money is 4<i>s</i>. 6<i>d</i>. in your + money. + </p> + <p> + The reader will perhaps think we give only the "milk and + honey" of these letters, but they bear the stamp of + authenticity. + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + KENILWORTH. + </h3> + <p> + Every body knows the delightful romance of + Kenilworth,—a tragedy, of which the dramatis personae + are the parties themselves, called up from their graves by + the novelist magician. Students who attend St. Mary's Church, + Oxford, still look out for the flat stone which covers the + dust and bones of poor Amy, and could any sculptured effigies + supply the place of the whole historical picture, then + imagined in the mind's eye? More than once attracted by the + old ballad,<a id="footnotetag1" + name="footnotetag1"></a><a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> + we have, when undergraduates, walked to the "lonely towers of + Cumnor Hall," fancied that we saw her struggle, and heard her + screams, when she was thrown over the staircase (the + traditional mode of her assassination,) and wondered how any + man could have the heart to murder a simple lovesick pretty + girl. Even now, in sorrow and in sadness, we read this + account:— + </p> + <p> + The unfortunate Amye Duddley (for so she subscribes herself + in the Harleian Manuscript, 4712,) the first wife of Lord + Robert Dudley, Queen Elizabeth's favourite, and after Amy's + death Earl of Leicester, was daughter of Sir John Robsart. + Her marriage took place June 4, 1550, the day following that + on which her lord's eldest brother had been united to a + daughter of the Duke of Somerset, and the event is thus + recorded by King Edward in his Diary: "4. S. Robert dudeley, + third sonne to th' erle of warwic, married S. John Robsartes + daughter; after wich mariage ther were certain gentlemen that + did strive who shuld first take away a gose's heade wich was + hanged alive on tow crose postes." Soon after the accession + of Elizabeth, when Dudley's ambitious views of a royal + alliance had opened upon him, his countess mysteriously died + at the retired mansion of Cumnor near + Abingdon,<a id="footnotetag2" + name="footnotetag2"></a><a href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a> + Sept. 8, 1560; and, although the mode of her death is + imperfectly ascertained (her body was thrown down stairs, as + a blind,) there appears far greater foundation for supposing + the earl guilty of her murder, than usually belongs to such + rumours, all her other attendants being absent at Abingdon + fair, except Sir Richard Verney and his man. The + circumstances, distorted by gross anachronisms, have been + weaved into the delightful romance of "Kenilworth." + </p> + <p> + Of the goose and posts, <i>we</i> can suggest no better + explanation than that the goose was intended for poor Amy, + and the cross posts for the Protector Somerset, and his rival + Dudley Duke of Northumberland, both of whom were bred to the + devil's trade, ambition. Others may be possessed of more + successful elucidation. At all events, it is plain that the + people had a very suspicious opinion of Leicester, amounting + to this, that he was a great rascal, who played a deep game, + and stuck at nothing which he could do without danger to + himself.<a id="footnotetag3" + name="footnotetag3"></a><a href="#footnote3"><sup>3</sup></a>—<i> + Gentleman's Magazine</i>. + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + MEXICAN MINES. + </h3> + <p> + It appears that, on an average of the fifteen years previous + to the revolution, about twenty-two millions of dollars were + exported, and that there was an accumulation of about two + millions. Since the revolution, the exports have averaged + 13,587,052 dollars, while the produce has decreased to eleven + millions. This change was the natural consequence of the + revolution. The favourable accounts of Humboldt excited a + spirit of speculation that was wholly regardless of passing + events; and the Act of Congress, facilitating the + co-operation of foreigners with the natives, produced a mania + which has been destructive to numberless individuals, who + trusted too much to names. Seven English companies, with a + capital of at least three millions, were established, and + these were followed by two American, and one German, + companies. Such was the rage for mining on the Royal + Exchange, that for a time it was only necessary for any one + to appear with contracts made with Mexican mine owners to + establish a company. Many who were so ignorant as not even to + know the difference between a shaft and a level, commenced + speculators, not for the purpose of fairly earning a reward + for doing some service to those to whom they offered their + mines, but to fill their own + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page428" name="page428"></a>[pg + 428]</span> purses without reference to consequences. Such a + system of unprincipled conduct could not last; almost all the + minor performers have been driven from the stage, and the + respectable associations alone maintain their footing, though + the want of returns for the immense sums invested has tended + to produce a general want of confidence. + </p> + <p> + Since these enterprises have been undertaken, an immense and + fruitless expenditure has been incurred by sending out + machinery, which could be of no earthly use—by + despising the native processes, and substituting others that + have been found wholly inapplicable—and by introducing + British labourers, who when abroad reverse all the good + qualities for which they are valuable at home. A reform in + this system we believe to have been generally adopted, and we + are sure that a reduction of expense, a management purely + European, and native labour, with only such modifications in + working, smelting, or amalgamating, as experience will prove + to be advantageous, will, in a moderate time, return the + capital already expended, with a commensurate advantage. But + these things can only take place provided the public + tranquillity be maintained, and the government keep their + engagements with foreigners inviolate. The insecurity arising + from the domestic feuds now disturbing this fine country, + must, if it continues, finally annihilate its best + resources.—<i>Foreign Quarterly Review.</i> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + Of the abhorrence with which the Dutch regard the French + tongue, the following lines of Bilderdyk are an amusing + example:— + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + Begone, thou bastard-tongue! so base—so + broken— + </p> + <p> + By human jackals and hyaenas spoken; + </p> + <p> + Formed for a race of infidels, and fit + </p> + <p> + To laugh at truth—and scepticize in wit; + </p> + <p> + What stammering, snivelling sounds, which scarcely dare, + </p> + <p> + Bravely through nasal channels meet the ear— + </p> + <p> + Yet helped by apes' grimaces—and the devil, + </p> + <p> + Have ruled the world, and ruled the world for evil! + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + <i>Ibid.</i> + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + COALS. + </h3> + <p> + One of the pamphlets of the age of the Commonwealth is said, + in the title-page, to be + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2"> + Printed in the year + </p> + <p> + That sea-coal was exceeding dear. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + The remembrance of this inconvenience, which the Londoners + had suffered during the stoppage of their supply from + Newcastle, made "the committees of both kingdoms conclude and + agree among themselves, that some of the most notorious + delinquents and malignants, late coal-owners in the town of + Newcastle, be wholly excluded from intermeddling with any + shares or parts of colleries;" "but as the parliament might + find a difficulty in <i>driving on the trade</i>, they did + not conceive it for their service to put out all the said + malignants at once, but were rather constrained, for the + present, to make use of those delinquents in working their + own collieries as tenants and servants." The more stubborn + and <i>wealthy</i>, therefore, were selected for example; and + the others had this favour shown them. + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + LADY-POETS OF ENGLAND. + </h3> + <p> + The following is a Frenchman's expression of homage to our + modern female poets, in which we excel all the world:— + </p> + <p> + It is remarkable, that in the latter years of the eighteenth + century, and also during the whole course of our revolution, + there appeared in England a whole school, as it were, of + female authors, whose pure and graceful productions are + disfigured by no exaggerations, nor are they of that sombre + character which distinguishes the modern literature of their + country. Of the lady-authors of England, the most celebrated + is Lady Wortley Montagu, the contemporary of Pope, who has + left poems, but more especially letters, highly remarkable + for their talent and philosophy. It is impossible to give + here the names of the authoresses who appeared all on a + sudden about half a century after Lady Wortley Montagu. One + of the earliest of them was a lady of the same name, Mrs. E. + Montagu, the author of the Essays on Shakspeare, and Mrs. + Anna Laetitia Barbauld, who wrote numerous poems and + admirable hymns for children. There is great beauty in the + Epistle of Mrs. Barbauld to Wilberforce, on the subject of + the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1781.) Mrs. Hannah More has + also written several works of <i>religious fiction</i>, and + above all, some charming poems; Florio (1786,) and the Blue + Stocking, or Conversation. The Blue Stocking is a burlesque + name given to a lady's coterie, in which several females + attempted to start a sort of <i>bureau d'esprit</i> under the + direction of Mesdames Robinson and Piozzi, a coterie innocent + enough, but which excited the wrath of Mr. Gifford, the + Editor of the <i>Quarterly Review</i>, who fulminated against + it several satires in excessively bad taste, and written in a + tone of disgusting pedantry. The verses of Mr. Gifford are + infinitely more ridiculous than those he pretends to correct. + Amongst the English ladies who have written romance, Miss + Edgeworth, <span class="pagenum"><a id="page429" + name="page429"></a>[pg 429]</span> Mrs. Inchbald, and Lady + Morgan, are worthy of especial note. Several ladies, without + having written works of great importance, have still produced + poetical pieces of graceful beauty; in this number it is but + justice to distinguish Mrs. Opie. And lastly, in order to + finish this hasty catalogue, we may remark that there have + appeared in England, in our days, several ladies of a high + order of literary, poetical, and at the same time, + philosophical talent. Lady Morgan herself has contrived to + mix up history and romance in her writings, with great + ability; but among the ladies, who inscribed their fame on + monuments more durable than romantic stories, we must select + for honourable mention the names of Joanna Baillie, Aikin, + Benger, and Helen Maria Williams. Miss Baillie, sister of the + celebrated Dr. Baillie, the physician, is a woman of the + highest talent. It is not your pretty nothings, your elegant + trifles, which occupy her genius; on the contrary, she has + attempted in a series of dramatic pieces, to paint the most + energetic passion of the human heart; and her pieces, written + in the most elevated and <i>Shakspearian</i> tone, will + always be regarded as the work of a superior mind. John + Kemble, in the part of <i>Montfort</i>, reached the sublime + of agony. In the writings of Miss Baillie there is a + combination of the solemn and the poetical, which is rarely + observed in women. Miss Aikin has written some charming + poems, far more beautiful than any I have met with in the + writings of Miss Landon and Miss Mitford. The <i>Mouse's + Petition</i>, by Miss Aikin, is a <i>chef-d'oeuvre</i>. Miss + Benger has published some historical works of great interest, + which place her in the same line with Miss Aikin. Lastly, + there is Helen Maria Williams, whose muse, half English, half + French, has published poems, sonnets, and other pieces of + verse, besides several political and historical works. This + superior woman, at the same time that she gave birth, under + the influence of sensibility and fancy, to works of + inspiration, portrayed the details of the events of the + French revolution, in the centre of which she threw herself, + in 1792, from pure enthusiasm for liberty.—<i>Foreign + Quarterly Review.</i> + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + AMERICAN LAW. + </h3> + <p> + "No commentator," says Judge Hall, in his Letters from the + West, "has taken any notice of <i>Linch's Law</i>, which was + once the <i>lex loci</i> of the frontiers. Its operation was + as follows:—When a horse thief, a counterfeiter, or any + other desperate vagabond, infested a neighbourhood, evading + justice by cunning, or by a strong arm, or by the number of + his confederates, the citizens formed themselves into a + "<i>regulating company</i>," a kind of holy brotherhood, + whose duty was to purge the community of its unruly members. + Mounted, armed, and commanded by a leader, they proceeded to + arrest such notorious offenders as were deemed fit subjects + of exemplary justice; their operations were generally carried + on in the night. Squire Birch, who was personated by one of + the party, established his tribunal under a tree in the + woods, and the culprit was brought before him, tried, and + generally convicted; he was then tied to a tree, lashed + without mercy, and ordered to leave the country within a + given time, under pain of a second visitation. It seldom + happened that more than one or two were thus punished; their + confederates took the hint and fled, or were admonished to + quit the neighbourhood." + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + MONUMENTAL ALTERATION. + </h3> + <p> + The following odd story is related respecting a monument in a + chapel, adjoining <i>Stene</i>, a fine family seat in the + north:—The sculptor, in that vile taste which seems to + have originated in an unhappy design of making every thing + connected with the grave revolting to our feelings, had + ornamented this monument with "a very ghastly, grinning + alabaster skull;" and the bishop one day expressed a wish to + his domestic chaplain, Dr. Grey, that it had not been placed + there. Grey, upon this, sent to Banbury for the sculptor, and + consulted with him whether it was not possible to convert it + into a soothing, instead of a painful object. After some + consideration, the artist declared that the only thing into + which he could possibly convert it was—a bunch of + grapes! and accordingly, at this day, a bunch of grapes may + be seen upon the monument; for the chapel, which for a time + had been abandoned to the rooks and daws who built their + nests among the monuments, has been repaired, and is now + united to the rectory of Hinton. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + It is easier to induce people to follow than to set an + example—however good it may be both for themselves and + others, most men have a silly squeamishness about proposing + an adjournment from the dinner table. The host, fearing that + his guest may take it for a token that he loves his wine + better than his friends, is obliged to feign an unwillingness + to leave the bottle, and, as Sponge says—"In + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page430" name="page430"></a>[pg + 430]</span> good truth, 'tis impossible, nay, I say it is + impudent, to contradict any gentleman at his own table; the + president is always the wisest man in the party." + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + "Be of our patron's mind, whate'er he says; + </p> + <p> + Sleep very much, think little, and talk less; + </p> + <p> + Mind neither good nor bad, nor right nor wrong, + </p> + <p> + But eat your pudding, fool, and hold your tongue." + </p> + <p> + MAT. PRIOR. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + Therefore his friends, unless a special commission be given + to them for that purpose, feel unwilling to break the gay + circle of conviviality, and are individually shy of asking + for what almost every one wishes.—<i>Kitchiner</i>. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + Though much has been done, the orthography of the Dutch + language can hardly be considered as positively fixed. A + witty writer and one who has <i>biographized</i> the Dutch + poets with some severity, but much talent, says— + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + Spell—"Wereld "—so sets up Siegenbeek, and + then + </p> + <p> + Comes Bilderdyk, and flings it down again. + </p> + <p> + He will have "Wareld"—'Tis a pretty quarrel + </p> + <p> + Shall I determine who shall wear the laurel: + </p> + <p> + Not I!—I like them both—and so I'll say + </p> + <p> + "Waereld"—and each shall have his own dear way. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <hr /> + <h3> + THE MEXICAN NAVY + </h3> + <p> + Is in a most deplorable state. The difficulty of reducing the + Castle of San Juan de Ulloa led to the collection of some + gun-boats, a couple of sloops of war, and two or three armed + schooners. This number has since received the addition of a + line of battle ship, two frigates, and some other vessels of + war. Some English and American officers were engaged, but we + believe that all the former have left the service, and that + very few of the latter remain. Commodore Porter, of + vain-glorious memory, (who once wrote a book of Voyages,) + was, and may be still, the marine commandant, and + distinguished himself by threatening to blockade Cuba, and by + being obliged to skulk at Key West, to avoid destruction by + the gallant Laborde. The Mexicans require no navy, and cannot + maintain one; the sooner, therefore, they restrict it to a + very few revenue cutters the better. The nature of the + country and the destructive climate of the coast, diminish + greatly the necessity for keeping up a military establishment + for <i>external</i> defence. Foreign invasion can do little; + more is to be dreaded from internal + dissensions.—<i>Foreign Quarterly Review</i>. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + A prudent host, who is not in the humour to submit to an + attack from "staunch topers," "who love to keep it up" as + <i>bons vivants</i>, whose favourite song is ever "<i>Fly not + yet</i>," will engage some sober friends to fight on his + side, and at a certain hour to vote for "no more wine," and + bravely demand "tea," and will select his company with as + much care as a chemist composes a neutral salt, judiciously + providing quite as large a proportion of alkali (tea men) as + he has of acid (wine men.) To adjust the balance of power at + the court of Bacchus, occasionally requires as much address + as sagacious politicians say is sometimes requisite to direct + the affairs of other courts. + </p> + <p> + To make the summons of the tea table serve as an effective + ejectment to the dinner table, let it be announced as a + special invitation from the lady of the house. It may be, for + example, "Mrs. Souchong requests the pleasure of your company + to the drawing-room." This is an irresistible mandamus. + </p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + "Though Bacchus may boast of his care-killing bowl, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + And Folly in thought drowning revels delight, + </p> + <p> + Such worship soon loses its charms for the soul, + </p> + <p class="i2"> + When softer devotions our senses invite." + </p> + <p> + CAPTAIN MORRIS. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <p> + <i>Dr. Kitchiner.</i> + </p> + <hr /> + <h3> + MAKING TEA. + </h3> + <p> + It has been long observed that the infusion of tea made in + silver, or polished metal tea-pots, is stronger than that + which is produced in black, or other kinds of earthenware + pots. This is explained on the principle, that polished + surfaces retain heat much better than dark, rough surfaces, + and that, consequently, the caloric being confined in the + former case, must act more powerfully than in the latter. + </p> + <p> + It is further certain, that the silver or metal pot, when + filled a second time, produces worse tea than the earthenware + vessel; and that it is advisable to use the earthenware pot, + unless a silver or metal one can be procured sufficiently + large to contain at once all that may be required. These + facts are readily explained by considering, that the action + of heat retained by the silver vessel so far exhausts the + herb as to leave very little soluble substance for a second + infusion; whereas the reduced temperature of the water in the + earthenware pot, by extracting only a small proportion at + first, leaves some soluble matter for the action of a + subsequent infusion. + </p> + <p> + The reason for pouring boiling water into the tea-pot before + the infusion of the tea is made, is, that the vessel being + previously warm, may abstract less heat from the mixture, and + thus admit a more powerful action. Neither is it difficult to + explain the fact why the infusion of tea is stronger if only + a small quantity of boiling water be first used, and more be + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page431" name="page431"></a>[pg + 431]</span> added some time afterwards; for if we consider + that only the water immediately in contact with the herb can + act upon it, and that it cools very rapidly, especially in + earthenware vessels, it is clear that the effect will be + greater where the heat is kept up by additions of boiling + water, than where the vessel is filled at once, and the fluid + suffered gradually to cool. + </p> + <p> + When the infusion has once been completed, it is found that + any further addition of the herb only affords a very small + increase in the strength, the water having cooled much below + the boiling point, and consequently, acting very slightly. + </p> + <p> + <i>Ibid.</i> + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + THE NATURALIST. + </h2> + <hr /> + <h3> + THE HUMAN EAR. + </h3> + <p> + The ear consists of three principal divisions, viz. the + external, intermediate, and internal ear. The different parts + of the first division, or external ear, are described by + anatomists under the name of the helix, antihelix, tragus, + antitragus, the lobe, cavitas innominata, the scapha, and the + concha. In the middle of the external ear is the meatus, or + passage, which varies in length in different individuals. The + external or outward ear is designed by nature to stand + prominent, and to bear its proportion in the symmetry of the + head, but in Europe it is greatly flattened by the pressure + of the dress; it consists chiefly of elastic cartilage, + formed with different hollows, or sinuosities, all leading + into each other, and finally terminating in the concha, or + immediate opening into the tube of the ear. This form is + admirably adapted for the reception of sound, for collecting + and retaining it, so that it may not pass off, or be sent too + rapidly to the seat of the impression. There have been a few + instances of men who had the power of moving the external ear + in a similar manner to that of animals; but these instances + are very rare, and rather deviations from the general + structure; nor did it appear in these instances that such + individuals heard more acutely: a proof that such a structure + would be of no advantage to the human subject. With respect + to the external ear in man, whether it is completely removed + either by accident or design, deafness ensues, although its + partial removal is not attended with this inconvenience: the + external ear, therefore, or something in its form to collect + sound, is a necessary part of the organ. + </p> + <p> + The next division is the intermediate ear; it consists of the + tympanum, mastoid cells, and Eustachian tube. The tympanum + contains four small delicate bones, viz. the malleus, the + incus, the stapes, and the os orbiculare, joined to the + incus. The intermediate ear displays an irregular cavity, + having a membrane, called the membrana tympani, stretched + across its extremity; and this cavity has a communication + with the external air, through the Eustachian tube, which + leads into the fauces, or throat. The membrane of the + tympanum is intended to carry the vibrations of the + atmosphere, collected by the outward ear, to the chain of + bones which form the peculiar mechanism of the tympanum. + Besides the effect of the hard and bony parts of the ear in + increasing the power of sound, the tension of the different + membranes is also a requisite: thus various muscles are so + situated as to put the membrane on the stretch, that the + sound, striking upon it, may, from its tension, similar to + that of the parchment of a drum-head, have full influence + upon the sense. In respect to its tension, the membrane of + the tympanum may be also compared, not unaptly, to the string + of a violin, or musical instrument, even more properly than + to a drum; as the state of tension and relaxation in such + chords produces a variety of sound in the instrument, so, in + the same manner, circumstances, which affect the tension and + relaxation of the tympanum, vary most perceptibly its powers + of action, and the customary agency of the organ. Its four + bones act mechanically, in consequence of the power of the + local muscles: they strike like the key of an instrument, and + produce a percussion on the nerves of the tympanum. Not only + may the membrane of the tympanum be partially destroyed, and + hearing be preserved, but the small bones of the tympanum + have been in certain cases lost, or have come away, from + ulceration, and through a constitutional or other cause; but + in such cases it appears that the stapes was, in most + instances, left, and thus the openings of the fenestra ovata + and fenestra rotunda were preserved, which prevented the + escape of sound from the labyrinth and internal parts. With + respect to the Eustachian tube, its aperture into the throat + seems indispensable to hearing; and whenever closed, from + malconfirmation or disease, deafness is the certain + consequence. + </p> + <p> + The third division of the organ is the internal ear, which is + called the labyrinth; it is divided into the vestibule, three + semicircular canals, and the cochlea: the whole are incased + within the petrous portion of the temporal bone. The internal + ear may be considered as the actual seat of the organ; it + consists of a nervous expansion of high sensibility, the + sentient <span class="pagenum"><a id="page432" + name="page432"></a>[pg 432]</span> extremities of which + spread in every direction, and in the most minute manner; + inosculating with each other, and forming plexus, by which + the auricular sense is increased. Here, also, sound is + collected and retained by the mastoid cells and cochlea. To + this apparatus is added the presence of a fluid, contained in + sacs and membranes; as this fluid is in large quantities in + some animals, there is no doubt it is intended as an + additional means for enforcing the impression: the known + influence of water, as a powerful medium or conductor of + sound, strengthens this idea. The internal ear of man, + therefore, has all the known varieties of apparatus, which + are only partially present in other classes of the creation; + and its perfection is best judged of, by considering the + variety or form of the internal ear of other animals. The + internal ear of some animals consists of little more than a + sac of fluid, on which is expanded a small nervous pulp; + according to the situation of this, whether the creature + lives in water, or is partially exposed to the air, it has an + external opening with the ear, or otherwise.—<i>Lecture + delivered at the Royal Institution, May 30, 1828—by + J.H. Curtis, Esq</i>. + </p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2> + THE GATHERER. + </h2> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + A snapper up of unconsidered trifles. + </p> + <p> + SHAKSPEARE. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <hr /> + <h3> + POETICAL WILL + </h3> + <center> + <i>Of Nathaniel Lloyd, Esq. Twickenham, Middlesex</i>. + </center> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p> + What I am going to bequeath, + </p> + <p> + When this frail part submits to death; + </p> + <p> + But still I hope the spark divine, + </p> + <p> + With its congenial stars shall shine. + </p> + <p> + My good executors, fulfil } + </p> + <p> + I pray ye, fairly my goodwill } + </p> + <p> + With first and second codicil, } + </p> + <p> + And first, I give to dear Lord Hinton, + </p> + <p> + At Twyford School, now not at Winton, + </p> + <p> + One hundred guineas for a ring, + </p> + <p> + Or some such memorandum thing, + </p> + <p> + And truly much I should have blundered, + </p> + <p> + Had I not given another hundred + </p> + <p> + To Vere, Earl Powlett's second son, + </p> + <p> + Who dearly loves a little fun. + </p> + <p> + Unto my nephew, Robert Langdon, + </p> + <p> + Of whom none says he e'er has wrong done, + </p> + <p> + Though civil law he loves to hash, + </p> + <p> + I give two hundred pounds in cash. + </p> + <p> + One hundred pounds to my niece, Tuder, + </p> + <p> + (With loving eyes one Brandon view'd her,) + </p> + <p> + And to her children just among 'em, + </p> + <p> + In equal shares I freely give them. + </p> + <p> + To Charlotte Watson and Mary Lee, + </p> + <p> + If they with Lady Poulett be, + </p> + <p> + Because they round the year did dwell + </p> + <p> + In Twickenham house, and served full well, + </p> + <p> + When Lord and Lady both did stray + </p> + <p> + Over the hills and far away, + </p> + <p> + The first ten pounds, the other twenty, + </p> + <p> + And girls, I hope, that will content ye. + </p> + <p> + In seventeen hundred and sixty-nine, + </p> + <p> + This with my hand I write and sign, + </p> + <p> + The sixteenth day of fair October, + </p> + <p> + In merry mood, but sound and sober, + </p> + <p> + Past my three-score and fifteenth year, + </p> + <p> + With spirits gay, and conscience clear, + </p> + <p> + Joyous and frolicsome, though old, + </p> + <p> + And like this day, serene but cold, + </p> + <p> + To friends well wishing, and to friends most kind, + </p> + <p> + In perfect charity with all mankind. + </p> + </div> + </div> + <h4> + C.K.W. + </h4> + <hr /> + <p> + An Irish gentleman being accustomed to take a walk early + every morning, was met by an acquaintance, about ten o'clock, + who asking him if he had been taking his morning's walk, was + answered in the negative, but, added the honest Hibernian, "I + intend to take it in the afternoon." + </p> + <h4> + W.G.C. + </h4> + <hr /> + <p> + A French writer having lampooned a nobleman, was caned by him + for his licentious wit; when, applying to the Duke of + Orleans, then Regent, and begging him to do him justice, the + duke replied, with a smile, "<i>Sir, it has been done + already</i>." + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + LIMBIRD'S EDITION OF THE<br /> + <i>Following Novels is already Published</i>: + </p> + <pre> + s. d. + Mackenzie's Man of Feeling 0 6 + Paul and Virginia 0 6 + The Castle of Otranto 0 6 + Almoran and Hamet 0 6 + Elizabeth, or the Exiles of Siberia 0 6 + The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne 0 6 + Rasselas 0 8 + The Old English Baron 0 8 + Nature and Art 0 8 + Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield 0 10 + Sicilian Romance 1 0 + The Man of the World 1 0 + A Simple Story 1 4 + Joseph Andrews 1 6 + Humphry Clinker 1 8 + The Romance of the Forest 1 8 + The Italian 2 0 + Zeluco, by Dr. Moore 2 6 + Edward, by Dr. Moore 2 6 + Roderick Random 2 6 + The Mysteries of Udolpho 3 6 + Peregrine Pickle 4 6 +</pre> + <hr class="full" /> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + <p> + We believe, in Evans's collection. + </p> + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote2" name="footnote2"></a> <b>Footnote 2</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + <p> + It is only three miles from Oxford, and six or seven from + Abingdon. + </p> + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote3" name="footnote3"></a> <b>Footnote 3</b>: + <a href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + <p> + His general mode of murder was by poison; 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