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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, Vol. 10, Issue 267, August 4, 1827 + +Author: Various + +Posting Date: December 6, 2011 [EBook #9922] +Release Date: February, 2006 +First Posted: October 31, 2003 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AUGUST 4, 1827 *** + + + + +Produced by Jonathan Ingram and Project Gutenberg +Distributed Proofreaders + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<br /> +<br /> +<hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page81" name="page81"></a>[pg 81]</span> + <h1>THE MIRROR<br /> + OF<br /> + LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.</h1> + <hr class="full" /> + <table width="100%"> + <tr> + <td align="left"><b>Vol. 10, No. 267.]</b></td> + <td align="center"><b>SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1827.</b></td> + <td align="right"><b>[PRICE 2d.</b></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>HADLEY CHURCH.</h2> + <p class="figure"><a href="images/267-1.png"><img width="100%" src="images/267-1.png" + alt="" /></a><br /> + </p> + <p>Hadley, Mankin, or Monkton, Hadley, was formerly a hamlet to Edmonton. It lies + north-west of Enfield, and comprises 580 acres, including 240 allotted in lieu of the + common enclosure of Enfield Chase. Its name is compounded of two Saxon + words—Head-leagh, or a high place; Mankin is probably derived from the + connexion of the place with the abbey of Walden, to which it was given by Geoffrey de + Mandeville, earl of Essex, under the name of the Hermitage of Hadley. The village is + situated on the east side of the great north road, eleven miles from London.</p> + <p>The manor belonged to the Mandevilles, the founder of the Hermitage, and was given + by Geoffrey to the monks of Walden; in the ensuing two centuries the manorial + property underwent various transmissions, and was purchased by the Pinney family, in + the year 1791, by the present proprietor, Peter Moore, Esq.</p> + <p>The house of the late David Garrow, father to the present judge of that name in + the court of exchequer, is supposed to have been connected with a monastic + establishment. Chimney-pieces remain in <i>alto-relievo</i>: on one is sculptured the + story of Sampson; the other represents many passages in the life of our Saviour, from + his birth in the stall to his death on the cross.</p> + <p>The parish church, of which our engraving gives a correct view, is a handsome + structure, built at different periods. The chancel bears marks of great antiquity, + but the body has been built with bricks. At the west end is a square tower, composed + of flint, with quoins of freestone; on one side is the date Anno Domini 1393, cut in + stone—one side of the stone bearing date in the sculptured device of a wing; + the other that of a rose. The figures denote the year 1494; the last, like the second + numerical, being the <i>half eight</i>, often used in ancient inscriptions. The + unique vestige of the middle ages, namely, a firepan, or pitchpot, on the south-west + tower of the church, was blown down in January, 1779 and carefully repaired, though + now not required for the purpose of giving an alarm at the approach of a foe, by + lighting pitch within it. The church has been supposed to have been erected by Edward + IV. as a <span class="pagenum"><a id="page82" name="page82"></a>[pg 82]</span>chapel + for religious service, to the memory of those who fell in the battle of Barnet in + 1471.</p> + <p>On the window of the north transcept are some remains of painted glass, among + which may be noticed the rebus of the Gooders, a family of considerable consequence + at Hadley in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This consists of a partridge with + an ear of wheat in its bill; on an annexed scroll is the word Gooder; on the capital + of one of the pillars are two partridges with ears of corn in the mouth, an evident + repetition of the same punning device, and it is probable the Gooder's were + considerable benefactors towards building the church.</p> + <p>The almshouses for six decayed housekeepers were founded by Sir Roger Willbraham + in 1616, but so slenderly endowed that they do not produce more than 9l.6s. annually. + Major Delafonte, in 1762, increased the annuity, which expired in 1805; but Mr. + Cottrell gained by subscription 2375l. in trust. The father of the late Mr. + Whitbread, the statesman, subscribed the sum of 1000l. for the support of the + almshouses. The charity-school for girls was established in 1773, and was enlarged + and converted into a school of industry in 1800. Twenty girls in the establishment + receive annually the sum of 1l. towards clothing; thirty girls besides the above are + admitted to the benefit of education, on paying the weekly sum of 2d. and succeed to + the vacancies which occur in the class more largely assisted. This charity is in like + manner supported by contributions on the inhabitants. The boys' school, supported in + the same way, which in 1804 amounted to the sum of 103l. 10s., has about seventy + day-scholars; twenty are allowed 1l. towards clothing, and instructed without any + charge; the remainder pay 2d. weekly.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>THE SKETCH BOOK.</h2> + <h4>NO. XLIII.</h4> + <hr /> + <h3>THE BUTCHER.</h3> + <p>Wolsey, they tell us, was a butcher. An alliterative couplet too was made upon him + to that import:—</p> + <blockquote class="poetry"> + "By butchers born, by bishops bred,<br /> + How high his honour holds his haughty head."<br /> + </blockquote> + <p>Notwithstanding which, however, and other similar allusions, there have arisen + many disputes touching the veracity of the assertion; yet, doubtless, those who first + promulgated the idea, were keen observers of men and manners; and, probably, in the + critical examination of the Cardinal's character, discovered a particular trait which + indubitably satisfied them of his origin.</p> + <p>Be this as it may, I am inclined to think there is certainly something peculiarly + characteristic in the butcher.</p> + <p>The pursuit of his calling appears to have an influence upon his manners, speech, + and dress. Of all the days in the week, Saturday is the choicest for seeing him to + the best advantage. His hatless head, shining with grease, his cheeks as ruddy as his + mutton-chops, his sky-blue frock and dark-blue apron, his dangling steel and + sharp-set knife, which ever and anon play an accompaniment to his quick, + short—"Buy! buy!" are all in good keeping with the surrounding objects. And + although this be not <i>killing</i> day with him, he is particularly winning and + gracious with the serving-maids; who (whirling the large street-door key about their + right thumb, and swinging their marketing basket in their left hand) view the + well-displayed joints, undecided which to select, until Mr. Butcher recommends a leg + or a loin; and then he so very politely cuts off the fat, in which his skilful hand + is guided by the high or low price of mutton fat in the market. He is the very + antipode of a fop, yet no man knows how to show a handsome <i>leg</i> off to better + advantage, or is prouder of his <i>calves</i>.</p> + <p>In his noviciate, when he shoulders the shallow tray, and whistles cavalierly on + his way in his sausage-meat-complexioned-jacket, there is something marked as well in + his character as his <i>habits</i>, he is never <i>moved</i> to stay, except by a + brother butcher, or a fight of dogs or boys, for such scenes fit his singular fancy. + Then, in the discussion of his bull-dog's beauties, he becomes extraordinarily + eloquent. Hatiz, the Persian, could not more warmly, or with choicer figure, describe + his mistress' charms, than he does Lion's, or Fowler's, or whatever the brute's + Christian name may be; and yet the surly, cynical, <i>dogged</i> expression of the + bepraised beast, would almost make one imagine he understood the meaning of his + master's words, and that his honest nature despised the flattering encomiums he + passes upon his pink belly and legs, his broad chest, his ring-tail, and his tulip + ears!—<i>Absurdities, in Prose and Verse.</i></p> + <hr /> + <h3>CONFIDENCE AND CREDIT.</h3> + <h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + <blockquote class="poetry"> + The day was dark, the markets dull,<br /> + The Change was thin, Gazettes were full,<br /> + And half the town was breaking;<br /> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page83" name="page83"></a>[pg 83]</span>The + <i>counter-sign</i> of Cash was "<i>Stop</i>!"<br /> + Bankers and bankrupts shut up shop,<br /> + And honest hearts were aching.<br /> + <br /> + When near the Bench my fancy spied<br /> + A faded form, with hasty stride,<br /> + Beneath Grief's burden stooping:<br /> + Her name was CREDIT, and she said<br /> + Her father, TRADE, was lately dead,<br /> + Her mother, COMMERCE, drooping.<br /> + <br /> + The smile that she was wont to wear<br /> + Was wither'd by the hand of care,<br /> + Her eyes had lost their lustre:<br /> + Her character was gone, she said,<br /> + For she had basely been betray'd,<br /> + And nobody would trust her.<br /> + <br /> + For honest INDUSTRY had tried<br /> + To gain fair CREDIT for his bride,<br /> + And found the damsel willing,<br /> + But, ah! a <i>fortune-hunter</i> came,<br /> + And SPECULATION was his name,<br /> + A rake not worth a shilling.<br /> + <br /> + The villain came, on mischief bent,<br /> + And soon gain'd dad and mam's consent—<br /> + Ah! then poor CREDIT smarted;—<br /> + He filch'd her fortune and her fame,<br /> + He fix'd a blot upon her name,<br /> + And left her broken-hearted.<br /> + <br /> + While thus poor CREDIT seem'd to sigh,<br /> + Her cousin, CONFIDENCE, came by—<br /> + (Methinks he must be clever)—<br /> + For, when he whisper'd in her ear,<br /> + She check'd the sigh, she dried the tear.<br /> + And smiled as sweet as ever!<br /> + </blockquote> + <p>JESSE HAMMOND.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>CURIOUS SCRAPS RELATING TO CELEBRATED PERSONS.</h3> + <h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + <p>When the famous Cornelia, daughter of the great Scipio, was importuned by a lady + of her acquaintance to show her toilette, she deferred satisfying her curiosity till + her children, who were the famous Gracchi, came from school, and then said, "<i>En! + haec ornamenta mea sunt.</i>"—"These are my ornaments."</p> + <p>Cyneas, the minister of Pyrrhus, asked the king (before their expedition into + Italy) what he proposed to do when he had subdued the Romans? He answered, "Pass into + Sicily." "What then?" said the minister. "Conquer the Carthaginians," replied the + king. "And what follows that?" says the minister. "Be sovereign of Greece, and then + enjoy ourselves," said the king. "And why," replied the sensible minister, "can we + not do this <i>last</i> now?"</p> + <p>The emperors Nerva, Trajan, Antoninous, and Aurelius sold their palaces, their + gold and silver plate, their valuable furniture, and other superfluities, heaped up + by their predecessors, and banished from their tables all expensive delicacies. These + princes, together with Vespasian, Pertinax, Alexander, Severus, Claudius the Second, + and Tacitus, who were raised to the empire by their merit, and whom all ages have + admired as the greatest and the best of princes, were always fond of the greatest + plainness in their apparel, furniture, and outward appearance.</p> + <p>Cortez, the conqueror of Mexico, who lived unknown and disgraced in Spain, was + scarcely able to obtain an audience of his master Charles V.; and when the king asked + who was the fellow that was so clamorous to speak to him, he cried out, "I am one who + have got your majesty more provinces than your father left towns."</p> + <p>Camoens, the famous Portuguese poet, was unfortunately shipwrecked at the mouth of + the river Meco, on the coast of Camboja, and lost his whole property; however, he + saved his life and his poems, which he bore through the waves in one hand, whilst he + swam ashore with the other. It is said, that his black servant, a native of Java, who + had been his companion for many years, begged in the Streets of Lisbon for the + support of his master, who died in 1579. His death, it is supposed, was accelerated + by the anguish with which he foresaw the ruin impending over his country. In one of + his letters he uses these remarkable expressions: "I am ending the course of my life; + the world will witness how I have loved my country. I have returned not only to die + in her bosom, but to die with her."</p> + <p>Henrietta, daughter of Henry IV. of France, and wife of Charles I. of England, was + reduced to the utmost poverty; and her daughter, afterwards married to a brother of + Louis XIV., is said to have lain in bed for want of coals to keep her warm. Pennant + relates a melancholy fact of fallen majesty in the person of Mary d'Este, the unhappy + queen of James II., who, flying with her infant prince from the ruin impending over + their house, after crossing the Thames from abdicated Whitehall, took shelter beneath + the ancient walls of Lambeth church a whole hour, from the rain of the inclement + night of December 6th, 1688. Here she waited with aggravated misery till a common + coach, procured from the next inn, arrived, and conveyed her to Gravesend, from + whence she sailed, and bid adieu to this kingdom.</p> + <p>Pascal, one of the greatest geniuses and best men that ever lived, entertained a + notion that God made men miserable here in order to their being happy hereafter; and + in consequence of this notion, he imposed upon himself the most painful <span + class="pagenum"><a id="page84" name="page84"></a>[pg 84]</span>mortification. He even + ordered a wall to be built before a window in his study, which afforded him too + agreeable a prospect. He had also a girdle full of sharp points next his skin; and + while he was eating or drinking any thing that was grateful to his palate, he was + constantly pricking himself, that he might not be sensible of any pleasure. The + virtuous Fenelon submitted without reserve to the arbitrary sentence of the pope, + when he condemned a book which he had published, and even preached in condemnation of + his own book, forbidding his friends to defend it. "What gross and humiliating + superstitions (says their biographer) have been manifested by men, in other respects + of sound and clear understandings, and of upright, honest hearts."</p> + <p>In the churchyard of St. Ann's, Soho, says Pennant, is a marble, erected near the + grave of that remarkable personage, Theodore Antony Newhoff, king of Corsica, who + died in this parish in 1756, immediately after leaving the king's-bench prison, by + the benefit of the act of insolvency. The marble was erected, and the epitaph + written, by the honourable Horace Walpole:—</p> + "The grave, great teacher, to a level brings<br /> + Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings;<br /> + But Theodore this moral learn'd ere dead—<br /> + Fate pour'd its lesson on his living head,<br /> + Bestow'd a kingdom, and denied him bread."<br /> + + <p>He registered his kingdom of Corsica for the use of his creditors. His biographer + says, "He was a man whose claim to royalty was as indisputable as the most ancient + titles to any monarchy can pretend to be; that is, the choice of his subjects, the + voluntary election of an injured people, who had the common right of mankind to + freedom, and the uncommon resolution of determining to be free."</p> + <p>P.T.W.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>"THE LILY BELLS ARE WET WITH DEW."</h3> + <h4>(<i>To the Editor of the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + <p>Sir,—I have taken the liberty of transmitting to you a piece of a Latin ode, + which appears to me to be the original of the song—"The lily bells are wet with + dew," in Miss Mitford's "Dramatic Scenes," which appeared in your miscellany of June + 23, 1827.</p> + <p>It is copied from an old book published in the year 1697, by Charles Elford, + entitled "Gemmae Poetarum."</p> + <p>If you think it worthy insertion, I should feel obliged by its appearance. Yours + respectfully,</p> + <p>J.T.S.</p> + <blockquote class="poetry"> + Lilia rorescuut, jubara osculo blande rosarum<br /> + Florem tangunt—ô, dives odore,<br /> + O, splendens tinctû floretum—est ...<br /> + Surge Feronia, et sertum texe<br /> + Cæsariem nunc implectare tuum coracinum<br /> + Ne æstu medio sol flores abripiat.<br /> + In coelo tenuis nubes est, lenta susurra<br /> + Cum aurâ veniunt—aut imbrem vaticinans<br /> + Aut nivem: orire, Feronia, crinem stringere cauté<br /> + Sertum age, ne veniat tempestas minitans.<br /> + </blockquote> + <p>I have translated it thus, which you may perceive is strictly literal:—</p> + <blockquote> + The lilies are wet with the dew—the sunbeams with a kiss gently touch the + flower of the roses.—O the garden is rich of scent—is bright of + hue.—Arise Feronia and weave the garland even now to braid thy ravenlike + hair, lest at mid-day the sun should spoil the flowers.—In the sky there is a + little cloud, gentle whisperings come with the gale—they tell of rain or + snow.—Arise Feronia and carefully weave the garland to bind up thy hair, lest + the threatening storm should come. + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES FOR AUGUST, 1827.</h2> + <h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + <p>It has been computed, that all the celestial orbs perceived by the unassisted eye + (which on a clear night never exceed 1,000,) do not form the 80,000 part of those + which may be descried by the help of a telescope, through which they appear + prodigiously increased in number; seventy stars have been counted in the + constellation of the <i>pleiades</i>, and no fewer than 2,000 in that of + <i>Orion</i>.</p> + <p>The <i>galaxy</i>, or <i>via lactea</i>, (milky way,) is a remarkable appearance + in the heavens, being a broad ray of whitish colour surrounding the whole celestial + concave, whose light proceeds from vast clusters of stars, discoverable only by the + telescope. Mr. Brydone, in his journey to the top of Mount Etna, found the phenomenon + make a most glorious appearance, "like a pure flame that shot across the + heavens."</p> + <p>Dr. Herschel made many observations on this portion of the heavens, using a + Newtonian reflector of twenty feet focal length, and an aperture of eighteen inches. + With this powerful telescope he completely resolved the whitish appearance into + stars, which the telescopes he had formerly used had not light enough to do. In the + most vacant place to be met with in that neighbourhood, he found sixty-three stars; + other six fields, or apparent spaces in the heavens, which he could see at once + through his telescope, averaged seventy-nine stars in each field: thus he found that + by allowing 15 min. <span class="pagenum"><a id="page85" name="page85"></a>[pg + 85]</span>of a deg. for the diameter of his field of view, a belt of 15 deg. long, + and 2 deg. broad, which he had often seen pass before his telescope in an hour's time + could not contain less than 50,000 stars, large enough to be distinctly numbered, + besides which he suspected twice as many more, which could be seen only now and then + by faint glimpses, for want of sufficient light. In the most crowded part of that + region he informs us, he has had fields of view which contained no less than 588 + stars, and these were continued for many minutes, so that in one quarter of an hour's + time there passed no less than 116,000 stars. He also intimates the probability of + the sun being placed in this great stratum, though perhaps not in the very centre of + its thickness.</p> + <p>From the appearance of the galaxy it seems to encompass the whole heavens, as it + certainly must if the sun be within the same. From succeeding observations made by + Dr. Herschel, he gathers that the milky way is a most extensive stratum of stars of + various sizes, and our sun evidently one of the heavenly bodies belonging to it. In + viewing and gauging this shining zone in almost every direction, he found the number + of stars composing it, by the account of those gauges constantly increase and + decrease in proportion to its apparent brightness to the naked eye.</p> + <p>The <i>nebulæ</i>, or small whitish specks, discoverable by telescopes in + various parts of the heavens are owing to the same cause. Former astronomers could + only reckon 103, but Herschel counts upwards of 1,250. He has also discovered a + species of them, which he calls planetary nebulæ, on account of their + brightness, and shining with a well defined disk.</p> + <p>The sun enters <i>Virgo</i> on the 23rd at 11h. 42m. evening.</p> + <p>Mercury comes to his inferior conjunction on the 13th at 1-1/4h. morning, becomes + stationary on the 22nd, and is at his greatest elongation on the 31st, when he passes + his ascending node; he may be seen early on that morning rising at 3-1/2h.</p> + <p>Venus is in conjunction with Mars on the 21st at 3h. afternoon; she rises on the + 1st at 2h. 38m., and on the 31st at 4h. 10m. morning.</p> + <p>Jupiter still continues a conspicuous object in the western part of the heavens, + setting on the 1st at 9h. 43m., and on the 31st at 8h. None of the eclipses of his + satellites are visible during the month in consequence of his being so near the + sun.</p> + <p>Herschel comes to the south on the 1st at 11h. 6m., and on the 31st at 9h. 43m. + evening.</p> + <p><i>Spica virginis</i> (the virgin's spike), in the constellation Virgo culminates + on the 1st at 4h. 32m. afternoon, being situated 10 deg. 13m. south of the equator, + at a meridional elevation of 28 deg. 26m. <i>Arcturus</i> in Bootes south at 5h. 23m. + with 20 deg. north delineation, and at an altitude of 58 deg. 46m. <i>Antares</i> in + the heart of Scorpio at 7h. 34m., declination 26 deg. south, elevation 12 deg. 38m. + <i>Altair</i> in the Eagle at 10h. 57m., declination 8 deg. 24m. north, altitude 47 + deg. 3m. <i>Fomalhaut</i> in the most southern fish of the constellation Pisces at + 2h. 6m. morning, having a southern declination of 30 deg. 34m., being elevated only 8 + deg. 5m. above the horizon. The above stars come to the meridian 4 min. earlier every + evening; they are all of the first magnitude (with the exception of <i>Altair</i>, + which is of the second,) and may be easily distinguished any hour of the day with a + magnifying power of thirty times; stars of the second magnitude require a power of + 100, but when the sun is not more than two hours above the horizon, they may be seen + with a power of sixty.</p> + <p>PASCHE.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>THE NOVELIST.</h2> + <h4>NO. CVI.</h4> + <hr /> + <h3>ROSALIE BERTON.</h3> + <h4>(<i>Concluded from page 74.</i>)</h4> + <p>Things were in this state when I visited S——, and the union of Henri + and Rosalie, though not positively fixed, was regarded as an event by no means + distant. Every one was interested for the young and handsome couple, and wished for + their espousal. Rosalie's friends longed for the day when she was to wed the young + and handsome Henri; and Henri's comrades were perpetually urging him to cement his + union with the lovely Rosalie.</p> + <p>We left the place with every kind wish for the young and betrothed pair. I have + not since revisited S——, but by letters from my friend, I have been + informed, that this commencement of their loves had a sad and melancholy sequel.</p> + <p>After our departure, it seems, the lovers continued equally attached; arrangements + were making for their union, and it was intended that Henri should leave the army + previous to their marriage. But just at this juncture, and as he was about to leave + his corps, rumours of war were circulated, the enterprise against Spain was + projected, and the royal guard was one of the first corps ordered for service. Henri, + with the natural enthusiasm of a <span class="pagenum"><a id="page86" + name="page86"></a>[pg 86]</span>soldier, felt all his former ardour revive; and + longed to mingle in the ranks of glory, ere he left them for ever. He, doubtless, + felt severely the separation from Rosalie; yet his feelings were described to me as + being of a joyous character, and as if evincing that he felt happy that the + opportunity of joining his brethren in arms, and of signalizing himself perhaps for + the last time, had presented itself, previous to his marriage and his quitting the + service.</p> + <p>The enterprise against Spain, he considered as the French army commonly did, to be + a mere excursion of pleasure, which, while it led them into a country which many of + them had never visited before, would also afford them the occasion of gathering + laurels which might serve to redeem somewhat of their lost glory. He therefore looked + forward to the expedition, on the whole, with feelings of ardour and delight, and + even longed for its approach. Not so Rosalie! She looked on war and bloodshed with + the natural apprehensions of her sex; and saw in the projected expedition, and its + prospects of glory, only danger and death to her lover! Her spirits received a severe + shock when the intelligence was first communicated—she gradually lost her + cheerfulness and spirits; the song, the dance, had no longer charm or interest for + her, and she could only contemplate the approaching separation with sorrow and + dismay!</p> + <p>Henri perceived her depression, and endeavoured to combat and remove her fears by + arguments fond, but unavailing. It was only, he would urge, a jaunt of pleasure; it + would admit his speedy return, when he would come to lay his services at her feet, + and claim the hand which was already promised to his hopes; and surely, then, Rosalie + could not regret his obeying the call of duty and of honour; or like her lover the + worse, when crowned with victory in the cause of his country. To these and similar + assurances, Rosalie could only reply with the mute eloquence of tears; and nothing + could divest her of the apprehension with which she ever regarded an enterprise which + she seemed to consider from the first as fatal.</p> + <p>The time however drew on, the dreaded period arrived, the Royal Guard left its + quarters, and departed from S——. Henri took a fond and passionate adieu + of his betrothed; and Rosalie, having summoned all her fortitude to her aid, went + through the parting scene with more firmness than could have been expected from her, + though her feelings, afterwards, were described as of the most agonizing kind.</p> + <p>Such is the difference between the ardent feelings of man, and the tender and + gentle sympathies of woman, that, while his sorrow is alleviated by a thousand + mitigating circumstances of ardour and excitement, which relieve his attention, and + soothe, though they do not annihilate his grief; she can only brood over her + feelings, and suffer in silence and in sorrow. Henri marched out with his regiment in + all the vigour of manhood, and with all the "pomp, pride, and circumstance of war," + while Rosalie could only retire to her chamber and weep.</p> + <p>Time passed on; letters were received from Henri, which spoke in ardent terms of + his journey, and of the new and singular scenes unfolded to his view. He adverted + also to his return, mentioned the war as a mere pastime, and as an agreeable jaunt, + the termination of which he only desired, because it would once more restore him to + his Rosalie. It was remarked, however, that she never recovered her cheerfulness; to + all her lover's assurances she could only reply with expressions of distrust, and + with feelings of sorrow; and when she wrote, it was to express her fears of the + campaign, and her wish that it were over, and that they were again united in + safety.</p> + <p>And constantly did the good and pious girl offer up her prayers for her lover, as + she repaired to the church of the Holy Virgin at S——, to perform her + daily devotions.</p> + <p>The season advanced: the French marched through Spain, and reached Cadiz. At this + last hope of the Constitutionalists, a strong resistance was expected, and Henri had + written from Seville, that his next letter would announce the termination of the + campaign. Alas! he never wrote again! Time flew on; the journals announced the fall + of the Trocadero; the surrender of Cadiz, and the restoration of Ferdinand; yet there + came no news from Henri! Then did the gentle girl sink into all the despondency of + disappointment; and as day after day passed and brought no tidings of her lover, her + beauty and her health suffered alike, she languished and pined till she scarce + retained the semblance of her former self.</p> + <p>At last came a letter; it was from Spain, but it was written in a stranger's hand, + and its sable appendages bespoke the fatal nature of its contents. It was from a + brother officer of Henri, stating that his regiment had been foremost in the attack, + and that the Trocadero, the last resource of the Constitutionalists, had been carried + with the loss of but few killed; but, alas! among that few, was Henri! He was shot + through the body while leading his men to the assault. He fell instantly dead, and + the writer expressed <span class="pagenum"><a id="page87" name="page87"></a>[pg + 87]</span>his desire that the sad intelligence should be conveyed as gently as + possible to Rosalie.</p> + <p>Unhappily, by one of those chances which often occur, as if to aggravate + misfortune, it was Rosalie who received the fatal letter from the postman's hands! + She tore it open; read its dreadful contents; and with a wild and frenzied shriek, + fell senseless to the ground! She was borne to her bed, where every care and + attention was bestowed; but her illness rapidly assumed a threatening and a dangerous + character. A fever seized her frame; she became at once delirious; nor did reason + again resume her throne; and it was not till after months of suffering and agony, + that she recovered, if that could be called recovery, which gave back a deformed and + hapless lunatic, bereft of intellect and of beauty, in place of the once gay and + fascinating Rosalie. The dread aberration of intellect was attributed by her medical + attendants to the fatal and sudden shock which she had sustained, and to its effect + on a mind weakened by previous anxiety and sorrow; while they feared her malady was + of a nature, which admitted no hope of the return of reason.</p> + <p>Her mind, it was stated, remained an entire blank. Imbecile, vacant, + drivelling—she appeared almost unconscious of former existence; and of those + subjects which formerly engrossed her attention, and excited her feelings, there were + scarcely any on which she now evinced any emotion. Even the name of her lover was + almost powerless on her soul, and if repeated in her hearing, seemed scarcely to call + forth her notice.</p> + <p>One only gift remained, in all its native pathos, tenderness, and beauty—her + voice, so sweet before her illness, seemed, amid the wreck of youth, and joy, and + love, and all that was charming and endeared, to have only become sweeter still! She + was incapable or unwilling to learn any new airs, but she would occasionally + recollect snatches of former songs or duets, which she and Henri had sung together, + and she would pour the simple melodies in strains of more than mortal sweetness!</p> + <p>This, alas! was the only relic of former talent or taste that she retained; in all + other respects, her mind and body, instead of evincing symptoms of recovery, seemed + to sink in utter hopelessness and despair; and an early tomb seems to be the best and + kindest boon which heaven, in its mercy, can bestow, on the once fair and fascinating + Rosalie!</p> + <p><i>Tales of all Nations.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>ANECDOTES AND RECOLLECTIONS.</h2> + <blockquote class="poetry"> + Notings, selections,<br /> + Anecdote and joke:<br /> + Our recollections;<br /> + With gravities for graver folk.<br /> + </blockquote> + <hr /> + <h3>TAVERNS AND CLUB-HOUSES.</h3> + <p>Almost every tavern of note about town hath or had its club. The Mermaid Tavern is + immortalized as the house resorted to by Shakspeare, Jonson, Fletcher, and Beaumont; + the Devil—which, Pennant informs us, stood on the site of Child's-place, Temple + Bar—was the scene of many a merry meeting of the choice spirits in old days; at + Will's Coffee-house, in the Augustan age of English literature, societies were held + to which Steele, and Pope, and Addison belonged; Doctor Johnson, Hawkesworth, the + elder Salter, and Sir John Hawkins, were members of a club formerly held at the + King's-head, in Ivy-lane; the notorious Dick England, Dennis O'Kelly, and Hull, with + their associates, had, many years ago, a sporting-club at Munday's Coffee-house; the + Three Jolly Pigeons, in Butcher-hall-lane, was formerly the gathering place of a set + of old school bibliopoles, who styled themselves the Free and Easy Counsellors under + the Cauliflower; stay-maker Hugh Kelly, Goldsmith, Ossian Macpherson, Garrick, + Cumberland, and the Woodfalls, with several noted men of that day, were concerned in + a club at the St. James's Coffee-house; the Kit-Cat, which took its name from one + Christopher Cat, a pastry-cook, was held at a tavern in King-street, Westminster; + Button's—but truly the task of enumerating the several clubs, of which we find + notices "in the books," as the lawyers have it, would be endless.—<i>Every + Night Book</i>.</p> + <h3>CONVERSATION OF WOMEN.</h3> + <p>The usual conversation of ordinary women very much cherishes the natural weakness + of being taken with outside appearance. Talk of a new-married couple, and you + immediately hear whether they keep their coach-and-six, or eat in plate. Mention the + name of an absent lady, and it is ten to one but you learn something of her gown and + petticoat. A ball is a great help to discourse, and a birthday furnishes conversation + for a twelvemonth after. A furbelow of precious stones, a hat buttoned with a + diamond, a brocade waistcoat or petticoat, are standing topics. + —<i>Addison</i>.</p> + <h3>BILDERDYK.</h3> + <p>William Bilderdyk, admired as the first poet that modern Holland has produced, + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page88" name="page88"></a>[pg 88]</span>and not less + distinguished by the brilliant qualities of his mind, did not, in his youth, seem to + show any happy disposition for study. His father, who formed an unfavourable opinion + of his talents, was much distressed, and frequently reproached him in severe terms + for his inattention and idleness, to which young Bilderdyk did not appear to pay much + attention. In 1776, the father, with a newspaper in his hand, came to stimulate him, + by showing the advertisement of a prize offered by the Society of Leyden, and decreed + to the author of a piece of poetry, signed with these words, "An Author 18 years + old," who was invited to make himself known. "You ought to blush, idler," said old + Bilderdyk to his son. "Here is a boy only of your age, and though so young, is the + pride and happiness of his parents; and you——." "It is myself," answered + young William, throwing himself into his father's arms.</p> + <h3>SIR ANTHONY CARLISLE,</h3> + <p>Who has often filled the anatomical chair at the Royal Academy, is no less + abstruse and instructive than pleasant and amusing. His illustrative anecdotes are + always excellent, and his way of telling them quite dramatic. We have found him even + more agreeable as a private talker than as a lecturer; he is rich in the old lore of + England—he will hunt a phrase through several reigns—propose derivations + for words which are equally ingenious and learned—follow a proverb for + generations back, and discuss on the origin of language as though he had never + studied aught beside: he knows more than any other person we ever met with of the + biography of talented individuals—in the philosophy of common life he is quite + an adept—a capital chronologist—a man of fine mind and most excellent + memory: his experience has, of course, been very great, and he has taken good + advantage of it. We remember he once amused us for half a day by adducing instances + of men who, although possessed of mean talents, had enabled themselves to effect + wonders, by simply hoarding in their minds, and subsequently acting upon, an immense + number of facts: from this subject we naturally enough fell into a discourse on the + importance, in many cases and situations, of attending to trifles. As a proof of + this, he mentioned a circumstance which occurred to an eminent surgeon within his own + memory; it was as follows: A gentleman, residing about a post-stage from town, met + with an accident which eventually rendered amputation of a limb indispensable. The + surgeon alluded to was requested to perform the operation, and went from town with + two pupils to the gentleman's house, on the day appointed, for that purpose. The + usual preliminaries being arranged, he proceeded to operate; the tourniquet was + applied, the flesh divided, and the bone laid bare, when, to his astonishment and + horror, he discovered that his instrument-case was without the saw! Here was a + situation! Luckily his presence of mind did not forsake him. Without apprising his + patient of the terrible fact, he put one of his pupils into his carriage, and told + the coachman to gallop to town. It was an hour and a half before the saw was + obtained, and during all that time the patient lay suffering. The agony of the + operator, though great, was scarcely a sufficient punishment for his neglect in not + seeing that all his instruments were in the case before he started.</p> + <p>Basil Montagu, the water drinking barrister, who was present during the narration + of this anecdote, and the previous discussion, mentioned another instance of the + propriety of noticing those minor circumstances in life, which are usually suffered + to pass unheeded by people in general. A man of talent was introduced into a company + of strangers; he scarcely spoke after his first salutation until he wished the party + good night. Almost every one dubbed him a fool; the lady hostess, who, be it + remarked, had not been previously informed of the abilities of her new guest, was of + a different opinion, "I am sure," said she, "that you are all wrong; for, though he + said nothing, I remarked that <i>he always laughed in the right + place</i>."—<i>Every Night Book</i>.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>A FACT.</h3> + <blockquote class="poetry"> + Pat went to his mistress: "My lady, your mare<br /> + <i>In harness</i>, goes well as a dray-horse, I swear:<br /> + I tried, as you're thinking to sell her, or let her,<br /> + For <i>coming on</i> thus, she'll <i>go off</i> all the better."<br /> + <br /> + "Twas very well thought of" the lady replied,<br /> + "You've acted a sensible part.<br /> + But Patrick, pray tell me the day that you tried,<br /> + Of whom did you borrow the cart?"<br /> + <br /> + "The <i>cart</i>? why, she <i>walk'd</i> well <i>in harness</i>, I saw,<br /> + But I thought not, by no <i>manes</i>, to try if she'd <i>draw</i>;<br /> + For says I, by Saint Patrick, who, her comes to view,<br /> + To tell him, she has been 'in harness' will do!"<br /> + </blockquote> + <p>M.L.B.</p> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page89" name="page89"></a>[pg 89]</span> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>THE MONTHS.</h2> + <h3>AUGUST.</h3> + <p class="figure"><a href="images/267-2.png"><img width="100%" src="images/267-2.png" + alt="" /></a><br /> + </p> + <blockquote> + <blockquote class="poetry"> + All + around<br /> + The yellow sheaves, catching the burning beam,<br /> + Glow, golden lustre. + </blockquote> + MRS. ROBINSON. + </blockquote> + <p>This is the month of harvest. The crops usually begin with rye and oats, proceed + with wheat, and finish with pease and beans. Harvest-home is still the greatest rural + holiday in England, because it concludes at once the most laborious and most + lucrative of the farmer's employments, and unites repose and profit. Thank heaven, + there are, and must be, seasons of some repose in agricultural employments, or the + countryman would work with as unceasing a madness, and contrive to be almost as + diseased and unhealthy as the citizen. But here again, and for the reasons already + mentioned, our holiday-making is not what it was. Our ancestors used to burst into an + enthusiasm of joy at the end of harvest, and even mingled their previous labour with + considerable merry-making, in which they imitated the equality of the earlier ages. + They crowned the wheat-sheaves with flowers, they sung, they shouted, they danced, + they invited each other, or met to feast as at Christmas, in the halls of rich + houses; and, what was a very amiable custom, and wise beyond the commoner wisdom that + may seem to lie on the top of it, every one that had been concerned, man, woman, and + child, received a little present, ribbons, laces, or sweetmeats.</p> + <p>The number of flowers is now sensibly diminished. Those that flower newly are + nigella, zinnias, polyanthuses, love-apples, mignonette, capsicums, Michaelmas + daisies, auriculus, asters or stars, and China-asters. The additional trees and + shrubs in flower are the tamarisk, altheas, Venetian sumach, pomegranates, the + beautiful passion-flower, the trumpet flower, and the virgin's bower or clematis, + which is such a quick and handsome climber. But the quantity of fruit is considerably + multiplied, especially that of pears, peaches, apricots, and grapes. And if the + little delicate white flowers have at last withdrawn from the hot sun, the wastes, + marshes, and woods are dressed in the luxuriant attire of ferns and heaths, with all + their varieties of green, purple, and gold. A piece of waste land, especially where + the ground is broken up into little inequalities, as Hampstead-heath, for instance, + is now a most bright as well as picturesque object; all the ground, which is in + light, giving the sun, as it were, gold for gold. Mignonette, intended to flower in + winter, should now be planted in pots, and have the benefit of a warm situation. + Seedlings in pots should have the morning sunshine, and annuals in pots be frequently + watered.</p> + <p>In the middle of this month, the young goldfinch broods appear, lapwings + congregate, thistle-down floats, and birds resume <span class="pagenum"><a + id="page90" name="page90"></a>[pg 90]</span>their spring songs:—a little + afterwards flies abound in windows, linnets congregate, and bulls make their shrill + autumnal bellowing; and towards the end the beech tree turns yellow,—the first + symptom of approaching autumn.<a id="footnotetag1" name="footnotetag1"></a><a + href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a></p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.</h2> + <hr /> + <h3>LEOPARD-HUNTING.</h3> + <p>The leopard of Southern Africa is known among the Cape colonists by the name of + tiger; but is, in fact, the real leopard, the <i>Felis jubata</i> of naturalists, + well known for the beauty of its shape and spotted skin, and the treachery and + fierceness of its disposition. The animal called leopard (<i>luipaard</i>) by the + Cape Dutch boors, is a species of the panther, and is inferior to the real leopard in + size and beauty. Both of them are dreaded in the mountainous districts on account of + the ravages which they occasionally commit among the flocks, and on the young cattle + and horses in the breeding season.</p> + <p>The South African panther is a cowardly animal, and, like the hyena, flies from + the face of man. The leopard also, though his low, half-smothered growl is frequently + heard by night, as he prowls like an evil spirit around the cottage or the kraal, + will seldom or never attack mankind, (children excepted,) unless previously assailed + or exasperated. When hunted, as he usually is with dogs, he instinctively betakes + himself to a tree, when he falls an easy prey to the shot of the huntsman. The + leopard, however, though far inferior in strength and intrepidity to the lion, is yet + an exceedingly active and furious animal; and when driven to extremity, proves + himself occasionally an antagonist not to be trifled with. The colonists relate many + instances of arduous and even fatal encounters with the hunted leopard. The following + is one of these adventures, which occurred in a frontier district in 1822, as + described by one of the two individuals so perilously engaged in it.</p> + <p>Two boors returning from hunting the Hartebeest, (<i>antelope bubalis</i>,) fell + in with a leopard in a mountain ravine, and immediately gave chase to him. The animal + at first endeavoured to escape by clambering up a precipice; but being hotly pressed, + and slightly wounded by a musket-ball, he turned upon his pursuers with that frantic + ferocity which on such emergencies he frequently displays, and springing upon the man + who had fired at him, tore him from his horse to the ground, biting him at the same + time very severely in the shoulder, and tearing his face and arms with his talons. + The other hunter, seeing the danger of his comrade, (he was, if I mistake not, his + brother,) sprung from his horse, and attempted to shoot the leopard through the head; + but, whether owing to trepidation, or the fear of wounding his friend, or the sudden + motions of the animal, he unfortunately missed.</p> + <p>The leopard, abandoning his prostrate enemy, darted with redoubled fury upon this + second antagonist; and so fierce and sudden was his onset, that before the boor could + stab him with his hunting-knife, he had struck him in the eyes with his claws, and + torn the scalp over his forehead. In this frightful condition the hunter grappled + with the raging beast, and struggling for life, they rolled together down a steep + declivity. All this passed so rapidly, that the other boor had scarcely time to + recover from the confusion in which his feline foe had left him, to seize his gun, + and rush forward to aid his comrade, when he beheld them rolling together down the + steep bank in mortal conflict. In a few moments he was at the bottom with them, but + too late to save the life of his friend. The leopard had torn open the jugular vein, + and so dreadfully mangled the throat of the unfortunate man, that his death was + inevitable; and his comrade had only the melancholy satisfaction of completing the + destruction of the savage beast, already exhausted with several deep wounds in the + breast from the desperate knife of the expiring huntsman.—<i>London Weekly + Review</i>.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>GLOAMING.</h3> + <h4>BY DELTA.</h4> + <blockquote class="poetry"> + There is a beauty in the grey twilight,<br /> + Which minds unmusical can never know,<br /> + A holy quietude, that yields to woe<br /> + A pulseless pleasure, fraught with pure delight:<br /> + The aspect of the mountains huge, that brave<br /> + And bear upon their breasts the rolling storms;<br /> + And the soft twinkling of the stars, that pave<br /> + Heaven's highway with their bright and burning forms;<br /> + The rustle of the dark boughs overhead:<br /> + The murmurs of the torrent far away;<br /> + The last notes of the blackbird, and the bay<br /> + Of sullen watch-dog, from the far fann-stead—<br /> + All waken thoughts of Being's early day,<br /> + Loves quench'd, hopes past, friends lost, and pleasures fled.<br /> + </blockquote> + <p><i>Blackwood's Magazine</i>.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>ON READING NEW BOOKS.</h3> + <p>There is a fashion in reading as well as in dress, which lasts only for a season. + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page91" name="page91"></a>[pg 91]</span>One would + imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old;<a id="footnotetag2" + name="footnotetag2"></a><a href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a> that they have a + pleasure in being read for the first time; that they open their leaves more + cordially; that the spirit of enjoyment wears out with the spirit of novelty; and + that, after a certain age, it is high time to put them on the shelf. This conceit + seems to be followed up in practice. What is it to me that another—that + hundreds or thousands have in all ages read a work? Is it on this account the less + likely to give me pleasure, because it has delighted so many others? Or can I taste + this pleasure by proxy? Or am I in any degree the wiser for their knowledge? Yet this + might appear to be the inference. <i>Their</i> having read the work may be said to + act upon us by sympathy, and the knowledge which so many other persons have of its + contents deadens our curiosity and interest altogether. We set aside the subject as + one on which others have made up their minds for us, (as if we really could have + ideas in their heads,) and are quite on the alert for the next new work, teeming hot + from the press, which we shall be the first to read, to criticise, and pass an + opinion on. Oh, delightful! To cut open the leaves, to inhale the fragrance of the + scarcely-dry paper, to examine the type, to see who is the printer, (which is some + clue to the value that is set upon the work,) to launch out into regions of thought + and invention never trod till now, and to explore characters that never met a human + eye before—this is a luxury worth sacrificing a dinner party, or a few hours of + a spare morning to. Who, indeed, when the work is critical and full of expectation, + would venture to dine out, or to face a <i>coterie</i> of blue stockings in the + evening, without having gone through this ordeal, or at least without, hastily + turning over a few of the first pages while dressing, to be able to say that the + beginning does not promise much, or to tell the name of the heroine?</p> + <p>A new work is something in our power; we mount the bench, and sit in judgment on + it; we can damn or recommend it to others at pleasure, can decry or extol it to the + skies, and can give an answer to those who have not yet read it, and expect an + account of it; and thus show our shrewdness and the independence of our taste before + the world have had time to form an opinion. If we cannot write ourselves, we become, + by busying ourselves about it, a kind of <i>accessaries after the fact</i>. Though + not the parent of the bantling that "has just come into this breathing world, scarce + half made up," without the aid of criticism and puffing, yet we are the gossips and + foster-nurses on the occasion, with all the mysterious significance and + self-importance of the tribe. If we wait, we must take our report from others; if we + make haste, we may dictate ours to them. It is not a race, then, for priority of + information, but for precedence in tattling and dogmatising. The work last out is the + first that people talk and inquire about. It is the subject on the + <i>tapis</i>—the cause that is pending. It is the last candidate for success, + (other claims have been disposed of,) and appeals for this success to us, and us + alone. Our predecessors can have nothing to say to this question, however they may + have anticipated us on others; future ages, in all probability, will not trouble + their heads about it; we are the panel. How hard, then, not to avail ourselves of our + immediate privilege to give sentence of life or death—to seem in ignorance of + what every one else is full of—to be behind-hand with the polite, the knowing, + and fashionable part of mankind—to be at a loss and dumb-founded, when all + around us are in their glory, and figuring away, on no other ground than that of + having read a work that we have not! Books that are to be written hereafter cannot be + criticised by us; those that were written formerly have been criticised long ago; but + a new book is the property, the prey of ephemeral criticism, which it darts + triumphantly upon; there is a raw thin air of ignorance and uncertainty about it, not + filled up by any recorded opinion; and curiosity, impertinence, and vanity rush + eagerly into the vacuum. A new book is the fair field for petulance and coxcombry to + gather laurels in—the butt set up for roving opinion to aim at. Can we wonder, + then, that the circulating libraries are besieged by literary dowagers and their + grand-daughters, when a new novel is announced? That mail-coach copies of the + <i>Edinburgh Review</i> are or were coveted? That the manuscript of the + <i>Waverley</i> romances is sent abroad in time for the French, German, or even + Italian translation to appear on the same day as the original work, so that the + longing continental public may not be kept waiting an instant longer than their + fellow-readers in the English metropolis, which would be as tantalizing and + insupportable as a little girl being kept without her new frock, when her sister's is + just come home, and is the talk and admiration of every one in the house? To be sure, + there is something in the <span class="pagenum"><a id="page92" name="page92"></a>[pg + 92]</span>taste of the times; a modern work is expressly adapted to modern readers. + It appeals to our direct experience, and to well-known subjects; it is part and + parcel of the world around us, and is drawn from the same sources as our daily + thoughts. There is, therefore, so far, a natural or habitual sympathy between us and + the literature of the day, though this is a different consideration from the mere + circumstance of novelty. An author now alive, has a right to calculate upon the + living public; he cannot count upon the dead, nor look forward with much confidence + to those that are unborn. Neither, however, is it true that we are eager to read all + new books alike; we turn from them with a certain feeling of distaste and distrust, + unless they are recommended to us by some peculiar feature or obvious distinction. + Only young ladies from the boarding-school, or milliners' girls, read all the new + novels that come out. It must be spoken of or against; the writer's name must be well + known or a great secret; it must be a topic of discourse and a mark for + criticism—that is, it must be likely to bring us into notice in some + way—or we take no notice of it. There is a mutual and tacit understanding on + this head. We can no more read all the new books that appear, than we can read all + the old ones that have disappeared from time to time.—<i>Monthly + Magazine</i>.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS.</h2> + <hr /> + <h3>THE PALACE OF ALI PASHA.</h3> + <p>The secretary carried us through several chambers, decorated with much cost and + barbarous splendour. The wainscot of one of the principal saloons is inlaid with + mother-of-pearl, ebony, coral, and ivory; but the workmanship seems harsh and + ungraceful. The ceiling is plastered with massive gilding, the effect of which is + rather cumbrous than ornamental; "not graced with elegancy, but daubed with cost." + Pillars, of a composition to resemble the richest marble, support the compartments, + and the cornice is coloured with some imperfect efforts at arabesque painting. There + is, however, one article extremely elegant and well-finished—a low sofa, + carried round three-fourths of the room, covered with dark velvet, tastefully + embroidered, and hung with gold fringe. The general arrangement of the rooms is + certainly, grand and imposing, though occasionally deformed by much bad taste. I + should not omit to mention, that our conductor desired us to notice two very handsome + carpets, which he gave us to understand were of British manufacture. In the apartment + where Ali sleeps, the walls are hung with sabres and fire-arms of different + descriptions; all of which are ornamented with precious stones. One of the scimitars + is profusely adorned with diamonds and rubies, and a particular musket has a + cartouche-box, studded with brilliants of surpassing splendour, the central stone + being nearly the size of a die. A fowling-piece, sent to the pasha by Bonaparte, is + also enriched with gems, though this last article is considered to derive its chief + value from the circumstance of having been once the property of the imperial warrior, + by whom it was presented. The chamber opens into a long and spacious gallery; at one + extremity we observed a singularly awkward piece of furniture, resembling a large + old-fashioned arm-chair. So useless an article in a Turkish palace induced me to + inquire the purpose to which it was applied; and I was informed that, on certain + festivals, the pasha gives an entertainment for the diversion of the children of the + principal families in the capital, who on such occasions assemble in the gallery. Ali + himself always attends, to encourage and assist their gaiety; and, while reclining on + this cumbrous seat, distributes to them, as they are successively presented to him, + baskets of sweetmeats, and such other tokens of regard as are suited to their + respective ages and condition.—<i>Narrative of an Excursion from Corfu to + Smyrna</i>.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>POLICE OFFICES AND POLICE REPORTS.</h3> + <p>The police reports are frequently the most amusing part of the daily press: they + let the reader into many of the secrets of low, and, now and then, of high life; they + are redolent of the phraseology of the vulgar; they often tickle our fancies by their + humour, and sometimes touch our sympathies by their pathos. As anecdotes of real + life; daily catalogues of droll and dismal occurrences among our fellow-citizens; + pictures of what is passing in the streets while we, who are sober sort of folks, are + dreaming in our beds; sketches of manners, and records of the habits, feelings, and + minor as well as major delinquencies of those who breathe the same air with us; they + could not fail to be interesting to us all, were we not aware that, like the novels + which are said to be "founded on fact," their most rich and racy parts are frequently + fiction.</p> + <p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page93" name="page93"></a>[pg 93]</span>Let not the + non-gnostic portion of our readers imagine, that if they haunt the justice-seat of + Birnie and his judicial co-mates, that they will ever witness such pleasant, + sparkling, humorous examinations as those reported in the columns of the papers which + matinally grace their breakfast-tables. The tyro upon town will stare at this. Why, + will he say, cannot I, if I frequent the same place, see and hear what those who are + employed for the press see and hear there? He can; but the fact is, that our police + reporters are by far too clever to set down the words of other people, without + throwing in something of their own. Their plan is to drop the duller parts of a story + or a speech, and to embellish its livelier portion—to select the tit-bits, and + sauce and spice them up sufficiently high to please the palates of the news-reading + public. The offices afford them an excellent variety of characters, which, like + skilful dramatists, they work up until they become really humorous: many of the cases + afford them capital plots, into which they cleverly dovetail pleasant little + episodes, and adhere no closer to the deposed facts than many of our by-gone + playwrights have done to the sacred page of history. We allude only to the cases of + humour which occur at the police-offices: those reports which can be interesting only + in proportion as they are correct, are, in general, accurately given; but the + matrimonial squabbles, the Irish farçettas, and the frays between the + Dogberrys of the night and late walkers—albeit they may, peradventure, contain + the leading facts disclosed—are highly wrought up by the fanciful powers of + those who cause the public and feed themselves at a per-line-age for the daily press. + Many cases which, on hearing, are dull and oftentimes disgusting, under the magic + pens of the police-office scribes become lively and entertaining; they are furnished + with the raw material—the metal in its ore—which they purify and polish, + until it bears little or no resemblance to what it was before it underwent the + process of manufacturing for the paper-market under their skilful hands. There are + many who delight to visit the police-offices for the sake of seeing those beings who + appear there, of whom others only read: some of our readers may, perhaps, be bitten + with a similar fancy; but, we warrant, that they will find the actual doings at + Bow-street very different to what they had imagined; as Charles Mathews' <i>Sir Harry + Skelton</i> says, "There's nothing at all in it; people talk a great deal about + it—but there's nothing in it, after all—nothing."</p> + <p>It is not often that we look in at morning or evening sitting of the magistrates; + we are content to have the police reports served up to us with our potted beef and + buttered toast at breakfast; we enjoy them, although we feel convinced that many of + them bear no more resemblance to the affairs they are founded on, than mock-turtle to + calf's-head; still, like the soup, they are by far the most pleasant and palatable of + the two.—<i>Every Night Book</i>.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>THE CURRAL.</h3> + <p>The view in front was obstructed by a high ridge, of which we had nearly gained + the highest point, when we left our horses, and running up a few yards of steep turf + found ourselves all at once on the brink of the Curral. It is a huge valley, or + rather crater, of immense depth, enclosed on all sides by a range of magnificent + mountain precipices, the sides and summit of which are broken in every variety of + buttress or pinnacle—now black and craggy and beetling—at other times + spread with the richest green turf, and scattered with a profusion of the evergreen + forest-trees, indigenous to the island; while far below, in the midst of all these + horrors, smiles a fairy region of cultivation and fruitfulness, with a church and + village, the white cabins of which seem half smothered in the luxuriance of their own + vines and orchards.</p> + <p>We gazed long and eagerly at the prospect. It is not easy to give an accurate + notion of its peculiar character; and even painting would but ill assist, for one of + the most striking features is the great and sudden <i>depth</i> which you look down, + the effect of which we know the pencil cannot at all convey. The side on which we + stand, however, though steep, is not absolutely precipitous; on the contrary, the + gradation of crag and projection, by which it descends to the bottom, is one of the + finest things in the view. Close on our right a lofty peak presents its rocky face to + the valley, to which it bears down in a magnificent mass, shouldering its way, as it + seemed, half across it. The opposite sides appear more bare, precipitous, and lofty; + and this last character is heightened by some white clouds that rest upon and conceal + their summits.</p> + <p>Rejoining the road, we for awhile lost sight of the valley. When we again came in + view of it, it was rapidly filling with clouds, but at first their interposition was + hardly a disadvantage; they gave a vague indefinite grandeur to the cliffs and + mountains, which seemed to rise one knew not from what depth, and lose their <span + class="pagenum"><a id="page94" name="page94"></a>[pg 94]</span>summits in regions + beyond our ken. The breaks, too, that occurred in this shrouding of the scene, showed + fragments of it with strange effect—till at length the whole hollow filled, and + presented a uniform sea of vapour.</p> + <p><i>Rambles in Madeira</i>.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>A PORTUGUESE BALL.</h3> + <p>The ladies are carried in palanquins, and each received at the street entrance by + the master of the house—or if there be more than one lady, by some gentlemen + deputed for that purpose—who takes her hand, and so ushers her up stairs. There + is much of this elaborate gallantry observable in the manner of the Portuguese + towards the sex. Thus, a man never passes a lady in the street, or in her balcony, + without taking off his hat, and this whether he be acquainted with her or not. We + understand they used to offer a similar mark of respect to the English ladies, but + desisted on finding that our gentlemen did not reciprocate in the same homage towards + the fair <i>Portuguezas</i>. I don't think that this difference in the manners of the + two people does us credit. Not that all that kind of homage means much. In this, as + in a more serious concern, our southern neighbours may seem to have the advantage in + the practices of external devotion; but it would be a mistake to infer from thence, + that there is with us less of that service of the heart, which, after all, is the one + thing needful. The party was large, probably two hundred, including most of the + native rank and fashion of the island. We found the ladies all seated together in one + room, and the effect of this concentration was sufficiently dazzling. Some people + deny that there is any standard of female beauty; and, at any rate, there is no doubt + but that habits and associations, as well as complexional and sentimental + considerations, interfere more with our perceptions in respect to this than any other + object of taste. It is not immediately that we enter into the merits of a style of + beauty very different from that which we have been accustomed to. Perhaps it is owing + to this circumstance that I was not struck by so many instances of individual + attractiveness as might have been expected in so crowded a galaxy. The traits that + first strike a stranger in a Portuguese belle, are the tendency to <i>embonpoint</i> + in the figure, and to darkness—I had almost said swarthiness, in complexion. + This last character, however, is not particularly obvious by candle-light; and it is + always relieved by the most raven hair, and eyes such as one seldom sees elsewhere, + so large and black; if their fire were softened by a longer lash, and their + expression less fixed, there would be no resisting them. I fancy, too, that their + effect would be rather greater in a <i>tête-à-tête</i> than in a + circle like this, where, looking round, one sees on all sides the same eyes—and + which all (it is everywhere the reproach of black eyes) say always the same thing. + Their dress was perfectly in the English fashion; and, in general, there was + something not un-English in their <i>mise</i> and <i>tournure</i>. The superiority of + French women in these matters is incontestable. Perhaps we may account for it + something on the principle by which Dr. Johnson explained the excellence of our + neighbours in cookery, when he suspected that the inferiority of their meats rendered + indispensable some extraordinary skill in dressing it. The general arrangement and + progress of the evening was very English too. They dance remarkably well, the men as + well as the women. Indeed, it is, I believe, the great end and occupation of the + earlier part of their existence. We came away at two o'clock; few of the English + staid later; but among the Portuguese, the more ardent spirits kept up the dance till + long after day-break, when it is customary to serve up <i>caldo</i>, a sort of + chicken-broth, for their refreshment.—<i>Ibid</i>.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>MISCELLANIES.</h2> + <hr /> + <h3>QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.</h3> + <p><i>What is a Lawyer?</i>—A lawyer is a man with a pale face and sunken eyes; + he passes much time in two small rooms in one of the inns of court; he is surrounded + with sheets of foolscap folio paper, tied up with a red string; he has more books + than one could read in a year, or comprehend in seven; he walks slowly, speaks + hesitatingly, and receives fees from those who visit him, for giving "hypothetical + answers" to "specious questions."</p> + <p><i>What is a Doctor?</i>—A doctor, <i>videlicit</i> an M.D., is a + sedate-looking personage; he listens calmly to the story of your ailments; if your + eye and skin be yellow, he shrewdly remarks that you have the jaundice; he feels your + pulse, writes two or three unintelligible lines of Latin, for which you pay him a + guinea; he keeps a chariot, and one man-servant. The standard board behind, + <i>intended</i> for a footman, is fearfully beset with spikes, to prevent little boys + from riding at the doctor's expense. He ingeniously lets himself in and out of his + vehicle, by means of a strap attached to the steps, so contrived, that when in, he + can dexterously <span class="pagenum"><a id="page95" name="page95"></a>[pg + 95]</span>cause the steps to follow. His servant is a coachman abroad, and a footman, + valet, and butler at home.</p> + <p><i>What is an Author?</i>—He is a man who weaves words into sentences; he + dissects the works of his predecessors and contemporaries, and ingeniously dovetails + the pieces together again, so that their real owners can scarcely recognise them. He + is furnished with a pair of scissors and a pot of paste. He frequents the Chapter + Coffee-house by day, and the Cider-Cellar by night. He ruralises at Hampstead or + Holloway, and perhaps once a year steams it to Margate. He talks largely, and forms + the nucleus of a knot of acquaintances, who look up to him as an oracle. He is always + <i>going</i> to set about some work of great importance; he writes a page, becomes + out of humour with the subject, and begins another, which shares the same fate. His + coat is something the worse for wear; his wife is the only person in the world who is + blind to his transcendant abilities; and he has too much to do in cultivating his own + genius, to descend to the minutias of his children's education.</p> + <h3>SUPERSTITION.</h3> + <p>In a little manual of piety, composed, in 1712, for the young ladies who were then + pensioners at the monastery of St. Augustin, at Bruges, we have been surprised into + frequent smiles by the scrupulous watchfulness with which the ghostly writer followed + the lady-pensioners (though with pious fancy only) to the very sacred of sacreds! He + was not contented with directing them concerning the prayers which he believed proper + to be used when they assumed, or laid aside, their respective garments, but even + directed them what to do before they attempted to close an eye on the softness of + their pillows! Prayers are specified by this zealous pastor for the following curious + occasions:—</p> + <ul> + <li>In putting on your petticoat.</li> + <li>In putting on your night-gown.</li> + <li>In dressing your head.</li> + <li>In putting on your manteau.</li> + </ul> + <p>In regard to the ceremony of laying aside these memorials of the weakness of Eve, + our general mother, there is a prayer to be offered "whilst you undress yourself;" + and the ladies are strictly enjoined, before they "get into bed, to take holy water." + The writer concludes this part of his instructions by saying, "when you are in bed, + write the name of Jesus on your forehead with your thumb!"</p> + <h3>CROMWELL.</h3> + <p>After the battle of Marston, Cromwell, returning from the pursuit of a party of + the royalists, purposed to stop at Ripley; and, having an officer in his troop, a + relation of Sir William Ingilby's, that gentleman was sent to announce his arrival. + The officer was informed, by the porter at the gate, that Sir William was absent, but + that he might send any message he pleased to his lady. Having sent in his name, and + obtained an audience, he was answered by the lady, that no such person should be + admitted there; adding, she had force sufficient to defend herself and that house + against all rebels. The officer, on his part, represented the extreme folly of making + any resistance, and that the safest way would be to admit the general peaceably. + After much persuasion, the lady took the advice of her kinsman, and received Cromwell + at the gate of the lodge, with a pair of pistols stuck in her apron-strings, and + having told him she expected that neither he nor his soldiers would behave + improperly, led the way to the hall, where, sitting each on a sofa, these two + extraordinary personages, equally jealous of each other's intentions, passed the + whole night. At his departure in the morning the lady observed, "It was well he had + behaved in so peaceable a manner; for that, had it been otherwise, he would not have + left that house with his life."</p> + <h3>HOWARD.</h3> + <p>Of this celebrated man no portrait was ever painted, for he would never sit to any + artist. After his return from one of his journies to the continent, he was showing to + a friend the various things he had brought with him, and among others a new dress + made in Saxony: "it was a sort of great coat, yet graceful in its appearance, and + ornamented with sober magnificence. His visiter exclaimed, 'This is the robe in which + you should be painted by Romney; I will implore the favour on my knees if you will + let me array you in this very picturesque habiliment, and convey you instantly in a + coach to Cavendish-square.'—'O fie!' replied Howard, in the mildest tone of his + gentle voice, 'O fie! I did not kneel to the emperor.'—'And I assure you,' said + the petitioner in answer to the tender reproof, 'I would never kneel to you, if you + were not above an emperor in my estimation!' The philanthropist was touched by the + cordial eulogy, but continued firm in his resolution of not granting his portrait to + all the repeated requests of important affections."—<i>Hayley's Life of + Romney</i>.</p> + <h3>EDWARD DRINKER.</h3> + <p>Edward Drinker was born in a cottage in 1689, on the spot where the city <span + class="pagenum"><a id="page96" name="page96"></a>[pg 96]</span>of Philadelphia now + stands, which was inhabited at the time of his birth, by Indians, a few Swedes, and + Hollanders. He often talked of picking blackberries, and catching wild rabbits, where + this populous city is now seated. He remembered William Penn arriving there the + second time, and used to point out the spot where the cabin stood in which Mr. Penn + and his friends were accommodated on their arrival.</p> + <p>The life of this aged citizen is marked with circumstances which never befel any + other man; for he saw greater events than any man, at least, since the Patriarchs. He + saw the same spot of earth, in the course of his own life, covered with woods and + bushes, the receptacles of wild beasts and birds of prey, afterwards become the seat + of a great city, not only the first in wealth and arts in America, but equalled by + few in Europe; he saw great and regular streets, where he had often pursued hares and + wild rabbits; he saw fine churches rise upon morasses, where he used to hear nothing + but the croaking of frogs; great wharfs and warehouses, where he had so often seen + the Indian savages draw their fish from the river; and that river afterwards full of + great ships from all the world, which in his youth had nothing bigger than a canoe; + and on the same spot, where he had so often gathered huckleberries, he saw their + magnificent city hall erected, and that hall filled with legislators, astonishing the + world with their wisdom and virtue. He also saw the first treaty ratified between the + united powers of America, and the most powerful prince in Europe, with all the + formality of parchment and seal; and on the same spot where he once saw William Penn + ratify his first and last treaty with the Indians; and to conclude, he saw the + beginning and end of the British empire in Pensylvania. He had been the subject of + many crowned heads; but when he heard of the many oppressive and unconstitutional + acts passed in Britain, he bought them all, and gave them to his great grandson to + make kites of; and embracing the liberty and independence of his country in his + withered arms, and triumphing in the last year of his life, in the salvation of his + country. He died on the 17th of November, 1782, aged 103 years.</p> + <h3>A SURE SIGN.</h3> + <p>When the wind follows the sun and settles about north-west, north, or east, we + have fine weather; when, on the contrary, the wind opposes the sun's course, and + returns by west, south-west, south, and south-east, and settles in the east, foul + weather prevails.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>THE GATHERER</h2> + <blockquote> + "I am but a <i>Gatherer</i> and disposer of other men's + stuff."—<i>Wotton</i><br /> + </blockquote> + <hr /> + <p>A man of learning was complaining to Voltaire, that few foreigners relished the + beauties of Shakspeare. "Sir," replied the wit, "bad translations torment and vex + them, and prevent them understanding your great dramatist. A blind man, sir, cannot + perceive the beauty of a rose, who only pricks his fingers with the thorns."</p> + <hr /> + <p>The reign of Edward I. was marked with a singular occurrence, which serves to + Illustrate the general character of this monarch. In the year 1285, Edward took away + the charter of London, and turned out the mayor, in consequence of his suffering + himself to be bribed by the bakers, and invested one of his own appointing with the + civic authority. The city, however, by making various presents to the king, and + rendering him other signal services, found means to have their charter restored.</p> + <hr /> + <p><i>Dr. E. D. Clarke's Rules far Travellers</i>.—"Remember that you are never + to conceive that you have added enough to your journal; never at liberty to go to + sleep, because you are fatigued, until you have filled up all the blanks in it; never + to go to the bottom of a mountain without also visiting its top; never to omit + visiting mines, where there are any; never to listen to stories of banditti; nor in + any instance to be frightened by bugbears."</p> + <hr /> + <p>A traveller lately returned from Florida says, it is the most fertile country he + ever found, the lands producing forty bushels of frogs to the acre, and alligators + enough to fence them—<i>American paper</i>.</p> + <hr /> + <p>A rich banker of Paris happened to be present some time ago at the representation + of <i>Hamlet</i> in which Talma, as usual, by the fidelity and force of his + delineation, drew tears from the whole of his numerous audience. Being questioned by + a person sitting near him, who was astonished to perceive that he alone remained + unaffected during, the most pathetic scene, the banker coolly replied, "I do not cry, + because, in the first place, none of thus is true; and secondly, supposing it to be + true; what business is it of mine?"—<i>La Furet</i>.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" name="footnote1"></a> <b>Footnote 1</b>: <a + href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + <p><i>The Months</i>.</p> + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote2" name="footnote2"></a> <b>Footnote 2</b>: <a + href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + <p>"Laws are not like women, the worse for being old."—<i>The Duke of + Buckingham's Speech in the House of Lords, in Charles the Second's time</i>.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + <p><i>Printed and Published by J. 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