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LITBRATURE.

The Wanderer. By Owing Menenrrw, Author of
" Clytemnestra, the Barra Return, the Artist, and
other Poems." Chapman and Hall.
/mica. Smith, Elder, and 00.
There is no sorer mark of a genuine poet than
originality. A true poet is always • new poet. If
he has not to combat and revolutronies the preeatl-
ing poetical taste, as Wordsworth did bdon he•
achieved his fame, he has slowly and granary to
win the favour of a public preaseopood with the
'merits and the style of its entabilaked favomss, as
Tennyson has dome, and Robert Browning is doing.
He belongs to none of the popular *check of= i
he may found one of his own, bat he most y
will not be t disciple of any.
Itis not difficult to see the moons if this deep
and aseetwary eonnexion betwood=tiald Sl'
°silence in poetry. Poetry is awn than
tie " aceemplielutient of vine." It is not • a men
intellectual art. It is to • great extent the .espres-
elm of the whole nature of a man, of his life-long
turn of mind and constitntlonal habits of Weight
and feeling, the utterance, intentional or not, of the
sum of his individual 'aperient*. The souses of
=lie for bank in the pest's history, in the
1 Minn el a life," la the " eaufences of a
wasted peak* perhaps in emehiestions of .
va
meet ant eiroumatance in whisk we.
event te bid filler ; and the pelby • *
with these elements will necessarily he .
It will offend you perhaps at first by its strange-
nee', but it assuredly will not remind yea of any
other poet, least of all will it bear troom
of having been produced ander the superficial
stimulus of contemporary literature. If this view of
a post's qualifications appears far-fetched and tran-
scendental, if a poet's fame is to be obtained on easier
teems than these, how is it that we can count oar
Being English poets on the fingers el one head I'
Hew hit that all the volume of detightfel nem,
" favwerahly noticed" fir being very like one or
other d the admired poets of the day, after a short
the maple copies el Mr. ?duals's
ri7rasir yst°,7arellaroMmued everlastingly to the think-
s:4km ? There are thousands of appreekttre readers
of Tennyson and Browning ; them see imedrede
who have a critical knowledge of their Aerie.
bristle qualities of thought and style; there are
dozens of men of susceptible poetical temperament
who can go a step further still. They have reed
these poets till their minds are, so to speak, saturated
with them, and readily and useeneeionely reprodeee
the Mena sod aims on whisk they have delightedly
fed. In so doing they are not piegieriets i they an
not IMO esepty-seeded imitators; they have
achieved a high literary accomtgleia ment, but they
me not original poets, and if are sensible they
will know it, and will know also all true poetry
is original, and that second-hand and reflected
poetry, however brilliant, is moribund at its birth.
Having premised thou much it will be evident
that in denying to Own Meredith the title of an
original poet, we de not in the least dispute his
claims to having written y. meals above the
&Mir even Of that whit& Is ttft 17 thoughtful
andcultivated nee. At the sew tires we makes
that the most vigorous and striking pelisse of his
veep, an the.. ',Ma meet kreibly maid us ef two
peep' wheat iIdiSIIIIIII IS pedant end asenhieberble
theiugheat his writing.—via,, Tennen and Robert
Browning. The one mdoer f mitatisn @ethos* posts
Ityllirhaps, lass obvious in this volume than in the
it totytemnestre and ether Poems," published by the
1 author two or three years ago, in which the styles o f
both his great exmaphre were caught with mos-
&Wel cleverness and effect. There is, perhaps, no
whole that resembles either of them oo
se "The parting of Lana:slot and
Onmevere " resembles "The Marts d'Arther," or
a The Lois Mara" resemblee " The 'Fftlit of the
Dude= i" still, " The Wonderer" is fall et reed-
MINIMS of both these poets; which the reader who
M iselliar with their weeks is at so Ices to trace
to their origin. The best pieces ere like a certain
alms of Browning's—abrupt and colloquial in struc-
ture, with a concrete style of deseriptioo, and vivid
touch= of pare colour. As a remarkable example,
ire may crate the first and last mem el " Madams
la Marquis."
MD hide sae wine-drat yield Imes

1)17r .r7r i itTu•i-A-17
M oft is she sit dint
. •

WM mile is owe eel tw
111;V:fabler owtslato hes la es dab
brupsar
ear It the KIM iS it asIR IMO SIM
I:brqf the glom b bar Ibilibisbe
lb lbw UMW age synklms brawl%
Aa lwase.tbs was WIEN* la bor fps
Beam ito awtt, logoMmoli WWI
Tbre bar Mows lips, aired by bat Idelbogii%
Btedwas Om di.r peselidilbo Ist&

As abe Wise iptheveatight I ..Teed as IMO Erb
Ta 101 l book in • arrniga. an day, eft • Nib
And et dual, oa a lo ken In As abide
Moat tamp, and bowed fora what,.
Could us dud out bar kart Ike *A "Inn spa lap

sh..wthow amain, ler Irma, Ur Ike ;

Bet what the hewn Ike, en and goy.
With live waren ami ma to be found in the world—.

(—Live ouch meow sod sia,—live with phi sad with
Panskds—
Who could nee) with a doll, the' its looks should be cued,
AM its petticoats framed Is the fashion?
MB ie fa;r :.,would my bife, Itl bit it, draw blcod ?
Will it cry if l hart it? or scold if l burs P
Is flood., with its hooey, of wax or of wood ?
..ls it wocih while to sums at all this?
There is surely great power of word painting
bem, and many other poems In the whams exhibit it
in an equal degree; bat, to borrow an illustration,
we know so well who fished up the murex, and pre-
pared the dye, that we cannot feet any great
admi-
ration at seeing it thus lavishly laid on. At the
same time no one can read " The Wanderer" and
" Clytemnestra and other Poems" without finding
in them abundant evidence that their author is •
man of fertile and highly cultivated mind.
la " lonica " there is a purer and more indepen-
dent vein of poetry than in the work we have
lost noticed, though here also there ere echoes
of Tennyson, especially of "In Memoriam."
On the whole, however, we heartily
wel-
come this little volume as • real amnion to oar

scanty stock of recent poetry. It deserves high
praise both for what it does and what it does not
contain. It is quiet and unambitious in tone, but per-
vaded by a certain dignity, strength, and consistent
good taste. The selection of subjects, the scholarly
parity of the style, end one or two allusions in the
themselves, give one the impression that they
poems
from some studious academie retreat.
The following verses would doubtless express the
sentiments of many an affectionate college-tutor:
The world will rob me of my friends,
For time with her conspire.;
BO they gall both to make smalls
/Whilst my slumbering Om.
IP* while my comrades pees away
To bow and smirk and Fiore,
Cones ashen, for as short a st.y ;
had deer are them as these.
had who wee His P they esk ; and then
The loud wad lest I praise :
" Like you they frolicked; they are sea; ,
" Mee ye ay later days."
Wlw fugf the hawks 1 tubed ere down:
'Twu untie bade them num;
I could sot imp their wimp half-grown,
I amid net bar the clump.
With lattice spewed wide I eland
To watch their agar fli ;
Whh Isokaajeases In my hand
I mum cm draft &Ugh*.

And, ottl If ems with -sullied plums
Mould droop In said ewer.
My loss Disks. pleads :—" thin is rem,
°Abhor/Inn wanderer, base

Two Comminnena or Losoox.—TM bill to
setsblist an aloe for the beeedt of the oaelwhippos of L ni-
de& has been mired to Loed Bosse, aad ft ie sow work
its trey *tomb tbe Moore of Lords. The propesd ar-
rangements he Ile buret of the cosleshipiere hare he-
woad; beta doodled on forma caculoas.

musta

313. MULLAH'S OONCIRTS.

The concert at 13t. Martin's Hall last night con-
steed of the May-Quern, and Beethoven's Ninth, or Choral
Symphony. 'I he performance of limmett's charming
Pastoed was a great improvement upon Its parlous perfoem-
aaoe ha the lame piece. The s 110-shrgers ware now at home
to their parts, espe.ially Mr. Wilbys Cooper, who sings tEs
teem mods batter and better with every repetition. His
priacipal dr, " 0 meadow, alai Is arty green," was given
act only with red beauty of vacs and execution,
bat that pardon's aceendon is wh'ch be was formerly
dellaient. Kiss Haab., too, sustained the part of the rustle
herehre szondlagly well, though she Introduced saw so-
card aostielliabinents (pertimberly • hionred cadmium)

width were serest gracaol as is leers with the there;
ter el the rusts. She win esey seesesdel ia the joyous air,
" With the mai la the ins," whisk together with the
thorn mowed with It, was loudly eneored. Mr. Snaky
TOW threw the requisite dress of spirit tato Robin Hood"
rag, "'Tie jelly to hunt," sad his perfcessases three/hod
the pine wes admirable. The char, sorsover, stag with
mach greeter softness sad illootbasto Ira Wise, but is
sere press • still more sobered tae would bar hoes et '
advantage. Taken altogether, the nelberease wee re
ea-
oellrg use, and will heighten the popelarity of this leseutl-
' fat mad already frossite wee*.
The perbrinabas of leethaveire corral Symphony—
✓ind set rely la tee reporiters,lied thi fi rsigialethier,
greadeii ell power—wes ma whose task ; but ft less
cospliehed la • manse which did past homage Mr.
Hall& sad his noel sad instnuestsl bast. He handl
apposes to have studied it deeply;. for sothiag csold
be more judicious thee the "times" to width le
took the Mann roverents, sad fr wielded
the baton with that anthem sad Snares whisk
✓imed self-pommel= made in linadf,vtroutwbfee
It is beporible to eandest, r rosy purrs% the pellinessee
of ouch • week. flared rimer ens roses by Mies Martha,
Men Palmer, lir. Cooper, sad Pim Batley. The parts are
exerrinly nod Apr the Toler severely; and this
is the ors not ray is the salon bet in the charmer. The
both, Irene; wen heavily red soserfelly
encoustred. In the Isetraresial portion of the writ, Mr:
Haider lad, which ft camper& without a ibis reap.
tios, of excellent psellarrers, seemed galls at here, parrs
throughout with remember grassee, "Ids, sad elhat. the
rafound enemies with whisk this isesense west Welk
oceopied nearly au her sad a half laths performers) was
linseed to spoke valuer tie the progniVol initial taste is
England.

DAAJEst.

LYCZIAL

Last night Madame Olken signalised hie beset
by the prodoetin of a new Uwe as drama, end& The.
Log Eon, ea adaptation by lb. John Danford of • Trod
piece etOd lie Amur. Ysrdrh, gratend at the Ont 4
shoat three or bet gene Knee We lan wawa ann •
lbws which se aninely DANA to base les pore aid
the Sint goodie mond, aeil so delorethothy bald
dint, se to be object and laindos The Int two eole
von Petty, thin% rather thine, and, tbeigh iodising so
*dont Odes, to disbar, ill sat at dpegan ne air
the sicreidon of fosnidoes All& doh, Mew* middy
ligoe nth otbW• had, help to Wag the thief sat to a
trizioplud ondoolos Wham %held de de Soden
exelbeeley ceenivard, the plea, with. Maine
CASs for Ps haisi ipttt, will Tart Ye a vow
fir nholadronsond will -bdtheg poop attnotivit Tb.
pigt Is atanwhat Soy, ad roping class enoths 19 fellow,
bet it inn be diddled as follows :Aldan 4111101ile (Ks
Wad) ad her begird Male Made Odds) an
adios d Mardin het midi tannewity at 111 k.
whore anhe pen annion ai the Ida oda seine
Dr. Mend (Kr. Baal). It Y si lOUs sed benethit
day anon* K. Knoll (Its. Pliopone), ea minenerr,
who has than anima to iho had of MRS ant bag.
*Nod, and who is Soo id gamma: of • asset, that Piste,
Marys brother, hog bra moaning! to the gang • kr thr.
pry. Kidd again ergo hie nit de MadV. had, Ml ea
beim ages nitang, WON prole*, espies the Maly Nid
the Wenn M a el Wind Westford (Y. G. Yar-
d), a pow thoglialonot who is dolma* to hie with
lido de doling es Kkbd and is wounded.
A Sped as yaws oaten, sal in the mood and gad
lint Mid ad Nod we serried. ad red rag tea Kw-
id that the niairloge hats caged peas depot to Sir
WU Welded, Alfred's Mier, who has esoployed
ie .111 voillioly laths highest doggie—to pa
an the Modes et Athol, with • Ad its ewe his of hY
foe lb wife lb. bona intrend kr this
deed is Pierre (Kr. Emery), Knish maid
•Iwho Se mopped be. the plite• br UMW' aid,
dl is saw din lie shod Well b. iloshaliK els
shadion is amosegbakid, wad dad is kibagna sad kw-
did of, an for a low innithe detoolin, se his haw ler
Medd bud with • view to his Oldie tiegienatige, for he
s'anda is likeelia way.
Act the third stew ea Mold ie hie bow of tglengh; he
las rid himself of Mid, ad *ow be is don Newry
Korth sway with his. The ady Add I. this gland
stridwassi iebarthild.fer whom she has • ridkelowattsch-
.

seas, sol lobo ssasl Is alma is bor. This Wag ea
apsoolds dally bib late Pine's aampory, sad le osta oboe
I with his sowiskosol bsnithood; Itsa Michell has soots
fullefka ol blot, sad fatrodnoto into • Ignitible, whiel sands
otaludewly el Phases &bow, • soporille, by the aid of
odd& he hopes Iro gal quit of hie hived, whoa his gambol
as as Lew assist!. Pierre does set drlak, bat sells about
his basters; bat lillshalis ettoploloasais ask sokaeolod, is.
the oullm's hams ars so soled spa by the appal@ safe
to his. by his s's• or, sad spookily by the little fee,
that he sot oaf, wale her wie.pe bat quarrels with
Mkhsli oa his :atom end kills lila fa • very now
terly manner. He that passim Elmeelf of w-
ain papers which us .boat the body, sad white duly
delivered will effect Alfred's mops ; bat thin Is so lama
to o:avey three more to the proper quest but Mark, sad
she bet &oak the druggad potion Woods* for Piave, sad
I. In a seas of seml-anoonadomrs. ea drank.

sodut the Ants of last thsvailat, In wins In time to
secure his husband's Mom sad to afoot • univarsal roma-

wOl be emu, then, that the piece isisartisticallyomatracted,
fix It Is not until the third sot that way interest fe eeeiyy
awakened, and than, though the " piling up of agony" id-
malaise applause for the time, it does not crate the debate
of camitruotion when the drama is calmly ocwiderad is its
county. Madams Ghetto played with Intesieurnettara—
bar drag& against the Whets of the sopoeific wee specially
admkablo; aatlehessetirelydeserved theapplausewhich greeted
her efforts, and the recall at the fall of the cuttaln. Me.
Emery, excellently doomed, actt d Plats with moth ragged
pathos, and with a good devil-rosy-oars abeam In the
earlier earn which was worthy of a conseimious artht of
the Preach stage, and Mr. Rogers made the most of a vary
smell comic part.
The Chihf of um Wroth was the second piece, in which
Malaria, Gelato played her original character of Maurice, ;
and Mrs. Keeley, who received a hearty greeting, played

CHRISTIAN SOCIETY OF OPESAT IV E SILK
irnavaaa.--On Wonky evening, the 7th instant, a tee
meeting et the Mesas end peirone of the shove society wee
held, el* • view to the moral ated model lapreveramat el the
Spit•ldelds Imam*, the desemodeate of the old Prue* re-
fugees. It leek plane et the chapel, Churok-etrisk Brien-
bum, built by the r is V 43, save he:aired bedlam
of those devardents bees invited by the Rey.
Theophilee Xterafels, Weber of the FM& Mttitaat
church et Ilt. Martin s le-Chsed. The mean co meted of
men, WOWS. lad &Men of all spe. Is 3e absence of
Mr. Du Rodney, M.P., the chair tree taken by Mr.
JeltPh Porn Among the rather' t were the
Swat de sin Patten" radar at 8; 0. P. Din-
een, A. Mochas. J. lieu (See D ); W. Owen, Y.A. ;
Bpi . Seat, Dee., Eaq., Iss. Townley, In.,
Mama gfriteme, Whineereh, iletek, Ned et •
le se pee et the preeleftge. Mr. Nonheii, 11.7., who
delivered • pe•Megaddesen,le id deo Me. 'no
whole proommilego at tbe meta/ peeled off most selleine-
me=the swam Inehe .boat 10 o'eleek.
CDS AGAINST PHI F•GTOST Acrd.—lt
=6 6011 a ?Mum beet peldfaleed, that he the sin meths
the Mee Odeine dew mos 111111 famsistiogi fie
abeam spinet the teem ae.et whisk did ennaltel le
conviction. The tetel meant of hee• tellebed wee 4716.6.,
and the total omelet of meta la. 6d. One aliarlar
ben% enable to pay the Is., waa mat to pole for two
MOM.,