Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-10-26
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The my s,ic wooders of cur silent state -

But as have before stated that am Of the
McGrawler school-those whose pleasure 1t has
been to read that admirable novel Paul Clifford,
are conversant with the different species OF crii-
cism peculiar to that venerable sase-tor the IN
formation of those who have not, will enumerate
and briefly exemplify them: they are three--the
p!astering, the tickling, ami the sIashius. We
will suppose the Hotchpot the subject PrImnS tbs
narts are so equally divided and thoroughly blend
ell. that the most fastid,ons palate cannot fail
from b.,,.s suited. Secundus the Tickle. The
nlumbs in this are not sufficiently abundant and
there is rather scarcity of sauce, because OF
which there is a dryness BY no means pleasant,
but upon the whole it is better than the last: and
we have no doubt that little more time and ex-
psrience will remedy all defects. Tertius the
S,asb-f,yhich, m Mr. McGrawlcr's language, is
TO cut up right and left, top and bottom, root and
branch The Hatchpot, this week, IS wanting
OF every thing calculated 70 make It pa'ataoie;
il is moreover spoi|t in the making, some parts
nor having been prepared with sufficient care. and
others entirely ovcrdone; all we c9ileay for 1T Is
that it IS az heavy as lead, and tcdily unit lar
digestion. The reader must excuse The homeh-
ness of my SMILES: for they are such as the sub
;cctitself would naturally suggest Having thus
promised, it is not my intention, in this my first
number, to enter much into miniature. l will
merely nutice certain assimilation which, to US
Argus ed critics, the iIotchpot appears to bear
10 acertain series of papers, yciept The Club,
which. If they do not exist in the recollection OF
,hs;r readers. can at any time be found among the
mnstv cobwebs attached TO the wall back Of our
book -case.
Now. being extremely charitable in our disPo-
si,ion-.. TO writer's faults little blind, and to
their virtues very kind"--we could not for mo-
ment supnose that the Public's servants, Nevlus
Neqation and Vincent Yeneu, would be guilty
of that damnins sin, (which we ourselves entirely
e,ehewl a literary theft, md are forced to take
the other :. horn of the Dilemma" and identi-
~ them with the gentlemen who at the same
time presented their bow and their biography to
the public during the past winter 10 prove
their identity,-passing over what to us Is very
striking, the similarity OF style,-i would call the
attention of the reader 10 the following from The
Club: :. As soon as our biographies are ended,
our legitimate iabors shall commence" Remark,
that thew did. nv vision was always too obtuse
70 n-rceiye) :. ana our efforts shall tend 8 to
raise the genius and 10 mend the heart" Mark
the similarity between the foregoing. and that
which follows from the first number OF the Hotch-
not: /" shall get deeper II the VEIN as soon as
have crayed tax on your memory, to the effect
that YOU will consider what have said as legi-
timate annunciaton from each of my collabora-
tors;'-and Vincent Veneu's structures upon
fashion are not unlike those which were given
birth to by certain Theophilus Virgins. Al
though il Is true that in The Club much mention
"a made Of the different vocatons of its members.
the length of their ques. and many minutie con
nected with their persons and their lives, and in
The last ESSAYS which have intruded themselves
mon our notice, the righeo the public to be ac-
o',anted with these matters is questioned, they
be;ng told that it is of no Importance to know
whether the writer's are retired councilmen or
broken. winded attorneys. yet their disincli-
marion to enter into these particulars may grow
ont Of the circumstance Of their talent for auto
biography not having recovered from the exorbl-
Sat draft, made upon it during the time OF their