The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-05-29
From The EdinJHrg Magazine.
HINTS TO AUTHORS.

From The EdinJHrg Magazine.
HINTS TO AUTHORS.
TarGHrER-whether long and lovd,
n as we see CONFUSING the ribs of a
m.ry squire when relating one ofthe
mic achievements Of his youth, or short
low like the giggle Of a young mai
who does not know. what else to do
uabter Of all sorts and kinds, except
iaps the hysterical, "botrays the va
rt mind But we 90 even farther
bu he poet, and boldly advance our be-
sft that laughter is not only proof Of
BIS intellectual emptiness, but Of his
SmVity. People ola serious turn rare
proceed beyond a smile, and that more
rDrow than in gladness. Howabsurd
bear a bishop in the ecstasies Of a guf
ksi With what just estimate Of the
nquty Of laughter has the seriousness
tapdge past into proverb! The hy-
naIso is said to laugh, and the hyena
an animal Of the most unchristian dis
Bsition. We might fairly enough ar
ne from this that ne who resembles the
yena in the attribute Of laughter, would
50 bite like hyena, like hyena would
sspise the commandments, and like a
yena would seldom GO to church. But
svaye the inference, though justified
many similar arguments we have late
@sn.
.hisour object on the present occasion
cShow the Infamous and contemplate
azure ofliveliness in all its branches. Ia
onVsrsation we can pass over without
tuch reprobation the attempts We see so
erinaciously made to set the table in a
bar, for we uniformly perceive that a
a1guid melancholy succeeds all their eff
Oris, and that yiyacity long continued
Odaces a deliciously sombre feeling
Fhch is nearly akin to despair. In
aghtor such as this the heart is sorrow
ius and the soul is Justly punished for the
hypocrltical hilarIousness Of the counte-
iance. lfthese. then, arc our sentiments
soout persons who assume to themselves
ne reputation Of lively takers, with
shat unmitgabIe contempt and hatred
must we view the conduct osany human
eln5s-lF indeed the creatures are real
nlman-who seriously mediate jocu-
afty IN print, who set forth their face
"usness in types, and affect to be witty,
Pa,nI, humorous, or jocose, with pen aud
aR. The thing is almost too horrible
W belief; and yet we are forced to con-
@ hat the state Of affairs is such as we
ls ave described it-that many Numbers
y !nlS very Magazine contain stories
'lIch almost force one to laugh wheth-
u ne Will or no-and that there seems a
ssO"lng dIsrehsh for those delicious tales
!. :. sentiment and sorrow which were the
sweetest ~ and purest delights of our youn-
81 Jays. But perhaps we blame the au-
Gus ISss VI our own time unjustly. It's not
49,. H.. one who can weep over dead ass,
: J Jut Nseems easy enough for any one
or% 'augn oVeraliving one. The science
gr ,EO a'netc has never hitherto been
ba aliIu as 1t ought Its rules have never
S sGn u7iIned. Aristotle, a person who lived
+, 49,, =. periodical literature had reached
b.J P.eSeht paImy state, and, therefore,
49,. '0Fy lew advantages Cor forming his
t s' Or Judgment, laid down certain rules
vsa1 the poetic-so also did Roman
Se nofthe name Of Horace; but the
Gs ,','t y OF their Iabors is proved from
fHo1 slectlnto which their canons have
H. ko5cOrnon devoted his atten-
Pam the slSiect Of Translation, and
s,rs gave directions on the art of crit
h. O0' we arc unacquainted with any
t,t. On the art and mystery Of the Pa
s,,.i For many hundred years our au
\ MI laye gone on ignorant of the means
b,o;" The greatest trlumphs of the
o~ arts have been achieved, trusting
e,as o'ueht for he calling forth Of invol
sc,al signs, and uaconscios ola power
aIoo sadness, which, we aatter our
ars Z, viii no longer &c denied to wri
ter II ~ me very humblest capacity. AZ
win perusal Of this disqusition we
Aaias,.n,, to say, that any one Of his
sbsnoy 5 faithful subjects may cope
yer he pleases 1.-THE sacred source
vii pathetic tears" No one after this
gand ase 70 accuse the literature Of En-
Eqbs - oeihg frivolous or amusing
m oe ana groans will resound from one
d thu we island to sc other; and novels
sad evoa Fo'umes, az ~omarces in five
Is MOS .ao'ooiograpl S in one, will be
ar'moylng "a gedies imegina,