The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-26

is moral and religious, though il does not hesitate
10 convey lis morality in the guise Of ste
ries. Its circulation is about 600 and rapidly IN
creasing. Its moderate price and pure morality rem
ders it welcome vsiter into those families WHERE IN
the education of children the heart is cultivated
well the head. There other magazines which
will defer a notice of for another occasion.
The writers for these various magazines very
numerous and comprise the best talent in the country
and comprising all the novelists except ] Fennimore
Cooper ESQ., who has never written tales for them
Dr. Bird has formerly contributed to Cooley but Of
late he has let his able pen lie idle, and virtually re-
nounced the ranks Of literature, in which he once
promised TO take the lead a novelist. Kennedy war
once contributor to some or more OF them IN The
heyday of his popularity novel writer but politics
has got him. and the muses. have fled Thus two
gentlemen who five years since promised to become
the very first novelss Of the language, have forsakn
their calling and left the field TO others. Slmns also
seems To have followed their example, and given up
the PEN in degree Six years since he stood next Ia
Cooper in the public view but of late he has suffered
himself 10 be almost forgotten. Thus three OF our
most prominent novelsts have virtually quit the field
perhaps the difficulty in these straitened tines of find
ing publishers bias something TO do with III for certainly
the great popularity Of their works bear testimony to the
up writing, in great measure, and if are asked
to point TO chief novelist the is, swe have
none" F. w. Thomas, Esq, author of Clinton
Bradshaw " East and West, &c., is almost the only
one that continues through the pages Of magazines,
to keep his name before the public Mr. Thomas,
besides the novels he has written, has contributed to
the periodicals vast number of stories, legends, Sc
as well as poetical pieces. He is gentleman of a
high order of genius, and were it not for literary in
doence and Indifference to fame, he would hold far
higher rank in the literary world than he does.
Besides, his distinguished abilities novelist he is
a true poet His lyrics gems and remarkable for
their beauty of thought and felicity of expression
He is the author of that exquisite and popular song
found every piano, entitled ''Tis said that alb
sence conquers love- sc. Perhaps possesses
a greater talent for observation and close scrutiny
and accurate Judgment of character than this gentle
man. He is probably of the shrewdest OBJ
servers of human nature and individual character
This talent makes the biographer; and the bograph
cal sketch Of VIM. Writ, written by him, proves hi:
ability in this peculiar department of literature lie
has now in progress a series of biographical portraits
of many of our distinguished living politicians. The
truth and faithiulness of his observations will be
tain to make these productions, intellectual daguero
tyes of the mind he portrays. But will finish thu
subject of authors and contributions to magazine
in subsequent letter Yours HUpsoN.
~, IL.