New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-07-11

HOOKS CONVERSATIONS we nav diiei'y
EXPRESSED our opinion, however that 1hcodofe
Hooks ability in conversation was ABOVE what
I ll' a,,er crcnplifed in his writings. We have
coon him in company with very many of the
most eminent men Of his time; and we never,
mt, he was near his end, carried home with
ms the impression that he had been surpassed.
He was as entirely, as any parent of bon motS
that we have known. above the suspicion Of
having prc1ncditated his point; and he ex-
celled in greater variety OF ways than any OF
them No definition, either of wit or humor,
could have been framed that must not have IN
Guided him: and he often conveyed what was at
once felt TO be the trucst wit IN forms, IS we be-
lcvc. entirely new He could run riot in conun-
druG.s-but what seemed at first mere Jingle, was
often perceived, a moment after, to contain some
ausion or insnlatlon that elevated the vehicle
Memory and knack may suffice to furnish out
an amusing narrator; but the teller oil good sto-
ries seldom amuses long if he cannot also say
things. Hook shone equally in both. In fact
he could not tell any story without making II nus
own by the ever-varymg, nexhaushbc lnVcntloh
of the details and the aspects, and above all, by
! the tact that never failed TO connect 1t with the
persons, the incidents, the topics of the evening"
Nothing was with him patcf-al was made to
assert somehow its Conference with what had gone
e.
compass and music of his voice, his large and
brilliant eve, capable of every expression from the
oravcst to the most grotesqucly comlcal the quiet
aptness of every attitude and gesture, his power
of mmcry unrivalcd but by Mathcws-when to
all this we add the constant effect of his innate,
Iimpcrturbablc good humor-thc utter absence OF
spccn-and ever and anon some flash OF strong
sterling sense, bursting through such an atmos
pherc of fun and drollcry-we still feel how made
ouatey VIC attempt TO describe the lndescrlbable.
The next paper is on widely different subject
and of course in different vein; but 1t Is none
the less interesting, and quite as valuable. 1t IS
a fair and candid sketch Of Francis Horner, one
of the most eminent statesmen Of his hme-em
phatically the author Of his own character, and
therefore one whose history is rightly commended
by the reviewers as g eremplmyto rising and honor
ablyalnbilious youth" We have not left ourselves
space to do more than refer to the remaining art
cles De VERE's Poems arc reviewed at length
and with favor Drummonds History Of Illus
trous British Families gives occasion Tor col
lection of interesting "reminiscences; the Life
and Professional History Of Sir CHARLES BELL
are sllclcled in mastery and most interesting
manner In noticing Bells applications for
vacant Profcssorship we have this brief paragraph
giving us pleasing giimpses Of three great artists
"FLAxMAN, a small, dccrepid, vivacious man,
he found seated around gigantic statues. NORTH
COTE, with his pale and animated features,
shroudcd under a coil of blanket thrown over ms
head and shoulders, entertained HIM with complI-
Inents and lamentations over the cldor and better
DAYS of the Academy. CHANTREY, flushed with
life and fame walked like monarch through
his spacious studio, where the enormous masses
of marble seemed TO mark the hight of his repnta
ton and bid fair to pcrpetuatc 1t he thoroughly
appreciated Bc-but still Bell failed"
Besides these articles are others on the Z" i{u-
brcs and Ritual of the Church OF England
Z. Libraries and Catalogues, land memorandum
from Sir r. b. Head, on the Battle of Waterloo,
correcting the statement of Alison IN his great
history that on the 18th, 10th, 18th and 18TH OF
June. 1915. the Duke of Wellington and Marshal
Butcher were surprised, out-manguvrcd and
out generated by Napoleon.
4 CourAcgouS WoMAY.-Somo weeks ago a
party of three or four Hnncbago Indians at
tempted 10 steal II hog from the pen OF MIR Car
rison, at Cauk Prairie. Mir. G.. was from home.
Mrs. c. hearing a disturbance among the pigs.
went ont, when the Indians dropped their rooster
and confronted the lady who had interrupted their
avocatons Mr.. G.. ordered them oil, but they
did not seem disposed to obey a single woman
She then FASTENED into the house, and the Indians
resumed their attempts to supply themselves with
pork but they had not succeeded in making
choice before they saw Mrs. G. coming toward
them with a double barrclcd gun. On this hint'
they ran--but the lady deemed it imRroper part
with her visitors without some little ceremony
and so she discharged one of the barrels at them
and though the game were flying, she made a
pretty good shot-onc of the visiters carrying oil
a few small Gavors in the shape of pigeon-shot.
Wisconsin Dem.
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