New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-09
THE TRIBUNE.
Thomas Hood.


-.,sg AND VERSE; bY THouAs HOOP. (No. XVI.
ny & Pu,narns Library Of Choice hcadinsJ
-. volume contains many charming and anus
.,ne,e. from Hood. We need say no more after
lee remarks ON the subject in general The
r..-arg "Reminiscences" which will be found 10
,...,.e,io,, have now snd double interest at the
o.eni moment
The "reminiscences Of Lamb are the most pleas
-. and Characteristic of any that have been given
~. world. How funny and pretty the note Of
- sfer Hood had written The Wido" IN
..,,ion Of his manner And then those walks!-
80, % .ays Cunningham. was a stout walker"
,.rb was porter one. He calculated distances,
:. by Long Measure, bu, by Ale and Beer Meas
:. o Now have walked pint Many time
,,.,s accompanied him in these matches against
Va, no, without sharing in the stake, and then,
nat cheerful aud profitable talk -
coeridge. while he was in ignorance of the real
.,ho, If the Odes aud Addresses, ascrlbcd them
Lamb. and writes the following remarks, not only
-, 10 their subject, but valuable as showing the
s,non Of the finest modern master Of the English
t,e as,o the music OF Hoods verse. The puns
a., nine in ten good-many eXcellent-thc Nerga
,,,v uanscendant. And then the erempium SINE
,,omnl0 Of a volume of personalities and contem-
ooreaDilies without single line tina, could niict
tho inGpisema of an unpleasancc on any man in
n. .eoses. Then. besides to speak with
l.eomog modesty, excepting my own self who Il
there butyou who could write the musical lines and
s,spzas ,ha, are intermixod."
The following pleasant page will be welcome
,odis,ant readers 1t describes Hoods unexpected
Introduction to literary life a sub editor Of the
London Magazine:
at would be afiectaiion TO say that engraving
was resigned with regret There is always some
hing mechanical about the ari-moreover !; l. as
mgbolesone as wcarsOmc 10 sit coppcriastcRed to
board. with a canlle scooped out to accommodate
your stomach, il you have one, painfully ruling,
lng and still ruling lines straight or crooked by
he long hundred 10 the square inch at the doubly
hazardous risk which Wordsworth so deprccatos oi
Growing double So farewell Woolleul Strange :
Bsroozzi, have said my vanity did not rashly
ounee me into authorship but no sooner was there
legitimate opening than jumped at it, a la Girl
maldi head foremost. and was speedily behind the
scenes
To Judge by my zeal and delight in my new pur
ai, the bowl had at last found its due bias He
ADA in n note "Therc was dash Of ink in my
blood. Ny father wrote two novels, and my bro
her was decidedly of literary turn to the great
5isouie,ude for time of an anxious parent. She
usncc,ed him. on the strength of several amatory
poem. Of a very dcsponding cast. of being the VIC
tim Of hopeless attachment; so be was caught
cose,ed caicchiscd and after deal OF delicate and
tender sounding he confessed. not with the anlicpa
ted signs and tears but very unexpected burst Of
laughter that he had been guilty OF transauns
sone fragments of Peirarch. Not content with
taking articles like candidates for holy orders
with rejecting articles. like the Belgians' !
dreamt articles, thought articles, wrote articles
which were all Inserted by the editor OF course win
the concurrence of his deputy. The more irksom'
parts Of authorship such the correction OF the
press. were to me labors of love. ! received re-.
wise from Mr. Baldwin's Mr.. Parker, as II II had
been proof of his regard; iorgavc him all his
slips aud really thought that printers devils were
not SO black as they are painted But my iopsal'
Ian, glory was in our Contributors How used
to look forward to ella and backward for Hazhtt,
and all round for Edward Herbert, and how | used
10 look M to Allan Cunningham, for al that time the
London had coodly list OF writers-a rare oompa
n.y. Ills now deiunct and perhaps no cx period
cal nigh, 50 appropriately be aPos'rophHed WIN
the lrish fanereal question Arrah. honey, why
did YOU de- Had not you an editor and elegant
pnsc writer's and beautiful poets. aud broihs oil
bows for criticism aud classics and wits and humor
sls-Ela, Cary, Proctor. Cunningham, Bo"r'ns
Barton, Hazlitt. Elton Hartley Coleridse. Taourd'
SOane, Horace smith. Reynolds, Poole, Clare and
Thomas Bcnyon, with a power besides Ham
YOU Lions Heads with Traditional Tales Had Mt
yca an Opium Eater. and Dwarf, and Giant and
Learned Lamb. aud Green Man Had not you
Angular Drama. and a Musical Report, and Re
port OF Agriculture. and an Obituary and Price
Current. and current price, Of only half crown
Arab why did YOU die Why. somehow the
ooir;bu,ors fell awav-thc concern went into other
Anis-worst of ala new editor tried 10 put
The Bellies letters into Unitarian envelopes where
spon the circulation of the Miscellany, like that OF
poor lie Fevrc. got slower slower, slowcr-and
slower still-and then stopped for cverl'
An his portraits good, but better even best.
dis Of the Opium Eater:
In opposition to the extra mans size Of Gun
bingham the party in question looks almost boysh-
partly from being in bulk somewhat beneath Mon.
sieur Quetclet's Average Man but still more 50
iron a peculiar delicacy of complexion and small
ness of features. which look all the smaller from
bis wearing in compliment. probably to the SamP.
soas Of Teu,onic literature. his locks unshorn.-
Nevertheless. whoever looks again
sees more than marks the herd of common men
There is speculation in the eyes, cur! OF the ip
aad general character in the outline, tina; reminds
one Of some portraits of Nollaire. And Fhioso'
poe, be is every inch He looks. thinks writes
tlAs and walks. eats aud drinks ANA, no doubt
sleeps philosophically j. e. deliberately There j.
S'hog abrupt about his motions-he goes ana
eones calmly and quickly--lkc the phantom oil
hnalc, he is herc-hc is thcre-hc IS gone. - IL
I with his discourse. lie speaks slowly. clearly
aad with very marked cmphasis-ihe tide OF ta'A
noss like Denham's river strong without rage
without o'ertlowng fan When it was my irc.
S'en' and agreeable duty to call on Mr. De Quincy
'0e'ng an uncommon name 10 remember the SER AM
""claied II, on the MemOra Technica principle
'" a throat and oil rrOvopnrad IL d min.