Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-02-10
WORCESTER DAILY sPYa
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1851.
For the Spy.
Literary Gossip.
"cHRIsroPHER NORTH"

"CHRISTOPHER NORTH.
MEssRs EDITORS: Leigh Hunt and John Will
son are the last of those istrous hosts of British lit
erati which the Edinburgh and Quarery Reviews
used TO marshall to the war of witt criticsm and poe
try, quarter of century ago. Where are Southey'
Coleridge, Wordsworth and Clifford! Where are
Shelley, Sidney Smith, Byron and Jeffrey All sone'
and Leigh Hunt and Wilson, the two youngest mem
bers of the rival hosts of which the above were lead
ers are all that are now left. saw the celebrated
"Christopher North' in Edinburgh, few years ago,
where he lectures on moral philosophy; and edits
.sBlackwood :" and was delighted to behold in him
STILL the evidence of that masculine beauty of which
had often read.
The Professor is yet a handsome man, although age
has grizzled the long hair that falls upon his broad,
square shoulders and has stolen away some OF the elias
ITCHY from his step. do not know whether his care
essness of attire partakes of that aecation OF sngu
arity, which so often sezes 'te men, OF letters;
certain it that Horace Greeleys old coat and hat can
hardly begin to look so poor the correspondent APP
purtenances to the outer man of John Wilson, One
side of his dickey will usually be as high up his cheek
the of Midas while the other will nestle IN the
region of his heart. One leg of his pants will perhaps
totally conceal one boot; while the other "il be hid in
his brogan, in the way Young Americas" very often
is on sposhy days.
1t is rather amusing to see the that ''John Will
SOM usually carries with him. 1t reminded ofthe
club which the sHercues after Phidas'' leans on in
the garden of the Tuilleres. heard it whispered in
circles likely to know, that "Od KITS ''Nocte AnbrO
siane,' had been modified. The wit still sparked at
the reunions which took place under his presidence
but the rne had suffered extradition. They say that
upon time the compositors could exactly desig-
nate the extent to which Christopher's clay wet;
by the thcrmometeric evidence of his ''copy." They
could tell what precise stage of nebration he had
written every page paralytic attack however had
warned the Arstarchus of that he must either
discard the ssPhaarnian'' or hold himself ready to
die at moments notice and he has abured he wine.
1t is rather singular that Wilson will not admit gas
light into his dwelling. The reason assigned to me
was that it did not result from an nveterate adher-
ance to old ways, but from the results of the Profess
or's own negligence lorgetfulness. He introduced
the subtle fluid to his house, and pleased with the
brilliant light it shed around him the first night of his
experience.
Gradually however, he became interested in some
thing else, and his mind totally abstract
ed. At length sleep touched his eyelids and admonsh
ed him to retire. He undressed, ueso his gas light,
and laid his head down upon the pillow.
Anybody may anticipate the result. The Author Of
the "City Of the Plague awakened with snort like
that off warus he sprung from his bed and the tocsin
was sounded through the dwelling Next day every
gasppe, burner and bracket down and pushed
out of the doors of the redoubtabe exit North and
from that time this cotton with spernacet or taow
as lighted him to bed S.