New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-16
Mr.. Thack.ray,s Second Lectur,

MIR. Thackerays Second Lecture.
We take the following report Of Mr..
Thackerays second lecture from the DAILY Sers h
may surprise many OF his own admirers iha, h.
should so admire Addison, and the Leader. good
literary authority does not hesitate to say that Mr.
Thackeays treatment OF Addison WAS much more
brlllan, than anything Addison ever did
Still greater numbers OF the world Of literature
and fashion crowded 10 Nr Thackeray's second
lecture Yesterday The subjects chosen were Cor.
qrcye and Addison. The former WAS chuac,er
almost made for the pencil of the author OF Vanity
Far Congreve Was disciple OF iOppery and fun
DISSIPATION and art me gentleman. with me plTts
and. TO crown all. passing worthless
The opening VAS quite n the Old chara teriSiis
STYLE We we're reminded how Just before the Re-
form Bill, the young gentlemen OF me Onlcn," at
Cambridge were ~ OPINION tAai SIcN noolemeR
who owned bOgouehs always hal ther eye Oh ihs
club as place O. SCI politicians nom how Jones.
OF Johns &c. supported our sacred institutions, or
denounced preScTzit with thai idea always pTesent
10 them This introduced The mention OF The laTss
crop Of places gwen 90 literary men N ADDISON ana
Congrcyc, time how neat copy o; Latin verses,
or a happy ode" on puOhc event. male Young
colleeian's fortune COngreye was then formerly
introduced as an example OF extreme literary pros
pCriiy how everything went well win MIN how
he was beau. Wit. and lONcr-anbroSdi, lutNSlole,
magnificent He WAS described aS a delightful TAs-
cal as a CAV dlscplc of the "eat.ani- irnS.ior-
tomorrow We-dlc' school As Tor hrs comedy, mat
Mr. Thackeray characterized a. essentially pagah
or heather. lie illustrated the eject produced oy
an examination of Il, nowadays, by >nSu.arty
happy metaphOr-lt wcs Ike visiting Pompcu anu
seeing SauSt'S house. there, IN The nuns Ihe eaNs
and VINE en- The J,rS. The testers Laughing skull
the breast of a dancing girl. The charrct banquet
table He pointed ont with sad rldicu!e rs immo.
rlty-tbo father treated * a dotard-tht husband
a. "a victim He exposed m style az once mourniui
and CulZZcal the hOi.ONncSS of Taiiy that haa no
love IN Il, and produced the happcs cacct by inter-
Sptrsing earnest rtprObauOn 81 me system "th
laughter az What was >upCrhcialy absurd N II Tor
instance. when making out our comic writer some
thing very hike a scounirel he TESTED at ms conceH,
and did not even spare H. Wig. Hence TINS part OF
his discourse Was Ike sermon where YOU "a" Inc
sinner-n0t only as sinner but rs the individual OF
everyday life And yol were reminded al last ina,
COnercye lei liz money moi 20 Mr>. Braccgrle, VINO
did want H. but the great lady, who td not want II
AZ all.
greatest fa,onte> he skctched his life throughout,
dwelling on rs notable incidents with pleasant
commentary, the charm OF which consisted IN ms
that II was always social and familiar, treating Add
SON as Addison himself treats Sir Roger de Coyerley,
with a philosophical familiarity. lie was noMays
bgoted IN dong tins task OF biography Tor he took
10 pieces the famous figure OF the aAgclh MS Cam
pagn," and plainly treated the poem as cont aiming
great deal of mere stun. Apropo' OF the Sad angel
he showed that Il was the foundation OF inc writer's
fortune and got hm his first great step IN the world
All O." exclaimed he playlully at thi> point these
SORTS of angels visits are few and far between to
men of letters. IL IS not often that angels wings
nutter at second floor windows Addison, he SAID,
and this made II natural that he should not have been
much gwen 10 praisiag too much. lie seldom pras'
ed any but the very highest men, but ne bowed down
with delight to the imperial genius OF Milton How
ever Mr. Thackcray did not seem TO thinS thaI ne
liked to praise Young Mr. Pope the great Sailrisvey
much. He would not have dlSpraiSed HIM, perhaps
buff Mr.. Addison'S men had done So he didn't
think Mr.. Addison would have taken ms pipe out OF
his mouth 10 tell them To stop Addison was lniaOi'
tabV good-heRrtcd kind man, benevolent, pure
minded man toward ms fcllOw-creatureS n ne had
no very startling virtues, he surely had no vices
scarcely fault, except one which he was known 70
be rather addicted tO-hiS fondneSs for VINE. WIN.
out this he would have BEEN the lecturer announced
VERY charactorlSucally,) a more perfect man
without II We should not have loved hlm 50 much
There was. We observed, sort of particular ex'
pectancy, as Mr Tia, kerty came To the par where
he spoke of Addison marriage tie narrated agree
ably how he wrote 10 young Lord Warwick, de
scribing the WaTbing of the nlghtngales Ihess
nightngaleS were intended To MARBLE IN the ear OF
Lord WarwickS mamma. He married the countess,
and died IN Holland House three years atcT hal
SPLENDID but uncomfortable union The lecturer next
characterized Addison A. "A " mans man., ana as one
OF the most determined "club men" OF his day
Women he Judged OF supcrncially ana Knew niue
ofthem. One only he knew well, and she he did not
think very much OF!
The concluding part Of the lecture dealt more par
tcularly with the great mans literary character lie
described him IS the gentlest of SatlristS one Who
pointed out 10 YOU IN delightful manner the fobles
of your ncighbor and, turning his head over his shout
der, whispered to HIM good.
At this point Of the disquiston Mr. Thackeray read
very effectively some choice specimens of the Add
sonian humor, and concluded in a high and serious
strain, after reading one OF his most famous poems
by warm description II his susceptibility to reli-
giOus impressions
Nothing could have been more satisfactory alto
gcthor than the reception of the lecture by ,hs
crowded audience, and, indeed It was, perhaps even
than the last one, delightful specimen Of tho
authors power.