Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-02
Personalities Of Literati.

Personalities Of Literati.
JERRoLp.-Douglas Jerrold, well
known contributor to Punch, and edi.
tor Of various publications. is a man OF
abou, fifty years Of age. and in person
is remarkably spare and diminutive"
His face is sharp, angular, and his eye
is OF greyi,h hue. He is probably one
Of the most caustic writer's Of the age,
and with keen sensibility,he often writes
under the impulse of the moment, arli'
clcs which lis cooler judgment con
demns. Although beIle,er in hydro.
patty, his habits do not conform to the
internal applications of Adams Ale.
HisCaudle Lectures have been read by
every one. In conversation he is quick
at re,or;-not always refined. Hc is
husband and gfandfalher.
MAcAuLAY.-Thc Hon. T. B. Macau.
lay is short in stature, round, aud with
a growing tendency to allermanic dis. |
proportions. His head has the same ro'
undity as his body and seems stuck on
it as firmly rs pin head. This is the
sum Of his personal defsc,s; all else, ex'
cept the voice (Which is monotmous
and greeable) is certainly in his IA
vor.--His face seems literally instinct
with expression; the eye, above all, full
Of deep thought AMI meaning. As he
walks, or rattle, struggles along the
street, lie seems as if in u state OF total
abstraction, unmird(ul of all that is 60.
ing on around him, and solely occupied
win his own working mind. You con.
no, help thinking that literature with
him is not mere profession or pursuit,
bu, that it has almost grown part Of
himself, as though historical problems or
anyIi,ica! criticism w.rs part of his
daily and regular Intellectual fool.
BAIIEY.-A correspondent Of the Tri.
bune says, writing from Nottingham,
England:
Il have seen Bailey, author of 'Fes'
tus.' His father is proprietor of the
Nottin gham Mercury, and the editorial
department rests with him. He is thick
set sort of a man; Of e stature below the
middle size; complexion dark; and in
years about eight and thirty. His 2hysi.
ognomy would be clownish in express
ion, if his yes did not redeem ki' Other
feat".es. He spoke Of 'Festus,' and Of
lis fame in America, Of which .ie seem.
ed very proud. In England it has only
reached its third edition, while eight OF
nine have been published ir the United
States
De QuIxcy.-He is ore Of the small.
est legged, smallest bodied, a nd most at
tcnualod efigies Of the human form di
vine, that one could meet in crowded
city during a days walk. And if on'
adds to this figure clothes that are Meth
er rashionably cut nor (astidiously ad
; iusted, he will have a tolerable rousf
idea of De Quincey's outer man. Blu
, then his brow, that pushes his obtrusiv'
! hat to the back Of his head, and his lish
. . grey eyes that do not seem TO look out
i but TO be turned inward. sounding tn
y /, depths Of his magination, and search
= ing out the mysteries Of the most abs
Il Il truse logic, are something that yo
g would search a week to find the mate
to, and then you would be disappointed
Il DeQuincy now resides at Lasswade,
romantic rural village, once the resi-
dencc of Sir Walter Scott, about seve
A miles from Edinburgh, Scotland, wher
=, - an arectionate daughter watches owe
- = him, and where he is the wonder Of tn
" country people for miles around.
=, Observation-Disclosures is, -ye
:, - young ladies'. positively--a prim-l looh
! ing mar. with long face. short gre
= hair, slender figure, and a suit OF blacl
:. Put a pen behind his ear, and he woul
- - look like 'confilental clerk Gi,
~ ~ his face more character, and he woul
:, remind you Of Henry Clay. He has
~ ~ fne head, phronolosically speaking
- - large and round at the top, with a spa
.. q cious forehead, and scant allotment !.
y, ~ cheek Prim is the wor|, though. The
~ ~ is nothing in his appearance which
10 ever so remotely suggestive Of the r.
:, -, mantle. He is not even pale, and ,
y, ~ for rolling shirt collar or a Byron
~ tie, he is evidently notthe man TO thin
= Of such things. Romance, In fact,
the article he lives by, and like oth'
men, ho chooses to sink the shop
a least when he sits for his portrait.
1t DuxAs--On tho contrary,is a bur
its fellow. His large red. round cheel
stand out till they seem to streatch d
. very skin that covers them. and Il lool
y. M as smooth as a polished apple. H
~ black, crisped hair is piled high abo'
81 81 his forehead, and stands divided in
- two unequal masses, sone inclinlng
the right, and the. other to the left..
ds His eyes are dark and hismouth scnsu
n ous, but notto the degree Of vulgarit
4. His person il large. and his flowing ma
IS IL ssA He 10 the gentleman to Icy b
Abe N "a and look sonsnsie. not 3
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