New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-18
DrArH OF PROFESSOR VIZ SON

lC'f' - Ir 81 OF 70. TX NAN So 49, $3.50 -'
been iucspacaed ron ss-hos h's clilses % - Uai
v,rsi'y Edinburgh having ben sm zen vih prsys'
vhirh prevented h-, fr,-n vs. King At n general Par
lameHtary election Of 1872 \ wevef. when Fhon~ 8a5
nstsn Nscaulsy iiiafs ~ Eio5Ersh plt for
rsrd snos; sgsns hs desire sad siay wispoat
his own solicitation. bS 'he yer. Prsons who hsi ca
rrciously dismissed r into puvas f in lsss " Lon
VS. :, ANXIOUS to record o. vote 10 svor 81 Ms 5n pon
sp,.v md heart III, n5 that be Cd Mt Until b.
brought NJ from bis brothers untry residence All coz
v4v,d in sc5air to ths polling booh v ero be eeve hs
voc. s,d peve- sf,e-w,rt sppes'~d in pubic
John wilson f.,her ead Scot lsi2. was s~sathy
Paisley rsnuf-c-urer he mother a SE'r " Rcoert
"Syue The elder Wilson hld r alzee consideraos
f.aae sn ieseuinad t5s n, sboali also receive 'ae
iuvs -sht wealth Il first etu'ston Pasfy "a win
f, ,-v nile, ~ Gss-ow where Their IS iacisn' Jar
vrs-y and an range neat was made whereby John wa
sor befre he en-erd his teens became resident papa
-rh Pr,'sss5- Jarae ofG4sgow Fv yeas nus passed
m, uuurStably - - was grounded in lcgic anil Grees
o. Proi ss,rs JsrUs aud Young and he was reAl 'o'
srtrap.e 81 Mscdsls. Colece oxford 10 1906 wilson
won .he unae, sradsa'es Nssdegiia prize Or the oeS
stor poem q Sc slect lie yaiaatd 4, 3a'he or OF
ATS Ia s17 ard TOOK he degree Master 10 1870 lie
IVES now tweafy Two Years Oh aud quitng Cstcrd pro
Sretrd 70 EdiDAurch whore lis widowed mcfeer res' =
SAcfy a4er he fxed rs 7es''eucg II EH,r'ay D ISL.
estate o. the bass II lake W'pdern,Fe. 10 - ne
land wlrs be hid puf,sased he paid 'ii'n ITS
TO rdinbrrrh Ia, n. entered the study Of he sF. d
beca g a member q H. scottish bar m Lea, We do not
krov Wheeler he ytr made shy eJrS obtain ora'rcs
a. sryer bu, It e tact tssf though be moved % Ell
irburch atsr his admission advocate ssi sOuf tins
wore toe professional rcga 10 TIA Coura he m'ic way
NJ tire Iar Eockhart lies and Others Of HE yoars liter
A., friends were il the same catsgory n having paid
e350 for he honor NJ glory 81 having th' professional
status Pr Tier, present N. calling Ola hsser vas
much este med n Edinburgh and gave the maa who pu
sued or sd ght 70 pursue sort Ok brevct rank ia
society tL,re
M'ngfng much with nsrary rien was 30 be expected
thai john Nixon, endo we'd be would wnte. 40
coriney re set .erousyo or in sfTcler psrsnce yisor
ously 10 wok. poem which published N 1872 S
The Isle &C PALM, Previous its appearance be had
wen Lively interesiiu Wa Ter Scott mnd by sons exqu
ne lines on tie Dess o. James Grshsme author Of some
serious and religions poems and ike himself native OF
tie West o. otlsad The Isle Of Palms immediately
became popularthe' Is as popularity ran IN those days
demonstrated by the sale edition Vi 20 or 1000
copes in year
Scot, who wac .hor in pari,ershp vi The Belsntynss
a. publishers had stated Edinburgh Annual Register.
on the plan of but rvsi to Dooseys and had aged
the aid OF able mera-y assistants Souhey r example,
contribute III. histcsicH porcp and Wilson figured As
poetical contributor few sts9zas called Tbs Megic Mu
ror we're dedicated 20 Scott IN which tie lines
That unknown seer
whs now .tret-ad orh bic tho s.ed
ccls round traced ~ WITH msgcsens wand"
hus for Is wa befo the Wayerey Moves he'd been
uienced anticipating sppelaions BY which scot, came
to be deeignaod-Iho Great Unknown, and tie ican
Of the North
Early ~ lsi7 Blackauo4s MggasiHe commenced Is
reer There was nothing very striking the first six
b.rs but the seven;, or October lst there appeared
sarctl Quiz passed OF Iran station from an An
cient Chaldee Manuscript, in which tho form and Ian
guage of chapters from the Bible pGroded aud the
oontest then rasing bet Backnood the whoss
name vas as ebony and Constable proprietor OF The
EdinJargl Rrr wa related. without aOy STINT OF per
sona allssons and bite. satire The procps writers
5iQctwo5d aid IN The Escsu described by one.
as beasts AID reptiles. Lockhart the sids OF hun
whose name was ebony ht of ~ tho scorpion
which deghteth to IT. ny the faces of men ard Hogg.
the Etrc shepherd the great wild bear of the Forest
"1heiting his dreadful tHsks for tho ba.tle'
Before the usual supply Of BigcsrOol he'd be1u
away Tor sale in London and through the country. from
$50 10 200 copies had been sold in Edinburgh fhe
Chadee Manuscript a. once losnd readers aad inter
prefers The Wing writers whom il satrzod threatened
prosecutions for pofaney Parodyng the Word Of God and
actions Tor hbels Even lakewood friends said hs, hs
had gone far beyond th9 bounds Of proprety The md
was that tae sheet containing the Chsdoe Manuscript
cancelled many possible OF The sIaed copies
recalled doubtful whether moro than % remained
In public library in Europe this account.
the Chsldee Manuscript be found Il Is doubtful whe
ther there copy OF it in any publ; library this
country 1t is familiar By name. to the readers Of Black
rood, fer after Little time though IN No humble
apology for its appearance duly printed in errslarge
type the riOuors came TO boast Of IT, Few of tho
present generation have seen IT,
The idea Of the "Chsldee Manuscript IL admitted b
have originated with Hogg who In his hafa dozen auto
biographies takes credit for the execution also Ihat
however was done by wilson and Lockhart and thus
menced series of contributions by wilson which unques
onaby have ruled Bi1ckr0ods MqgaEtpe to consde
ration it has so long enjoyed
lakewood was himself Tory g4s wilson
Lockbar 20 we're all the other contributors Constable
who rad rival magazine a. well as The Ed,n5urgt Re-
rier, was Wig Therefore Maya COMMENCED her poit
cai papers and coon became the Tory andoe in Scotland
and elsewhere to toe Wing bRnes published by Constable
Politics alone would not the Magazine Neither would
lsraiure. IL the union OF bJh with strong
sesson of and personality ands ,ntiyof
originality in End matter which built up BLac, 0,od
OF all the contributor Wilson was the best The
firing spirit with which he worked wonirous. Mr..
Gi!es who enters into the subject in his Memoirs OF q
Literary Veteran seys that Wilson very decsvey main
tanned that any in state Of olrabe health snd dis
posed for literary aauo Insnt might write enlirs
in the Of days lie suggested the (" 10 bs
continued articles and the occasional issue double
number lie and LOckhart drew olt long st 81 arclee
which announced written and acceped-and many
Of these actually composed, when waited Glies
rays Mr.. WILOn had then rapidly of executive povss
in composition such have equaed before
nor since But, he would do nothing but when no
liked ard how he liked bis productions whether serious
or comic might all be regarded msrs er despra and
matters OF emasemebt' Al thai time, IDekhar consd