The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-10-24
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part of himself, rs thought historical prob
lens, or analytical critsixm were a part of
his daily and intellectual food.
BAILEY. -a-.- ..
A correspondent of tho Tribune, writing
from Nottingham, England, says
u have seen Bailey the author of.Festus.
His farther is proprietor Of the nottingham
Mercury, md the editorial department rests
with him. He is thick set sort of man.
OF stature below the middle size complex
ION dark, and his years about eight.nnd thirty.
Ills physiognomy would be clownish in
expression. if his eyes did not redeem, his
other features. He spoke of its fame in
America, ofwhich he seems very proud. In
England it has only reached lis third edition,
while eight or nine have been published in
the United States" -..... ...
.....- DE QUINCY. .... .. o..
He is one of the smallest legged, smallest
bodied, md most attenuatcd clIisies of the
human form divine, that one could find In n
crowded city during days wolk. And if one
adds to this figure clothes, that arc neither
faShlon"bly cut, nor fastidiously' adjusted,
no VIII have tolerabe rough idea of De
Quincy. But then his brow, that pushes
his obtusive hat 10 the back part of his head
and his light grey eyes that do not seem TO
Look out, but to DO turned inward, sounding
the depths Of his imagination, aud searching
out the mysteries Of the most abstrnse lopic.
are something tina: you would search n week
TO find the mates to, and you will be disnpoin.
ted. De Quincy now resides at Iasswade.
u romantic rural village, once the residence
Of Sir Walter Scott, about ssven miles from
Edinburgh, Scotland, where an airt ctionate
daughter watches over him, and where he
Is tho wonder Of the country people for
nlles around.
.".rH HT LAMARTISE.
Larmartine is-yes, young ladies', positively
a prm booking maB, With long face, short,
grey hair, slender figure, and a suit of black.
Put n pen behind his ear, and he would L. ok
confidential cleark." Give his Ece more
character, and he would remind you Of Henry
Clay. lie hasa fine head, pllrenologically
speaking-large and round at the top, with
spacious forehead, and scant allotment
ofcheok. Prim is the word though. There
is nothing in his appearance which is ever
80 remotely suggestive of the romantic
He is not even pale md rs for rolling shirt
collar, or Byr"nic tie, he is evidently n, {
the man to think Of snch things Romance,
in fact, is the article he lives by, aud, like
other men, he chooses TO "sink the shop"
at least when he sits for his portrait.
DUMAS,
On the contrary, is burly fellow. His
large, red, round checks stand out till they
seem to stretch the very skin that covers
them, and 1t looks as smooth as polished
apple.
His black crispcd hair ispiled high above his
forehead, and stands divided into two une.
quail masses. one inclining 10 the right the
other to the left. His eyes are dark, and
his mouth sinuous but not TO the degree of
yulgarity. His person is large and his
flowing mantle red. He is a gentleman to
lay bare his throat and look romantic; not
Byronically so. but practically. Yet he looks
good humored.and like man whose capacity
for physical enjoyment is boundless His
nogro blood is evident enough to one who
knows he has II would not be detected by
any one who knewit not II appears in the
peculiar rotundity of the man and all his
parts. II chpsed and heaped his hair; and
made him dress up In flowing red, to KAYE
his portrait taken. But complexion is only
a shade darker than the average. The
portrait reminds US OF tho latc Thos IIamb-
lin the actor.
EUaESE sue, .
Is neither prim nor hurly. Ho is man
oflarge frame, over which loose black coat
is carclessly buttoncd. Complexion light,
eyes blue, hair once black now pepper and
salt, wbiskers voluminous, eyebrows black
and thick, good forehead, and the lower face
ample. This conveys no better idea Of the
mans appearance than French passport
But the truth is, Sues countenance and
figure have none off those peculiarities which
make y description possible. He looks in
his portrait like a, comfortable, careless,
elderly gentleman, taking his ease in an
easy chair and easy coat He does not look
m author--authors seldom do. His air Is
rather that Of prosperous citizen. Sue is
oaly forty-fve years old, but no has lived
fast, and looks iifiy Ave. IAmartine is sixty
three, end would pass easily for fifty-three;
Dumas is iifsy. and could getcredit for thirty
eight.