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Douglass Jerrold.

a The intelligence by the Persia !orms ms Of
the death Of the celebrated wit and well known
writer.
He was born in London on the Sd january.
lso3,.and to the fact that bis father was mana.
ger ofasfe Sherness Theatre. :tnny be attribu-
ted that prediction for the stage, which forms
a leading characteristic Of the greater portion
of his life. s His earliest passion, however,
wns for the sen, and he held, q midshipman's .
commission in the navy during the war, at the
close of which he quilted. the service and was
apPrenticed to n printer in London. q, Whilst
tlaVs engaged ho produced his early; literary
workE. His sBInck Eyed Susan" 81 and. the
-"Rent Day" soon established the reputation of
the author, md these we're followed by other
dramatic works of great merit.
Jerruld wasnbrond when Punch was e,tab.
lished. butrsonn became the most distinguished d
of its contriGdtors The STORY of Feather
and the ss,caudlc Lecturer. were FIRST published
here, and gave anf1sscoRe for the peculiarities
Of his thought and style. lie Was at various
times connected with other periodicals., and
assisted in establishing several, as "Jerrold. .
1fagdzine aud the illuminated 1faddziue ''
Of late yearsl,s has been. -devoting hiulself: to
Puneh, to dramatic authorship, aud to q. wser.
slyncwspaPer of large circulation, - 3 1 :
!. For the last few years Mr. Jerrold was chief.
Fly occupied ms the Editoy, Of Lloyds Weekly
Newspaper the circulntionof which. ,it is said
was considerably increased owiHg 10 his con.
nection with it: ans}s by the Custom 5of m.
English press, Ills own individuality could no
longer be expressed distinctly as in his ear.
lier works. But there was one character In
.SrI,I Mr.
eminent, and That was as Che eocialwit: NSr.
n,ontel said Of Diderot that those who, had
read his works only. and had nevee heard him
speak, conJd not form an estimate or his mar
it's and the same may be aaid of Douglas Jer.
ro,d. To eonesiye'a brilliant and elaborate re.
pnrtee was with him the work of "a moment !.
nay. we could, ifwe would, cite cases in whici,
taSt was fred off. The most novel conbina.
tons Of the ideas wefe- effected BY him with
electric Lapidty. even All old pun would $he
come new from his mahs efF Futterina it and.
what was most wonderful OF ALL there was reIe
rally deep thopgl,ec at the bottom Of iiis
pleasantly, so tbatthe joke, which Created .
roar on its first utterance. actually appeared
better. when it became subject Of sober re.
sAectipn, - .; ;, -
ThA sharpness of Mr.. Jerrolds satire has
ANY peisons 10 attribnta to- him 4
chafa 81 misanthr onie ili.nature: ,hut nev.
e. e. Was a'mcrs sgsegiotS mistake conmitted.
beamed nothing but bsbeyolsnce. and sstSi. sltia
expression the feeling Of his heart fully resrofi:
ded. Like nll vita, he loved his joks, and Il
an opportunity for ptterin2 q rst,sftae pressn. /.
.ted ITSELF he wasnot the ilna 20 isk ti,e forss
lock esnape his grasp Hence. some suafortr-
nate persoaage WHO obtrudad his seeotIa7 Cor
.hIs fsesnsry might: chance t9 geks ID ssupky
-hit s e Douglas !srrold waa iin eompss snd
IA the n canon S5&Sof 6r.tsr.Es