The Washington union., 1857-11-22

WEEKLY MISCELLANY or LITERATURE AND ART.
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The following graphic sketch a the famous Lady Mos
gam lxufhores Of sydney owensos the Wild Irish Girl
Ida Of Athena sc. and Of the guests who assem-
bled at recent symposium at her house, IN phi
yae letter froln gentleman ,hnsef the peer Ina liter
AIRY attAinents Of any Of the iiustriouz pesons he
names to friend in this country. What fuli
report Of all the good things uttered on the occasion
you'd be- TO be sure Such entertainments convert the
we'll known line, ''the feast q reason and the how Of
soul, = into plain prose
''on Monday last Lady Morgan summoned me TO meet
friend Of hers hseh Il went at halfpast two Her
house Is small curiosity shop crowded with interesting
relics She has yolsires writing chair and sketch OF
his study The walls literally concealed by Hkenesses
and sutogr~3hs Everything, like herself 'snps6 and
antique except the music she fails 10 et She
ia short that when sitting her feet do not reach the
floor Her vivacty boundess and her intellectual az
fractions recogn@d syou wiz see by the trs minds
Of the age She dresses you imagine discEest
syiph would dress-that is In a mass OF light many
ooored gossamey stuff with rbans flying in all direc
tions, and fancful ooquettsh cap Wel she rouges
highly, and though turned of eighty, might, under
the magnetic mask Of wit, hsr sight and hearing
mot impaired pass for something fifty She placed
me ON her right at her little rpund table, and
Inquired in whisper il was aware Of the cele-
i
and knew them all and here yoa have them Close
my right sst Macauey the fullest and fastest in
conversation ever met with his only defect uncon
zoAbe Effort arising from excessive selfesteem to mo-
nopoliss the talk On the left of Lady Morgan Lord
Carlisle the Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland tMorpethl Then
HallAm, Middle Ases,l nost Interesting person
In Appearances and nAnner snierng 70 such an extent
from disease as 10 be unable to walk without help and
perhaps evncng partial loss OF mcntal energy There
too that excellent historian of
whom like and respect the more every time sec him
Near him, and opposite the hostess, twinked away the
pink eyes of Albino Lowe the only highly gifted ind
Mdual of that species perhaps in being and rounded
off with Charles yilliers true, talented and uncom
promising beaI had almost said democrat albeit the
brother of Clarendon Monckton Mines, poet pot-
cian parliamentary speaker and ready and
though last, far from least Lady Combermere. Now
won't indulge in repeating the numberless admirable
things said at this cosey lunch during about hour and
half The eagerness talk far outstrpped the eager
to eat at timeI believe every leaning
forward the table and giving the whole unlisen
ing company his particular idea the bursts of nement
were unceasing. Ii were book making tourist, am
certain that could expand the intellectual gold at this
lunch through an octave of leaves.
The facetious Mr. Punch has dealt heavy blow at the
critic of the London Atheneum for his late berl at
tack ON the poet Alexander smith. The instances Of
plagiarism cited by the Athenaun hardly less far
fetched than those adduced by the witty and sensible
Mr. Punch who deserves the thanks of the public for the
shaft of ridcue hurled by him in defence Of young and
gifted poet s
snrH THE PoKr-Al readers Of poetry must be deeply
indebted to the Athenaum for its elaborate exposure of
the pagarisms Of Mr. Alexander Smith. The noble per-
severance with which every phrase Of Mr.. Smiths has
been overhanled and the stores of collected and reco
ected learning which have been adduced to demonstrate
the bard want Of originality are unprecedented IN the
annals OF the literary police Mr. Smith s left without
the fintest rag Of reputation, and for part
thanks to the Athenaum, do not believe that he Is
capable of utering the humbest sentiment Of ordinary
some predecessor. fE@
We are firmly convinced that II he had to desire a
domestic 20 unfasten of his Smith boots, he
would steal his expression from Shakespeare and say,
Undo this button fK. Lear, Act ", Scene Ill II
almost supererogation to help clearly made
out but as in the course of Mr.. Punchs reading, he
has chanced to light upon few passages which Mr..
Smith has appropriated and which have escaped his re
viewer, Mr. Punch will complete the good work by sub
joining them
The plagiarisms In the following cases are even more
apparent than the majority OF those exposed by the Athe
nau and have the additional feature Of being the fruit
of plumber from books which it is rather probable Mr..
Smith may have seen, and not from antiquated and for
gotten rubbish, which in all likelihood he came
across, and which nobody but bookworm, with mo-
tive, is ever likely to twice. AT the
tne Mr. Punch Mr. Smith that this exposure is
in all kindness of feeling, and in the earnest hope
that by proving to young poet that he Is utterly
without merit of any kind he may be excited to cultivate
his genius prune his irregularities, and emulate the inn
mortals.
In Mr.. Smiths City Poems he says,
And bees are busy in the yellow hive
What says DR. Watts ~ te. aa@tae ea#
a.How doth the bury, busy bee 7"
Mr.. Smith gnTg
q The age demands her hvo."
Lord Byron.
~ nam hsro an uncommon want. !"
Mr. Smith
,'And these be my last words.
Sir Walter Scott gs .
:. Were the Eaat cords Of Mamion.''
Mr.. Smith, sar
GA SIGH and cuss together as
Sir Walter Scott.
And draws his last sob by the side of his dam.
Mr. smith
Nigh, and the above
Latin Dilectus.
nNor erat, Ianaquc fulgebat. =
Mr.. Smith.
:. Earth gives her slow consent
Old Hundredth Psalm.
!. With let all the earth"
Mr.. Smith.
. And alands in the lustrous Graaan seas" "
Lord Byron. y8aa .4 tIs.5aG8
g The i,Ea Of Greece, the isles Of Gree
Mr. Smith
..f g Be hers long years Of happiass and peace,
The sorcrrsgn of our heart " h
National Anthem.
a. Send her victorious, ,
HFpy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God the Queen. -
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