The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-04-15
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PEOPLE 1 HAVE NEVER MET

of view, to survey mankind, if not from Cl,
na to Peru, at least from the court to tb
kitchen, from the university to the shillin
ordinary and, i'll the course of these wan
derinS and fratcrnizings, | have natumll
met strange people enough, wise and other
wise, some lovely, and some pas 81 6icn
some eccentric, and millions impIacahly com
mon-place. But there are various lypcs o
human character which, frequently hearing
OF them and reading Of them, in conversa
tons and books, have never been able tt
get glimpse of. And this is all the NOR,
noticeable, because the types arc said to be
abundant. To call these mythical pcopl,
would be rash; no cautious mind will limit
nature to the boundaries of our individual
experience, nor pronounce that an animal
cannot veritabiy exist because the seeker
has not yet discovered it,; and as my mind
plqucs itself on being intensely philosophi-
cal, 1t refuses TO pronounce the unmct pco-
pie to bc myths. am ready to give the
most generous crelencc to the reports of
others. If they say they have met such
people, all | can say is, that my researches
have not been SD fortunate. The world is
wide, nature is various; let us rather seek
than deny. Meanwhile, let us be rigorous
IN the truth, no man carc!cssly saying he
: has seen the animal which in truth he has
not seen, and all Of us confcssinr our iy,or.
ance with great freedom. Among the 'peo-
pie l have never met" few may be regis
tered here as Specimens.
THE AUTHOR OF REALLY EAD BOOK.
"A very Interesting type, unfortunately to
me quite unknown. | have seen and lived
with authors of all classes, and of various
degrees of merit; profound thinkers, and
thinkers not SO profound brilliant wits, and
wits of paste; learned pundi;s, and scho-
ars of imperfect accuracy lahorous com
pliers, and mcr with able scissors; men
with great creative power, and men with a
facility in mistaking old characters for new
creations; but the author Of really bad
book 1 never did meet. Books arc written
which publishers enter into conspiracy not
to publish; aud plays arc presented at the
stage door Of every theatre, to he always,
and in almost similar terms, declined; but
1liis is never because the work is dud. Not
in the least. The question Of merit is never !
raised. II raised, both publisher and man
ager are profusc in acknowledgements of
the talent, but
, There is much virtue in "but." Here
the ''but" implies, or perhaps Introduces the
statement, that public taste does not lie iii
the direction taken by this clever perform
ance; the market is ovcrcrow'led the pub.
fisher is not just now extending his engage
ments; the book trade is in peculiar con.
dition, and this excellent work must there
fore he declined. The manager grieves
that n comedy so brilliant. u tragedy so po,
etical, should not adorn his stage, but un-
happily just now the resources of his thea.
tire do not admit Of his accepting the work.
= 1T is clear, therefore, that the mere fact
of a work remaining unpublished is 10 cyl
dcnce, against its quality, and the writer Of
n bad book is not indicatcd1by such a fnct.
Besides, you have only to ask the author,
md shcSwill supply you. with n hundred
reasons why he is still in manuscript, not
one of which~has the rcmotcst reference to
my badness. And il you, dear reader,
should ever alight Oh that geological
rarietE the author ola hook ayowcdy
bad, who tells you that patnrnostcr Row
DECLINES transactions with him because
his works. not, good, hurry him to the i;
geht'ss Park; cage him, and advertise the
ls8yelty:ia The Times.
= >, An UGLY. DIsAGIEEABLE BABY.
:, lave had many babies thrust under my
noae TO kiss and admire, some of them
Ybicb;;;to MY inexperienced eyes, seemed
like elnmps Of mortality, wlli:the, com
plsxisn Of q; Cambridge sausage, ana foa-
tpfes general ssqdashiness-at babies
bioated5 Babies, brick -dust,colored babies
tBenfifaua1glJbaby Ilave never seen. More
Sxsfs have had my, amiable temper slight
ygadisa ystl,e bowling and sfreelti,,g Of
Ihoses interesting eTbryos.l FlIase ,l,adsmy
alHsk Rercilessly ftugged byStheir$ fat
aiSs8s and n ysldrt front aaIbled ", tie
!ss liolai4g asweA sucked crust Of. bread;
81 aisag greea6lesb baby has nos yet made
LyS Sappsarance ,SEs+.f ,S.s; II /
SSHaE s1tAS snIo W1s nEs TO snEARrIiE TRUTH.
hdering about: the world; / have 60.
isugbt, but cong j.; ;yaip, for ,lIesbe-
|1iss MO @ heaHt tie trnllI II lave
81 }onnd him among spbil l9sqpI Icrs,A !hst
eabuen. No poet, no. poIitis] i
Sa mn m jivfne Sa,as bean, mia s,a