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The NORTH BRITISH sEsIA": November Ia S"'a
The leading articles in this nn,rbor ara %
" Modern Thought, its Progress and J'ensumms-
ton" Leigh Hunt, "Lord MaAtulays
American Humor, " Reyiyas." and "rhs
Martyrdom Of Calico" From The paper en-
titled " American Humor" we take the following
remarks on
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Tie humor Of Hawthorne is singular so.ses ~
find ca AueIi' s,il. As Lowell sings of him
TSsi yea h.diy sr zee ire strensb sSsi :rs'
A frame robust, With nature 30 sweet.
40 eoyupsk graceful sOid M feet,
IswOrth descent from Olympus 70 ssst
VIII biz Spsled bon, brsnehss IKE rio. d wool
stGgd s ,s ss sysss 81 .ss sSs A
He Il humoist for the fastidOus few, not ior she
multitude. IA n sarist, biz weapon does no. mako
great gaping Heslwounds - too etbefealin temper
Nor docs he nockingly offer the sponge Dipped in
But His suile often goes deeper than loud laughtsn
He IL Of the tenderest hearted men that ever made
bumor nore pigusnt With the pupgcacy Of satire.
4 ere IA ,i6s snber shadow 70 bis nature which
se;s forth TIE bright feces II subtle might with
II ore al ming richness He has weird Imagination.
wl ch at will can witt the borderand Of sosh and
syiIit wi epce breathe the creeping airo tha! thrill
with fearful Vaccination. His nirth Is grave with
found in is pages, with an aroma fine rs the sweet
Lriar's fragrance. How ard delicate Is his satire,
NAV be seen in the " Celestial Rsilroad" Of tho
BIoe<es from an Old Nance" modern applicaiioa
of Tiluim' Progress showing how have altered
all that o4y.a-days. Where TIE little wcket-gats
once stood, is sation-ho're No more need 70 carry
the burden like IGOR Christian: that goes in the lug
psee-ysn The Slough Of DeepoLd Is brdged Over.
Ii stead of the antique roll Of parchment given BY
EyaDpelst Won procure much more convenient smaR
square ticket. The old foud and dispute between Prince
Beelzebub and the keeper Of the wicket-gate havc
teen anicably arranged on the principle Of mutual
con pre uiee. The Hin Difficulty has been tnnnelei
through, ard the materials dug ont Of IL havs
ssrved 10 I'll up the Valley OF Humiliation And most
delQtul and satisfactory tra sfomaion " ell Aroi-
l. on, (hIietiabs old enemy instead of meeting poor
Ieiiuls in mortal conflict, l. literally and isuds
bly engaged to drive the engine. The only drawbacks
TO this new and improved safe and speedy passsss %
Vanity Fair and those that do, sink down IN Deaths
deedIy cold river with no shining ones 70 hep thea
fiOm the other tide.
The same writer thus gives bis opinlou on
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Oliver Wendell Holmes has been long tnown In tlas
&C uptry az tho author of poems written In stale
ly clssic verse, abourding la happy Thoughts and
blight tirdpeeps OF fancy, such as ths, for examples
ITs penshbowr: :oundias ssr.A a;, we're stirred
And this first CLINT of Spring
1.-THE spend;hrt CrOcus, bursting though chs anooil
Esked and shhesins. with his cap Of gold"
He is also known ss the writer of many ieoes whck
wear seIiCus ook until they break out into laugh al
" Lenci u Punch Bowl cunning way Of the
wriers; Just Ls the knot is tied in the wiT-cord al
Il end Of the sb, enhance the smack But neither
Of lese X! ds Of we're Prepared US Tor anything. 50
fr eft b1moiets, is the "Autocrat Of the Breakfst
Table," very delightful bOok-a haudy book for the
breakfast table. book to conjure up coy winter
licue Of rudy fire, and singing Kettle sft hearth.
rug warm clippers, and easy chair; musical chime OF
cuI aid ssuteis, fagrSLce Of tea ad toast within
and thote foweis Of frost fading tie Windows with
out, st ough old Winter Just looked 10, but hs coli
breath was mtltd, aud 30 be paseed by. book 10
tOsese two copies Of; one 10 be read and marked,
q unbed ard d, s-eartd and one TO stand up in its
pi OF plnoe with tie rest on the shelves, al ranged
In ST ming rows as dear old friends, and not merely as
nodciug acquaintance. Not at all ike that pODderons
a. over eating sutocrst, Dr. Johnson, Is Our Yankee
mend lie has Of Goldsmith sweetness and low
al ity He is as q oyor Of elegance and biyh-bied
GRACE darty ian, les and all Measurable things
WAS Leigh Hunt; be has more worldly sense without
the moral Lnguor; but there is the same boy hears,
beating in niaIly breast, beneath the poets ringing
,ote, For be is a JOet vel q humOist. Indesd,
although q book is written III prose- IL 10 full OF poo
Try, with tho " beaded butblrs' OF humor dancing ~
tb,oI oh tie true bppOcreIe aud " linking at the
b. i'm with inning look OF invitation shining In
their ny eyes.
The huno-and poetry Of the book DO not lie in tan
Gil nuggets for extra lion, buttbey there; they
JeIvade il frt VI beginning end. We cannot spoon
cut Il epal kles OF suBsiiGe they simmer the
wayetts Of water; but they there, moving in all
their golden life, and evanescent grace.
But in his view. the preeminence belongs to
JANIS RUSSELL. LOWELL.
Tie greatest of all American humoriss Il James
RueselI Lawe; the greatest OF all American books o
hun or is tie BigOw PA ers." If Holmes can match
tie Queen Anne men in their genslw way with pleas
ant tncture of MOnaign Lowell reminds Of
tie usy strength ana boundess hum0r of that great
Elizatethan literature. Not that he initiates them OF
follows in u cir foosteIe for there be American
book 81 at iQlt ave existed an ndi kenous growth
book 10 be the Bglow Papers" The author might
have Le,n OF the men who met and made
merry at the " Mermaid" because Of his thoroughly
na ser ius, is mountainuirth his glorious fall
ness If life, bis it'll and power The humor Of the
"bigow PayeIs" il "audible and full Of vent"
u etry necessary TO The richest and deepest humor.
n book rational BIRTH ard il Possesses lhst eie-
nent OF nationality which has been the mot enduring
Ist of all the ee aud greatest births in literature and
AIT. In tie istSLce Of Ill the greatest poets and
piiuters u ey are the most enduring and uuiyernl
wIo ave drawn the nat io al life. TIE life Of
ant IOetIy bumor, must Re found home or nowhere.
And tie Growing quality of Lowelrs book l. that it
found at home. Il 20, Id not ha, been written in
Any Other country than Ameiia. The setting is ad-i
hbe, and most provocative 10 the sense OF hurnor.
Coed old Paron Wilbur--half Puritan, half Vicar of
Wakefield, mixed in AmeIca-with his pleasant vsr-
boey Lis snilpg suPeIi lity, supplies capital back
grt tnd to Il broad aud honey hnnor, tire novel sni
startling views the quaint rtlstic expression Of his
talented young rari Homer. We know how il en-
lanes Il . effect IN wt WREN the chosen arc n
tie rim LETT Kind. We know also how much more
ave looked down NJ iliterae. III the great
sucCeSS-aId siitR in of Hosea Bigow's humor.
Here is educated Yankee prov incia smelling Of
tie soil sleaki in al dialect, pitching into hum