New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-27

story az "CATHOLINA Or, THG NICHE II THi
wall iust commenced, for Lacvs says srchly 70
him:
TIE tapsr ourneth IN your closet Sir
Searching tie window for aini1 found
Tai PAPER"
Mr.. Howard Staunton or Mr.. Richard Grant White
may object TO this peculiarly perpendicular nterpreta-
ton of the passage, and appeal 10 Golfers Foho,
wherein the passage is annotated by Shakespeare III
Golfers handwriting; but such quibbling is beneath
our notice. In Cymjeii7e, Act J., Scene Vll II Is 80
evident that the fair Inogee has been reading the same
naner that the stage direction should be- Enter Irno
gen. with a copy of the N Y. MERCURY IL her handl
Speaking evidently Of Of its beautiful slories she
says
80 far resd ,loud
But even the very middle OF ny hesrt ~
Iswarln'd BY tho fss., and takss Il Thankfully
This passage so outrageousy plain that any one can
understand it fully, though commentator, We be-
Heye, has proved by elaborate and exquisitey neom-
prehensible Argument that the word center" should
be used instead of middle" make the sentence per.
fecty ineligible.
In the drama Of TrOilps and Cysssida, Act H.,
Scene H.. the great American Family journal IL
named BY Helenus with NEUROLOGICAL Gisrnctness He
expressed a desire 70 stck
" The very wing. Of res.ontO bis heels,
And rs Ike cbiiden MEscUEY from Joye"
That is 70 say the MERCURY has reached it, present
immense circulation on "the wings OF reason and
"Heenus" wishing to circulate largely designs adopt
ing similar pinons. II Is hardly necessary to add that
the word "chidden meant admired or Gelo1ed, in the
DAYS of Shakespeare tsee Stanton on Paul hoPby's
challenger.
Whether the great dIsmati5t foresaw that the MER-
curry would have iInitaors making false pretence 20
s racy and sparkling originality We cannot sayi but
certain of his words indicate that he did. Thus, in Act
III. of The Ts,o Genarea Of Verona, the sentiments
of an initiative publisher are epoken by Proteas:
But good ny ,ord, do It 20 cuHniney
Hath made me plolishsr Of his preface"
From this passage it can be az clearly proved that
Shakespeare was an accomplished editor, as it hes
been shown by learned judicial owl, from other pass
ages that he was the great foreiaher Of all the Tombs
lawyers In fact the Editorheoy be still further
strengthened by quotations. for in this play of the
Tao Gentlemen of Verona, one might suppose that
J-';o had been favored with a specimen copy" Of
SOL. uondescript sheet to which weak despot, like
kIg Bomba Of Naples, perhaps, had contributed
biography Of Nero; for che ocornfully eYclsins 10
Iucsta:
"Thers take The paper! ses It be returned,
Or else return more into riy sight"
/. oay further be argued that Shakespeare was "a
Editor, because he says, through Iags
he who steals my purse se0ls.rssh,"
end is weknown that the purse of country editor
il generally just such trash az unpaid bills are made Of
To return to THE YORK MERCURYS
notices from Shakespeare, we find in Act '. Of LoOt'S
Later LostArmado, speaking an though he had just
been reading 81 William Ross Wallaces Joseph
BARRIERS, other celebrated bards poems in that
old established sheet-he says enthusiastically;
The words of MERCURY sweet
After The songs Of Apollo"
The ladies will be pleased to know that our bard
makes of his characters in King Henry ".
allude 10 The instructive as well as entertaining char
acter Of the payer, while speaking Of the then
Prince OF WALES. We shall not exceed the ordinary
license of commentators, if we gay that Worcester
could only have referred to the teemng columns Of
THE NEW YORK MERCURY, with their gems
from the pens Of DIR. j. H. Robinson Ned Buntline,
Cousin May Carleton Septimus K. Urban, Q. X. Phi
lander Doesicks p b., and hundreds of other cele-
bratei authors, when he said the Prince appeared
"Asi he MASTER there double spilit
or teaching and Of learning, instantly"
II Is welhhnown that this great literary necessity Of
every educated family contains among its numerous
qeat departments, q column devoted 20 the "Gsrden
and Greenhouse wherein full instructions for the
amateur botanist and directions for the taking Of deli
cate plants and flowers safely through Winter in the
city.
The sinner # their taking may appear
Atiarge discour1'd In this pspef here"
ne Northumberland hays in the last scene of King
Richard the SecoAd. Upon The general concentrating
principle might be shown that every department and
contributor of the MERCURY has, by some strange coin.
edcnce, fIst-cass pub ia Shakespeare plays; but
The limits Of our space Will moi permit the attempt
few more gcnerIquotations Wilde. In King Richard
ne Sec0Hd again, Northum5eriaad may be supposed to
hand tbc kpg copy Of the MEBcuRY when he says:
Read DER nj paper, nile the glass
Doth Gomez
And the King evidently connected that popular sheet
with he brightest joys of the family ireside in Winter
when be remarked 70 his Queen by way of suggesting
comfort for her anticipated widowhood.
d" Ia inter. tedious NIGHTS m BY tbs6re
WIN soou Old iolasi and let tneII read thss TILES
more glorous and enhancing story for Winter,
tedious nights Was never written than " CArHot1NA.
or InE NIcuE ~ TIM WALL'-Dr. j. n. Roliu-on'-
meqmled new romance Of Louisiana, just commenced
m The MERCURY. In hmg HRyy he Fouytk. Act
w. We find he character OF the favoriie paper- whole
table OF contents defined and lis charming NeyYears
dress handsomely cuogizcd.
81 HeIard Iouoa, in amical la converse with H.,
dashmg Hotstor, saws il is
A. tlll of spIrit q. The month o'kI.v
md ygr a.a.I. . h. ..