, 1860-09-27

Tom Hood, -ths genial, :tha- good, the droll,
pever gars 80 much delight to bis grown up
resd:rs by his ininitatle poems than he did to
his children correspondents BY his artfess, SIM.
pie, funny lotters. In ths summer Of 1s44th1eo
Of these highly favorsd little folks were At the
seaside at Sandsete, in Kent Hoods letters 10
them have been published by his children in
their recent Memorials. Thus he writes to Tho
boz, Dunnie Elliott: 80.
Is not ths tide curious1 Though cannot
say mu:h for its tidiness; it makea su.h a s!op
and litter en- the beach. 1t comes and goes al
regular a. tho boys Of = proprietary school; but
has 60 holidays. And what q rattle the naYes
wilt fud some rolled iato decent marbles and
bouncss; and sometimes you may hear the
sound Of the heavy tea, It n.di tance. Ike g1-
ant snoring. Somn pcop:s say that every ninth
ware Is larger ttan the rest. | taye oitea "
counted but never found it come true, except
Of tailors, Of whom every rin.h is man. But
il rough weather thero are giant waves, bigger
Than the rest, that come IN tIios, from which
Eu2pose Dritaunia rules tbs wayeR bythe tule
ofibres. When was boy, loved to play
with the Sea, in spite OF it sometimes getting
1a:her rough. md my brother chucted hun
dreds Of s;ones into it, % 5ou do; tu: We c.mo
away before We could 81! it up. ii these days
]
peAcs now, Or with 20 many stones you might
hsve good fuu for dars' in peltlpg the eaemv's
coat. 0aee l almcst thought nearly hit Bo.
peyl Then there Was locking for an island like
Robinson Cfusoe! Have 5ou ever found one
yet, surrounded By water? lrtmember nEce
stuylrg On the beach, when the tide was ,w-
ing, t.il Was peninsula, and onlv By running
turned myself into continent. Then there's
fishing 1t the seaside. used to catch fat tish
with q very long string line. Il was like sHim.
ming kisct but perhaps there are no fiat fish
IL Sandgate-except your shoe sole3. The best
plan, if you want flat fish where there are
none, is 10 bring codi'pgs and hammer them
i: all orer red tpo,a, thaughsl had caugA. this
mea.lea.
70 Jeanie. the boys sister, he Gays:
Some time s9o exa:uy, there used to b.,
about the part Of the coas: where you ere,
large waite birds with black tipped wigs. TINT
wet filing sad screaming o7er lhe ses, and now
acd then plunged d0@a icto the water after q
fish. Perhaps tcey casch thsit spra;s now with
nets CT hoops and lines. Do Jou ever eee such
birdss We used 70 GILL them "gulls," but they
dida't mind i'll Do you ever sec any boata or
vesst!si And don't you wish when ycu SEE
ship that soueboty was sea capt11n instead
Of doctor, thtt he might bring you home a
pet Lion, or calf eleph~n., erer 80 m.ny parrots,
Or q naolkeg, fsam to1eign parts? knew It,
tle g!f! W6o vas 1Tomi,eI E naoy Hsa'e nY Eer
SSH hf6the5, SEQ Hno nlanoe1eo because no
o1a mol buns II. sop' 'o.e thste ere NJ "1eles
a. Sanoease, out you mlgat 4oo seal ~ aoons
me neaea; OF. as leass Stone ,or o1c' lne ssa
s1onea ave not p!ett5 "aen 1neJ 1se 1sJ' out
l9ok oeao.l'ul wnen .ns} arc "e'-ato We se3 sea
as"a}s Aeep eueA'oE ns. -" ~ uno
one, pieh me Up peoo'e 1ol ssat. pfe.es
INC 1ea soT1Ihke a1s. Hsnsloss ,t 91o2en ana
ea..r1gf, M "n'cn soo csus 1sa GIa9h Gaamshon:
"en' ho" nappy 3oo mus' ~ 1uAoaoe9 'S
soen Joyous merry t'ms' ao1 o1ten wisn !
"as 1~o ol 'l!ee ish enn1 - i, ~. aup21se l
can PC c1 f.se "o1!o " "eIsIf. 4aa S!a;:
ana Duoaie hn,o.,. Ana "outun 14a ! pun ea
my tuIes palls o! saoes aao soeAs a1o g3 p1a
eaoR IN me sea up 10 ny 81 Aness: avg o.
no" coalu el.4o W ~ LUZ ~ aau - uo"n
'ne ups Oh my 'nte7 oaeAs aoo sto:oaeAs'
But the youngest was the pet-litiIe May.
She gets long Letters, but all 20 reada.la and
..,r f., ,ho f,ro,;t. =, rrd.r,,srd IT, ~.
eos5 'oA AA0 - AAA' 'o''
extract aa aa example:
hare been very i'll, a1d am 50 thin nov I
could stick myself inlo pickle nv legs. in
particular, aze 10 wasted awaY t1at tomeb,dy
saya nv bins ure only needles: ard am so
weak | dare cav YOU could push me dorm On
ths 4 oor and fight through Tie carpet, un1e:s
it was strong pa.tsrn, [ er1 sure. ii / wero
at SandRate you could carry ne to the p,s.-
oftice aud fetch nv letters. Taking Of carrr.
inr snnnoea voH hera doct,ve ~ S,r11ata