The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-12
THOMAS HOOD.

We CLEAN from a read liable Article In the Lon
don Quarterly, on the life OF Thomas Hood, a
lew extracts After an apprenticeship In co n
mercsl Office, and brief resdeucedu Dundee,
Hood returned TO London, and was engaged TO
assist the editor ofthe London Mag1ssae, eay'ng
the ClgIayTr's business for that purpose. Here
was legitimate opening, and he 'lcmped at 4,
a Ia Gumaldi, head foremost, and WAS speedily
behind the scenes" So delghted wss be, that ne
would receive revise from the foreman Of the
pIiDtlrs As a "prCof of his regard, torgive him
all lis slips" and really thought that prin ers'
devils were not SO black as they are painted.
But, he tells us, bis "t'p-gallint glory" was In
"OGr Contributor" How lc used u Look for.
ward TO "Elia" and backward iUr Bszlitt, and all
round for Edward Herbert and how used TO
look up TO Allan Cunningham" who was formed
by Nature tail enough to "snatch grace beyond
the reach Of Art" Hood has given as a pleasant
luelike sketch Of Charles Lamb, with his fine
head on q small spare body; his intellectual face
full Of wiry lines, and lurking qulps aud cranSs
of bhysiognomy brown bright eyes, quick in
turning as those Of brds--looking sharp enough
TO pick up pins and needles. The hesitation ia
his speech continually relieved by some happy
turn Of thought which seemed 20 have been thus
naturally waited tor. Shy with strangers, but
Instantly alight with welcome smile Of wOmanly
kwcCtness hr his friends. At Lambs be met
with CoieYidge the "full-bodied poeT, with his
waving white ba,r and his benign face, rJlni,
Tuddv, ard un'urrowed as holy friar's. Hool
heard the glorious alker a. times when he was
in the key which Lamb called &C in ale" far
above the line of the lis ener's comprehension.
He mAte marve Ions music, nevertheless, and
Hood felt as though he were carried "sp rtlirg
mp 10 heaven by whirlwind intertwisted with
| sunbeams, giddy and dszzIed, aud h I'd then been
| raired down again with n shower Of mundane
| stocks and stones that battered ont Of me all
recollection OF what had heard and what h I'd
| seen" Here, too, was poor Clare IN his bright
erass-colored coat and yellow wal tcoat, "shinng
| 0Tdsntly from out the grave-colOred suits like
| patch OF turnips amid stubDle and falloT."
| Lamb som,times hanterng bim on certain
j q liza a In and
| ing so giHve,y, towards midnight, thar Care
| would cry "Dal!" "a clarified d-n) "it IL isu't
| Ike q dead man preaching out OF his coffin j.
De Quincy also was one of the writers for the
| London, aud Hood oiten saw the small, calm
| philosopher sat lone, quite at home, in tho
| mids, of German Ocean OF literature in a storm
flooding al the flo r. table, and chairs-bill iws
OF books tossing, tumniing, sur2iTg open. On
| such occa,ions / have will ng,y listened by the
| hour, whilst the philosopher, standing with his
Cs fixed on Cne s dc OF the room, seemed q be
Jess fpeaking than reading from Handwriting
On he wal!"
| Tie Lions Head" Of the London Muqa.ins
| was the nTst mask OF Omus put on bv TnOmas
| Hood. HIS punning propensity breaks on, IN
| humorous Answers 20 Correspondents "W. is
| informed That his Night Is TOO lOJg; FIR the
| neon rises twice in lt. The Essay on Agrlcul J.
| tTal Distress would only increase il. b. is
| surely hnniming. H. b., S1nnrt 20 the RI ing
| sun is suspected Of being written for a Lark.
| WIS 'TCuis of SenEuili;y h d better Ds droppei.
| Tie IL hO' VIII uot answer. I, who says hls
| tales are out of lis own head, i asked II ne is IA
| tsdIOcl Ms Ode ON tine Martyrs who we're
| buIlt in the rain Of QGeen Mary is original,
| but WdhtS Bfe."
Hs coIuec ion with the London brought
| Thomas H9od many friends Ia the pieasa OF
| sprI g-time of his literary career; amongst
ntbeTs john Hamilton Reynods, the Edward
| Herbert of tge Mdga-iHe. Unfurtunltely this
fTieboship did not end we'll. We only mention
the subject because we think hat most likely II
was IN Hoods lBst Thoughts aud 20 n ed witI
4 'uT IL sRt4Tna IN
| | fOIllYt ail-aAP Que result d the nre tS-up
OF this intimacy II, th.t large numhec of II DOd
letters are still ,ocsed up tom the public, and all
| access 10 them Reused.
CoDjyiatiy with Reynolds, Hood wrote and
| published his "O0cs ana Addresses 10 @ ca
People," TIE book had "a i'Tge sale. COleridge
10 whom copy was sent ascrIDed It 20 Charlie
Lamb Ia letter w-ith pays n just tliiUtt 10 Oh,
| g"rd npiure Of tile humJr'st who I'D Frite 10
"My dear Charles, il was certainly wrilten hS
| you. Hon arr tound the manner, 4, Tie lawyer
say. Tho puns are n,nt IN zen gOOi mlpy eX
cclCut lie NeicgatoTy trapsceadent and ,hey
the 6J6BpftHs StHo eItDiptO OF a volume Ut person
a,ltCs BLd cont mp,Ta ei e. wituIut singh
Inc thar could iufl rf TIE iahnifcsual Of al un
pieassuce on Hny man in bis euses." Tine pIl
especially alluded 10 occurs Ia the Address 81
Ms. Fry. Hood sa,s he likes hcr, AMI tn
QlakePs, With many Of their works AMI ways
bu he dom like her "Ncw 4a'Ory te 'chilg"
Il was in the year 1926 thar tha Gr,J ssiies a
"Nllius AID Oju.Iiss' app arrd, IN the yea
fO;luWing sccund seiies was dstit TED % $.
Walter Scott Both wire well rec iYsd by ia
| Iu"ll'. The "P ca Of NE Midsummer Fairies
was produced at this tin,e, nut I'D not ss
HOOD b0uelt up tbe remainder Of an edtio
flom the publishers shelves, 10 save the wpra
as lie saiG, from the butter shops. In 1929 d
let LondOn 10 live IN fbe country --ifst a
MinchmOTe Hiil, aud next sc Lake u3us~ th
Ia'ter plsce Ioticea lr because hs wrO c "eylne
| Hail" thtrs, sod syidrnly g1r kia su9gei,iOl ia
| the Haunted NOusr" nom Us ruined hedgiy, II
eieas of pssJ llendor aad present desOialoni II
| rirforeu panels, from under vLich the ra'
| W uIo prep out at twilight; its weedy wildernrs
| Of fOweI-gai oen, where the Tab lits woul
| come tOfKip;-
| "A aI,y Place sgid he Ia days ofOld,
1 Iut inothiug ais + now ths place Is euTst"
! The ffst nnuher ~ H0od's Com Animal
wa roh'tied for the ChTstmasOf 1880. Oa Oh
Spsef wes tie pienre OF q boy blowing bubbles
Eptsn uAinatsly decreased On eleven, naniDern
iss .bs gel,s u the pubnca'ina. rhe fnl Of n
N0Hiie' pApabie and plentiful, secured - Eh