The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-15

-''zell's Popular Encyclopedia" the third
and fourth numbers of which we have re-
ceived is one of the most important and CON-
mendable works that ha, been undertaken Of
late in this country. 1t places q vast variety
of information before the public in shape to
suit the pockets of the poor as well as rich.
Each weekly number contains eight pages,
and is published at the low price of ten cents.
Every subject admitting of it is illustrated,
and the work when completed will contain an
amount of information which cannot be esti-
mated by any pecuniary valuation. The
work is edited by L. COlange, Esq, assisted by
eminent literary and scientific gentlemen, and
is published by T. Ellwood Zsll, Nos. II and
10 South Sixth street.
The February number of Captain Mayne
Reid's magazine 0nward, published by CIV.
Carleton, of New York, has variety enough
and interest enough in its contents to suit the
most exacting tastes. Tales of exciting ad-
venture, such as Captain Reid is famous for,
are interspersed with love stories and poetry
of the most tender and hear-subduing
description, and the imaginative portions of
the magazine are judiciously intermingled
with papers on variety of entertaining sub
jects of popular interest. Among the miscel-
laneous items under the head Of ''Triies" we
find Captain Reid squaring of at Boucicault
in this fashion,
Here is funny little speech, from the lips of
q celebrated play yWrlgnt-BouCicauit by name
according to news paper report delivered from
the stage OF Dublin theatre, and to an irish
audience
Il intend to devote myself entirely to literary
pursuits, and shall endeayor to send you, from
lIme to time, pictures OF irish lite and cnarac-
ter, better even than those of the Colleen
Bawn."
grave, and smlte, hip and thigh, this dishonor-
| able charlatan! Better "eVeu" than those of
the Colleen Bawn AS II he, Dion Bouccault,
| had ever conceived single character in the
| Colleen" or known anything about them, till
! the day on which he ilched them from the dead
! and greatly lamented author OF 1.-The Cole
gians " We may expect some day to see this
dramatic stage carpenter stand behind the foot
! lights of New Orleans theatre, and proclaim
! 10 the planters of Louisiana that he will yet
give them better pictures that those we supposed
ourselves to have painted under the title of
! "Quadroon," even TO the suggestion in note
corner of our somewhat voluminous scnbbllpgs
the pseudoDym OF 'Octoroon"-never heard
either in Louisiana or elsewhere, but OF which
this dramatic trlckster has avaied himself to
some purpose. If there be anything calculated
| to throw doubt on Shakespeares existence, sit Is
such naked plagiarism as this gong unehal-
| lenged right before the worlds face and in the
| teeth OF the present time-supposed never 10
have been surpassed in intelligence.
A charge of plagiarism against himself Cap
tain Reid disposes of thus:-
Talking Of plagiarism, we are ourselves under
| a charge OF IL. IN the hrst number of this maga-
| zine we proclaimed all the "artICesn original.
1t did not occurto us that under the very prosaic
| title articles" would be included the piec IS OF
poetry used by US partly for type ornamentation,
and partly to Ill up the blank spaces on pages.
Some critic, however, more discriminating
! than we-lhe editor of the Washington Star, we
belieye-reminds US that we have made mis-.
take; he discovering in our pages u poem not
original with us. but written by celebrated
American poet, George Prentice, OF Louisville.
II chances to be the only article in our maya
zine mot" our own; but, for all this, we owe
the editor OF the Washington Sdr an eXplana-
tion, aud the author OF the poem au apology.
The latter has been sent in private letter to
Nr. Prentice himself, on the moment OF ouI
apprehendiug the mistake; and the former Is
here appended
Some fifteen years ago we found the verses
in question in an English magazine, without
any authors name attached. They seemed tC
us so good we could not help treasurlng them
up-so sweet we could not resist laying then
, before the readers of ORlGaTd. Had we kno WI
VINO was their author, and especially that i
was poel who has more than once sounded
me deplhs OF our own heart, we snould have
been the last to have hlched from him tht
lightest Leaf OF his laurels
, We hope this explanation win satisfy even thi
bypercrit!cal critic of the Washington StGr.