, 1869-06-13
TIE GOLDEN AGE OF LITERA-
TURE.

Ecto.e giving facts to show why this nineteenth
century Is entitled 10 the atosc title, It VT! te well
thors recc,v ed in fcrner tines-mcn "who tlailF
scT1t bled for their GA1y bread :" Tnsset*az Eelred
to such pNserty that he Was obliged TO bnET1w
Spanish Icnirs, Eantcl food: cotrc.lc died IN
EIta, roscrsE Spencer livel IN graf want- letter.
hy lanes l. to ihe Learned ant.inary, SLOW, per.
hitting him, Is reward for his labnr%>ani travel
for forty -nse yeaEa 40 gather the senevoence Of
to ask, gather R1h take the aims Of al our Eov-
fne suttects:" TITS was to he published ~ the
Clergy iEpn iheis ruiri's. and one parish III the
Immortal Sink speatc received only 6 for Hrnrt.
though bis Commentators hare been greatly
spehss e. by saet oss.s1 s.9us n, sdsas ,o
ais nrst, and e1'V FOR hts second,
edition q The grea, d!aInssist's wo11A' TN hs
I 90 s1s b Pens m Si p
1861, he being then Is years OF age. On that day
It WIS sold 10 ssE1cl Simmons, the bookseller.
thirteen hundred copies Of the ~ elit.on should
have been sold; another E. uioee *nen thtstecn
hundred copies OF the second edition should
II vas not. however, Til 1874. the year Of his
death, that the eecunll edition was publshcd: and
~ interest IN the work ~ g paid e5 simmons.
The daughter ct Milton had to c.are AIMS from The
admirers of her father. Torsou. N 1872, obtained
an injunction restraln smother bookseller trotn
printing rarati.s Lott, Tonlon and his ,amily de-
f1ytEg g7eat benefit fror1 its sale The ctler Ton
eon was, saIs Mt DssT.Ieit at nrss unable to pay
another bookseller 10 advance ,nas snua The p,aJ
sold, and Tonsou sss Afterwards enabled to pur-
chase the succeeding Ones lie and his nephew
died worth f:nu,eoo, DRYDEN sold Tonson fo,oco
verEes ipt faG5.
Dr. johnson Thought that there existed among
euthors no other motive but xs!stn4 TO. money;
doctor had for his work, the Dictionary, waa
exhausted long before ha work wAs concluded
remuneration, and died In poverty, almost broken
hearted, in q foreign land He s ounec in the
English eerneteEy Al LeFnorn; and had be lived
estate Of f1 90 ! year ne wrote: +Iisd some Of
those Who were pleased to call themselves my
friends been at any pains 70 deserve tnat rhAtac-
IN the cspacttv ot An snthor, when 1rss pro
1essed myself of thst venerable fraternity, Ah0uld
y ~ probanil1iy hare tpared myself nc ineIedt-
Bernard Lntot, the BOOKSELLER, h2s teit curious
neeouttoook. entitled Chnf-s 1-h+a {ufehzAsd, Ar.
ps7aen IN bis Yua1rtt. aa1 Cal,Mssi<1 y AatAor.,
ed Est viii te foCnd IN the {r,rot -fntr5esss Ac-
corntnK to this nope received fsl3 fer eaea Of Tie
Iuftter xum frun 81 4suhacttoegs-Amouat,cg attn-
gather 70 e, 50. NO such encooraRrmsnt TO IT.
erature had ever before been manifested. says VI.
C3Eruthert. he Etcuree bis life from wAat by
considerable anrutteA The estate OF the Duke Of
Buckingham Nn found 70 be charged With f5p
year, payable to Pope. He also bought the lease
and liz II r:,nee ines f1'S for their eor:es t For the
ss.s fo an e1ssa Fen'on ssa ho A' For 70 soms
Epa1leT poems cozs1h4stei TO Miscellaneous F,eHs
and Ttea4la;i1n BY ttr:f Hands, be received
for Hincsor fvrest, f3a -: for fsft On Eeei1ia
L1u, Els; and Trrsj K # Fcn~<, fe7 - Pore "
stated to haye sa:tEzed the pachess Of Hari-
borough In rse character Of Atoses7 N rseelsed
n,o0o tom Her Gr1ce to sCppress the sasHe- bat
writer In the Atk<n4Tsns stated shas II Was not
The Duehtss Of HA,,borrrght but the Dnehess Of
70 tctuTn 70 L5tots hock- osy. Tor his WE
er EatA, reeelTe.f fse; faE his 1tfr1d. ts7L and
T1r< Hears AJ-<r Aarr'aes fts . g. D.. Sew
S1~r, recef1et. on. : Eai1ea. 1neobald was to
have Translated for Lnsot the t*enty.iour boofs
Of uener's 0t.4e; Into English blank verse;
zyrarnus Elitt.4 q: c"IaS.. 1'aeAioo, and
tor notes neE.s . receive sss tysr{ - G.ses
diaefcns to Popes s.in* ne facet,eus D.. KInx
received onls io for the Hi.sssy e CLJanat: hut
sss sn 10 ior 4 the aap
s." Ea.,,., aal g: sss,h fes Pf~its al. Hepo-
Evy, ess ls4; Gbber obt.ined .f1os fos tie copy
right OF the sejurtr. For seyectn SHARE Of C1p-
e. tssA etos s1'fh ii 'lsan ks oE foE
sner,aan ios s1anslaiing Pi:u,rp, recetved &, SO:
GOLDSMITH sc,d lis riear cr Fatszt1 Tor 30.
Johnson Ind 500 erineas Tor hs Liess o<tAs P<t1;
pr. Daz.in e6uo for als Eo:1nse Ga1rd<f, and GU
bon {GGQ fer his HffJsy UIsraen teiis Us that at
The sale Of the Eahrsens, the copy right Of rysss
SF<ls-,-toat RAl sold for E4, 80, With an aannisy
el Cs3 l0a to The author.
Charles Lamb, u x.an% to Bernard Ba-ton, 81
poes Hho cotsulted HIN about Iszstcc as prote&
s4o7n aE1nor, sid: Literature, = a vety b4A
0oteh, hai veEy good xa1t1ogst!ck:" n thR
optn!oo Nj. FEouae seems 70 AEree; bct II cef'
satoly Is not applicable ut TIE present tine, and,
though We are faE ltpca RECOMMENDING young men
to venture Etthour dtoess into such pursuit, N
no occupation Ia It so easy to eAEu eco Of ESQ
1saz: tho1Sh Is certainly d,d1cult, even iu
uls COLDER acc Ct Eteratr1e, 70 earn E7OO
or fSN. AZ = modem writer has well
expressed r.: "Tnnse who tive bJ writing,
m1ss EHte 70 Ese; snd they nus wzi1s TO mnea.
vel, and ttlnk Ia deeply. Is ttoae wao can wait
ORE Ieara for the payment of taet1' tabo1s-vho
viii not ttzEye u they peref be paid Il IN The1
may 1Hse brilliant leading aEt4c1es, OF g7acefnl
poems, OF delightful stoftess but how can they ana
time 70 think out great work Of hizsprJ po{,t,cs
es philosophy: how can they sfe,c tho iaeatN Z
fet uese1ssJ 10 Pfpdate = bop1 ~. :s.1 n