, 1870-12-04
Saturday Might by Ctturlcx Lamb.
From tht .t:lanffc Monthly Jor 1ss1+

This sr..c1, vas originally published in the
t;e.a. AID ls not ine1nded in any Engaieh CT
American edition OF Lambs Eriiiogs. Els,
though he lived In the golden age Of animals,
t,ous productions. To him the rnde old c1ssa
and Whitley -b1oH parcr Of Pondera edition
Of the Pilgrims Progress" we.e infinitely
superior to the fino engEavings aud hot
IT. ssea psrer Of the s;ik.eonnd so1yeniss: II:
versea pred-ed TO the pilgrim to the polite
aud, genteeI enneiors OF the beau1 And bellies
the s. future Lord Byrons and sweet L. E,
La" OF the keepsake nad rG.f-Me--Sotss.
When atked to contribute to the ketp,akt-
souvenlrs-bed declined, saying, ~ he spuraed
the golden hAi: that had caught nanr ia
| NOUS ausbor. that it WAS his hrrn deteEmina-
| tioa 10 have nothing to do wi:h annuals. ~
detest to appear in IN animal, he said:
! hase the paper, the gloss, the dandy plates.
| eyet in the first page, an5 whisked through
III the coTcrs Of magazines, the ba4efsced
sort Of emulation, the irnnodeet csndiaasor-
etip, brought into 90 little space
eay1 Lamb. In N unpublished letter concesn-
ing hrs contributions to the Enstisa.n!ans
.Aagdziar: and il wks the "spur OF friend.
ship. not the love Of gam, that At last induced
hir to write for Al anuual- When Thomas
sq 4or hs ss. en- b. e.
the quaiutIy beautiful lines "On Al Infant
DstnE u Soon ii Boru.~ and the remarkable
ecnaet entitled Tho Gypsy's Aalisoo. The
I editor Of the Gem omitted the sonnet. and
printed piece called The Widow ins1e.a,
:sThe WIDOW was pro4e aketch, By Hood;
In imitation Of EliAs manner, aud published
as production Of his. Hood, however. in
| his Literary "Reminiscences says he wrote
! ..Jhe Widow" At the eugEe.tion Of Mary
Lamb. 70 i'll sks place q promised can eontii: i
1nte. But Lamb himself, in letter 10 Bar
I ion, written when the affair was fresh in hi:
! memory, emphatica1ly states thst the edition
o. the Gem rejected his contribution, and In
serted "The Widow - In its place.
Lamb sent the rejected manusc1iptso Black
Maga, be thus wrote to "Good B. B." n
Q Qutker poet Did Jou see sonnes Of min
u in Block1oood last month. Curious copstrus
. ton: Eaaoraia .faci!,sas! And now 7
editors declined It on the plea that it voul
t, sAock Ill mothers am BAN out c
time I have no conjecture about VII,
the rEefent world calls ae1scacE- I though
h Roaamoud Gray WAS : pret5 mode
3. thing; Hessey assures me shat tho WOE
N rejected. 1 exclaimed, Hang The age, u
- write for antiquity" Was Ella more anger.
than pleased, 7 wondered, at the coutempt
OtA manner IN WHICH 1n6 c11Atc8 SPOKE
"Tne widow" In their uotiee. Of ths Gen
ts,We are much disEustod with Ar. Charl
r Lambs ekeseh Of 'Tha Widow sxid I
5v Khsdamtnthua Of the Monthly Rer;e,r. It
* poor attempt to turn into 4 joka the nstu1
synpsthies 1hieh the engraving is 80 v
~. calculated to excite
~" And although Lamb complained of the Y
,a7 in which he had been treated By Hood.
good.p4tured1y fZied his band 1t another II
ur c,e for thn annual. and produced the qoa
be and humo1ous Little e.say entitled /" satutt
eE N1ght,~ which has been copied cut Of an
faded, moth-esten copy Of the Gan,
Ally printed in thesa rages, for the Pleasure Of
lovers OF Charlea amh who EeAd the Asta7
oed AbnoHdc.
Tbs aplater mentioned in The eketch VI
Al desiczte engraving ftnn one Of Wilkes es
MI. pictures Of humble domestic life. J..E.
There Is Saturday night speak not
ten the admirers Of Burns-erodcallY OF theoz
rne czllJ considered; his Of tbs "c1stsr'a" Z
M, be ve15 charming picture, granting it to
'ore i tqt half tre. Nor speak now Of Tho S..
wdl 4 cty night 1t sea. which Dibden hath drss
gbt Up with gusto nozs poiSusat 70 ths Il