, 1872-11-24
LITERARY 'TATTLE.

| II poIh 4Iaa juat Ut9u puUAEuEU which fHCAlEN
many Of the chagacteristlcs Of the botter cla:se
| Of volumes On library tatt1e It presents us with
significant table Of contents, in which re o.
tain clear notion Of how the earnest biblio-
more remarkable in the treatises OF the sort
than the complete enthusiasm OF their writer's,
The most trihing thinga, II they can only be
connected with the main theme, are gathered
8 celebrated illustration in Burton's "Anato@
mics" Mr.. Jecox, the writer OF the "ABpects Of
! Authors, OF, Book Marks and Book Makers" ie
worthy brother Of his craft. He sets of with
calls Authorship in the Act" We are told,
how P1ynne used, according to old.Aubrey, to ro-.
czuit his wasted Spirits by having pot Of ale
| and roll Of bread brought to him every three
hours. hours IN T., which he set down to
2dsons 'ni bottle s of wna 'Ga'1s is nas PSS fe2
| gotten; and Schiller is charged with r. f7ask Of
old Rhonish and coffee laced with co guao at 5
| every morning: .Rousseau, We learn, ,sas as pa~
per-sparing as Pope, inditing his "Kerericsf On
other hand, Chateauhriand wrote On, slips, like
Count Fosco, in large hand, tossing the leaYes
aside as he went o.. johnson would only COM
ea nssney na fqf }sa his Ra sa4 aH it want
a5st "a, was bsing printed. Goldsmith 40 warm M
ed his imagination, when it cooled,
BY standing with his back to kitchen fire. Jenn
Paul Rlehter stirred up his fanciea at tile harp-
AA~%CAN1
and rounded off his songs, ia use his own ex-
preston, 'by the 1eeside Of . bowl Of punch,
Wt.eh had ogeraet every mortal in company, ex-
feps the hautbois and the Muse" Reranger
dreamt for no less than ten years of ditty
against the taxes. but could not until the end OF
thatperiod get the rhyme aud reason to come out
upon tapping A. his brain in the morning. Cole
ridge liked preparing himself for publication
BY walking over broken ground; and Words.
worth performed eonneta While sauntering On
smooth and gravel paths. Jeramy .Bontham
at Ford Abbey fitted up with them for the pur-
pose Maturln stuck q wafer on his forehead
when engaged at work, SO that il any of tbs
family entered his den they would perceive the
sign up that he was not to be spolen to.
Having watched the author in bis lair, and re-
corded SO much Of his personal eccentricities,
M afo1 proceeds to icy US how hq is first #
q "fqster Of elation'" :" when he had paper re-
joiced at coming across gone OF hia verses
stamped on child's pocket-landkerchief |
Moore. speaks Of the "honor and glory" Of |
beholding his homage To Leila in
the "Anthologia Hibetuica." Gibbon re- |
fera to his earliest publication as "a |
memorable era in the Life of student" Rog- |
era would e1patiate at length On the same theme |
n the chapter headed Bookisl," the writer OF |
"Aspects Of Authorship is very much at home.
BIS cento of Quotations disPls9s an amount OF
research and power Of combination which would
be more than surprising It re did not know that
work OF the kind is as nearly mechanical as
putting together The pieces OF a colored |
puzzle to make picture But 1fr. Jaco1
should not decry bus own labors or his own
hobby. do Is constantly nndlng abusive epithets |
for the very class OF Wrlters to which be dis