, 1875-03-13
FAMILIAR TALK.


| one Of thu old booksct1.ro of 1nn,Inn and The
m1' nu"oes ~as ahsued In 179l. Samuel john
son was onn Of tho chief contributors 10 1ts
pages dnring 'ts carly years, A roam WAC eet
npatt for him In tho small urln,fuu-h -ho,.c of Mr.
Cave AZ n. roh,.. n.,s s"eass y. ~,
onnn ~. ~, a.. 'ouu oa'e' anu no mannfaesorod
H.. H. ~ .ne "esaz"e ~ last as no could drive
hia pen along tho pape. In 17D6, Cayo began
publishing tho reports Of psrlamcutary debates
| iu tho n,eoaztne. 1Je nn;1 mr. ,r,,,,n.,s ~ 49,.
wonid lurt aho,,t II, ,ohts 49, .., .mp.oyu " '"o'
! sit NV ''ooS ALI gallery. and,
uueAnk 'nuen !" n'emo9y los reproduction Of
| the argument, would take s'y notes hero and
there, AZ they found opportuuity. and than. "a.
| sisipe to 4 uciehborinr tnyc,n co,o,,,ra ro.,.
ami r,xcn N. ,o,,t;,, r,.t..,n, ,s .t] "'s'0.
49,. F.asS W. ,sos H'''e'u' "stue hshds of
." eApor'enoea "i''es' WHO would prepare 1t fos
the raKes Of tho magazine.
Mucn OF tho work Of rewriting tbose dsh.fes
raa lnsrustcd to johnson. ul,o nrrfo,us,1 I'm
n,,t ,n wo, th,t rrcst nrs;.a ~ ~ vo.uao ~
nv o' '.as s'sa' 'A'1o "oe o'ten secoruea
the orators Tor speeches which johnson hnd
supplied hy tie tnesseopen. Mr.. c.vc., .ttan.
tiuu to the msRazine WIN 40 t,nrcm},t1nr int
Jnl,nAon o,,cu remarked Of h.m, +" Ho scsrcclv
| ever Iooksa ont Of tho window but for ia i'm.
| 'wxa in tis employment Of Cave was tho mont
mieerablo and obscure in his cs, eer His CLOTH
ing was 10 dirty and ragged that Io could not
appear at the tabla Of Lin iuhlfeher and le ottcn
Q4lGu IN n Celltf OIL eifDAu0TROftft 1Y mpAk nNI
pennrwor.h of Lraatl. Ooo day SCOT, after tLo
| publication OF Johrson'a ''Idfo of Sayatto. IN
| l744, a Mr. Uarte d,ned with Caya. and Th,o Vt
table spoke in high terrua Of the book,
Caast acme days following. SIT. Cave reu,arkod d.
" lIarte, you made mai very happy Tho other
| day At my house BIZ your p1alnc Of Sayare's
Lie" .lIow coz None were pTcsen. but yo,, Il
| aud I.~ Chya feplied. .You might ohserre :
sent plato Of vetua!s behind tI,s screon tbcro
| luskcd Que whose .ireae was TOO Anabby for lin
| 10 apuear; you. prniae rteheed him much"
| The succcas Of tho Gealenlon's 1faqasinc it,
duccd sercrat rivals to cnser Tie Held the
ahless Of which was the Loptoh Ma1axiue, which.
! however ceased 10 exist in 17s5. Eayarsf
| Journals Protesting 10 10 puYeIy iiterxry in
ch.racter had appeared between the yoarh lcBJ
and 1749. bu at tho latter ate the frat popular
rsviow was founded by ltsIph 1rjfiths, II VIA
atyied the Monthly Repietr, and wne Qrcat I'M
proyemouttipon the boat OF fta predecessors
Among tho early contributors OF noto to this
periodical vas Goldsmith, who was induced
70 take up. lia Teodoneo In tho house Of
GttfhthH. aud for I email hRary devote him
| sc1fso the Iterieer. We are told by An author
who wna acquainted with the fortunes OF tho
Monthly Rerae'u FOR tltty years. that III itH daya
| Of greatest prosroritv only, 1 E.,tneaa sheet
IL iiS9. when 1t was reported that Or. shebboare
received G guincas 4 Bhcet. johnson replied,
-s1f: ne might got eutneaa for particular
sheet, but not co',smssnil,'s sheetibu*."
| .eeatoAH sa7 %FAGAit1A1 IlQUHEAfl0HH tl4
elgasesntl. century was the Eiinburg I.fric.r,
which Hah established IN lia! aud survived but
q twclSemonth. Foety.uight yeart Inter d
naEazlne inhsIls!ng its t,:lo was sent out BY tho
achieved hrll!aut reputation. There was room,
1oF i, for siucc tho deccaae Of she old Edinbur3
ttecten no regular Journal OF tho sort had
e1ibted IN Scotland. Tho origin Of the
msEaz1ue u oas:urad 10 donbt aud mystery.
sydney Smith claimed sho. credit Of originals
ing tue scha1ne. and Rives tho following version
OF ita history "Ono day BFougham, jeffrey,
and myself happened to moot In tlts eighth ur
nutt! story of Dat In Hucc'cuch Place, the elc-
vased residence OF tlie i.sn Ar. Jeasoy. ! pro-
poecd that We should &c. up q royew. This was
aceedea 10 with acclanattous. I was appointed
editor aud remained long enough III Edinbnrg
10 edit the frat nmbGr OF the Eai,at1.rg Re-
rtcto. The motto proposed was:
sTcnut n.uta,a uedlan,ur arena,'
We cultivate literature upon uttle oa:-rneaL'
| But this Taa too near tho truth 10 DO sJnit-
tod, md 20 We took our present grave motto from
publsus Lyrus, Of whom mono Of us had an,
| stuco turned out 10 bo 1 very Important .ni aha
| journni. When loft Edinburg It fell into lie
stronger hnusia OF Lord jeffrey and Lord
popularity and SUCCESS" 0 ~ A~'3 f'''' "
Lord Drougha1n ilst!y contradtcts tt,js acconn.
In tito fsst volume Of hia eutobiorraI,,,y.
"Noshtng," he snyE .'can bo n,oIo imaginary
| chan nearly tho uilofo Of it.' Eti,j. Isn",i.r
opiuion iuclipeK to the rery liyelv and rjaaann
story Of the origin Of lilo KcrIe,n which was
Hritten By 6yducy smith not long aytcr liz fonn-
dation.
Of tho Lsrte,p ia June. lSu2, but yarioue doays
| put it back until tbo following NoYa1nbnr. A.
! co1diuR to sydney Smiths account Tho contrib.
utors used 10 meet in li:tto room uI sho ollico
| Of Coustables fa.her-iu-,aw, Wilison, for Ills
purpose Of consul.ine over tleir work rr,iicianr
| each others prodsc,ioa.. a.Id corroctinr ti,sa
| proof- -Hlcots. Excn man ssojo to thn niaca ~