, 1875-03-27

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Enrlts, ilie III" ic,nt,,r" r's " ~hsuccr " ill.,
m,tlor beiur moor. tic Ioy wan o,s,rato,i nj lin
Enl.tnn chn'Itrssci,noi T2orn In i,s ti,o IL. .snn
ri lin rntna,t.n and arti0uo cnnstaofiv lofuro
lin in tho vcry ns,it;ltipn tn wi,ici In was
learning 10 rnnti nI,i writo. Tiis f;niston WA.
m iii morchnnt Of lhe MercLsnt out Vnntn,crs cf
Hoc,ntv. wjIo,n Hotnst,nn Cohot fn,ndc5 md i,o
| n,aio mnryuous amount Of nonoy py Ills trade
in tl,o nhinrinr lino, and tloyotoi II to inntitu
ilot,s Of rorpot,,aI CHARITY 10 Ills town. CoJaon
IL tho cnt,ouizcd rait Of bonoyolorco Ia I)rstoj,
nn thew nyo ti,,co aoctettcn tloro tint annnnIy
cat great dinner and drink barrels of vino il,
| comn,omoratiou of is charity 10 thor city,
which aue1,,s 10 i.nvo bccono stream tiln. will
| ,jow IN fvrnyer. Ono of In utentcst nrt,luclH
wna t!le Inv Gbattnr:nr
AZ SCHOOL.
Villa Mt tttts schoo,. md wcor;nc tl,a un,forn,
IN WHICH he il pottraycd Ia marble on lilo ton uf
| 4 marvellous prodnctiuu Of hIH Ia 11rcanryci.
wlic, i,c is sa! to llaye wrtto,t a tho uro OF t2
Thcro fs no doubt I,o exhibited Tin n,ost rctunrk.
ablc development Of rrecoo!ty, in tilo rroat att
to givo uttoranco to thoughts In tho English lnls-
g,lago. Ills carly productions show a comt,joto
maturity OF n,tnd, In thought, expression, and
Judgment, They nro cotnnlotoIy dyestcl or Mi
appoaranco Of cilBhncst,. There ID at tho
Batno time MI equal Appearance Of maturity Of
evil, and t1oyelopment OF vaBeop, as II the
writings wcto tic production, Of luatu1o Uyron.
corYtsr.
At tho ngc OF II, lie was npprepttced to
| scribe, md engagou as legal cupyint. IIcra lo
acquired n skill In tho art OF ,luiug tho 1uill
that enabled lln afsoruard to completely Initiate
tho style OF ancio,,t writing. md Upon old narcE,-
| tnent. which 10 successfully doeoyed many OF
ports.
lie first appeared in print on tho opoutne of
tho stono bridge across tic Avon that connects
tho old city with the streot that leads 10 hfs old
style . detailed account OF the opening Of tho
previous bridge so.no centuries before, stating
tint ho llad found tho account amonY tho
ancient manuscripts. This VIVA pubinlsoti in
yet survives, after lilo olapse OF more than a
century. 1n this journal mnny CT his oarly
productions appeared, sotno of then, IN tho
straightforward Eng1isl, Of tho day. Dus they
do not Hcem to lavo attracted much attoution iii
that form, It waa lia proenso tint ho Ind dis-
covered tito anclont manuscripts, md their pub
lcation ~ such. with tho llowIcy POEMS, That
att1ac,cd attontton 10 him, aui bocntno tho
foundation OK hls tn,ne. which, frightened niter
the example and the public fascination OF tho
publication Of tho Ousnn pooln by ataupl1orsoI,.
1ot tho foundation Of bis fanlo was great lto.
aud 1t whn tue arsIul1lcss OF 1t TINT brought him
into nosoricty. 1t is strange that Quo hhving
Eliould seek to palm OF tllat genius to another.
But porhars, iii tho maturity VI hla Judgment
~ "o ~, norrsa ,x. ~ a,I, t " ~
'n' liz t,v w. 'o''o"So "'"s'' '"o'sn '"oS "ef' f''s
A1 Vh+t
THE ANCIENT wNtT1Haa TEATHu.
HoEno Of thoBa ancient writings lc cont to
fforace WHtpolo, addressing ntm suoli poto nm
only Il man could l,ayo written: Wa!polo s1,b-
bed him, fos Which ho Inns beon nnluly CELL
s,!red Tor putting tho oxtt'.gutsher upon genius.
Whipolo found out that tho manuscripts weso
forgerios and trcated tno writer rs any maj. Of
tho world would hayo dong, CAattcrton nitor-
wards wfoto him demanding patk ha nltnu-
scripts and addressed tho great Lorl md favor
ito OF tho public nB # ho werc an clnnl. Thoo
danocrntlo spirlt III lis natura oat!Y cropped
out.
LITERARY ,fAcw.
Clattcrton boca11,o correspondent Tor n,,n1-
ber OF nowspapora mud those quaint old InaSa-
xincs Of the times. all Of which pattornel nftor
thu Gentlen'an's, tho fathor Of periodical ltcra-
tute, Which then lad poen rubllslcd nearly fortv
years. Tho no-Btylcd anciont manuscripts OF
tho Nowloy poems woso published in tho 1o,1n
and Country Magazine. They. produced nm
sy m aons tho sasnsa men
character Of the productions was tho strongest
Rrgunleut that thoy must lnyo boon the conf
r1fH a nfet tail