, 1875-03-20

portions which cannot now bo sto.ormiucd.n Thla
account Of the origin Of tho hl8 - directly con.
tFadicted by tan old contributor TO Back.eood,'
y 1850. This writer Declares with regard ID
iioqgh share In tllo u.s., that there Ia no foun-
aat!on E; for hie Claim to the conception OF ths
work. The hare was started By. Wilson at ont
suggested. ,ha Nocirs. Tho idea was caught Up
viii, avlsfity by IIogg, and sonlo half.doZsn
vorses woro suEEcsted by him on the ensuing
nAy n'it we are' NO believe. correct IN affirming
nal or any other draft Of tho article"
:, alr. Eacksood xaa himself Rola editor d
t!o magazine, although it whs long tlns
supposed :, that k.t North stood at til.
writes I.ockhhtt. 1T ouarossr1 q very 1ares
Ahare OF his {llacksoods} titno; snd, thongh
ho scnrcely orer wrote for It's pagcn himEeis
(thren articles, no believe, he did contribuse),~
tle general management and Arrangement OF Il,
With tho very extensive literary correspondence
wllfcl, this involved, and tue constant supertn-
te'dsnco OF tie prese would have been moro
tnn u o. ooas to oocapy entirely any man but one
The first humber Of D'ack'nood appeared IN
London under Tho patronage Of John Murray,
whose Imprint WAS npon 1t, but tho Chaidee
My. alartncd tho discreet bookseller, aud hs
l.igh.spiritcd foreigner. Three a,,ccessiye Lon,
don hgents undertook 10 manage the circulation
of Na9a in London. bnt, With tho sixth
1nmhar, Murray again assumed control OF
+. Il was too cratic aud rccaloaa for
hn TO chapotone It, however, aud at tho eeyou-
teenth number lie discarded II entirely. and tho
agency was given 10 CalclE and Darios, wl,o
found 4 no prpatabse that tllcy gayo it slmost
their whole a.sen.lon. Calell ras ncarcoy Ioss
nervous over tho ftiskr periodical than Murray
hal been, and to protect himself from tLo wrath
of victims who. assaulted in It's payoe, ruel,ol
iuto hiA Hl!op for vengeance. l,o kept on hind
the contents Of tho ,uasaztne; All merely ths
Eu91inb roadors."
Meanwhile, the aasblng aud fearless con.rbu.
tors TO ifn9a continued to cut and pla,h ftcnd
and foe alike in their brilliant and witty papers,
Scarcely humber omitted an a.tack upon
sonetodr. md tito blowB wnro administered
by pkill!ul aud powerful LANDS. Sometimes
writlnng victims: yet thsto avai!ed rcrY !ittia
n THO way Of rcdrcss Early in 1871. Mr.
douglas, Of Gl.sgor. WAS 70 eura4ed Il IN sln-
ilastering, n,entlog Of l1ia namc By @faga, that
llc vent down to Edinhusg to castigate ire cdi-
tor. As Mr.. DIaekvood entered the shop ouo
day. Nr. douglas followed him, aud sudhdonjT
anpl!ed .he 1awhido to his shoulders aud then
quickly Withdrew: Lii. B'ackwooa instantly pro-
cured stiek, and. searching out 3lr. Douglas,
and eaya hlm In turn sound beating.
Mdga bad now largo corps Of elever cor
tributoEs- including William Magirn, solhch-
ng 1ounf ;,a 1'Bn1n. sport1s 1t four asd twe
namilton; his 1rotbos. Thomas Hamilton,
1ov ,Sws'er III, mud ,,sn Eraser I'll Tyt'er ra IN is2a
tales aud sketches furnished by him to tha
magazine. IN tho March Number OF 1922, XII
North publahe1 the Grat of tho Noctcs 4n.-
orosidnT:-a work thst attracted adualring rooa-
reputation. For th.s.eon yoars these paptsa
illuminated the pages uf 1htcStsooa With .heir
in l.,o,ls ISL IT,. tb.t It,. tho eeniua e c.r.y,a
1,,d in Tho snne 5ear Dr.. Moir furnished foz
Maya hiA most famous production. tho "Auto-
biography Of hsusio WAUGH" This l.ss w1itor
was @ young surgeon Of only 10, whom bis artt-
q Mr.. Backuood, who induced hin 10 continue
hls pleasant pieces for Aaya- Ills pseudo
uy,n waa !" Delta" and hin work gained for ths
nom de- plumo extended favar.
l.ocklsts had from the beginning piled hts
pen diligently in tho service OF RsacI;oood1, but,
III ls25 no Accaptaf the oditor8hlp of the Guar.
'8rly Krrlr,r, md tho Edinburg periodical lost
one @ q ~ strongest writera. Soon ..tter this,
sir Masii'n also departed .soushward, and thus
the two saasical spirits who had done most to
make ndga tarEor were no moro 10 DO feared
sono thst had heretofore distngaished
ihs ,..1oag magazine ,z ~ vas now dropped,, and
De Qninccy lrrt presented ons OF bis marvellous
discourses to tho readers Of Mn7a In 1896; Wills
IN 1850. tho publication Of Warlen's Diary Of
Iato Physician" :" vas begun. THIS most suo-
the London publishers betoro It ,nado ap.
rlicatiou to DlacAiroods- II had says ita author,
"been offered successfully to tho conductors OF
three leading magaE,tles In London, and Fs)ec.ed
to iltcrcat tho public"
1lackwood regarded bis ma1azlno with the af-
fectiun that fatlor fools Tor hts child, and auro-
~ there vas good raasou for his looking upon It
with fontiuoss and pridu. lie was generous aud
prompt in bis rciatioua with its contributors,
acknowledging their communications with NON
derlu! alacsity. TO quote again from .hs "Oid
Contributor" Along with tho mai-coxch copy
publication. calne latter 10 sacl, icon contributor.
full Of shsewd hnts for his future guidance. and
often. not merely huggoBting tho subject for =
future paper but Indicating with delicato hestta-
tion the mode in which ho fanclcl 1t might bs
discussed with tile bcst advantage. Tho spnd-
ding wHs invariably aBsociatal Nth tho rraiso
At tho lend or foot Of the Welcome missiye was
che4ue for your article. the amount Of which
Was not carved and pnttbtl like pound OF buttot,
into exAct weight, but measured by 10 peuuri-
Gus hand"
At tho name tne that Warrens Diary vas
5eing published, tom CIlnslaa Los BY
M'elael s!, Scott, and "s''s rrlzzs Pumpkins
being carried along in 5t1aa. In 1889, Wiaon
r0yiowed tho tlrHt volume of Ionuysou'a poems,
aud raspod tla feelings Of ta young poet by
the rldlcule With which Ia trentsd tho arecta-.
tlous that disngnred Teunysons tnaldon vorHc.
Tonn!son expended l,s anger In some
lines to "1lusty, Crusty Christopher Which hin
later good Beuse has led lin 70 suppross. Two
yeaiH after tAis. tue odltor Of Maga wHs stricken
With mortal illussH, aud thu management OF
the publication, togother viii. klr. Naohwood'a
extenalye ok-traue, dovolyed upon his Sons,
Robert and Alexander. Within a year Or 90
from tbls ayont Wilson coaaed his connection
with tho tnugazino hut LIS place In ,ts pkgos MAS
eveutusy lled by Lis aoa-ln-!Aw, pxof.
Aytoun.
On Tho deatl, Of Alexander Dlaol.wood in 1915,
hnd of Ills brother Robert, which followed aoou
aftsr NlacA1eooIs fol1 into the Lauda OF tie
third son, 1olul. who still rctRins tl,s charge OF
1t, sluco tho leccaho Of tils ollar nIachwood,
douglas Jarroll, John Sterling, Walter Savage
Landor. a'il Losdilytton. hare aheeu Eeckoned
aulonK t!s ntan. It vas III 184a that tho lrst tn
stallnlent OF ute " Cations appeayed In Naqd,'
10 be followed by novel after novel from the sauo
[icn. Among women writer's, Mrv. 0GpAaut and
George Eliot may be mentioned ~ two who Won
tlelE first recognition from the public through