Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-14
LITERARY NOTES.

tie Mr.. Twain is as personable and present
able man as any,. The terror Is all in
his head And such head. A little way
off he has the appearance OF Hungarian
greuadier, and reminds one Of o thistle In
bloom. Detached from the rest OF him,
what window-washer his head would
make!"
The Congregdtiondiist, noticed on an
other page, with such contributors as Prof.
Austin Phelps, Rose Terry Cooke, Susan
Coolidge. President Bartlett, Marion Hn-
land. Rev. l.. w Bacon, Mary Clemnner,
aud others, cannot fail 10 be enjoyed in the
frmiiy We cordially commend It TO our
readers.
MIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes writes a
note to Mr.. c. Is. Peaslee. correcting an
error in his patriotic hymn Union and
Liberty" which appeared in an early edi-
ton OF his poems, and has been difficult to
overtske. The verse As II should be Is as
follows:
.'Yet II. by madness and treachery blightel,
Dswns the dark hour when the sword thou
must draw,
Then with the arms of the millions united.
smitc the bold traitors TO Freedom and Law "
OF the success of Scri5ner'S in Eug-
land, Mr.. Jennings writes as follows To
the New York World: "what was going
To tell you about was the wonderful way
In which American magazines are getting
on in London. .>cribHer'S has had very
large sale here for some few years past,
and its circulation must now tie, | think,
fully a. great as that of any English mag
azinc. and il would not surprise me To
hear that il j. greater. Its illustrations
have made its way easy for IL. 4 very
distinguished wood cugravcr once told me
that no work done In England in his line
nowadays is worthy 10 be compared with
what he saw every month IN NcrtbRsr III
menii )ncd his name, there l. no Que on
either Side OF the Atlantic who would dis
put. his fitness Ia pronounce IN opinion on
such subject. The rapid advance OF
.SrribHer'S i easily accounted fDr, aud Is
Thoroughly well deserved" The price Of
!ScriSAer's HonthIy i st.OO year, and
new subscribers who begin with the No
vcmbcr number may secure, by the pay
ment OF 81 % additional, nine back num-
beers. containing all of Part l. of Schuy-
ler'S now famous serial history OF Peter
the Great, of which Rev. Edward Egglc-
ston recently wrote 1T Is indeed a Won
derful story, needing no aid Ia the imagin-
ton to make it one Of the most curious in
human history" For 81 30 extra, the two
richls bound volumes OF last year may he
had In connection with years subscrip-
ton. Booksellers everywhere, or the pub
fishers, ScrIbner i Co., 1i3 Broadway, New
York, will supply the numbers and vol
umes.
1t seems that the distinguished poet,
john e. Whittier, ffty years ago was edit
ing a paper In Boston; and being Wing
he must have occasionally expressed his
opposition TO Gen. Jackson in terms not to
De mistaken. After quitting the farm he
earned a living until something more con
genial TO his taste was offered, ut the last )
in short he was a shoemaker-a calling
from which have arisen Others no less dis
tiuguishcd than himself. Mr.. Whittiers
first experience a. a managing editor, we
infer was In conducting the Boston Ha"H-
fdciHTer, Boston enterprise, ihvorlng a
protective tariff for the benefit OF the Narl-
Gus manufactures then getting foothold.
IL must have been while thus employed
that be offended the editor OF the Lo,ceit
Mercury, which was the property OF the
late Thomas Billings, who was quite n
number OF years well known business
man OF Lowell, and whose death took place
only about one year ago. The Mercury
OF December -, 1880, sat down on Mr..
Whittier in this manner 49, We follow
copy in making this quotation ~. u.
Whittlers politics are all Poetry. lie
calls the President the foolish old gentle
man lie raves about the merits of Henry
Clay, as a loye-sick swain does about the
charms ofhis miStreSS-and in d,c! his raw
Jugs he lrdrsS the iirediofhiS diScourSes, till
IL is difficult 10 say whether his sole be his
own or the Orators. o, Whittier. thou
art beside thySclf. II thou 90 on Hummer
,aq away upon the ghosts OF Old Hickory
real or imaginary errors, at this rate, thou
will not last long. Remember that thou
>houldst not revile the rulers OF the land.
Thou oughtest 10 humble myself before
the Old Man-aud take IF hy hat aud bolr
thyselr before the white locks. Peradyen-
ture thou wilt otherwise sleep with the
six militia men The illusions 20 Whit
tiers former calling, 10 his religious views,
and 10 Gen. Jackson, in the above quota
ton. will bc readily understood; but the
reference 10 "thc six militia men" we do
not comprehend. unless IL Is connected
with some order BY Gen. Jackson, which
was made party HOBBY at the time. About
fifteen years later. or in 1874 or 10. Mr..
Whittier was residing In Lowell, in charge
OF a weekly newspaper, from which II Will
he seen he was not crushed" by the Mer-
curry LOireH Mass Ndd.