New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

dinners which the Royal Academy OF that day
were accustomed to have on the anniversary
Of Queen CharIotte's birthday. OF West he
speaks warmly; does not mention his vanity.
and attributes much of his batting by Peter
Pindar To that satiristS Partially for Opie.
Fuseli, another resident in Great Queen-st., and
Northcote also fit through the Records and
there is reference TO a supper at teynoldss.
where ii was idly debated whether Johnson
would have written Tine Reflections the
French Revolution" better than Burke, and
where, on the topic "Dc Mortuis," Reynolds pro-
pounded the practical dictum that the dead
were nothing and the living everything But,
on the whole. the annasts memories of artists
are Of meaSre interest. and the only compact
:lnccdote related Of a member Of the profession
refers to the architect popularity known as
, "Capabty' Brown. once. when Lord Chat
ham disabled 10y the gout. was h0bbIing pain
iuiiy down the stairs Of ST Jainess Palace
Brown had The good fortune to assist him to his
, carriage. LORD Chatham thanked him. adding
pleasantly, Now, sir. go and adoin your coun.
try" TO which Brown the capable replied
promptly. "Go yor. My Lord. and save it,
OF anecdotes Of actors and actresses the 'Au-
thor of Monsieur Tonson' has no lack. AS al
r"aiy stated, ne was much in request for pro-
logucs and eplloSues; he was an active and in
telliCcnt dramatic critic. and was. moreover.
intimate with most Of the leading players of his
day. 70 make any adequate summary OF so
large a body If theatrical gossip would be i'm
possible but a few stories may he selected
concerning some of the older men. or Garrick,
whom Taylor's father had seen when he first
came out at GGodman's Fields. and regarded as
the Shakespeare Of actors, he tells number OF
stories which. unfamiliar when the Records
we're published. now fairly well known.
Taylor was. however the first we believe, to
record that effective anccdote 1f Mrs Give,
who watching Garrick from behind the scenes.
between smiles and tears. burst cut at last into
emphatic and audible expression Of her BELIEF
that he could "dc, grid.ron': and Taylor also
says that once, when his father was perform
ing operation for cataract, Garrick. who was
present SO enthraed the nervous patient by his
. humor that he forgot both his fears and his
pain. or Garrick's Lady Macbeth. Mrs. Prltch-
ard Taylor. deriving his information from his
/ father, speaks highly. and considers that john
son degraded her memory by describing her as
! IAN ignorant woman. who talked Of her
! 'gownd'" Nlrs. Pritchard had acted the hero
/ inc in the great mans Irene and it is pos
sihlc that he was pfcjudicedD To Macklin, an
/ other celebrated Macheth-bcng, indeed, the
/ first who performed that part in the old Scot
/ fish garb-Taylor makes frequent reference tie
saw him in lago in Sir Paul Plant Of The
/ Double Dealer and IN other characters but he
I held that he was ZOO theoretical for nature.
He had three pauseS IN his acting-the first,
moderate; the second, twice as long; but his last,
or grand pause as lie styled 1t, was so long
that the prompter. on one occasion, thinking his
memory failed. repeated the cue several
times. and at last SO loud as to bc heard by the
audience" Whereupon Macllin rushed from the
! stage and knocked him down, eXclainlng, "Ihe
| fellow interrupted me in my grand pause
Quin. Macklin's rival was also given to inordl-
nate pauscs and once. while acting lloratio in
Rowe's Fair Penitcnt' Uhe play in which
| George Primrose, of Wakefield. was to have
made his debuD he delayed so long to reply TO
the challenge Of Lotharo that a man in the gal
lery baWed out, Why don't you give the gem
tlernan an answer whether you will or no?'
| TavI0r cites a good many Instances OF GUMS
'gourmandise.' and of his ready, but rather
| full-havored, wit. He is perhaps best when on
his dignity. once. at Aliens, Of Prior Park
| Ficlding's "Allworthy'D, the imperlous war
burton attempted To degrade the guest INTO the
actor 10y pressing Qun To recte something. gum
| accordingly spoke a speech from Otway when
! contained the lines,
Are the soft. easy cushions on which knaves
| Repose and fatten.
which lines he delivered with so unmistakable
an applicatiOn to Allen and Warburton that ne
was never again troubled by the dlVlhe lor d
! specirnen Of his decamatory powers Another
! story told by Taylor of GUM may he quoted,
because It introduces Mrs. Give. she had IN
] vitcd Quin to stay at Chveden u-lttle straw
berry,. of which the appointments were on az
| minute a scale as hose of Petit-Trianon When
| he had INSPECTED the garden she asked MN IL
he had noticed her pond. Yes. hate, ne re
| piled Il have seen your BASIN hut ana NOT see
| n washball" Taylor seems surprised tnat Wdl-
| pole should have been so much attached 10 MfS
! Give whose personal charms were small ana
whose manners Che says were roush anu 'u'-
! gar He quotes, with apparent approval Soiie
unpublished lines 10y Peter Plndar crL,tlS . .,,
/ epitaph in which Walpole declat'u 'i'' N'i'io''
had died with his friend
"Uorace Of strawberry Hill, mean, not Rome
10, all thy geese are swans, 90 presume;
| Truth and thy verses seem not To agree;
Know Comedy is hearty. all awe.
The Comic Muse no more expired WIN 'liVe
Than dame Humility will die with thee
/ Except for the 'gridiron" anccdote. however
! Mrs Give does not play any material part In
! the recollections of the Author OF MONSIEUR
! Tonson" With a later luminary Miss Farren,
| nc was not acquainted. although ne had met her
| once with Lord Derby twhom she afterward
married. and had admired her pathos in Miss
Lees Chapter Of Accidents But he seems To