though not belonging to the first || himself with the late Mr. Gilchrist, class, are imbued with the pure spi- one of the most contemptible of conrit of poetry, with the “ little fry” | troversialists; and, by a series of disyou speak of: nor do I think he is jointed quotations, he gives a very envious. He has evidently enter- different idea of the bearing of Mr. tained a mistaken view of the poet's | Bowles's sentiments and remarks, character; and, with the natural per- from what they really convey. tinacity to persist in error once im- Mr. Apathy. There is scarcely a bibed, which is characteristic of the review in England that can be debest men, he is now loath to retract | pended upon for an honest, dispasthe opinion openly expressed, and sionate account of the various publitherefore endeavours to defend it, cations it pretends to criticize. In however untenable.

the last London Magazine, the whole Mr. Apathy. His prejudices a- | tribe of critics is analyzed and dissectgainst Pope's poetry probably led ed, and their motives of action pointhim to entertain a prejudice against ed out, and correctly enough, I'll be the man; and, as is often the case sworn. with theorists, he did not afterwards Reginald. First premising, that seek for the truth, but for facts and I have reason to think the writer circumstances, which could, either you allude to is some cockney scribby fair inference, or by a species of bler who has been somewhat roughdistortion from their legitimate bear- ly handled by the critics, I am reaing, which these persons so well know dy to admit that there is much truth how to employ, be made to afford a in his remarks. There are too many specious support to his theory. persons connected with the book

Mr. Mathews. It is now something sellers, and admitted members of the too late in the day to deny Pope's republic of letters, who act solely claims to be classed with those migh | upon the plan of “ If you tickle me, ty geniuses who have extended the I'll tickle you:” reciprocal praise is literary fame of our “ dear native sure to be awarded to their respecland" to every country and every tive productions; whilst perhaps they clime. But I do not exactly under can scarcely find a word to throw stand Bowles in this light: he thinks away upon a work, however merithe species of poetry which Pope torious, if the author is not one of cultivated not the most exalted ; || their coterie. It is also notorious that though of the talents and execution | several of the most eminent critical of the poet he speaks highly. As journals are completely under the to the man, I am sorry to see what I controul of booksellers; and, of consider the best edition of Pope's course, praise those works of which works disfigured by an appearance they are the proprietors. But I canof even more malevolence than is to not consider this a dishonourable be found in the pages of Warton; proceeding on the part of the bookthough, in the controversy which has sellers. No man would pay for the ensued, I do not think Mr. Bowles copyright of a work if he did not has been fairly dealt with, either by | think it worthy of public patronage; Mr. Roscoe or the Quarterly re- and the display of its peculiar excelyiewer. The latter has identified lences in his own review is only a

ats and exalted; thorous, if

species of advertising, to which there || Exalted as thou art;

And by its trembling blossoms see, can be no moral impropriety in re

That I woulil gladly offer thee sorting. But it is a great impro Now-and in days that are to bepriety, a despicable meanness, in The homage of the heart! any writer who, because he occasion Miss Primrose. You must bring ally receives favours from a book

| me the volumes, Reginald. seller, or expects to get him to pub | Reginald. You shall have them; lish his own trashy productions, de and I will, at the same time, send grades himself into a mere passive | you Mr. Wiffen's elegant translation machine, on a level with the pen he of Tasso, which is now completed, writes with, and praises or censures and will soon be in every body's as interest, not truth, dictates. There hands. It is a truly splendid work, are, however, many honest critics; beautifully printed, and illustrated and the periodical journals are not with engravings of a very superior without their use. In their pages class. The Duke of Bedford, I some of our most popular writers understand, sent the author one hunhave essayed their maiden pens.- dred guineas in return for his preMiss Landon first appeared before sentation copy. the public in the Literary Gazette; Mr. Mathews. A noble act, worand I was last week reading two vo- | thy his grace's rank. You know, of lumes, entitled Phantasmogoria, or course, that his Majesty sent a simiSketches of Life and Literature, lar donation to Mr. Boaden, for his by a young lady, a native of, and a “ Life of Kemble?" resident in, Manchester, who, under Reginald. Yes; and it was accomthe signature of M. J. J. has pub-panied with a note characterized with lished some pieces of great power in that urbanity and good feeling which the New Monthly and other jour- | so peculiarly mark the conduct of nals. They are dedicated to Mr. the best king in the world, and the Wordsworth, and the lines in which most complete gentleman: that note the votive tribute is offered to the I should value more than the money. poet are remarkable for their beau || The Duke of Bedford, I believe too, tiful simplicity. Listen!

sent a very kind note to Wiffen (who TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, Esq.

is his private secretary), congratu

lating him on the successful terminaA simple solitary flower, The nursling of its sportive hour,

tion of his labours; a termination of A child may give its sire,

which the poet himself thus speaks: And in that little act will he

L'ENVOI.
Because he is a father-see
The passion and the purity

Fare thee well, soul of sweet romance ! fareOf feeling's hidden power.

well,

Harp of the south! the stirring of whose Oh! long uprecked of, and unseen,

strings Hast thou my spirit's father been,

Has given, by power of their melodious spell, In pleasure and in saduess;

Such pleasant speed to Time's else weary For by the lamp, and on the shore,

wings, Hours have I mused thy musings o'er,

That rapt in spirit to the Delphic cell, That ever on my heart could pour

With leaves

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My pride at noon, my vision of the night, did works, have you seen Hardy's My bope at morn, my joy at lonely eve!

Tour of the High Pyrenees?

Daar
Now that thy tones of magical delight
Are o'er, do I not well to droop and

Dr. Primrose. There it lies on the grieve?

table. Rosina is busy copying some To what new region shall the Muse take of the beautiful coloured prints with flight,

which it abounds, and among which What pictures fashion, what fresh numbers weave,

are some of the most exquisite things When all that else had charmed must now | in their way I have ever seen. appear

Mr. Montegue. They are certainTame to the eye and tuneless to the ear?

ly very clever, and I was much pleased Much shall I miss thee wheu in calm repose | with the book altogether. There is no The Summer moon upon my casement || pretension about it; the author writes shines;

simply and unostentatiously; and he Mucb when the melancholy Autumn strews

seems besides to be a traveller with arching piaes;

English feelings, and not like many Nor less when Spring, 'twixt shower and sup- | of those tourists who go abroad only shine, throws

to find points of comparison unfaAbroad the sweet breath of her eglantines, And Winter deepens with his stormy din vourable to their own country. There The quiet cbarın of the bright hearth within. is much truth in what he says rela

tively to the scenery of France and If with no vulgar aim, no selfish view, I sought to give thy foreign chords a of England. topgue,

At Lourdes there prevails the same Let not my hopes all pass like morning dew, | ;

: || indifference to common cleanliness aWhen on thy cypress bough again thou'rt hung ;

mong the lower orders, both in person But sometimes whisper of me to the few and dwellings, as throughout the south I love, the fond, the faithful, and the of France, unless it should fortunately young,

happen that a rivulet flows through the And those who reverence the wronged soul ||

town : but usually stagnant pools of that plann'd Thy world of sound with archangelic hand.

slush and filth are found from one end of

the village to the other. These, with the Hear how the strings, dear Ida, sound abroad | thermometer at 102°, cannot but gene· The grief and glory of that matchless

rate an unwholesome atmosphere, and mind! What ardour glows in each seraphic chord !

are highly disgusting to a traveller. The How deep a passion ecbo leaves behind! many little beauties also which constitute Yet was he wretched whom all tongues ap- | an English village scene are rarely met plaud;

with in France: no moss-covered roof, For peace he panted, for affection pined:

no smiling garden in front, no rustic Be thou, whilst thy mild eyes with pity swim, More kind to me than Aura was to bim :

church enveloped in “sprawling ivy," to

admire. French scenery, therefore, must Else shall I little prize the indulgent praise be viewed at a distance; then indeed it

Which some may lavish on a task so long; ll may be called "beautiful France." I Else shall I mourn that e'er my early days Were given to feeling, solitude, and song!

have sometimes been struck with the But thee no light capricious faney sways;

beauty of a landscape, and have attemptTo doubt thy truth would be the heavens ed its outline; but when I came to anato wrong:

lyze the whole, I have found that my adPeace to thy spirit with the closing spell!

miration has been produced by the efAnd thou, Hesperian Harp, farewell, farewell!

fects of the brilliancy of the atmo

sphere, and that was infinitely beyond Mr. Montague. Talking of splen- my limited powers of delineation.

Mrs. Primrose. He describes a || cessant rain to a village in the neighrace of people, for whose wretched || bourhood of some of these people, and state the utmost commiseration I never can I forget the two or threc obthink must be felt. The Cagots, I lijects which presented themselves, more think they are called; yes, here's the particularly one, a female : the face was

horribly disfigured by the small-pox; passage:

the goiire had extended itself so comIn bidding adieu to these less frequent

pletely round the throat, that no protru.. ed and wilder parts of the Pyrenees, I

sion of the lower jaw could be perceived: cannot resist a slight notice of a class of || a filthy blanket was thrown over her people called Cagots. In my two months'

shoulders, extending to the feet, and held sojourn amidst these mountains, I some

round her person with folded arms: her times came in contact with this singular

lout-ensemble was loathsome in the exrace of human beings, who are, I believe,

treme; and although young, the exprespeculiar to this part of France. No lan.

sion of the eye indicated that disease and guage can describe the utter wretched

misery were struggling within. A trifle ness of their appearance; shunned by l) bestowed upon her seemed for a moment every one, they crawl upon the face of

to dispel the habitual gloom of her the earth in the most abject state of want || wretched countenance, which conscious and misery, such as can only be known

degradation had so completely engraved in being witnessed. Their complexions

upon it. In nearly one attitude she reare cadaverous in the extreme; many of

mained opposite to the auberge full three them are afflicted with the goitre, of

hours, attracted thither no doubt by the dwarfish stature, and for clothing, a sort

| hope of charity and the gratification of of sackcloth is all that distinguishes them

vacant curiosity, which the arrival of from “ the beasts that perish."

any stranger would most probably afford. The origin of these poor creatures is

In speaking of her to the mistress of the lost in the distance of time. Monsieur

house, her answer convinced me, that she Palassou, who has written a memoir on

hardly thought the poor creature worthy the subject, is of opinion, that they take

of notice as a human being. The gotheir rise from the last of the Saracens,

vernment of France ought to seek the who were defeated by Charles Martel in

improvement of these miserable people; the neighbourhood of Tours, subsequent

but I am aware that they have difficulties ly driven into these mountains, and af

almost insurmountable in the prejudices terwards became objects of hatred and

and long-cherished abhorrence of associcontempt.

ation which the mountaineers entertain The habitations of these outcasts are

towards them. apart from all the towns and villages, amid dreary valleys and unwholesome

A long and desultory conversation swamps. Among other persécutions,

ensued on the comparative state of they were formerly obliged to bear a

the people of France and of Engbadge, indicative of their degraded class. land; and we were all patriotic enough These cruel distinctions pursued them to join in according to the latter even to the churches, which they enter country that supremacy over every ed by a separate door; and the holy wa other nation which is undoubtedly ters appropriated to their use would have her own. been thought by their more favoured fel

REGINALD HILDEBRAND. low-beings rather those of contamination || ELMWood Hall, than of blessedness.

Nov. 12, 1825. I was confined one whole day by in

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him to Rome to pursue his studies.

I will esteem it a favour of you to pay the zeal and interference of Mr. Wm.

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