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The Schoolfellow.
Next week, we shall publish the first
number of the second volume of this beau
tiful Magazine for Girls and Boys,—and
we may venture to say, that it will be one
of the most charming juvenile works in
the country. It will contain 32 pages—
printed upon fine paper, and embellished
with 12 beautiful wood engravings. Will
not teachers, parents, and guardians, send
us in hundreds of subscriptions'!
A Valuable Manuscript.
An old manuscript volume of 360 large
folio pages, relating to the history, topog
raphy, productions, climate, Indians, &c.,
of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida,
was lately brought into this country from
London, and is now in the library of Har
vard University, at Cambridge, Mass.—
The author, an engineer by the name of
De Brahem, was employed by the English
Government, in the South, from the year
.u*63 to the beginning of the Revolution.
The work is illustrated with many well
executed drawings. It is said to possess
much intrinsic merit. President Sparks,
of Harvard University, has written to the
Mayor of Charleston in relation to it, re
commending that the States to which the
work relates, publish the entire volume, at
their joint expense. The Mayor has been
authorized by the Common Council to com
municate with the Governors of these States,
on the subject. We hope that measures
will be taken to secure the publication of
the manuscript, at as early a day as possi
ble. *
€itji iJtcms.
A Splendid Organ. The new Organ
just erected in the Circular Church is a
magnificent instrument. We were present
at its trial on Thursday, and do not hesi
tate to pronounce it to be one of the finest
instruments, both for quality and quantity
of lone, that we have heard in this coun
try. It was built by Messrs. Appleton &
Warren, of Boston, and is a munificent
gift to the Church by Mrs. Keith, one of
its members. It cost nearly $6,000.
Seamens’ and Strangers’ Friends’ Socie-
Itj of Canada. Rev. T. Osgood, Agent of
tins Society, is now in this city, and will
be happy to receive the contributions of
the benevolent, in aid of the objects of his
mission. The name of the institution is
significant of its objects, and it is highly re
commended by Christian ministers of all
denominations. Donations may be left at
the Sailors’ Home, on Market street.
Adam and Eve. Etranger’s grand Scrip
tural paintings of the “Temptation” and
the “Expulsion,” are now being exhibited
in the Apprentices Library’ Society’s Hall.
They are among the finest pictures ever
exhibited in this country, and our citizens
should avail themselves of this opportuni
ty to see them.
Father Mathew will preach in the Ca
thedral, on Broad street, to-morrow, (Sun
day,) at the High Mass, in the forenoon,
and lecture on Temperance in the after
noon.
Christ lilessmg Little Children. This
new Scriptural painting, by Winner, is now
open for exhibition at Hibernian Hall, for
the benefit of the orphans under the care of
the Sisters of Mercy. We intended to no
tice this splendid picture at considerable
length this week, but want of room com
pels us to defer our remarks till our next
number. We assure our readers that they
will be richly repaid for visiting it. Ad
mission, 25 cents. Season tickets, 50 cents.
Medical Society of South Carolina. At
the anniversary meeting of the Medical
Society, held Dec. 10, 1849, the following
officers were elected:
Dr. W. T. Wragg, President.
Dr. T. L. Ogier, Vice President.
Dr. F. P. Porcher, Secretary.
Dr. S. P. Lockwood, Treasurer and Li
brarian.
Kook Committee. —Drs. Ravenel, Gaillard
and Desaussure.
The Panorama of the Hudson is still
open for exhibition, at Masonic Hall.
Panorama of the Mediterranean. This
great moving picture is to be exhibited one
week longer, at South Carolina Hall.
£l)c £ iter ary lllorlit.
A Pictorial Waverly. Hewett, Tillotson
& Cos., of New York, have issued the first
part of an American illuminated reprint of
‘he Abbotsford Waverly. The volume
contains “ Ivanhoe,” in 269 octavo pages
of large type. The illustrations are print
ed seperately from the text, on tinted leaves.
I he price is One Dollar.
Death of Ebenezer Elliott- The “Corn
huv rhymer” has paid the debt of nature,
and henceforth will live only in his nation
al songs. He died on the Ist of December,
at Argilt Hill, in England, after a severe
and protracted illness, during which, he
” rote several fine lyrics, to he embraced in
a forthcoming edition of his popular works.
New Boohs to Appear. In London, the
humorous papers, recently published in
Punch, entitled “ Mr. Pips—his Diary,” as
a burlesque upon the journals of l’epys,
■he old historian, are to be issued in a vol
ume with Doyle’s Sketches of the “Man
ners and Customes of ye Englishe.” A
hook of Travels in Spain and Morocco, by
Mr. Urquhart, M. P., is announced by
Bentley. ‘The Prisons of London,” by
Mr. Hepworth Dixon —a volume of papers
collected from the London Daily News,
will soon be published. In this country,
I'aker & Scribner announce for early pub
lication, “ Warraga : or the Charms of the
Yile,” by Wm.Furniss.—lllustrated. Lea
Plane hard have nearly ready, Johnson’s
Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena,
“ith 26 Maps—in quarto. A volume of
“ New Poems,” by Hannah F. Gould, is ad
vertised by a Boston house.
Mr. Thackeray has given the public in
timation of his recovery from illness, in a
new prospectus, dated Kensington, Dec. 1.
It refers to his Christmas book, a comical
“ continuation of Ivanhoe,” which is an
nounced as “ a highly Chivalrous Legend)
entitled ‘Rebecca and Rowena:’ a Romance
upon Romance : a Story for Christmas.”
0r oossip Column.
Tall Customers.
Fitzgerald, of the Philadelphia City Item ,
in a complimentary notice of a certain
“ knight of the shears,” says that his pa
trons are chiefly of ‘■'long standing.” Are
we to infer that they arc tall customers'!
A Wood-i x Guest.
While dining, the other day, at one of
our principal Hotels, we discovered, sitting
near us, a supposed acquaintance, and with
wonted cordiality, offered our greetings.—
To our surprise, they met with no response,
and upon looking again, to assure ourself
as to the identity of the party spoken to,
we discovered that it was a mere figure of
Wood !
A Pair of Them.
Mackay, in his very clever work on
American Life and Manners, relates, among
other anecdotes of the Mississippi, the fol
lowing very singular incident:
A dispute having arisen between two
gamblers, one of them drew from his belt
a huge bowie-knife, and flourished it be
fore his antagonist, directing, at the same
time, his attention to the words etched upon
the steel, which were, “Hark from the
tomb.” The other, xvithout being at all
alarmed, drew from his breast one of Colt’s
six-barrelled revolvers, and thrusting it be
fore the eyes of his opponent, pointed to
the motto upon the cylinder—“ A doleful
sound.” These two quotations form to
gether a verse of a well-known hymn—and
the coincidence so surprised the bellige
rents, that they settled their dispute with
out resort to the ominous oracles in ques
tion !
A Riddle.
We like a good riddle, and such we con
sider the following, which we met with re
cently in an old English volume. Will
some of our readers send in an answer I
“ In Moses’ time there lived one—
As Scripture will declare—
Who spoke, and over ‘old the truth,
Which plainly will appear.
He lived on earth and did not sin—
Guiltless he lived and died;
And all his actions were most just.
And to be justified.
Yet for all this, ’tis sure, in Heaven
He ne’er shall find a place ;
Nor any of his ancestors—
Nor yet his future race !”
An Epigram.
Some wicked wag, not having the fear
of “ the sex” before his eyes, has perpe
trated the following epigram upon a “ la
die faire,” who, it would seen., bids fair to
realize the poet’s fancy of “ blooming in
immortal youth.”
Miss M.’s immortal you must know ;
You doubt it 1 Well, I’ll jrrovc her so:
She’s twenty now, as she’ll confess —
And twenty since she was no less !
A Conundrum.
Why is a gale of wind like a mathema
tician I
Because it extracts roots with great facil
ity !
(General intelligence.
A private letter, published in the
New York Courier and Enquirer, announ
ces the intention of the Brazilian govern
ment, combined with Paraguay, to com
mence war against Buenos Ayres.
Distinguished German Emigrants to
Texas. Among the emigrants that have
lately arrived in Galveston, Texas, is Dr.
Florian Moerdes, recently minister of the
Interior of the Government of Bavaria and
Baden during the brief career of its repub
lican existence. The Texas News says he
is accompanied by his lady, (born Countess
Armansperg, daughter of the new Premier
Minister of the Kingdom of Bavaria,) and
his brother, Major Francis Moerdes, late of
the Ist Regiment of Dragoons of Padez
Dr. Moerdes believes that at least from
some thirty to forty thousand families will
be induced to emigrate to America. They
will generally embrace the wealthy and
better educated.
Brilliant Meteor. A large meteor was
observed in Wilmington, N. C., on the 7th
inst. It left a very bright light of ir
regular form, and something of the zig-zag
shape, which continued visible for about
fifteen minutes, seming like a streak of
lightning daguerreotyped on the sky.
Mortality of Free Blacks. A writer in
the Boston Medical Journal asserts that the
mortality of the free people of color of the
United States is more than one hundred per
cent, greater than that of the Slaves.
An Honered Town. Sulfield, Con., has
been the birth place of 4 Congressmen, 2
governors of Vermont, 2 governors of Pen
sylvania, 1 governor of Connecticut, 1 gov
ernor of Ohio, 2 postmasters general, 2
judges of the superioi court of Ohio, 1 judge
of the supreme court of Vermont, 1 gener
al in the French war, 1 judge of the county
court.
Tennesee. The Legislature of Tennes
see has before it a proposal to establish a
sinking fund of $60,000, which would liq
uidate the public debt in 20 years; also
proposing the extension of railways east
ward.
fßay The astronomer, Leverrier, has an
nounced to the Acadamy of Sciences, that
the sun experiences a very considerable per
turbation, not hitherto calculated.
jftay-The Duke and Dutchess of Mont
lOiaaiG)© 8 ir an aw ©iiiiia a
pensier are constructing a splendid palace
at Seville. Its estimated cost is $300,000.
It will be three years before it is finished.
our Book (Sable.
Outlines of Astronomy. By Sir John F. W.
Herschel, Bart. A.M. With Plates and Wood
Cuts. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard.
In this handsome volume of over 600
pages, the learned author has given us the
most comprehensive popular treatise on
“ the science of the stars,” which has ever
come under our observation. It is not an
elementary work; neither is it strictly sci
entific or technical. It is written rather in
the didactic style, and is adapted to the
wants of those readers, who desire to learn
what is actually known, rather than to
push their inquiries into the wide regions
of speculative philosophy.
The author has resorted to the higher
mathematics for his illustrations and elu
cidations, only when they could not be
found in less abstruse processes. A mo
derate share, therefore, of mathematical
knowledge will enable the student to pe
ruse the pages of this work with advan
tage, and to learn from it the pass-word
into the more mysterious accesses of the
great temple of astronomical science. It
is a contribution to popular philosophy,
alike invaluable to the reader, and honor
able to the distinguished author.
Shirley. A Tale by Currer Bell. New-York :
Harper & Brothers.
We have read “Shirley” with intense
gratification. It is a novel worth reading;
dealing neither in common-place incident,
or maudlin sentiment. It is a refreshing
thought-compelling history, wrought out
in no hackneyed fashion. The author,
though assuming the guise of masculinity,
is undoubtedly a woman; for none else
could so successfully delineate the interior
life of woman as she has done in the char
acters of Shirley Keeldar and Caroline
Helston.
With neither space nor disposition to
give a synopsis of a book that most of
our readers will have already become fa
miliar with, we must present our opinion
of “ Shirley” in a few brief sentences.
In no other novel that we have read, do
we remember to have found such vivid
portraitures,—such striking and harmoni
ous developments of characters, —yet so
widely various. The heroines are both
attractive personages. Shirley fascinates
us by her womanly wilfulness and her
delightful independence. Caroline, on the
other hand, by her gentleness and exceed
ing grace, unmixed with any sentimental
ism. Robert Moore is a noble fellow at
heart, and develops admirably with the
progress of the story.
But, if we were to mention the names of
all who figure on the brilliant pages of
Currer Bell, we should make our para
graphs—columns.
“Shirley” will hardly please the fash
ionable novel-reader. It has no plot, no
common-place, no slip-shod sentiment, and
no dull moralizing. Sprightliness is its
characteristic, and the intelligent reader
will be pleased with it. To others, it may
very likely be a stupid affair.
Sidoxia, thm Sorceress ; the Sapposoil Destroy
er us the whole reigning Ducal House of Pome
rania. By William Meinhold. New York:
Harper & Brothers.
The name of the author of the “ Amber
Witch” upon the title page of this volume,
secured sot it our early perusal, and disposed
us to expect much interest in its pages.
Nor were we, in truth, disappointed, though
the tale is an over long one, and half wea
risome with its protracted records of crime
and horrors. Os these materials there is
enough to suit the taste of a genuine devo
tee of the Radcliffe School, though there is
not wanting in the book a dignity of narra
tive and style sufficient to elevate it far
above the “Udolpho” mysteries. The work
is, indeed, semi-historical and presents a
succinct and elaborate account of the life and
crimesof Sidonia Von Burk.a noble lady,of a
quiet little province of Europe, called Pome
rania. who after a life, of “four-score
years” spent in wickedness and crime, was
burned for witchcraft. She was charged
with having caused the death of nearly all
the members of the great ducal family of
Pomerania, and the manner in which she
compassed this xvholesale destruction, to
gether with other crimes, is detailed in the
volume before us. Her beauty in youth,
her tender relationship to one of the scions
of the ducal house, her infidelity, resulting
in her dismissal from the family, her after
career of lawlessness—and dreadful re
venge, are material of no ordinary character,
and make a most exciting story. There is
not a little diablerie in its pages, mixed with
much of a quieter and philosophic nature.
The narrative is set forth as the result of
an investigation undertaken, though at a
very late day, by the authority of Boigslaf,
the fourteenth and last Duke of Pomera
nia. The work reflects no inconsiderable
degree of credit upon the skill of the au
thor in the artistic grouping of his charac
ters, and in the effective management ofhis
incidents,themselves sufficiently varied and
terrible.
Mitchkll’s Mac of the States of Missouri,
Illinois, lowa and Wisconsin. Philadelphia:
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Cos. 1859.
This is the most complete and authentic
Map of the Territories named, ever pub
lished. It presents, also, the outline of
Minesota and the mineral lands of Lake
Superior, ft will be of no small service
to the emigrant and traveller in those new
regions.
ISabbath Lyrics ; or Songs from Scripture. A
Christmas Gift of Love. By W. Gilmore
Simms. Charleston : From the Press of Wal
ker & James.
In this handsomely printed volume, Mr.
Simms has afforded evidence, both of the
facility and variety of his poetic talent.
He has paraphrased into English lyrical
verse many of the most beautiful passages
of Hebrew poetry, from David, Isaiah,
Solomon and Micah. The translation, so
to speak, is often almost literal ; combin
ing much of the energy and fervor of the
original with the grace and melody of
rhythm.
It contains also a number of original
sacred lyrics, from among which we select
the following, as a specimen of the spirit
and style of all, which fitly commend
themselves to the devout reader.
TilE MARTYR.
He stood unaw’d, though many came
To mock his dying hour;
Though cruel foes provoked the flame,
Ho scorned their hate and power:
And whilst his hands wero raised on high,
He gloried in his destiny,
With soul that did not cower ;
For midst that deuth of fear and pain,
He felt he should not die in vain.
His eyes wero lifted np to heaven,
His soul was spent in pray’r;
He prayed that they might be forgiven,
Who howl’d about him there;
No groan for life, from nature wrung,
Broke forth npon that martyr’s tongue ;
Superior to despair,
His spirit seem’d already free,
From mortal doubt and destiny.
They bade him look for help on high ;
lie bow’d, and bless’d them still:
They ask’d him, “ Does he hear your cry 1”
He answer’d them, “ He will!”
And still with meek submission rose
His dying pray’r for all his foes,
Even they his blood who spill:—
A spirit’s glory wreathes his brow,
The martyr's with his Saviour now.
The Shaksfeare Calendar, or Wit and Wis
dom for every day in the Year. Edited by
Wm. C. Richards. New York: Geo. P. Put
nam. 1850.
To the readers of the Gazette, we say all
that is necessary of this volume when we
tell them that it comprizes all the dramat
ic illustrations of Chronology published in
this journal since last May with the addi
tion of those designed to complete the year.
It has been published as an Annual for
1850, and our best thanks are due to Mr.
Putnam for the very beautiful style in
which he has issued it. Our readers will
overlook, we are sure, the seeming ego
tism which prompts us to copy the Dedica
tion Sonnet, for which our simple motive
is to disclaim for ourself too large a
share in the execution of the work, and in
form them to whom they are chiefly in
debted for “ The Shakspeare Calendar.”
DEDICATION.
To her I dedicate this little book,
Whose kindling fancy and whose sparkling wit
Do more than aught of mine embellish it,
And sheil a magic charm where’er you look:
To her whose fond affection could not brook
That I should sucli a joyless worker be
As not to share her tender sympathy,
But for my sake more gcuial tasks forsook,
And with a patient, cheerful diligence,
Scanned the dim records of the mighty Past,
Drew with nice skill events of moment thence—
And linked them to poetic honors fast
To my beloved wife—whom thus I greet
In this ami every task—my sweet help meet!
The Neighbors. A Story of Every-Day Life,
lly Frederika Bremer. Translated from the
Swedish, by Mary Howitt. Author’s Edition,
with anew preface. One vol. 12mi>. New
York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1850.
The well-established reputation of Miss
Bremer’s writings, guarantees the success
of Mr. Putnam’s liberal enterprise, in bring
ing out a complete and elegant edition, in
which the author is generously admitted
to a share of the profits.
The new preface to’ this volume, was
written by Miss Bremer, amid the hospi
talities, and under the exciting influences
of “the new world,” and it naturally ex
hibits the enthusiam which she could not
but feel towards a people who had, for
years, paid to her genius the homage of
admiration.
We have not space to discuss the merits
of Miss Bremer’s works. They have been,
and still are, vastly popular pictures of life
in Sweden ; opening to us new aspects of
nature, both physical and social, and pos
sessing no ordinary share of interest. “The
Neighbors,” in its present elegant dress,
will doubtless take its place upon tables
and in book-cases, from which it has hith
erto been banished by its cheap appearance.
Most cordially do we avail ourself of this
occasion, to welcome Miss Bremer to our
shores, and to extend to her, in behalf of
the South, an earnest invitation to visit
this portion of a land where her books are
literally household books.
Lecti kes on Subjects connected with Literature
and Life. By Edwin T. Whipple. One vol.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields.
Mr. Whipple is certainly one of the
most successful and brilliant of American
essayists. His style is elegant and forci
ble—abounding in the most felicitous il
lustration, and compelling the interest and
admiration of the reader. He is not a
mere retailer of words, but deals in thoughts
—vigorous, comprehensive and earnest.—
It is a pleasure to pursue with him a theme
of study, a chain of argument, or a flight
of the imagination, for he generally con
ducts you to a satisfactory result. His
“ Essays and Reviews,” noticed in a for
mer number of this Journal, have very
justly elicited the commendation of the re
viewers—and the volume before us cannot
fail to add to his reputation, both as a schol
ar and a writer. It comprises a number of
Lectures, delivered at various College An
niversaries, which, in New England, gene
rally call forth the best intellectual exer
tions of the orator.
The subjects of this volume are exceed
ingly attractive, and none more so than
those entitled “Witand Humor” and “The
Ludicrous Side of Life,” in which our au
thor displays a thorough appreciation of
his themes, and illustrates them in the most
sparkling and delightful manner. Asa
specimen of his genial style, we quote the
following plea for Mirth—the closing par
agraph of the Lecture on Wit and Humor:
“ And now let us be just to Mirth. Let us be
thankful that wo havo in Wit a power beforo
which the pride of wealth ami the insolence of
office are ab.ised ; which can transits bigotry and
tyranny with arrows of lightning; which can
strike its object over thousands of miles of space,
across thousands of years of time ; and which,
through its sway over an universal weakness of
man, is an everlasting instrument to make the
bad tremble and the foolish wince. Let us be
grateful for the social and humanizing influences
of Mirth. Amid the sorrow, disapi>ointmunt,
agony aud anguish of the world, —over dark
thoughts and tempestuous passions, the gloomy
exaggerations of self-will, the enfeebling illusions
of melancholy—Wit and Humor, light andlight
ning, shed their soft radiance, or dart their elec
tric flash. See how life is warmed and illumined
by Mirth 1 See how the beings of the mind,
with which it has peopled our imaginations, wres
tle with the ills of existence, —feeling their way
into tho harshest or saddest meditations, with
looks that defy calamity ; relaxing muscles made
rigid with pain ; hovering o'er the couch of sick
ness, with sunshine and laughtor in their benefi
cent faces; softening the austerity of thoughts
whose awful shadows dim and darken the brain,
luosening tho gripo of Misery as it tugs at tho
heart-strings! Let us court the society of these
gamesome, and gonial, and sportive, and spark
ling beings, whom Genius has left to us as a
priceless bequest; push them not from the daily
walks of the world’s life ; let them scatter some
humanities in the sullen marts of business; let
them glide in through tho open doors of the
heart; let their glee lighten up tho feast, and
gladden the fireside of home
“ That the night may be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
May fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.”
We are sorry to have to utter, in the
contusion of this hasty notice, a word of
censure for what we consider a gratuitous
affront to Southern readers, in the Lecture
upon “ Intellectual Health and Disease.”
Our author considers Slavery as the “chief
Satanic element in our national life,” and
in a somewhat dogmatic paragraph, anni
hilates—or evidently thinks he does! —the
pro-slavery argument, by a fanciful illus
tration touching the gout, small-pox, and
other equally pleasant diseases, between
the attempt to perpetuate which physical
plagues and slavery, he discovers a suffi
ciently ludicrous resemblance.
While Mr. Whipple discourses of books
and authors, and of kindred themes he is
evidently at home, but when he descends
to attack, albeit “not sentimentally or shree
vishly,” as he insists, the “peculiar insti
tion” of the Sou:h, he is quite as evident
ly “abroad,” and had far better not attempt
to enlighten his New England auditors and
readers upon a question invested with so
much prejudice and ignorance as, is that
of slavery in the North. With Mr. Whip
ple’s opinions we have no quarrel; his
right to publish them we do not call in ques
tion. We only regret that a book so gen
erally true to the catholic spirit of litera
ture, should be made obnoxious to many
sympathizing readers by a single sentiment
averse to their reason and feeling.
®ffiHß®El©lL®®'tr.
The Shakspeare Calendar.
Prepared for Richards’ Weekly Gazette.
December 16th.—Napoleon divorced Jo
sephine. 1809.
“ For no dislike i’ the world ‘gainst the person
Os the good queen, but the sharp, thorny points
Os my alleged reasons drive this forward ”
Henry VIII, Act ii, Scene 4.
Decembei l?th. — Sedition Bill passed
in England. 1795.
“ These thing indeed you havo articulated,
Proclaimed a! market crosses,read in churches:
To face the g aicnt of rebellion
With some fin color that may please the eye
Os fickle changelings, and poor discontents
Which gape and rub tlie elbow at the news
Os hurly-burly innovation.”
I Henry IV., Act v, Scene 1.
December 18th.— —’Tea destroyed in Bos
ton Harbor. 1773.
“ Defiance hurl we in your teeth.”
Julius C.esar, Act v, Scene 1.
December 19th.—Hair-powder lax be
gun. 1795.
“ Yes, to pay a fine for a porukc.”
Comedy of Errors, Act ii, Scene 2.
December 20th.—Steam-ship Avenger
wrecked on the coast of Africa. Two hun
dred and seventy lives lost. 1847.
“ Not a soul
But felt a fever of the mad, and played
Some tricks of desperation.”
Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2.
December 21st.—Lavallette, aided by
his wife, escaped from prison. 1815.
“ O ye gods!
Bender me worthy of this noble wifo.”
Julius Act ii, Scene 1.
December 22d.—The Pretender lands
near Aberdeen. 1715.
“ Use all your power
To stop their marches ’fore we are inflamed.”
King John, Act v, Scene 1.
December 23d.—James 11. lied from
England. 1688.
“ The better part of valor is discretion; in
which hotter part, 1 have saved my life.”
1 Henry IV, Act v, Scene 4.
December 24th.—Robin Hood died.—
1247.
“ Sick in the world’s regard, wretched, and low,
A poor unminded outlaw.”
1 Henry IV., Act i, Scene 3.
December 25th.—The Island of Rhodes
taken by the Turks. 1522.
• The Turkish preparation makes for Rhodes.”
Othello, Act 1, Scene 3.
December 26th.—Wilkes died. 1797.
“ Sir, I will counterfeit the bewitchment of
some popular man, and give it beautifully to the
dcsirers.”
Coriolanus, Act ii, Scene 3.
December 27th.—The King of Naples
dethroned. 1805.
“ Somo will mourn in ashes, some coal black,
For the deposing of a rightful king.”
Richard 11, Act v, Scene 1.
December 58th.—Logan, the poet, died
of a broken heart. 1778.
“ Thero’s nothing in tho world can make me joy.!’
King John, Act iii, Scene 4.
December 29th.—Becket assassinated.
1170.
“ From tho four corners of the earth they come,”
To kiss this shrine, this mortal, breathing saint.
Merchant of Venice, Act ii, Scene 7.
December 30th. — The first idcaof Elcc
tricity given by two globes of brimstone.
1740.
“ First let us talk with this philosopher,
What is the cause of thunder!”
King Leah, Act iii, Sceno 4.
December 31st.—Gifford, the reviewer,
died. 1826.
“ I am nothing—if not critical.”
Othello, Act ii, Sceno 1.
January Ist.—The New Years com
mence on this day.
“ What! will tho line stretch out to the crack of
doom 1”
Macbeth, Act iv, Socne 1.
January 2d.—King Charles 11. shuts
the Exchequer. 1672.
“His exchequer is too poor.”
Henry V., Act iii, Socne 6
January 3d. —Bread-fruit plants intro
duced into the West Indies. 1793.
“ It may well bo called .lovo'a tree, when it
drops for thee sncii fruit.**
As You Like It, Act iii, Scene 2.
January 4th.—Roger Ascliam died—
-1568.
“ Was ho not held a learned man 1”
Yes, surely.”
Henry VIII., Act ii, Scene 2.
January sth.—Pope Leo orders images
to be abolished. 814.
“ Disrobo tho images
If you do find them deck’d with ceremonies.”
Julius C.esar, Act i, Scene 1.
January 6th.—Count D’Artois lands at
Keith, in Scotland, being driven from
France by the Republican party. 1796.
“I am now, sir, muddied in fortune’s moat,
and smell somewhat strong of his displeasure.”
All’s Well, Act v, Scene 2.
January 7tli. — A successful Balloon as
cension in Paris. 1785.
“ Aye, marry, now my soul hath elbow room.”
King John, Act v, Scene 7.
January Bth. — Battle of New Orleans—
the British repulsed with great loss. 1815.
“Anon,
A rout—confusion thick: Forthwith they fly
Chickens, the way they stooped eagles.”
Cymbeline, Act v, Sceno 3.
January 9th.—Funeral of Lord Nelson.
1806.
“ Within their chiefest temple I’ll erect
A tomb, wherein his corpse shall be interred.”
Henry 1., Act ii, Scene 2.
January 10th. — Disturbances in Eng
land, caused by raising the price of porter.
1792.
“ Wc can afford no more at such a price.”
Love's Lauor Lost, Act v, Scene 2.
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