VICTORIA. Keeley (or, as a lady called him, after his late accident, the little blue-ruin of a man takes his benefit on Monday next. He offers his friends an excellent bill, and no doubt the house will be crowded. STRAND THEATRE. which will be produced on Thursday next. |ing observations, from an extinct periodical, or of Milton, to know that he was contributThe parties engaged in it speak highly of its are quoted in Mr. Maugham's admirable ing to the benefit of the families of the illusdramatic and musical merits. treatise on the Law of Literary Property.trious men whose names are the proudest "If it be desirable to encourage literature in in the annals of their country's glory?" a state, the easiest as well as the most equi"Let the laws relating to literary table way of doing it, is by securing the property, then, be amended. If it be not rights of literary property." "Men thought advisable to render copyright perwill be industrious when the fruits of their petual, let the term be considerably extended. industry are secured to them; but, when Let not the literary labourer be the only one this is not the case, why should they toil? excluded from the full enjoyment of the beWhy should any oue devote himself to any neficial produce of labour. Rarely indeed great literary labour, which will require the can he enjoy it himself; but let him bequeath sacrifice of the better part of his life, when it as an estate to those he loves; and, when the reward of his labor must cease with his he shall no longer be sensible of our attention life, and he can preserve no portion of it for or our neglect, let us pay his children, aud his family? Will he not be tempted to ap-his children's children, the debt of gratitude ply himself to the production of works of which we owe to him." Cooper is at Tunbridge Wells. Mrs. temporary interest, which require little or Sloman, the wife of the manager, and for- no mental exertion, and which will immediThe merly of Covent Garden, is the heroine there. ately become a source of emolument? Provincial report speaks highly of an actor tendency of the law is therefore injurious in the company named Ternan. Mr. and to sound literature, by discouraging men Mrs. Yates are at Liverpool; Mr. Sheridan from undertaking works of great dignity or Knowles and Miss Ellen Tree at Man-lasting utility, and seducing them by the Miss Kelly, it is said, intends letting this theatre to Norman, the pantomimist, during her visit to the provinces. We hear it is her intention to form a vaudeville company at Christmas. chester. COUNTRY THEATRICALS. VAUXHALL. The nonsense about Mr. Simpson has gone far enough: he had his benefit on Monday, and exhibited his image in every possible variety of coloured lamps, to an audience as numerous, as riotous, and as illustrious, as Mr. Simpson himself could desire. VARIETIES, prospect of gain to become mere manufac- mercial as in an intellectual point of view, LITERARY PIRACY IN GERMANY.-Stutgard; August 10, 1833.—The Government Journal of yesterday promulgates a resolution of the German Diet, for insuring the rights of authors and publishers against piracy, by which the sovereign princes and free cities of Germany have agreed that, in the application of the laws against literary piracy, the differences between the subjects of one state and those of any other belong-of literary men have languished in indigence, ing to the confederation, shall be abolished; while others have been enjoying the profits aud authors and publishers in any one which in nature, reason, and justice, should state shall enjoy in all the others the pro- have been theirs. About the middle of the tection of the existing laws against literary last century, the grand-daughter of Milton. piracies. Morning Herald.-It is gratify-was so far reduced, that Dr. Johnson soliciting to find states and sovereigns shewing ed and obtained from Garrick a charitable some regard to the just rights of literature. benefit for her at Drury Lane Theatre. In most of the states of Germany the right to Within a very few years, a member of the ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE FINE ARTS.The King of Prussia has recently given the decoration of the Red Eagle to Mr. KalkTwo days brenner, the musical composer. previous, his Majesty presented the same decoration to his cook. Existence being so uncertain, Various are the ways of fate, Get pourtray'd yourself and friends, opposite the Marine Society. Portraits Painted in Oil and Warranted at the following Prices. 36 Inches by 30. . £3 13 6 80 94 Weekly Subscription, 0 3 0 Weekly Subscription, 2 6 20 literary property is perpetual, as it ought to family of Shakspeare was working as a day-Two doors from the Four Swans Inn, and nearly be everywhere. But, owing to the facility labourer, in M'Adamizing the roads of Warof piracy, afforded by a great number of wickshire. Are these things as they should separate states lying contiguous to each be? Is it right that the natural representaother, and possessing a common language, tives of men of genius should be left to the right was of little value. The resolution: starve, while strangers are amassing fortunes of the German Diet will remedy this evil, from works, upon which neither they nor and prove as beneficial to German literature their fathers have laboured? The lives of as it is honourable to the German govern- literary men are too often passed amidst disments. Literary property has too long been appointment, and penury, and sorrow. Would considered the lawful prey of every unprin- it not be a consolation to them to reflect, cipled adventurer. In this country it is only that though the reward of their labours was within a few months that the property of postponed, and in their own persons they dramatic authors has been thought worthy should never enjoy it, yet that posterity of any protection at all. As we have made would do them justice, and would not only a beginning, in this respect, it is to be hoped soothe their memory with fame, but repay that we shall not stop in the career of im- their descendants with wealth? Would it Weekly Subscription, 01 6 17 . . 110 Weekly Subscription, 0 10 The Proprietor of the above Society begs to state that any Lady or Gentlemen may have their portrait taken at their own residence, without belonging to the Society, and they need not pay for it The Artist warrants all likenesses to give satisfaction unless the likeness is approved of by three persons. before any money is paid. At the above Society there are portraits of all sizes for public inspection, provement until the whole law of copyright not add to the gratification of him who en-from 9 o'clock in the morning until dusk. is rendered more satisfactory. The follow-riched his library with a copy of Shakspeare, •.• All Letters post-paid immediately attended to. Just published, by Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria- DAVENANT; Or, THE ESCAPE. bellion of 1745, and of Scenes in Jamaica. Now ready, An WEEKLY TRUE SUN ENLARGED. ON SUNDAY, the 1st of September, the LIVERSEGE'S WORKS. Part VI. containing The Betrothed; Falstaff and Bardolph; and Othello and Desdemona. Engraved by Giller, Bromley, and Coombs. Prints 10s. 6d.; proofs 216.; separate prints 5s.; proofs 10s. 6d. II. TURNER'S ILLUSTRATIONS to the POETICAL WORKS of SIR WALTER SCOTT. Part I. containing 12 most exquisitely engraved plates by Goodall, Miller, Wallis, &c. Price, 8vo. prints 12s. 4to. proofs 20s.; imperial 4to. India, 24s, coloured 4to. before letters, 35s. London: published by Moon, Boys, and Graves, 6, Pall Mall, In a few days, price ls. THE TOILETTE of HEALTH, and DRESSING-BOX COMPANION; to which are added, a variety of Prescriptions for the Dressing Room, &c. WEEKLY TRUE SUN will be ENLARGED to Sunday papers. The Weekly True Sun will, in its new form, be much larger than the Dispatch. The price will con tinue to be SEVENPENCE. The Proprietors of the Weekly True Sun have Circum completed arrangements for adding greatly to the edition, carefully revised, and with numerous ad- papers. In addition to very comprehensive summaries of passing events, the Weekly True Sun will, from the 1st of September, contain a much larger quantity of Political Commentary than heretofore- besides ample Criticisms-Theatrical, Musical, and LiteTary. For the political Tone and Principles of the Paper, the character of the True Sun may perhaps be considered a sufficient voucher; for the rest, the lovers of Books, Theatres, and the Fine Arts, may The Book of Economy; or, How to Live on 1001. Paper, when the Proprictors state that the Critiderive assurance of the high pretensions of the WORKS lately published by THOMAS HURST, 65, St. Paul's Church-yard. PERKINS'S CRYPTOGRAPHY, or the most concise System of Short-Hand. Price 6d. "Mr. Perkins teaches a system of Short-Hand which appears to us very simple, easily learnt, and easily retained; a few hours suffice to obtain a proficiency in it, and we therefore confidently recommend it to all who may wish to learn the art."Guardian and Public Ledger, July 25. II. cisms on these subjects will comprise communica- THE MORNING TRUE SUN, Containing Twenty-eight Columns (the "Times" Orders for the MORNING TRUE SUN, EVENING THE ALPHABET OF INSECTS. Among the most industrious benefactors of youth is Mr. Rennie, who has commenced a Series or Syllabus of Science, which are lucid, complete, and perfectly intelligible."-Examiner, April 7, 1832. BOARD AND LODGING, in an Esta blishment of the first respectability, in Gowerstreet, Bedford-square, where the number of inmates is limited, and chiefly permanent. The general arrangements are such as to render it as much like a private family as possible. Any lady or gentleman desirous of a truly respectable and agreeable home, will find this a most desirable opportunity. For cards of address, apply to Field, grocer, 163, Tottenham-court-road. TO TAILORS-SUMMER FASHIONS, and the NEW SUPERLATIVE SYSTEM of CUTTING, by which any person may CUT in the most masterly manner, and of any style of Fashion. By B. READ, 12, Hart street, Bloomsbury square, London. For particulars, see Townsend's Parisian Costumes, the Ladies' Magazine and Museum, the Magazine of the Beau Monde, the Evangelical Gentleman's Magazine, the World of Fashion, the Register, and other periodical works published in London and Paris. THE PUBLIC (especially the Ladies) are requested to notice the following: To Messrs, C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 1, Wellington street, Strand. Sirs: I take the liberty of addressing my thanks to you for the great benefit received by my daughter from the application of your truly valuable BALM completely came off different parts of the head, and OF COLUMBIA. The hair of my youngest girl She was induced, at the instance of a friend, to try there was also a total loss of hair from the eyebrows. were most surprising; for, in a very short space of your balm, and, after using two bottles, the effects "This song, by Mr. Barnett, is quite delightful. think it but justice to yourselves and the public, to time, the hair grew in a regular healthy state. I We are not surprised that it should have made so add my testimony to the virtues of your truly inesWoollen Departments; with concise Methods of great a hit. The more we see of the writings of this timable Balm, and you have my full permission to Calculations, Ratings, &c. &c. Arranged as an Ex-/ musician, the more we feel convinced that he is give this letter that publicity which you think destined to hold one of the very highest places. "This is an especial favorite with us; there is proper.. I am yours, &c. (Signed) HENRY HAWERS. unique in its kind; it is the haberdasher's complete award higher praise than by saying that it is in beautifully, frees it from scurf, and stops it from vade mecum, and as such, will be considered as ne Barnett's best style."-National Standard. cessary in a haberdasher's shop as the Ready Rec-ing the great celebrity it already has attained; it is koner &c.-Guardian and Public Ledger. III. THE JUROR'S GUIDE; OR THE SPIRIT OF THE JURY LAWS. Pointing out the Duties, Powers, and Liabilities, of Jurors in general. By a BARRISTER. exquisitely modulated throughout, and the elegant "In noticing this canzone, we can only echo the voice of popularity, to which its own beauties, and Madame Vestris's singing, have so justly entitled it; "An extremely useful little treatise on a subject it is one of Mr. Barnett's happiest productions. We in which every man is interested. It appears to be would particularly direct attention to the turn and compiled with care, and to contain, in a small com-accentuation of the first part, which is tasteful and Fass, all requisite information,”—Atlas Newspaper. masterly to a nicety.”—Sunday Herald. respectability are shewn by the Proprietors, C. and falling off. Abundance of certificates of the first the Balm is sold, and by all respectable Perfumers A. Oldridge, 1, Wellington street, Strand, where and Medicine Venders. Price 3s. 6d., 6s., and 11s. per bottle. Published by T. HURST, 65, St. Paul's Church- [J. and C. ADLARD, Printers, Bartholomew-close M NATIONAL STANDARD Of Literature, Science, Music, Theatricals, and the Fine Arts. No. 36. VOL. II. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1833. PRICE 2d. This Journal is published every Saturday Morning, by THOMAS HURST, 65, St. Paul's Church-yard; to whom Advertisements, Communications, and Books for Review, are requested to be forwarded. J. and C. Adlard, Printers,] OUR LEADER. [Bartholomew Close. theatricals, our fine arts, our chit-chat, our We have ransacked the continent of Euphilosophy, our fun, our frivolity, our phi-rope, from the North Cape to Cape Montafar lanthropy, our fiddle-faddle, and all the rest of Africa, from Ceuta to Cape Town,-of of it, are superb. But what chiefly oppresses Asia, from Kamschatka to Colombo,-of us, is the weight of our foreign correspon- America, from Melville Island to Cape Horn, dence. We use the word "weight" in its for matter to write about, and for persons to It has already been observed by our intelligent readers, that in the Parliamentary returns of the newspapers, the name of the National Standard is omitted. This, Mr. Spring Rice took the earliest opportunity of observing, in his place, in the House of Com-physical as well as its moral sense, for over-write about that matter, in order that your duty packages, to the no small advantage of information may be co-extensive with the the revenue, frequently surpass some hun- great globe itselfdreds. Judge, then, of the toil and difficulty of reading so much compound manuscript in all the varying dialects of the ciIvilized and uncivilized world! What an encyclopædical acquaintance with arts and sciences, what a polyglottical intimacy with multifarious languages, must we not possess! In fact, we frequently are astonished at our-selvesselves, and sit in our easy chair, mons, arose simply from the fact, that the return only comprehended stamped papers; and, as we do not subject our lucubrations to what our contemporaries call, with so much naiveté, the “taxes on knowledge," it was impossible that our name should appear. "Nevertheless," continued Mr. Spring Rice, "as I know it it is a subject which excites much interest with the public, I hasten to assure the House that I have official knowledge of the fact, that the National Standard has a weekly circulation of 84,715;-seven hundred and fifteen," repeated the Hon. Secretary, laying, as is usual in the House, the greatest emphasis on the teens. A loud cheer attended the announcement, and the House separated amid a universal shaking of hands. Like Katterfelto, with our hair on end, that we made a casual allusion to the cir- gree, to our stud at Melton. We are now determined, as we have ar We do not feel ourselves called upon to contradict this public statement of Mr. Rice, though we do not exactly approve of the means by which he obtained his information, nor altogether like the notoriety with which it has invested us. A circulation, however, which in round numbers may be called rived at our thirty-sixth Number, to do as seven thousand dozen, is by no means, as all persons who arrive at thirty-six ought to Mr. Wordsworth would say, to be sneezed do,-seriously to improve; and henceforat; but, while we look upon it with no small ward, gentle reader, or albeit ungentle, you pride and pleasure, we cannot help feeling shall see what you shall see. We have enthe great, and in some degree awful resgaged the first writers in prose and poetry, ponsibility, which it imposes upon us. The in arts and arms, in antiquities and novelties, mere machinery of conducting such an es-in wit and wisdom, to contribute to your intablishment is immense and intricate-but that's a trifle. We do not desire to intrude our private affairs on the public; but the most negligent reader must be aware that, to keep ourselves in our present proud and exalted condition, the greatest activity is required in every department. We need not edificationsay, that our criticisms, our essays, our struction in our columns AND ALL FOR TWOPENCE. We have set to work sketchers, drawers, engravers, lithographers, xylographers, sidenographers, and other ographers of all kinds, to illustrate those aforesaid writings for your AND ALL FOR TWOPENCE. AND ALL FOR TWOPENCE. We have exhausted all the subjects of science, and drawn dry all the springs of literature; have pumped all that could be pumped out of society, and drank to the bottom from the wells of solitude, with the hope of making you as wise and witty as our AND ALL FOR TWOPENCE. And finally, and to conclude, we have this moment offered you this present sheet, containing REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS. [Unpublished.] "Then, as regards the extension of our Now how stands the fact, as to Sir Walter sympathies in past ages, the difference be-Scott's writings? Open them where you will, Notre-Dame; a Tale of the Ancien Régime. weeu Sir Walter's own view of the matter and all but the most prejudiced or the most From the French of Victor Hugo. With and that taken by some of his readers, is re- brutal must see and admire that fine spirit of a Prefatory Notice, Literary and Poli-markable in another respect. The author universal sympathy which pervades them. tical, of his Romances. By the Trans-could see nothing in the records of gone-by It is not confined, as this iniserable translalator of Thierry's "History of the Con-manners but an inexhaustible storehouse of tor would assert, to the illustrious and the quest of England by the Normans," and incident and costume. The grand study of noble. It extends to the humblest as well of Wilson's Edition of "Lafayette, Louis-the progress of human society and manners, as to the highest. The wretched libeller Philippe, and the Revolution of 1830." was to him a book shut, clasped, and sealed. admits that the works of Scott awaken in 3 Vols. 8vo. London: 1833. Wilson. Witness his fury when any one affirmed in the reader the feeling" that man, in all cirhis ear that they not only had progressed, but cumstances, is worthy the sympathy of man;" were progressing, and ought to progress! but this feeling, he says, "seems never to "Let us now turn to consider the opera- have once entered the breast of the author." tion of the Author of Waverley's grand lite- This baseness is so insufferably disgusting, that the task of exposing it is repulsive; and, happily, the reputation of Scott stands not in need of defence. The vile slanders of the translator of "Notre-Dame" will meet an indignant refutation in the breast of every reader. This defacer of other men's labours remembers, no doubt, what beast it was that kicked the dying lion. Here the animal has waited till the lion was dead. We never read the work of which this is a neighbour-lands; where moral philosophy, The translator is obviously mad, "stark, staring, raving, mischievously mad." He has translated M. Hugo as no author ever was translated before, interpolating passages of his own without notice; so that the reader cannot distinguish between M. Hugo and After humdrumming through a dozen the learned person who acts as his interpreter, pages, he thus returns to the charge: commentator, amplifier, and illustrator. "Of the doings of the Most Christian' Besides this, he has prefixed a "prefatory Louis XI. we cannot here enter into an exnotice, literary and political," but which cou-amination. We will only offer a general tains more polities than "literature." To observation upon the superior manliness of his opinions on the uses of fiction, as an in-spirit displayed by our French novelist in strument of extending sympathy and elevat-treating of kings and nobles. In the author ing human nature, we entirely subscribe, of Waverley, king-worship and lord-worship and only wish that they had been expressed were a part of his being. There's a divinity somewhat less like a schoolboy: his fancy, doth hedge a king,' and 'there's a sort of of fiction being peculiarly adapted to pull divinity doth hedge a lord,' were maxims ever down the distinctious of rank, is unintelligi- present to Sir Walter's mind. M. Hugo ble; and his attack upon one of the greatest aspires at least to the true dignity of the masters of fiction that ever lived, is dis-dramatic poet,-that of seeing in every characgraceful. Sir Walter Scott is so unfortunate as to displease the illustrious translator of these volumes; and he thus takes the baronet to task for his delinquencies. It is pleasant to exchange ultra baseness for mere simple mendacity; and the assertions that moral philosophy has been more diligently cultivated in France, and that the fire of philanthropy burns brighter in that country than in our own, are quite a relief, after the atrocious libels upon Sir Walter Scott. This passage is exquisite. The gravity with which it is delivered is admirable; it is a gravity, however, in which we were unable to partake, for, on coming to this part of the preface, we were constrained to lay down the book, and laugh our fill. Having done with the preface, we have ter, of every rank, first of all things, the now to say something of the work to which man, and then his peculiar circumstances of it is prefixed. As has been already said, education and rank in life. We seem, while we have never seen the original, but the perusing him, to be looking down from above English work is utterly contemptible. The upon the varied scene of human life, so that political disquisitions with which it "We are sorry that the total absence of at the first glance we discover only so many abounds have been pronounced, by the anything like an expression of philanthropic human beings looking one much like another, Examiner, “balderdash ;" and we have too sentiment in any one of the numerous works and look again to discriminate their points much respect for the critic, and our own of this writer, coupled with his well-known of difference. With Sir Walter, on the con- conscience, to reverse this sentence. What conduct whenever the great concerns of his trary, when royalty and nobility are in the can be thought of a man who has philankind were in question, compels us to regard case, we find ourselves upon the ground, in thropy incessantly upon his tongue, (or his the service rendered by him to the great cause footman-like propinquity to the great man or pen,) and as incessantly pours forth the overof human improvement as absolutely unin- men of the story, whose acts and looks are flowings of a heart full of “envy, hatred, tentional. But the fact remains the same minutely commented upon to us in the spirit malice, and all uncharitableness? What that his writings have rendered great service of soine acute valet-de-chambre, at once can be thought of the impudence (for no to it; although, had their author been a phi- critical and complaisant; while the great other word will do,) of the assertion conlanthropist in heart, he would have made bulk of mankind are seen only in perspective-tained in the latter part of the following them render services vastly greater. Though in the back ground-as the said valet-de-passage? possessing only the power of describing cha-chambre might be supposed to view them "This latter class of vagrants, the 'sturdy racters, and wanting the grand faculty of the true poet,-that of tracing their formation (the possession or acquisition of which in the highest perfection would indeed, as it were, make any man a philanthropist in spite of himself,) yet, with such close fidelity are many of these descriptions given, that they operate upon us like so many faithful and vivid pictures, and often we trace the formation for ourselves; and sure we are that many a reader, by the perusal of his volumes, has felt that feeling awakened or confirmed within him, which seems uever once to have entered the breast of the authorthat man, in all circumstances, is worthy the sympathy of man. from the windows of his master's mansion. And this pitiful scribbler prates of liberality beggars' of our old laws and popular ballads, and the rogues and vagabonds' of our modern statutes, are ever found abundant in large and populous countries, in which a vicious government is too much occupied in duping and plundering the society by wholesale, to care for the moral habits of the individuals composing it. Where is vagabondism now found to thrive ? In the British islands— in Germany-above all, in Italy and Spainwhere such frames of government still subsist. Where is it nearly banished from the soil? In the United States of America, and in Frauce; in the former of which countries nothing, and in the latter but little, of such system remains.” Little of beggary and vagabondism in | now and then he cast his eyes around him, France! This is going somewhat too far. as if to see whether the fiery chariot drawn The poor scribbler forgets that it is a time by two hippogriffs, which alone could have of peace, and that the English think little couveyed him so rapidly from Tartarus to more of a trip to Paris than of a jaunt to Paradise, were still there. At intervals, too, eat white-bait at Greenwich. Every third he fixed his eyes stedfastly upon the holes person who takes up the book will be quali- in his coat, by way of clinging to reality, so fied, by his own observation, to contradict as not to let the earth altogether slip from this falsehood. under him. His reason, tossed to and fro in imaginative space, had only that thread left to hold by. The principal characters in the tale, are a misshapen, deaf, and nearly blind bellringer; a priest, who is not a wicked man, but a perfect demon; two or three idle, careless, mischievous rakes; a literary gentleman, who writes tragedies and balances chairs on his chin, and who has moreover a great objection to being hanged, a ceremony to which the priest endeavours to persuade him to submit; six thousand sturdy beggars, a gipsy girl, and a female goat. The two latter are especial favourites with the translator, as they are with the tragic poet. The character of the goat is, we think, very well sustained; but we have a word to say about the gipsy, in reference to the translator's preface. The poor creature, admitting that Sir Walter Scott possessed the power of describing characters, accuses him of "wanting the grand faculty of the true poet, that of tracing their formation." Now this gipsy girl is the child of a woman of abandoned life; but she has not enjoyed the advantage even of the maternal care, such as it was, to which she was born. She has been brought up among vagrants, prostitutes, thieves, and cut-throats, yet she is a miracle of purity, delicacy, and truth. Will the gentleman who has "done M. Hugo into English" tell us how such a character was formed under such circumstances? The gipsy is a very fine creature, no doubt. But how came she so transendantly good, and decorous, and pretty behaved? As Pope says, "Her virtues we acknowledge bright and rare, But wonder how the devil they got there." We suppose we must give a specimen of the precious stuff which forms the staple of these volumes; and we shall select one which introduces the heroine. Gringoive (the poet) wanders into a quarter of Paris inhabited exclusively by thieves and beggars, and the king of the worthy fraternity very properly sentences him to be hanged for his impertinent intrusion. The gipsy, however, takes pity, and consents to marry him; and as it seems, that by the law of the society, marriage is a reprieve from hanging, Gringoive is pardoned, and handed over to the care of his wife. The following scene then takes place. "In a few minutes, our poet found himself in a little chamber with a gothic-vaulted ceiling, the windows and doors well closed, and comfortably warm, seated before a table, which seemed quite ready to borrow a few articles from a sort of small pantry or safe suspended just by; having a good bed in prospect, and tête-à-tête with a pretty girl. The adventure had something of enchantment. He began seriously to take himself to be a personage of the fairy tales; and "With this idea in his head, and in his eyes, he approached the young girl in so military and gallant a manner, that she drew back. 'What do you want with me?' said she. "Can you ask me such a question, adorable Esmeralda ?' returned Gringoire, in so impassioned a tone, that he himself was astonished to hear himself utter it. "The gipsy opened her large eyes. 'I don't know what you mean.' "What!' rejoined Gringoire, growing warmer and warmer, and reflecting that, after all, he had only to do with a virtue of the Court of Miracles, 'am 1 not thine, my sweet friend? Art not thou mine?' And, without more ado, he threw his arm round her waist. "The gipsy's corset slipped through his hands like the skin of an eel. She sprang from one end of the cell to the other, stooped down, and rose again with a small poniard in her hand, and all before Gringoire had even time to observe whence the poniard came; looking irritated and indignant, her lips puffed out, her nostrils distended, her cheeks all scarlet, and her eye-balls flashing. At the same time, the little white goat placed itself before her, and presented a hostile frout to Gringoire, lowering its two pretty gilt and very sharp horns. All this was done in the twinkling of an eye. The demoiselle turned wasp, and had every disposition to sting. [Complimentary this to the lady.] "The girl seemed to pay no attention to him. She was going backwards and forwards, shifting first one article and then the other, talking to her goat, making her little mow here and there. At length she came and sat down near the table, and Gringoire could contemplate her at leisure. "You have been a boy, reader,' our author here exclaims, and perhaps you have the happiness to be so still. It is quite certain, then, that you have more than once, (and, for my own part, I can say that I have passed whole days in that manner, the best spent days of my life,) that you have followed from briar to briar, on the brink of a rivulet, on a sunshiny day, some pretty demoiselle fly, green or blue, checking its flight at acute angles, and kissing the extremity of every spray. You recollect with what amorous curiosity your thoughts and your looks were fixed upon that little whirl of whiz and hum, of wings of purple and azure, in the midst of which floated a form which your eye could not seize, veiled "Our philosopher stood quite confused, as it was by the very rapidity of its motion. looking sheepishly, first at the goat and then The aerial being confusedly perceptible through at its mistress. Holy Virgin he exall that fluttering of wings, appeared chi- claimed at last, as soon as his surprise permerical, imaginary, impossible to touch, im- mitted him to speak, here are a pair of possible to see. But when, at last, the de-originals! [He might say that indeed.] moiselle settled on the point of a reed, and you could examine, holding-in your breath all the while, the long gauze pinions, the long enamel robe, the two globes of crystal, what astonishment did you not experience, and what fear lest you should again see the "Was I to let you be hanged?' form go off in a shadow, and the being in "So, then,' rejoined the poet, a little chimera! Recall to your mind those im-disappointed in his amorous expectations, pressions, and then you will easily under-you had no other intention in marrying me stand what were the feelings of Gringoire, but to save me from the gallows?' in contemplating, under her visible and palpable form, that Esmeralda, of whom, until then, he had ouly caught a glimpse amid a whirl of dance, song, and flutter. [This is French all over.] "The gipsy girl now broke silence. You must be a bold fellow!' she said. "I ask your pardon, mademoiselle,' said Gringoire with a smile; but why, then, did you take me for your husband?' 666 Why, what other intention should I have had?' "Gringoire bit his lip. Humph!' said he, I'm not quite so triumphant in Cupido as I thought. But then, what was the use of breaking that poor pitcher ?' "Meanwhile, the poniard of La Esmeralda and the horns of the goat were still in a posture of defence. "Sinking deeper and deeper into his reverie; So then,' said he to himself, as his eyes wandered over her, I now see what this Esmeralda really is a heavenly creature!—a dancer in the streets!-so much, "Mademoiselle Esmeralda,' said the and yet so little! She it was who gave the poet, let us make a capitulation. As I am finishing blow to my mystery this morning- not registering-clerk at the Châtelet, I shall she it is who saves my life to-night. My not quibble with you about your thus carryevil genius!-my good angel! A pretty ing a dagger in Paris in the teeth of monsieur woman, upon my word!-and who must the provost's ordinances and prohibitions. love me to distraction to have taken me as You are aware, however, that Noël Lescrishe has done. By-the-bye,' said he, suddenly vain was condemned, only a week ago, to rising up from his seat, with that feeling of pay a fine of ten sous parisis for carrying a the real which formed the substance of his braquemard. But that's no business of character and of his philosophy, I don't mine; and so, to come to the point: I very well know how it happens, but I'm her swear to you, by my chance of salvation, husband!' that I will not approach you without your |