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scenes at the opera ��where numbers of us young fellows of fashion used to
go���察�and seeing Sontag let her hair fall down over her shoulders previous
to her murder by Donzelli。 Young fellows have never seen beauty like
that�察 �heard such a voice�察 �seen such hair�察 �such eyes。 Don't tell me� �A
man who has been about town since the reign of George IV。�察�ought he not
to know better than you young lads who have seen nothing�拭 �The
deterioration of women is lamentable�察 �and the conceit of the young
fellows more lamentable still�察�that they won't see this fact�察�but persist in
thinking their time as good as ours。
Bless me� �when I was a lad�察�the stage was covered with angels�察�who
sang�察 �acted�察 �and danced。 When I remember the Adelphi�察 �and the
actresses there�此 �when I think of Miss Chester�察�and Miss Love�察�and Mrs
Serle at Sadler's Wells�察�and her forty glorious pupils of the Opera and
Noblet�察�and the exquisite young Taglioni�察�and Pauline Leroux�察�and a host
more� �One much´admired being of those days I confess I never cared for�察�
and that was the chief male dancer a very important personage then�察�
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with a bare neck�察�bare arms�察�a tunic�察�and a hat and feathers�察�who used to
divide the applause with the ladies�察�and who has now sunk down a trap´
door for ever。 And this frank admission ought to show that I am not your
mere twaddling laudator temporis acti your old fogey who can see no
good except in his own time。
They say that claret is better nowadays�察�and cookery much improved
since the days of my monarch of George IV。 Pastry Cookery is
certainly not so good。 I have often eaten half´a´ crown's worth ��including�察�
I trust�察�ginger´beer�� at our school pastrycook's�察�and that is a proof that the
pastry must have been very good�察�for could I do as much now�拭 �I passed
by the pastrycook's shop lately�察�having occasion to visit my old school。 It
looked a very dingy old baker's�察 �misfortunes may have come over him
those penny tarts certainly did not look so nice as I remember them�此 �but
he may have grown careless as he has grown old ��I should judge him to be
now about ninety´six years of age���察 �and his hand may have lost its
cunning。
Not that we were not great epicures。 I remember how we constantly
grumbled at the quantity of the food in our master's house which on my
conscience I believe was excellent and plentiful and how we tried once
or twice to eat him out of house and home。 At the pastrycook's we may
have over´eaten ourselves ��I have admitted half´a´crown's worth for my
own part�察�but I don't like to mention the real figure for fear of perverting
the present generation of boys by my monstrous confession�� we may
have eaten too much�察 �I say。 We did�察 �but what then�拭 �The school
apothecary was sent for�此 �a couple of small globules at night�察 �a trifling
preparation of senna in the morning�察�and we had not to go to school�察�so
that the draught was an actual pleasure。
For our amusements�察�besides the games in vogue�察�which were pretty
much in old times as they are now ��except cricket par exemple and I
wish the present youth joy of their bowling�察�and suppose Armstrong and
Whitworth will bowl at them with light field´pieces next���察 �there were
novels ah� �I trouble you to find such novels in the present day� �O
Scottish Chiefs�察�didn't we weep over you� �O Mysteries of Udolpho�察�didn't
I and Briggs Minor draw pictures out of you�察 �as I have said�拭�Efforts�察�
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feeble indeed�察�but still giving pleasure to us and our friends。 ;I say�察�old
boy�察 �draw us Vivaldi tortured in the Inquisition�察─ �or�察 �Draw us Don
Quixote and the windmills�察�you know�察─�amateurs would say�察�to boys who
had a love of drawing。 ;Peregrine Pickle; we liked�察�our fathers admiring
it�察�and telling us ��the sly old boys�� it was capital fun�察 �but I think I was
rather bewildered by it�察 �though ;Roderick Random; was and remains
delightful。 I don't remember having Sterne in the school library�察�no doubt
because the works of that divine were not considered decent for young
people。 Ah� �not against thy genius�察 �O father of Uncle Toby and Trim�察�
would I say a word in disrespect。 But I am thankful to live in times when
men no longer have the temptation to write so as to call blushes on
women's cheeks�察�and would shame to whisper wicked allusions to honest
boys。 Then�察�above all�察�we had Walter Scott�察�the kindly�察�the generous�察�the
pure the companion of what countless delightful hours�察 �the purveyor
of how much happiness�察 �the friend whom we recall as the constant
benefactor of our youth� �How well I remember the type and the brownish
paper of the old duodecimo ;Tales of My Landlord� ─ �I have never dared
to read the ;Pirate�察─ �and the ;Bride of Lammermoor�察─ �or ;Kenilworth�察─�
from that day to this�察�because the finale is unhappy�察�and people die�察�and
are murdered at the end。 But ;Ivanhoe�察─�and ;Quentin Durward;� �Oh� �
for a half´holiday�察 �and a quiet corner�察 �and one of those books again� �
Those books�察�and perhaps those eyes with which we read them�察 �and�察�it
may be�察�the brains behind the eyes� �It may be the tart was good�察 �but how
fresh the appetite was� �If the gods would give me the desire of my heart�察�
I should be able to write a story which boys would relish for the next few
dozen of centuries。 The boy´critic loves the story�此 �grown up�察�he loves
the author who wrote the story。 Hence the kindly tie is established
between writer and reader�察�and lasts pretty nearly for life。 I meet people
now who don't care of Walter Scott�察�or the ;Arabian Nights;�察 �I am sorry
for them�察 �unless they in their time have found their romancer their
charming Scheherazade。 By the way�察�Walter�察�when you are writing�察�tell me
who is the favourite novelist in the fourth form now�拭 �Have you got
anything so good and kindly as dear Miss Edgeworth's Frank�拭 �It used to
belong to a fellow's sisters generally�察 �but though he pretended to despise
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it�察�and said�察 �Oh�察�stuff for girls� ─�he read it�察 �and I think there were one or
two passages which would try my eyes now�察�were I to meet with the little
book。
As for Thomas and Jeremiah ��it is only my witty way of calling Tom
and Jerry���察�I went to the British Museum the other day on purpose to get it�察�
but somehow�察�if you will press the question so closely�察�on reperusal�察�Tom
and Jerry is not so brilliant as I had supposed it to be。 The pictures are
just as fine as ever�察�and I shook hands with broad´backed Jerry Hawthorn
and Corinthian Tom with delight�察 �after many year's absence。 But the
style of the writing�察�I own�察�was not pleasing to me�察 �I even thought it a
little vulgar well� �well� �other writers have been considered vulgar and
as a description of the sports and amusements of London in the ancient
times�察�more curious than amusing。
But the pictures� �oh� �the pictures are noble still� �First�察 �there is
Jerry arriving from the country�察 �in a green coat and leather gaiters�察 �and
being measured for a fashionable suit at Corinthian House�察�by Corinthian
Tom's tailor。 Then away for the career of pleasure and fashion。 The
park� �delicious excitement� �The theatre� �the saloon�。 �the green´room�。。 �
Rapturous bliss the opera itself� �and then perhaps to Temple Bar�察 �to
knock down a Charley there� �There are Jerry and Tom�察�with their tights
and little cocked hats�察�coming from the opera very much as gentlemen
in waiting on royalty are habited now。 There they are at Almack's itself�察�
amidst a crowd of high´bred personages�察 �with the Duke of Clarence
himself looking at them dancing。 Now�察�strange change�察�they are in Tom
Cribb's parlour�察�where they don't seem to be a whit less at home than in
fashion's gilded halls�察 �and now they are at Newgate�察 �seeing the irons
knocked off the malefactors' legs previous to execution。 What hardened
ferocity in the countenance of the desperado in yellow breeches� �What
compunction in the face of the gentleman in black ��who�察 �I suppose�察�has
been forging���察 �and who clasps his hands�察 �and listens to the chaplain� �
Now we haste away to merrier scenes�此 �to Tattersall's ��ah gracious powers� �
what a funny fellow that actor was who performed Dicky Green in that
scene in the play�。��察 �and now we are at a p
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