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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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