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old homely proverb concerning pitch and its adhesive character�察�which we 

hope   this   significant   circumstance   may   impress   on   many   minds。            The 

writer   of   these   lines   has   lately   heard   overmuch   touching   young   men   of 

promise      in   the   imaginative     arts�察   �towards     whom;      Martyr     Mediums 

assisting at evening parties feel themselves ;drawn;。                 It may be a hint to 

such young men to stick to their own drawing�察�as being of a much better 

kind�察�and to leave Martyr Mediums alone in their glory。 

     As there is   a good deal   in these books about ;lying spirits;�察�we  will 

conclude      by   putting    a  hypothetical     case。    Supposing       that  a  Medium 

��Martyr   or   otherwise��   were   established   for   a   time   in   the   house   of   an 

English   gentleman   abroad�察  �say�察  �somewhere   in   Italy。   Supposing   that   the 

more marvellous the Medium became�察�the more suspicious of him the lady 

of the house became。          Supposing that the lady�察�her distrust once aroused�察�

were particularly struck by the Medium's exhibiting a persistent desire to 

commit   her�察  �somehow   or   other�察  �to   the   disclosure   of   the   manner   of   the 

death�察�to him unknown�察�of a certain person。               Supposing that she at length 

resolved   to   test   the   Medium   on   this   head�察  �and�察  �therefore�察  �on   a   certain 

evening   mentioned   a   wholly  supposititious   manner  of   death   ��which   was 

not the real manner of death�察�nor anything at all like it�� within the range of 

his    listening   ears。    And     supposing     that   a  spirit  presently     afterwards 

rapped out its presence�察�claiming to be the spirit of that deceased person�察�

and claiming to have departed this life in that supposititious way。                   Would 

that be a lying spirit�拭       �Or would it he a something else�察�tainting all that 

Medium's        statements     and    suppressions�察     �even     if  they    were    not   in 

themselves of a manifestly outrageous character�拭�



                       THE LATE MR。 STANFIELD 



     Every Artist�察  �be   he   writer�察  �painter�察  �musician�察  �or   actor�察  �must   bear   his 

private sorrows as he best can�察�and must separate them from the exercise 

of   his   public   pursuit。   But   it   sometimes   happens�察  �in   compensation�察  �that 

his private loss of a dear friend represents a loss on the part of the whole 



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community。        Then   he   may�察  �without   obtrusion   of   his   individuality�察  �step 

forth to lay his little wreath upon that dear friend's grave。 

     On Saturday�察�the eighteenth of this present month�察�Clarkson Stanfield 

died。    On the afternoon of that day�察�England lost the great marine painter 

of   whom   she   will   be   boastful   ages   hence�察  �the   National   Historian   of   her 

speciality�察  �the   Sea�察  �the   man   famous   in   all   countries   for   his   marvellous 

rendering      of  the  waves     that  break   upon    her   shores�察  �of  her   ships   and 

seamen�察�of her coasts and skies�察�of her storms and sunshine�察�of the many 

marvels of the deep。         He who holds the oceans in the hollow of His hand 

had given�察�associated with them�察�wonderful gifts into his keeping�察�he had 

used     them    well   through     threescore    and    fourteen    years�察  �and�察   �on   the 

afternoon of that spring day�察�relinquished them for ever。 

     It is superfluous to record that the painter of ;The Battle of Trafalgar;�察�

of   the   ;Victory   being   towed   into   Gibraltar   with   the   body   of   Nelson   on 

Board;�察�of ;The Morning after the Wreck;�察�of ;The Abandoned;�察�of fifty 

more such works�察�died in his seventy´fourth year�察 �Mr。; Stanfield。He was 

an Englishman。 

     Those grand pictures will proclaim his powers while paint and canvas 

last。   But the writer of these words had been his friend for thirty years�察�

and when�察�a short week or two before his death�察�he laid that once so skilful 

hand upon the writer's breast and told him they would meet again�察 �but not 

here;�察�the thoughts of the latter turned�察�for the time�察�so little to his noble 

genius�察�and so much to his noble nature� �

     He was the   soul of   frankness�察�generosity�察�and   simplicity。             The   most 

genial�察�the most affectionate�察�the most loving�察�and the most lovable of men。 

Success had never for an instant spoiled him。                His interest in the Theatre 

as   an   Institutionthe   best   picturesqueness   of   which   may   be   said   to   be 

wholly   due   to   himwas   faithful   to   the   last。   His   belief   in   a   Play�察  �his 

delight in one�察�the ease with which it moved him to tears or to laughter�察�

were most remarkable evidences of the heart he must have put into his old 

theatrical work�察�and of the thorough purpose and sincerity with which it 

must have been done。 The writer was very intimately associated with him 

in some amateur plays�察�and day after day�察�and night after night�察�there were 

the same unquenchable freshness�察�enthusiasm�察�and impressibility in him�察�



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though broken in health�察�even then。 

     No Artist can ever have stood by his art with a quieter dignity than he 

always did。       Nothing would have induced him to lay it at the feet of any 

human   creature。       To   fawn�察  �or   to   toady�察  �or   to   do   undeserved   homage   to 

any one�察�was an absolute impossibility with him。                  And yet his character 

was    so   nicely   balanced     that  he   was   the   last  man   in  the   world    to  be 

suspected of self´assertion�察�and his modesty was one of his most special 

qualities。 

     He   was   a   charitable�察  �religious�察  �gentle�察  �truly   good   man。    A  genuine 

man�察�incapable of pretence or of concealment。                He had been a sailor once�察�

and all the best characteristics that are popularly attributed to sailors�察�being 

his�察�and being in him refined by the influences of his Art�察�formed a whole 

not likely to be often seen。          There is no smile that the writer can recall�察�

like   his�察  �no   manner   so   naturally   confiding   and   so   cheerfully   engaging。 

When   the   writer   saw   him   for   the   last   time   on   earth�察  �the   smile   and   the 

manner       shone     out   once    through     the    weakness�察     �still�此  �the    bright 

unchanging Soul within the altered face and form。 

     No   man   was   ever   held   in   higher   respect   by   his   friends�察  �and   yet   his 

intimate friends invariably addressed him and spoke of him by a pet name。 

It may need�察�perhaps�察�the writer's memory and associations to find in this a 

touching      expression     of  his   winning     character�察   �his  playful    smile�察  �and 

pleasant ways。       ;You know Mrs。 Inchbald's story�察�Nature and Art�拭─�wrote 

Thomas Hood�察�once�察�in a letter�此             �What a fine Edition of Nature and Art 

is Stanfield� ─�

     Gone�      �And   many   and   many   a   dear   old   day   gone   with   him�      �But 

their memories remain。           And his memory will not soon fade out�察�for he 

has   set   his   mark   upon   the   restless   waters�察  �and   his   fame   will   long   be 

sounded in the roar of the sea。 



                    A SLIGHT QUESTION OF FACT 



     It is never well for the public interest that the originator of any social 

reform   should   be   soon   forgotten。      Further�察  �it   is   neither   wholesome   nor 



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right ��being neither generous nor just�� that the merit of his work should be 

gradually transferred elsewhere。 

     Some   few   weeks   ago�察  �our   contemporary�察  �the   Pall   Mall   Gazette�察  �in 

certain   strictures   on   our   Theatres   which      we   are   very   far   indeed   from 

challenging�察�remarked on the first effectual discouragement of an outrage 

upon     decency     which     the   lobbies    and   upper´boxes      of   even    our   best 

Theatres habitually paraded within the last twenty or thirty years。                    From 

those   remarks   it   might   appear   as   though   no   such   Manager   of   Covent 

Garden or Drury Lane as Mr。 Macready had ever existed。 

     It   is   a   fact   beyond   all   possibility  of   question�察  �that   Mr。  Macready�察  �on 

assuming       the   management        of  Covent      Garden     Theatre    in   1837�察   �did 

instantly set himself�察�regardless of precedent and custom down to that hour 

obtaining�察�rigidly to suppress this shameful thing�察�and did rigidly suppress 

and crush it during his whole management of that theatre�察�and during his 

whole      subsequent     management        of   Drury    Lane。     That    he   did   so�察 �as 

certainly without   favour as   without fear�察  �that he did so�察 �against his  own 

immediate   interests�察      �that  he   did  so�察 �against    vexations    and   oppositions 

which   might   have   cooled       the   ardour   of   a   less   earnest   man�察  �or   a   less 

devoted artist�察�can be better known to no one than the writer of the present 

words�察�whose name stands at the head of these pages。 



                                  LANDOR'S LIFE 



     Prefixed to the second volume of Mr。 Forster's admirable biography of 

Walter     Savage     Landor�察    。�1��   is  an   engraving     from    a   portrait   of  that 

remarkable man when seventy´seven years of age�察�by Boxall。                       The writer 

of   these   lines   can   testify   that   the   original   p
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