Two o'clo P. M.-All college is in commotion. In Long Chamber there are consultations, and parties, and cabals. I saw a gownsman looking not complacently upon an unfolded paper; like Alexander, he "sighed and looked, sighed and looked, sighed and looked, and sighed again." He became alternately as pale as the Bath post, and as black as the characters it bore. This is a mystery to me! Feb. 15.-The mystery is unravelled. A young Gentleman is displeased at receiving a billet-doux. This is surprising. But it is still more surprising that he suspects" The Etonian" of its. manufacture. He threatens us with a quire of paper for the sake of the Postage. I hope it may be blank. I shall be angry if I am obliged to pay and read too. Feb. 17.-I hope my readers will be pleased with the following Song : Hark upon the passing gale verse. Mark the tints of silver, made 'Tis that in the trembling notes Leila, nought but love, and thee. Feb. 19.-Received from Oxford a large parcel of prose and I am very much pressed for room, nevertheless I am particularly requested by the Club (on the immediate suggestion of Rowley), to insert the two contributions with which we are most pleased. "A Collar of Brawn, with M. B.'s compliments." "A Barrel of Sausages, with Lord N's best wishes." Feb. 20. The authorship of the abovementioned Valentine is fixed, I understand, upon Gerard Montgomery. Mr. Bellamy fancies himself suspected, and is rather alarmed for the consequences. He has purchased a smart little pistol, nailed a sovereign to the wall of his apartment, and practises three hours a day. He says he is not much afraid, for "he can hit George to a nicety." Feb. 25.-Martin Sterling slanged me for being satirical. All the P. C. articles were attacked one after the other :- "Lovers' Vows," "Politeness and Politesse," "A Certain Age," "Not at Home."-Golightly came to my assistance. "Mr. Sterling,' said he, "let me give you a little information. There is as little truth in your remarks as there is in Lovers' Vows: neither Politeness nor Politesse can bear you any longer: no one should talk in this style who is not of a Certain Age; and if you persist in it, I shall recommend to Mr. Courtenay to give you a flat Not at Home." Mr. Hodgson remarked that Mr. Golightly was a flat, for supposing that any thing flat could come from the President. Lozell laughed, and Oakley said "Pshaw." Feb. 26. Transcribed a few stanzas by E. M. They were written soon after the Lady's marriage. They were composed in a more tranquil moment, and breathe a more subdued spirit than those which were inserted in the Scrap-book, No. I. I do not weep-the grief I feel Is not the grief that dims the eye; As if thy bosom could not dream Of half the woe that preys on mine, I do not murmur that another Hath gain'd the love I could not wake; I look on him as on a brother, And do not hate him-for thy sake. And happy-in thine happiness. Feb. 27.-The King of Clubs has too much vanity to withhold from the world Miss Harrison's Valentine, although the habits of procrastination in which the fair Authoress indulges (habits by the way in which his Majesty occasionally participates) have caused it to reach him much after its day. The time I am sure is not far distant, when to the names of a Baillie, an Edgeworth, an Incbhald, and a Morgan, Criticism will add that of Fanny Harrison. MISS HARRISON'S VALENTINE. "Nec sum adeo informis."-VIRG. Hail to his Majesty of Clubs !-all hail Hail to his face-although it's much too pale; I love his look where fascinations rove; I love his crown, whatever ills betide it; I love his thin straight wig, and much I prize His great black eyebrows, and his small white nose, His round mustachios, and his pointed eyes. I love his tout ensemble-e'en his crimes, His puns, his punch, his reasonings, and his rhymes! Feb. 28.-Gerard gave us, from a Cambridge correspondent, the following whimsical imitation, or rather parody, of Horace :"Integer vitæ scelerisque purus," &c. Hor. THE man, my GERARD, arm'd with native strength, Prelusive, or satiric quiver stor'd With poison'd shafts defensive: fearless he In Johnian walks sole wandering, while the thoughts The winds blow frore, and mists of ignorance dark Some Dey's stern nod, in torrid Barbary Place me, where books are none: yet, fearless-still, Record her tuneful voice and thrilling smiles. W. To-morrow our first Volume is to be launched.-I remember, when I was last at Plymouth, I was present at the launch of a ship of war. It was a very fine sight: but our "Etonian " will be much finer, rigged out in gaudy Morocco, or odorous Russia, or unassuming calf. Success to our weak vessel! She has an easy voyage to run: the breeze of hope sends her briskly forward, and smiling faces shine upon her as brightly as the sun on a July morning. Off she goes!-Three cheers for "The Etonian! " ERRATUM.-In page 382, line 11, for heart's, read heart. The figures within parentheses mark the variations which took place in Account of the proceedings which led to Adventure, a night, 259 Age, on a certain, 225 Alarming Discovery, *99 Genius, 75, (68) Girolamo and Sylvestra, 251 Golightly (Frederick) Character of, 3 Articles in preparation, 29, (26) 97, 170, Good Fellow, Sir T. Nesbit's Definition 247 Battle, the Eve of, 35 (32) of, 144 Gowan, Morris, Letter from, 347 Greek Song, O'Connor's, 343 Gubbins, Jeremy, Petition from, 233 Hair-dressing, Remarks on, 205 Harrison, Lines to Miss F., 306 Bellamy, (Hon. Charles) character of, Hodgson (Richard) Character of, 15 332 Biography of a Boy's Room, 219 Burton (John) character of, 14 Castles in the Air, 263 Certain Age, Remarks on, 225 Coleridge, Remarks on his Poetry, 307 Courtenay (Peregrine) Character of, 13 Despair, Ode to, 113 Diana, Lines on the Temple of, at Ephe- Drawing-Room, his Majesty's, 165 Edith, 58, (53) Ellen, Lines to, 387 Fitzroy (Mary), Story of, 277 M'Farlane (Alexander) Character of, 14 Marius amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Martin Sterling on Principle, 291 Unparalleled insult to, 170 Musa O'Connorianæ, 339 Nicknames, Remarks on, 76, (69) Not at Home, 275 Oakley (Michael) Character of, 15 's Essay on the Art of saying O'Connor (Patrick) Character of, 14 O'Connorianæ, Musæ, 339 Peregrine's Scrap-Book, No. I., 238; Rawsdon-Court, a Peepi nto, 194 Reflections on Winter, 236 Saturday Evening in the Country, 388 Solitude in a Crowd, 129 Somnia Montgomeriana, No. I., 977; Written on the last leaf of Shakspeare, Written from Hartland Point, ib. On the Asses'-Bridge, 93 On the State of Spain, April, 1820, 290 Tea, Oakley's avowed Predilection for, Turn Out, 115 Van Nickerneucht's Philosophical Re Visit to Eton, 48, (42) Wedding, a Country, 267 Wentworth (Sir Francis) Character of, 9 Winter, Reflections on, 236 Wordsworth, Remarks on his Poetry, 99, Yes and No, 105 "Yes," Lozell's Essay on the Art of Say- END OF VOL. I. Charles Knight, Printer, Windsor. |