. Thackerayana;. ubli-cation of both these performances it was singularly well attained. M. Mackenzies papers were the most numerous. He isstated to have been the author of Nos. 2, 5, 7, n, 12, 14, 16 (thelatter part of 17). 21, 23, 25, 30, 32, 34 (part of 35), 38, 40, 41,42, 43, 44, 49, 53, 54 (part of 56), 61, 64, 72, 78, 80, 81, 84, thepoem in 85 (part of 89), 91, 92, 93 (part of 96), 99, 100, 101(parts of 102, 103), 105, 107, 108, 109, and no. THE MIRROR. 411 The contributions of correspondents were of considerableassistance to the success of the Mirror. Of these Lord Haileswas the most in
. Thackerayana;. ubli-cation of both these performances it was singularly well attained. M. Mackenzies papers were the most numerous. He isstated to have been the author of Nos. 2, 5, 7, n, 12, 14, 16 (thelatter part of 17). 21, 23, 25, 30, 32, 34 (part of 35), 38, 40, 41,42, 43, 44, 49, 53, 54 (part of 56), 61, 64, 72, 78, 80, 81, 84, thepoem in 85 (part of 89), 91, 92, 93 (part of 96), 99, 100, 101(parts of 102, 103), 105, 107, 108, 109, and no. THE MIRROR. 411 The contributions of correspondents were of considerableassistance to the success of the Mirror. Of these Lord Haileswas the most industrious; among other promoters we find thenames of Mr. Richardson, Professor of Humanity at Glasgow;Mr. Frazer Tyler, Advocate and Professor of History in theUniversity of Edinburgh; Mr. D. Hume, Professor of Scots Lawsat Edinburgh, nephew of the celebrated David Hume; D. Beattie;Cosmo Gordon, Esq., one of the Barons of Exchequer in Scot-land ; Mr. W. Strahan, of London, the Kings printer; Mr. BaronGordon, 412 THACKERA YANA. THE MIRROR. A Periodical Paper Published at Edinburgh in the Years1779 and 1780. Veluti in speculo. No child ever heard from its nurse the story of Jack theGiant Killers Cap of Darkness without envying the pleasures ofinvisibility. This power is, in some degree, possessed by the writer of ananonymous paper. He can at least exercise it for a purpose forwhich people would be most apt to use the privilege of beinginvisible ; to wit, that of hearing what is said of himself. A few hours after the publication of my first number, I salliedforth, with all the advantages of invisibility, to hear an account ofmyself and my paper. ;A smart-looking young man, in green, said he was sure itwould be very satirical; his companion, in scarlet, was equallycertain that it would be very stupid. But with this last predictionI was not much offended, when I discovered that its author hadnot read the first number, but only inquired of Mr. Creech whereit was published. A pl
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