. 'Christopher North', a memoir of John Wilson ... : compiled from family papers and other sources . above stanza, not a little to the chagrin of the author, thefollowing impromptu lines :— Then touched I off friend Lockhart (Gibson John),So fond of jabbering about Tieck and SchlegeL Klopstock and Wieland, Kant and Mendelssohn,All high Dutch quacks like Spurzheim or Feinagle; Him the Chaldee yclept the Scorpion; The claws but not the pinions of the eagle Are Jacks ; but though I do not mean to flatter, Undoubtedly he has strong powers of satire. The troubles in which the publisher and supporte
. 'Christopher North', a memoir of John Wilson ... : compiled from family papers and other sources . above stanza, not a little to the chagrin of the author, thefollowing impromptu lines :— Then touched I off friend Lockhart (Gibson John),So fond of jabbering about Tieck and SchlegeL Klopstock and Wieland, Kant and Mendelssohn,All high Dutch quacks like Spurzheim or Feinagle; Him the Chaldee yclept the Scorpion; The claws but not the pinions of the eagle Are Jacks ; but though I do not mean to flatter, Undoubtedly he has strong powers of satire. The troubles in which the publisher and supporters of the Maga-zine became involved commenced, as has been seen, with its veryfirst number under the new regime. The assaults on Coleridge Join all in chonis, jolly boys, and let punch and tears be shed,For this prince of good old fellows that, alack-a-day, is dead!For this prince of worthy fellows, and a pretty man also,That has left the Saltmarket in sorrow, grief, and woe!For it neer shall see the like of Captain Paton no mol For a complete copy of this lyric see Blackwood, vol v., p. Mr. Gibson Lockhart, alias Baron Lauerwinkel, alias William Wastle, alius l>rSternstare, alias Dr. Peter Morris, etc, as sketched by himself. Ulrick LITEEATTIRE. BLACKWOOD^ MAGAZINE. 187 and Hunt might have been overlooked by the Edinburgh public;but the Chaldee MS., though in reality a joke in comparison, raiseda storm of solemn indignation, which it required all the courageand energy of the publisher to bear up against. In a second editionof the Magazine, which was very rapidly called for, the obnoxiousarticle was withdrawn,* doubtless much to the disappointment ofpurchasers. For in fact the outcry, which at first seemed tothreaten the extinction of the Magazine, was the best possible stim-ulant to its success. It throve on opposition, and waxed morebold and provoking as the enemy showed more sensitive apprecia-tion of its power. But for some time the publishers position wasno envi
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