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Literary Notices, &C.
great promise , ( since realized ) when at King ' s College , under a similar title , produced several numbers of a very entertaining miscellany . It is not too much to predict , that the present editors of the Bromley Magazine , may take rank among the future literati of the age . Punch , or the London Charivari . Bradbury and Evans , 92 , Fleet Street .
That Punch—the veritatable Punch—is a Mason , is as clear as that Toby is a dog . Look at the frontispiece . Observe the nasal part with the digital point of our renowned Brother . Cast then a glance at Toby . —Do you not in that glance see the sign and token ? While Toby , the impersonation of silence , will not even bark the word ; but , Tiler-like , stands at ease . Both Punch ancl tbe dog are emblems respectively of their Craft . Satire and fidelity—the one to correct the folly of the clay
, the other to watch the passing moment and to warn the cowan . Our Brother Punch has more than once evidenced a desire to speak out Masonically ; we wish he would really do so , for he could do so with great effect : for although he chooses to be drawn with finger to nose , he is not of those to whom the adage applies
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" Women are angels wooing ; Things won , are done ; joy's soul lits in the doirg . ' * And in this belief , she certainly does lecture ; if not wisely , yet too well ; for our Brother Caudle cannot escape the nightly duty that his helpmate has undertaken . In the last week ' s lecture , Brother Caudle ' s wife is supposed to have picked his pocket of his check-book , on the I Sth instant , whereby he could not gratify his wishes to support the Asylum Festival as he intended . AVe regret that a lady ' s ticket was not
presented to Mrs . Caudle ; as , in that case , we feel assured that excellent nocturnal moralist would have sent it clown , with a direction to fill up a draft for twenty guineas . And what an effect would have been produced by the announcement by the Treasurer of , "Brother Caudle , by the hands of his wife , twenty guineas . " AVhat cries of hear , hear ! and what rapping on the tables 1 Brother Punch , you should have thought of this ; and must , therefore , take up the case yourself .
The London Medical Directory , 1845 . J . Churchill . This publication will supply a desideratum . It professes to contain the " name , address , qualification , official appointment , honorary distinction , and literary productions , of every physician , surgeon , and general practitioner , resident in London . " As it would be an endless labour for an Editor to discover the literary production of the entire Loni'on faculty , we cannot but admire the sedulous determination of many of
them to crowd in on the Editor their innumerable qualifications , such as author of " papers to the Lancet , " "hospital reports , " " formerly surgeon to this , that , and the other , " & c , & c . As an excellent contrast , however , we perceive the gentlemen of the profession are contented with a very simple announcement of their names an J addresses . The Directory is well arranged , and , as the first of , we trust , a long race of annuals , we cordially give it welcome .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literary Notices, &C.
great promise , ( since realized ) when at King ' s College , under a similar title , produced several numbers of a very entertaining miscellany . It is not too much to predict , that the present editors of the Bromley Magazine , may take rank among the future literati of the age . Punch , or the London Charivari . Bradbury and Evans , 92 , Fleet Street .
That Punch—the veritatable Punch—is a Mason , is as clear as that Toby is a dog . Look at the frontispiece . Observe the nasal part with the digital point of our renowned Brother . Cast then a glance at Toby . —Do you not in that glance see the sign and token ? While Toby , the impersonation of silence , will not even bark the word ; but , Tiler-like , stands at ease . Both Punch ancl tbe dog are emblems respectively of their Craft . Satire and fidelity—the one to correct the folly of the clay
, the other to watch the passing moment and to warn the cowan . Our Brother Punch has more than once evidenced a desire to speak out Masonically ; we wish he would really do so , for he could do so with great effect : for although he chooses to be drawn with finger to nose , he is not of those to whom the adage applies
" Onmis stU [> en
" Women are angels wooing ; Things won , are done ; joy's soul lits in the doirg . ' * And in this belief , she certainly does lecture ; if not wisely , yet too well ; for our Brother Caudle cannot escape the nightly duty that his helpmate has undertaken . In the last week ' s lecture , Brother Caudle ' s wife is supposed to have picked his pocket of his check-book , on the I Sth instant , whereby he could not gratify his wishes to support the Asylum Festival as he intended . AVe regret that a lady ' s ticket was not
presented to Mrs . Caudle ; as , in that case , we feel assured that excellent nocturnal moralist would have sent it clown , with a direction to fill up a draft for twenty guineas . And what an effect would have been produced by the announcement by the Treasurer of , "Brother Caudle , by the hands of his wife , twenty guineas . " AVhat cries of hear , hear ! and what rapping on the tables 1 Brother Punch , you should have thought of this ; and must , therefore , take up the case yourself .
The London Medical Directory , 1845 . J . Churchill . This publication will supply a desideratum . It professes to contain the " name , address , qualification , official appointment , honorary distinction , and literary productions , of every physician , surgeon , and general practitioner , resident in London . " As it would be an endless labour for an Editor to discover the literary production of the entire Loni'on faculty , we cannot but admire the sedulous determination of many of
them to crowd in on the Editor their innumerable qualifications , such as author of " papers to the Lancet , " "hospital reports , " " formerly surgeon to this , that , and the other , " & c , & c . As an excellent contrast , however , we perceive the gentlemen of the profession are contented with a very simple announcement of their names an J addresses . The Directory is well arranged , and , as the first of , we trust , a long race of annuals , we cordially give it welcome .