The Gatherer.
Reading edition
A snapper up of unconsidered trifles. SHAKSPEARE.
CURIOUS DISCOVERY OF A ROBBERY.
Lysons in his "Environs of London," says, "In a room adjoining to the south-side of the saloon, in the manor-house, at Charlton, in Kent, is a chimney-piece, with a slab of black marble so finely polished, that Lord Downe is said to have seen in it a robbery committed on Blackheath; the tradition adds, that he sent out his servants, who apprehended the thieves." Dr. Plot makes the story more marvellous, by laying the scene of the robbery at Shooter's Hill; he also says, "Thus in a chimney-piece at Beauvoir Castle, might be seen the city and cathedral of Lincoln, and in another at Wilton, the city and cathedral of Sarum."
P.T.W.
"VERY BAD."
A tyro interrogating a classical wag on the labours and sufferings of Homer, was shown the Iliad, and told that it was composed under great deprivation. Pointing to the edition, he inquired, if that was all the Iliad; to which he received as answer, that that was not all the ill he had, as Homer was obliged to sing it, to procure a little bread.
EPIGRAM.
Young Sloeleaves vaunting he could trace His line to Julius Caesar, Was gall'd to hear a wag exclaim, "The Celtae, if you please, Sir!"
Q IN THE CORNER.
Inscription over the Hive public-house, in Snargate Street, Dovor.
Within this Hive We're all alive, Good liquors make us funny, If you are dry, Step in and try The flavour of our honey.
SOVEREIGNS AND GUINEAS,
And the reigns in which they have been coined.
First Sovereigns ... Henry VII ... 1485 Ditto, and half ... Henry VIII ... 1509 Ditto, ditto ... Edward VI ... 1546 Ditto, ditto ... Mary ... 1553 Ditto, ditto ... Philip & Mary ... 1554 Ditto, ditto ... Elizabeth ... 1558 Ditto, ditto ... James I ... 1603 Ditto, ditto ... Charles I ... 1625 Ditto, ditto ... Commonwealth ... 1648 Ditto, ditto ... Oliver Cromwell 1650 Guineas ... Charles II ... 1660 5l. piece, 2l. do. Guinea and half ditto ... James II ... 1684 Ditto, ditto ... Will. and Mary... 1688 Ditto, ditto ... William ... 1694 Ditto, ditto, and a quarter guinea ... Anne ... 1702 Ditto, ditto ... George I ... 1725 Ditto, ditto, but no quar. guineas ... George II ... 1726 Guineas, half do. Quarter ditto, 2 guinea piece, 5 guinea ditto ... George III ... 1760 Dble. Sovereign Sovereign, half ditto ... George IV ... 1820
EPIGRAMS ON THE FEES DEMANDED FOR SEEING WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Dame Godly desired the Abbey to view,
Admittance, one sixpence, demanded the clerk,
Which modest request in astonishment wrapt her,
How long will you such imposition pursue?
Faith ma'am, as to that we are left in the dark,
Down with your cash, the Verger cries, How mean'st thou this? John Bull replies, What law protects th' extortion? Stop, gentle friend—what's law to us? The law's your own—so make no fuss, The profits are our portion.
Poets and prophets 'mongst the ancient Romans Were deemed the same, and this our pockets rue, For on this creed is built our sacred showman's, Who has his poets and his profits too.
EPITAPH IN BRENTWOOD CHURCHYARD, ESSEX.
Here lyes Isaac Greentree.
A wag passing through the churchyard, wrote as follows:—
There is a time when these green trees shall fall, And Isaac Greentree rise above them all.
GALLOWAYS—WHY PARTICULAR HORSES SO CALLED.
Galloway is a county in Scotland that lies the most to the south and the nearest to Ireland. This county gives name to a particular breed of horses of a middling size, which are strong, active, hardy, and serviceable.
Tradition reports that this kind of horse sprung from some Spanish stallions, who swam on shore from some of the ships of the famous Spanish Armada wrecked on the coast.
C.K.W.
WARNING TO YOUNG LADIES.
Intended as an "accompaniment" to a celebrated piece of Music, by Craven.
Oh! ladies fair, tho' smooth the air, I send you now, I pray take care— Lest "THE LIGHT BARK" be, after all, Foredoom'd to perish in a squall!
PRINTER'S DEVIL.
ANNUALS FOR 1830.
With the next number of "THE MIRROR," will be published the first SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET of the
SPIRIT OF THE ANNUALS FOR 1830,
With a fine Engraving from one of the most splendid embellishments of these popular works. The SUPPLEMENT will contain "the Amulet"—"Friendship's Offering," and Notices of as many more volumes as can consistently be brought within the compass of one sheet.
LIMBIRD'S EDITION OF THE Following Novels is already Published:
s. d. Mackenzie's Man of Feeling 0 6 Paul and Virginia 0 6 The Castle of Otranto 0 6 Almoran and Hamet 0 6 Elizabeth, or the Exiles of Siberia 0 6 The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne 0 6 Rasselas 0 8 The Old English Baron 0 8 Nature and Art 0 8 Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield 0 10 Sicilian Romance 1 0 The Man of the World 1 0 A Simple Story 1 4 Joseph Andrews 1 6 Humphry Clinker 1 8 The Romance of the Forest 1 8 The Italian 2 0 Zeluco, by Dr. Moore 2 6 Edward, by Dr. Moore 2 6 Roderick Random 2 6 The Mysteries of Udolpho 3 6 Peregrine Pickle 4 6