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EXTRACT OF A CRITICISM ON THIS SATIRE. From the (Not-Gentleman's) Magazine. "hurrah boys Our staunch Scotch terriers have drawn the old savage beast out of his hole at last. We told you so. We shall have rare fun with him. Start him, huntsman " Hold a moment hold hard " Gentlemen if you please, half-a-crown each to the huntsman " Thank you, Sirs Now off with him. " ' For eaters of goose-liver.' " Ay; for eaters of such a dish, this is really dainty. Here we have not only the liver, but head too, with all the brains it ever had in it. We will singe it a little, and it will be as good as a haggis. " We have said enough of both the poetry and the prose of Mr. Landor. Nothing can so plainly exhibit his uncurat.le blindness as his losing his way towards us in so clear a daylight. If he had remonstrated with us, quietly, with due submission, and a little at a time, month after month, it would not only have answered our purpose, but would also have helped him, by however slow degrees, into popularity. He does not deserve it, and he never shall have it now.:, IVft could have told him fifty ways by which he might have pocketed his five hundred pounds in a season, as others do who (except in spelling) are little better than himself. Mum now; mum say we; mum for ever. .;. ., . i,, " We have brought him down from the ideal: we have got him into the Heart of Mid-Lothian. Booksellers will do wisely in not engaging him about anything. Indeed there is no danger of their burning their fingers with this firebrand. There are ashes enough over it to keep it as much from burning as from shining. It is said indeed that he is such an old-fashioned pedant, and conceited incorrigible prig, that he will accept no engagement, and he will write to please himself. ...