AUSPICE TEUCRO. (_18th March_) _cannot, according to
his request be inserted, as received too late._
S. S. _will find in the Piazza upon enquiry a
communication and facsimile most politely forwarded
by Mr. Cole, in reply to a note headed_ "AUTOGRAPHIC
BIOGRAPHY," _in_ C. N. _for Feb. p. 15._
G. S. B. Gainsborough. _Thanked: his communication will
probably appear next month._
_Newspaper paragraphs of the nature referred to (about
Shakspere) seldom require contradiction; but_ G. W.'s
_correspondent, as he has kindly mentioned the name
of an accomplished Prelate, will perhaps name that of
the stupid Newspaper in which the paragraph originally
appeared, or the more stupid Newspapers into which such
a paragraph could have been copied?_
X.'s _"extraordinary" communication about "a most
extraordinary Story" was duly received. It reminds_
G. W. _of an Old Bailey piece of evidence in the case
of a man who stole--not a joke, but a pair of boots
that were hanging outside of a shop in Holborn; when
followed and apprehended he attempted to excuse himself
by saying he had taken them as a joke. The question
in consequence by the Counsel was, "And pray how far
did he carry the joke?" "About forty yards"--the
reply. Now_ G. W.'s _correspondent admits upon_ X.'s
_statement having currently carried the joke from
Lincoln's Inn Fields to Covent Garden, and he only
wishes that_ X. _would take it back again, without the
interest, with some of Rogers's lost Notes._
Mr. Foss, Surgeon, &c., Stockton-on-Tees, _9th March.
Thanked. In "Current Notes" for last month no such
assertion was made as the discovery of a "City of
Pigmies," although it was stated that two dwarfs had
been brought from Central America, and were exhibiting
in New York. However, for the information of those who
are curious upon this subject, G. W.'s correspondent
C. F. D. has most kindly forwarded_ "MORE ABOUT THOSE
AZTIC BIPEDS," _an extract from the New York Herald,
which will be forwarded in the proper quarter._
_To_ G. W.'s AMERICAN CORRESPONDENTS _what can he say?
beyond sincerely acknowledging his gratitude for the
favour of their communications, and at once declaring
his belief in the Great Sea Serpent, so voluminous, so
overwhelming and really so important has been his Catch
from the U. S._
_It would literally occupy the space that he will have
it in his power to devote to Current Monthly Notes for
the current year; and he scarcely knows how to proceed
in the task of American Selection._
G. W. _however cannot deny himself the pleasure of
acknowledging these Catches--respecting Niebuhr and
Daniel Webster--"Lord Mahon_ versus _Franklin" is
important--but must stand over. So must the Sermon
of Dr. Adams of Boston upon the death of Professor
Stuart (see "Current Notes" for Feb. p. 16)--"Dickens'
American Notes," with Laura Bridgman and Longfellow's
Evangeline, appears to be a twaddlish puff. Smarter
American verses than Saxe's tribute to Jenny Lind
Goldschmidt have come into_ G. W.'s _possession. With
Lady Byron's "sayings and doings" at Southampton, on
board the American Frigate_, G. W. _is quite as well
informed as any American Newspaper paragraph writer
from the "Oriental Hotel" there, can be. The Memory of
James Fennimore Cooper is as dear to the Literature of
both countries as that of Thomas Moore must be. But
alas, their names can only be recorded in the "Literary
and Scientific Obituary" of_ G. W.'s _"Current Notes,"
almost, it is sad to think, in juxta position. Morris's
"Yankee Doodle"_ G. W. _must take in hand next month._