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- - > » " ' A Connected Series of Tales and Poems . By Ttywnag MQUer , Basket-maker . 1 vol . Smith , and Elder . 1346 *
Among the various indications of the spirit of the age and the inarch of general improvement , the publication of such a volume as thi ^ ought not to Be accounted the least . Already have we beetx presented with p hilosophical disquisitions , with various statistics of industry , poth in relation to our own country and to fbr ^ igpa parts ; and with poetry full of truthful description and of strong and elevated feeling ; and all this from self-taught men bom and bred in the humblest stations of life , and pursuing the humblest occupations for the maintenance of themselves and families * Thomas Miller , Basket-maker—a title of rndre consequence to society than many we could name , froni ihe Esquire or the Groom of ' the Stole , upwards—has recently produced a boot which entitles him to an honourable place atitbii g the meritorious " order" of the large and rising : class to Vrhicfi we have alluded .
Tfyere is dignity as well as simplicity in his own w ^ y of putting his case , not unmixed also with one or two quiet ktu $ pleasing touches of humour . We quote from the prelade ';—, " Ihe author , be it remembered , has , . ,, .
* Left no calling for this i < Ue trade , ' . ¦; i ' at which he can feel any regret , for that trade left him ( altboqgfc » o bungler at his craft , ) in circumstances so low that it can oe ? $ r < fi $ 4 £ iim again , in worse condition . The Basket-maker in the o } d taki ^^ hm again in worse condition . The Basket-maker in the o } d foWp , ^^
pa landed upon an unknown island , met with savages who erected niippi a Uut for shelter , an ( J supplied hiin with food for his labour ; bijt the author foui ^ d it difficult to procure cither among the chiefs of his natiW laud altnough he ha ^ the curse of song to add to his labours , a wlkexf \ txot mentioned among the miseries of his predecessors .
" That the world is overstocked with authors rs not to be disputed ; but i ( t it equally true that it is too full of basket-maker * t Wfeica path shall the author pursue ? * Oh ! bow happy could he be with either / if he were but fully employed . Let those who object to litefature Jtoinfc out some other path that leads not to the jaws of want ahd wffetcli ^ dmsfe ,
and he will follow it- Poverty and the world's conttimely lntve bcMftN tib # lot of many , compared with whom the author it as a rough pebbte to : Hie policed gem : what then can he hope for , wl * en the hand ^ mritjiig that records the doom of so many favourites of Faiae ,, ia deeply engraven upon th » walte of her ^ mpfe ? : —Profile * Q ' , p . 1 . ¦ ¦ : •; * ' : . i » • If anything could excite the world to ayjog ^ ^ J ^^ y ^\ p ^ x , ii ^ m 4 iatresses of genius aad talent ia all their gradations , appeal * of
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A DAY IN THE WOODS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1836, page 739, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2664/page/23/
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