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d of earth from a nursery, and even contrived to have a grass plot. The earth I filled with flowers and young trees. There was an apple tree from which we managed to get a pudding the second year. As to my flowers, they were allowed to be perfect.' We have now arrived at a period which may almost be called that of the present, inasmuch as many well-known names which still continue to adorn our current literature first begin to appear, together with many others, the bearers of which have but recently departed from among us. Cyrus Redding, John Payne Collier, and Samuel Carter Hall still survive, and, it is to be hoped, are far off yet from the end of their honorable career; and William Hazlitt, Theodore Hook, Lord Campbell, Dr. Maginn, Dr. Croly, Thomas Barnes, William Jordan, and many others, belong as much to the present generation as to the past. Among other distinguished writers must be mentioned Jeremy Bentham and David Ricardo, who contributed articles of sterling merit upon political economy and finance to the newspapers, and especially to _The Morning Chronicle_, in which journal William Hazlitt succeeded Lord Campbell, then 'plain John Campbell,' as theatrical critic. Cyrus Redding was at one time editor of _Galignani's Messenger_, and was afterward connected with _The Pilot_, which was considered the best authority on Indian matters, and in some way or another, at different times, with most of the newspapers of the day. John P. Collier wrote in _The Times_ and _Morning Chronicle_, Thomas Barnes in _The Morning Chronicle_ and _Champion_, Croly and S. C. Hall in _The New Times_--a newspaper started by Stoddart, the editor of _The Times_, after his quarrel with Walter--Maginn in _The New Times_, _Standard_, _John Bull_, and many others, William Hazlitt in _The Morning Chronicle_, _Examiner_, and _Atlas_, and Theodore Hook in _John Bull_, of which he was the editor. In 1815, the advertisement duty, which had hitherto stood at three shillings, was raised to three shillings and sixpence, and an additional halfpenny was clapped on to the stamp duty. There were then fifty-five newspapers published in London, of which fifteen were daily, one hundred and twenty-two in the provinces of England and Wales, twenty-six in Scotland, and forty-nine in Ireland. And here let us pause to consider the position which the press had reached. It had survived all the attempts made to crush it; nay, more, it had
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