e sale of his
books at home, had been a consequence of his reputation here, where his
Essays were first reprinted. At the moment of writing this, I have met
with a notice of his speeches, first collected here, from which the
following is an extract:--

"We owe much to America. Not content with charming us with the works of
her native genius, she teaches us also to appreciate our own. She steps
in between the timidity of a British author, and the fastidiousness of
the British public, and by using her' good offices' brings both parties
to a friendly understanding."--_Morning Chronicle_.

If the people of England are largely indebted to America for being made
acquainted with the merits of their authors, are not these latter also
indebted to America for much of their pecuniary reward? Undoubtedly they
are. Mr. Macaulay owes much of his fortune to American publishers,
readers, and critics; and such is the case to perhaps a greater extent
with Mr. Carlyle, whose papers were first collected here, and their merits
thus made known to his countrymen. Lamb's papers of "Elia" were first
collected here. It is to the diligence of an American publisher that De
Quincey owes the publication of a complete edition of his works, now to be
followed by a similar one in England. The papers of Professor Wilson owe
their separate republication to American booksellers. The value of Mr.
Thackeray's copyrights has been greatly increased by his reception here.
So has it been with Mr. Dickens. All of those persons profit largely by
their fame abroad, while the men who contribute to the extension of
knowledge by the publication of facts and ideas never reap profit from
their publication abroad, and are rarely permitted to acquire even fame.
Godfrey died poor. The merchants of England gave no fortune to his
children, and Hadley stole his fame. The people of that country, who
travel in steam-vessels, have given to the family of Fulton no pecuniary
reward, while her writers have uniformly endeavored to deprive him of the
reputation which constituted almost the sole inheritance of his family.
The whole people of Europe are profiting by the discovery of chloroform;
but who inquires what has become of the family of its unfortunate
discoverer? Nobody! The people of England profit largely by the
discoveries of Fourcroy, Berzelius, and many other of the continental
philosophers; but do those who manufacture cheap cloth, or those who wear
it, contri