opies to England,
to Bulwer. He also wrote him a very long letter, but never received
either an acknowledgment of the poem or the letter. Bulwer's novel of a
similar title appeared about two years afterward, and, it is only
_justice to the poet_ to say, was in _every_ respect an entire and most
flagrant plagiarism. The Argument, the Introduction of the Two Lovers,
Converted Christians, Forebodings of the Destruction, The Picture of
Pompeii in Ruins, The Forum of Pompeii, The Manners and Morals of
Campania Portrayed, Diomede, the Praetor, The Night Storm, Vesuvius
Threatening, Dialogue of the Christians--the scenes of the _whole plot_,
even the names of characters, _were all taken from this most grand and
sublime poem_" (Autobiography of Jane Fairfield, p. 90).

The _North American Quarterly Magazine_ ceased in 1838.

_Waldie's Select Circulating Library_, furnishing the best popular
literature, price five dollars for fifty-two numbers, containing matter
equal to fifty London duodecimo volumes; printed and published weekly by
Adam Waldie, No. 6 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia. It was begun
January 15, 1833, and was edited by John Jay Smith (1798-1881). Smith
had been the editor of the _Saturday Bulletin_, 1830-32, _Littell's
Museum_, _Walsh's National Gazette_ and the _Daily Express_. The
magazine reprinted standard works and published original reviews and
literary notes.

The _American Lancet_, edited by F. S. Beattie, began February 23, 1833,
and was published fortnightly by Turner and Son.

The _Spy in Philadelphia and Spirit of the Age_, a weekly journal
advocating purity in politics, censured the vices of the time for a few
weeks after July 6, 1833.

The _Advocate of Science and Annals of Natural History_ was conducted by
W. P. Gibbons, 1834-5.

The _Gentleman's Vade-Mecum, or the Sporting and Dramatic
Companion_, January 1, 1835-June 25, 1836, contained original dramas and
musical compositions, fast heats and pictures of celebrated racers.
Charles Alexander, its publisher, sold it to Louis A. Godey, Joseph C.
Neal and Morton McMichael, who made out of it the _Saturday News and
Literary Gazette_, which began its course July 2, 1836, and ultimately
became a part of the _Saturday Evening Post_. The editor of both
publications was Joseph Clay Neal (1807-1847), who also edited the
_Pennsylvanian_, a Democratic daily newspaper, from 1831 to 1844,
succeeding James Gordon Bennett in the editorial chair. At the tim