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A DIARIST.

THE PARSON AND THE CLERK.

Every one seems to be reading - The Diary of a Country Parson," and the Rev. Janies. Woodferde is better and more widely known today than be ever was in this lifetime, a

time, a century and a half agos Better known

because a man re- veals some sides of himself in his diary more fully" than he is ever likely to in"! social intercourse. It is certain that we know some sides of Pepys (Pepys the

morist

instance) more intimately, than his contemporaries did. That is diaries; we do

for

it our of sheer

about other

y we all like pertinent. nay, a

people's lives, a

prurient, curiosity

remarkably

nung the burinn if you will, but one

Another reason is that, diaries are a record of næselected life, and, therefore, much nearer the genuine article than fiction or history, both of which give you life deliberately

arranged in and and a pattern of somebody else devising. These are works, history no less than fiction, in which the author's imagination inter- venes between you and the facts upon. which he draws; you want to rend the veil and to penetrate behind the scenes. And so you welcome the Riv. James Woodforde with

authen- eagerness as an tic fact. He may not be interesting a character as the Rev. Mr. Primrose, or Parson Adams, but he has the advan- tage over theni of being real: —

After breakfast we took i walk about Yarmouth, called at Routers shop in the Market Place and there I bought a fine doll for Jenny's little Mail pil for it 9.3.0. For a dream hottle covered with leather p. 0.20. For

a silk purse 0.3:0.

At one o'ekek, the

on the

Fort were all fred, fired the first cannon on it of six Pennifers and the second- and I likewise fired two of the largest Cannons 24 Pounders. They made 4 prodigious report

Here you are face to face with seme- thing that actually happened at Yarmouth. on June 4th, 1779. You can see the travagant parson (for Jenny's little maid'

of" 258.

dell cost the equivale = shon-"

to-day) buscling into

IR

a very civil Man and

Bonltero can see his childlike de

Quaker.")

ht

at hing allowed to let off many big guns, and at their prodigious report. It was the King's Birthday, annel Yar mouth was quite alive. Bells ringing, The Flags from

Ships in the sea and Let ca hape the

on the Quay all We were all pretty

sun was shininge

e fargued before we got to bed winch was not till 1 in the morning. We had a couple of Fowls roasted for sure per after we got home and we eat very hearty of them indeed.

is

But this was a grant occasion, and the.

everyday life was much mo

He fished, and ate the pike he caught. He took large toads out of his pood by the basketful and killed them with boiling water. He rated his serving men for being drink and surly. He was distressed by Andling his serv

serving wenches.

H

in trouble (a frequent occurrence). made nut with the squire, and the

mistress (also a frequent occur rente) Be saw his sister off by the coach: an astin, leaf our dear Sister shook like going away, she nee in a stage Coach before in her Life.

went

was often depressed: "being rather low after" (his sister's

r's departure): I was quite low this evening." He was conscien tious in the discharge of

tje. this even-

I buried poor Miss ing at Weston aged 20 years. It was a very pretty decent. Funeral. But J. Smith the Clerk made me wait in performing the office at the grave near a Qr. of an Hiur, the grave not being long enough a good deal. It was a very great interruption. I gave it to Js. afterwards.

Alan, like everybody else, apparently, he ate and drank more than could have been good for him"

Indeed, the Dinry is mainly a ́record of hearty eating and drinking. This parson notes dishes with a "cook's_minuteness and bottles with a cellarman's. Here is a country meal for 15 people, to celebrate

Mr. Wilkes enlargement."

We had for dinner a boiled Ramp Beef, 4pd. weight, a ham and half a dozen Fowls, n roasted Saddle of Mut- ton-two very rich puridings, and a good Sabet with a fine cucumber.

At Oxford you naturally look for more "polite eating." as Fielding calls it, and at New College, of which the Rev. J. W. was a Fellow, he got his chances I order dinner every day being Sub-War- don,

We had for dinner bửo fine Codds boiled with fryed souls' round them and oyster sauce. a fine Sirloin of Beef roasted, some pras soup, and an orange pudding for the first course: for the second we had a lease of Wild-Ducks' rosted. 2 fore Qu: of Lamb, and sallad,

wince. Pics

After the

Ho Gas. course there was a fine plamb

enke brought to the sunr. Table, as is usual on this day, which also goes to the batchelors after.

We had

on

Rabbits for Supper rosted. RA is usual

this day

The Sub-Warden has one to himself: the Bursars each one apiece, the Senr. Fellows in one each. The Junr. Fellows a rabbit, be- tween three.

New College did itself pretty well, but they managed still bigger at the House:- We had a very elegant Dinner. The first course was, part of a large Cod, a Chine of Mucson, some Soup, a Chick

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KEATING'S

The Brasenose butler seems to have emulated the poetical pastrycook in Cyrano de Bergeraé

A

en Pre, Paddings and Hosts, &eber all these dishes (especially after That a man should be able to remem- Second course, Pidgeons and Asparagus,

Fillet of Yeal with Mushrooms, and partaking of them) strikes you with won.. high Sauce with it, rosted Sweetbreads, der, until you reflect that this gift for het Lobster, Apricot Tart, and in the minute notation is iniplied in the diary middle a Pyramid of Syllabuh

temperament. For the art

special character, facts, no matter how

and Jel. writing

lies. We had a Desert of Fruit after

Д

Dinner, and Madeira, white Port and for own wake taking to seriously

red as Wine. We were very cheerful and merry.

shing details of Life, short, more than do most people. In fact your Diar

At Brascnoss they were more curious, 1st is born, not made; a kind of natural But it would be the height of

the

and knew how to blend literature with odd tude to depreciate the race. They

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It being Shrove Tuesday we bad Lambs Wool to drink, a composition of

Without such records as this Ale, sugar. e. Lobstera, Pancakes, try Parson's, we should never guess &c. to eat Supper, the the Butler how lain men lived in the 19th century, there gives a Plamh Cake with a copy how they gave it to James" and hourbi

of Verses of his own tooking upon it... adell for Jarny's "little maid.-A.B.W.

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