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    • THE GREAT RE VIE W.
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      , April Xo, 1869.] The To Ma Ha Wk. 165

      , April xo , 1869 . ] THE TO MA HA WK . 165

      The Great Re Vie W.

      THE GREAT RE VIE W .

      Part. I.—Correspondence Between The Edit...

      Part . I . —Correspondence between the Editor of the " Tomahawk" and Le Redacteur-en-Chief du " Gamin de Paris . " ( Letter No . I . ) loth 2 . 0 th Strand Mars Mars . Londres Londres , 199 , ..

      Mon cher Redacteur-en-Chef , , Je suis tres enchante * d ' ecrive a vous . J \ 2 sp & re que vous cpllaborateurs etres bien , c ' est un possible Monsieur que J vOus ules Canard n ' avez oublie avez * ecrive q ' un ' de beau vot coup res pour pour lui moi de dan venir s J ' anne a Dovres ' passd . pour Pensez reporter vou le s que Grand c ' est Revue possible de voir nos Voluntiers S'il demandez ? Si c ' est possible moi aux nous tete serions quartiers enchante du 26 th de Reg lui i-

      men . t de Diddlesex Art pour r £ e - il me trouvez . R . S . V . P . Credez Votre moi , cher tres vraiment Redacteur . , Le Redacteur-en-Chef du Tomahawk .

      (Letter No. Ii.) Medea It Is Milor Great...

      ( Letter No . II . ) Medea It is Milor great pleasure Publishere I write -ruling you to , comprehend to you I the ave sea seen will Mister move Jules itself Canard . I ave , Esquire given . orderes He very that much he may afraid obey of speak imself , the he will English come like to Dovere I so you to must see comprehend your Voluntaries a man , he which not is an interpretation Receive . my distinguished emanations , " Parisian The Pup which lishere is -ruling uneducated of the Child-boy . " Paris , March the 29 A & day , 186 9 .

      Part Ii.—Jules Canard At Dover.* Oxford ...

      Part II . —Jules Canard at Dover . * Oxford terrace , Dover . March 30 , 1869 . obeyed My . Dear When Redacteur I left the wretched , —You have Albion ordered last year , and I thoug I have ht was was I should not not to to never be be again ; : fate fate see has has the called called London and and fog I I — have hav the e nearly nearl British y died died rain . . . Of Of It

      this I am convinced : an invasion of England by our brave because troops is of impossible the Regulares . Not —not because because of of the the Millitteres Voluntaries— . No not , it surmount is the Channel this we , must we shoul accustom d die on ourselve the Channel s to the — treacherous I did ! To ocean—to the malady of the stomach . Let all our brave solbrave diers read the Straits Renan of ; if Dover that doesn with impunity 't make . them But sick until they they h may ave

      mastere After d the Renan most don terrible ' t let of them attempt I arrived to land in in Eng Dover land . and made my way to the head-quarters passages of the 26 th Diddlesex , Artilafforded lery in Oxford me . I Terrace liked all , my where hosts a with most one hearty exception welcome —the was exception " Who are proud you ? " he fierce asked sternl haug y , " wh . at is your profession ?" mm ^_ a « i m fta 4 » 4 0 ol M - « i m

      " " I A am journalist a journalist ! " this , " I great replied one , with cried a bow with . mighty disdain . " that A journalist I am a gentleman ! What — are how you dare doing you here appear ! Do in my you presence not know V * wit " h That anoth you er bow are , a " but gentleman what is is this very , is evident not a . journalist " I observed respected in England ?* " No " Res , we pected can res ! " p echoed ect a ban the ker hau who ghty a bsconds with , a a scornful cheesemon laugh ger

      but who a has journalist light weig ! Wh hts , y a the publican question who would adulterates be imper his tinent beer if — it were I looked not amusing surrised 1 " and then it was exlained to me that it is t face he fashio agains n in al l Eng aut land hors , , to and snub the people literature follow p . The suit . Court Some sets time its ago I was told some enthusiastic amateurs attempted to secure * This letter was translated into English by our resident linguist .

      a declaring knighthood that for their a candidate wealthy and was celebrated respectable literary . Their man efforts by were have very itit nearl was discovered y crowned with at the success last , moment when , as that ill luck the kni would ht , g tiation elect scribbler was it . was not What decided in was trade to that — be but the done was knighthood ? only After an a author great should deal — still a wretched of be nego con - - " ferred went on into condition tallow . " that I did the not candidate hear whether gave up the writing literary , man and accer / ted this very reasonable proposition with favouror treated

      it with ill-judged contempt . , who Wh had ile this been was whispering being explained with some to me of the his " brother Haughty officers One , " , came up to me and addressed me . that " I you beg were pardon a foreigner , Monsieur . Had Canard I known , " said this he , to " I be had the no case idea I should have treated you with proper respect . "

      " Does my nationality make any difference in my rank ? " I asked . greater grovel "Oh before man yes , " with birth he rep us , and lied than . respect our " A finest any Fren forei poet ch gner . mountebank We . We worshi have p is nothing wealth a far , years good , . and Of have course had , I nothing except our good money in Eng —that land ' s very for thousands good . " of " ^ How k ^ b *^ » W » about ™ ^^ ^^ *^ ^ Shakespeare ^ % ^ ^ *¦»**• A ^^^ ftfl ^ ^^^^ fc % fdfc ^^ 1 •"

      fault " Oh . " , he wasn't bad , but he had one great fault , a very great " Indeed !" " He wasn ' t a Frenchman 1 " with Greatl a smile y pleased , with this admission , I said to my companion " " Ah Not , M in . the le Cap least itaine , " he , replied I fear you , with flatter a look my of nation surprise ! " . " It

      doesn ' t matter at all where the foreigner comes from . Italy , If France we have , Russia a preference , China , I or rather Germany think , we it ' s go all in the for same the Chinese to us . . Of deal course . " , as the French are near us , we copy them a great "Ah !" We " Oh get , yes our , a bonnets great deal , cloaks is taken , dramas from , the morality French , clocks in England , every- . from Paris

      thing instance , the Channel . Why Islands even , some Jersey of you our land know is , and foreign the . place For where the cows come from , were taken from the French !" great I will number not describe of dishe the s served " Mess up " ( at so-called the meal on ) , account nor the of ora the - made tions d a elivere speech d between , my dear the Redacteur hours of seven , and p I . m have . and no one doubt a . m . it I would have been more effective had I not been forced , by

      cirof cumstances cumstances it from under over over the wh whii table ch ch I I . had had I will no no pass control control over , , to to the deliver deliver morning two two--third third head s s - ache of the and Review the evening —the great revel Easter , and will Monday come of at 1869 once . to the day bed I was and called began to up dress at six my o s 'clock elf . , I and lighted at once my candle tumbled , and out with of hair a piece off of the cork front blacked part my of my face head and . hands This . done I then , I put shaved on the the magnificent uniform of a colonel of Turcos—a dress which had

      been Marquis sent de to Petitpois me by . my With friend a smile the General at the of looking Division -glass , the I opened the door and descended to the dining-room . , 4 < good I was -mornin not recognised " ( spoken for in most a moment excellent -r-in English fact , not ) had until been my heard One " . as Then ked me there — was rather a rude laugh , and the " Haughty have " Wh you y , done M . C this anard ?" , you have blacked your face ! Why

      regulation " Sir , " I . " replied coldly , " in the Turcos a black face is the " Are you in the Turcos ?" the G No eneral , sir . of Division his uniform , the has Marquis been de lent Petitpois to me . b " y My my friend friend nine is a weal pence thy man day . , gentlemen Moreover , As he is General allowed of to Division marry at he an receives early a . "

      ge " " At At seventy what age -five , M . " . Canard ? " not " countenanced Then it would by seem the that authorities marriage ? " in the French Army is

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 10, 1869, page 165, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_10041869/page/9/