Miss Gillies has made a charming picture of him, with a favorite little granddaughter nestling in his arms.
Another marked figure that I encountered on this great showboard was Cooper, the author of "The Purgatory of Luicides," a very remarkable poem, of which, had there been leisure before my departure, I should have made a review, and given copious extracts in the Tribune.

Cooper is as strong a man, and probably a milder one, than when in the prison where that poem was written.

The earnestness in seeking freedom and happiness for all men, which drew upon him that penalty, seems unabated; he is a very significant type of the new era, and also an agent in bringing it near.

One of the poets of the people, also, I saw,--the sweetest singer of them all,--Thom.

"A Chieftain unknown to the Queen" is again exacting a cruel tribute from him.