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In 1837 appeared 'Proverbial Philosophy,' which had been composed in a lawyer's chambers in Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, during the year previous. This work, which has spread its author's name far and wide, met at first with but moderate success in England, whilst in America it was almost a failure. Within thirty years, however, it has passed through forty large editions in England, whilst nearly a million of copies have been sold in America. The annual sale of some 5000 copies still witnesses to its almost unexampled popularity.

In 1835 Mr. Tupper was united in marriage with Isabella, only daughter of A. W. Devis, Esq., by whom he has four sons and three daughters.

In 1845 Mr. Tupper was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has received the gold medal for science and literature from the King of Prussia; he has likewise been honoured by marks of distinction from other potentates.

Mr. Tupper resides near Guildford, in the parish of Albury, upon his own property, inherited from his mother, a direct descendant of Colonel Marris, who, in 1648, gallantly held Pomfret Castle for Charles I. against General Lambert.

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In 1839 Mr. Tupper published A Modern Pyramid to commemorate a Septuagint of Worthies,' being sonnets and essays on seventy famous men and women; in 1841, An Author's Mind,' containing skeletons of thirty unpublished books; in 1844, The Crock of Gold,' The Twins,' 'Heart, a Social Novel,' tales illustrative of social vices, and which passed through numerous editions; in 1847, 'Probabilities, an Aid to Faith,' giving a new view of Christian evidences; A Thousand Lines,' 'Hactenus,' 'Geraldine,' 'Lyrics,' 'Ballads for the Times,' Things to Come,' A Dirge for Wellington,' 'Church Ballads,' 'White Slavery Ballads,' American Ballads,' 'Rifle Ballads,' 'King Alfred,' a patriotic play; 'King Alfred's Poems,' translated from the AngloSaxon into corresponding English metres. In 1856, Paterfamilias's Diary of Everybody's Tour,' The Rides and Reveries of Esop Smith,' and 'Stephen Langton,' a biographical novel, which secks, with much graphic painting, to delineate Old England in the time of King John. He has also published Cithara,' a collection of lyrics headed by the Hundred Thousand Welcomes to the Princess of Wales;' Three Hundred Sonnets,'' A Prophetic Ode;' and a multitude of fugitive pieces, both verse and

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prose, which have been scattered through newspapers and magazines. His most recent productions have been Raleigh,' a play; The Antiritualistic Directorium,' a satire; and 'The Third Series of Proverbial Philosophy;' the whole work to be concluded by a fourth series, now understood to be in preparation.

The writings of Mr. Tupper, bearing the impress of an impulsive, enthusiastic nature, are, it is asserted, poured forth with exceeding ease and rapidity, and partake much of the character of improvisation. That Mr. Tupper's sympathy is readily excited by the interests of the day, is not alone evinced in his numerous writings, both in prose and verse, but also by the acts of his life, as for instance the encouragement given by him to Liberian colonization, his bestowal of a gold medal for the encouragement of African literature, and his active exertions in the Rifle Corps

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A notice of the life and labours of Mr. Tupper would scarcely be complete without some reference to the disfavour with which he has been almost universally treated by the writers of the public press, to a degree indeed which almost amounts to persecution. Whether Mr. Tupper's works appeal invariably to the highest order of intellect, it is unnecessary to inquire; but assuredly some respect is due to a writer who, in an age remarkable for intellectual activity amongst all classes, has appealed so successfully to the public mind, has provided it with innocent and elevating pabulum, and has enjoyed so wide-spread-and on that account it may be inferred-deserved popularity, a popularity for which the author may at all events claim to be but little indebted to contemporary criticism.

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