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 Hitherto the young poet's critics had been friendly, nay, almost reverential in their tone; but in May, 1832, came a review from Professor Wilson—the Christopher North of "Blackwood's Magazine"—treating the young poet and his worshippers in a very off-hand manner: speaking of the former with mingled praise and blame, and overwhelming the latter with ridicule. This review contains copious extracts from