Show the peril of is crisio robert southey was saved from the danger into which his vocation as a critic threw throw him only by his anonymity at one time he found it necessary in re viewing a book written by a native of the emerald isle to treat it with nn wonted severity in conversing of thi this book and the incompetence 0 of its writer te with a literary friend one day the an thor a gigantic irishman e entered t t the room ina in a great rage vowing vengeance against the remorseless critic standing veryll very near earthe the critic he raised his huge fist flot and exclaimed and if I 1 knew who it was I 1 d bate him I 1 mr air southey ob served a profound silence and quietly retired reserving his laugh for a less hazardous occasion |