for--"attempts had been made to suppress," &c. &c.--"compromising certain distinguished," &c., and so forth; all these paragraphs being in the unquestionable [!] _editorial_ style, and _genuine_ [!] indications of a mysterious under-current of curiosity and excitement, existing in those regions which were watched with reverential awe and constancy by the occupants of the lower regions. As time advanced, more frequent became these titillations of the public palate--more distinct these intimations of what was going forward, and might be shortly expected, from the appearance of the long-promised work. Take for instance the following, which ran the round of every newspaper, and wrought up to a high pitch the curiosity of three-fourths of the fools in the country:-- "The efforts made to deprive the public of the interesting and peculiar scenes contained in the forthcoming novel, and--in short--to suppress it, have entirely failed, owing to the resolution of the gifted author, and the determination of the spirited publisher; and their only effect has been to accelerate the appearance of the work. It will bear the exciting and _piquant_ title--'TIPPETIWINK;' and is said to be founded on the remarkable circumstances attending the recent trial of a great ejectment cause at York. More than one noble family's history is believed to be involved in some of the details which will be found in the forthcoming publication, for which, we are assured, there are already symptoms of an unprecedented demand. The 'favored few' who have seen it, predict that it will produce a prodigious sensation. The _happy audacity_ with which facts are adhered to, will, we trust, not lead to the disagreeable consequences that appear to be looked for, in certain quarters, with no little anxiety and dismay. When we announce that its author is the gifted writer of 'THE SILVER SPOONS'--'SPINNACH'--'THE PIROUETTE'--'TITTLE-TATTLE'--'FITZ-GIBLETS'--'SQUINT,' &c. &c. &c., we trust we are violating no literary confidence."