If his _Stephen_, in
whom the highest poetic talents are found tainted with a touch
of coarseness, may not always be credible, the passion for
self-expression which leads him on to versify his own experience in
the form of a mediaeval idyll, and so give himself away, is true to
life. But my final impression of Mr. HERBERT'S book--he will perhaps
think I am taking him too seriously--is that his many gifts and
notably his humour, whose gaiety I prefer to its grimness, are here
exercised on a rather unworthy theme.
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[Illustration: MARTYRS OF SCIENCE:--THE INVENTOR OF TOFFEE.]
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=Fashions for Proxy-Fathers.=
"The bride entered the church on the arm of Mr. T. ----, of
Happy Valley (who acted in loco parentis and was charmingly
attired in crepe-de-chine)."--_South African Paper._
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"Is there anyone amongst the thousands of men who will benefit
who will be some an (please let the word remain, Mr.
Editor) as not to show his appreciation in the same
way?"--_Educational Paper.
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