A 85 B 16 C 30 D 44 E 120 F 25 G 17 H 64 I 80 J 4 K 8 L 40 M 30 N 80 O 80 P 17 Q 5 R 62 S 80 T 90 U 34 V 12 W 20 X 4 Y 20 Z 2 A jovial swain may rack his brain, And tax his fancy’s might, To quiz in vain, for ’tis most plain, That what I say is right. The _Fate of Nassan_ affords another example, each stanza containing the entire alphabet except _e_, and composed, as the writer says, with _ease_ without _e’s_. Bold Nassan quits his caravan, A hazy mountain-grot to scan; Climbs jaggy rocks to spy his way, Doth tax his sight, but far doth stray. Not work of man, nor sport of child, Finds Nassan in that mazy wild; Lax grow his joints, limbs toil in vain— Poor wight! why didst thou quit that plain? Vainly for succor Nassan calls. Know, Zillah, that thy Nassan falls: But prowling wolf and fox may joy To quarry on thy Arab boy. §Lord Holland§, after reading the five Spanish novels already alluded to, in 1824, composed the following curious example, in which all the vowels except E are omitted:— EVE’S LEGEND. Men were never perfect; yet the three brethren Veres were ever esteemed, respected, revered, even when the rest, whether the select few, whether the mere herd, were left neglected.