Produced by JoAnn Greenwood, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) LAUDS AND LIBELS [Illustration] BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE HAWARDEN HORACE MORE HAWARDEN HORACE HUMOURS OF THE FRAY PARTY PORTRAITS THE BRAIN OF THE NATION WAR’S SURPRISES LAUDS AND LIBELS BY C. L. GRAVES LONDON SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD. 1918 CONTENTS MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS— PAGE PICCADILLY 9 TO “MARTIN ROSS” 11 TO STEPHEN LEACOCK 14 TO “BARTIMEUS” 16 ON RE-READING “BARCHESTER TOWERS” 18 “BLEAK HOUSE” 20 LINES ON A NEW HISTORY 22 TO MY GODSON 24 THE HOUSE-MASTER 27 THE OLD MATRON 29 CONSTABLE JINKS 31 ’TWAS FIFTY YEARS AGO 33 NEW MEN AND OLD STUDIES 36 REMUNERATIVE RHYMES 39 WAR WORKERS AND OTHERS— TO MR. BALFOUR ON HIS RETURN 43 THE SUBMERGED LEADER 45 A MINISTERIAL WAIL 47 THE FLAPPER 49 THE FEMININE FACTOTUM 52 TO A NEW KNIGHT 54 THE TENTH MUSE 56 LAYS OF THE LARDER— SUGAR 59 TEA SHORTAGE 62 MARGARINE 65 A BALLAD OF EELS 67 A SONG OF FOOD-SAVING 70 A QUEUE SONG 73 THE IMPERFECT ECONOMIST 74 THE WAR PIG: A PALINODE 75 VARIA— BATH 79 IN WILD WALES 82 THE LITTLE RIVER 84 SIX VILE VERBS 86 SOME MORE BAD WORDS 88 TO A MODERN MUSE 90 BALLADE OF FREE VERSE 92 THE STRIFE OF TONGUES 93 “JONG” 95 _NOTE_ _Acknowledgment is due to the Proprietors and Editor of “Punch” for their courtesy in allowing me to reprint these pieces._ _C. L. G._ MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS PICCADILLY