THE HERMIT 12 “Gentle Herdsman tell to me” 12 The Friar of Orders Gray 14 The Hermit――a Prophetic Ballad. The St. James’s Gazette, 1881 15 The Hermit of Vauxhall, _G. A. à Beckett_, 1845 17 RETALIATION The Speaker’s Dinner. Posthumous Parodies 15 Home, sweet Home. _H. C. Bunner_, 1881 17 The Tears of Genius. _Courtney Melmoth_, 1774 (Thomas Jackson Pratt) 19 The Vicar of Wakefield, and Olivia. _W. G. Wills_ 19 The Vicar of Wide-a-Wakefield, or the Miss-Terryous Uncle, a burlesque by _H. P. Stephens and W. Yardley_ 19 The Caste of the Burlesque 20 Jupiter and Mercury. _David Garrick_ 20 ―――― Mrs. F. D. Hemans. THE STATELY HOMES OF ENGLAND 129 The Donkey-boys of England. Punch, 1849 129 The Garden Grounds of England 130 The Merchant Prince of England. _Shirley Brooks_ 130 The dirty Cabs of London. Punch, 1853 130 The Duns of Merry England. Diogenes, 1853 131 The Barristers of England. Punch, 1853 131 The Compo’d Homes of England. The Figaro 131 The Stately Homes of England. Truth, 1877 132 The Cottage Homes of England. Punch, 1874 132 The Haunted Homes of England. Pall Mall Gazette, 1883 132 The Stately Men of England. _Hugh Cayley_ 132 The Unhealthy Homes of England. Punch, 1884 133 Ye Cottage Homes of England. Truth, 1885 133 The Graves of a Household. The Man in the Moon 138 He never wrote again. _Phœbe Carey_, 1854 139 LEAVES HAVE THEIR TIME TO FALL. Fish have their times to bite. College Rhymes 139 CASABIANCA 133 “Macbeth stood on the new-built Stage” (Mr. Henry Irving as Macbeth.) The Figaro, 1875 134 The Mule stood on the Steamboat Deck” 134 “The boy stood on the back-yard fence” 134 “The dog lay on the butcher’s stoop” 134 “The Peer stood on the burning deck.” Truth, 1884 134 “The girl stewed on the burning deck” 135 “The boy stood by the stable door” 135