In fancy’s eyes you seem to say, Think of the Drama’s bright hey-day; When first-night critics would views emit From the famed front row of the Haymarket Pit! Pit of the Haymarket, beautiful Haymarket Pit! To your cheap seats the people come In a vigorous crowd with a hearty hum; And where is the manager who’d permit One seat to be filched from the Haymarket Pit? Pit of the Haymarket, beautiful Haymarket Pit! The stalls are cynical, boxes sneer At the warm applause to actors dear; And the cheer that cometh their hearts to knit, Is sent from the rows of the crowded pit. Pit of the Haymarket, beautiful Haymarket Pit! So, Pit, last on! and hold your own, Whatever else may be overthrown; And let fond hands your each seat refit, Pit of the Haymarket, Haymarket Pit! Pit of the Haymarket, beautiful Haymarket Pit! _Truth._ Christmas Number, 1884. (Old Play-goers still remember, with a sigh, that in the palmy days of Buckstone’s management, the Haymarket Pit was the most comfortable in London.) ―――― The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and began, in a voice sometimes choked with sobs, to sing this:―― Beautiful soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen! Who for such dainties would not stoop? Soup of the evening, beautiful soup! Soup of the evening, beautiful soup! Beau――ootiful Soo-oop! Beau――ootiful Soo-oop! Soo-oop of the e-e-evening, Beautiful, beautiful soup! Beautiful soup! Who cares for fish, Game, or any other dish? Who would not give all else for two- pennyworth only of beautiful soup? Pennyworth only of beautiful soup? Beau-ootiful Soo-oop! Beau-ootiful Soo-oop! Soo-oop of the e-e-evening, Beautiful, beauti――FULL SOUP! From _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_, by LEWIS CARROLL. (Macmillan & Co., London.) ――――:o:―――― MORE LOST CHORDS. On page 3 a parody of “The Lost Chord” was given which had originally appeared in _Judy_ in 1880. This was written by Mr. Alfred Greenland, junior, and has been included by him in an amusing volume, entitled _Lunatic Lyrics_ (published by Tinsley Brothers, London), which also contains one of the very best parodies of Swinburne ever written, entitled _A Matcher_. The last verse of _The Lost Cord_ as given in this volume differs slightly from the _Judy_ version, it runs as follows:―― _Grandioso._