The whistle shrieks the knell of parting day, The humming engine coughs along the lea, The driver lets the steam puff forth its way And leaves the world to ugliness and me. * * * * * See “_The Miz-Maze_,” by Miss Yonge. London. Macmillan & Co. ――――:o:―――― Mr. Elliot Stock published an illustrated edition of the Elegy, containing a _facsimile_ of the fair copy of the poem in Gray’s hand writing, (which is in Pembroke College, Cambridge,) together with notes of the principle variations in different copies of the Elegy preserved in other collections. The following articles also contain information on Gray’s poems, and more especially concerning the Elegy. _The Quarterly Review_, London, December, 1853. Walford’s _Antiquarian Magazine and Bibliographer_ for November and December, 1883. In 1884, Mr. K. L. Munden issued a prospectus of a proposed work, intended to contain Parallel Poems, Parodies, and Imitations of Gray’s Elegy. The book was to have been in quarto, and issued at the price of one guinea, but it does not appear in the British Museum Catalogue, so it is probable that it was not published. In a small publication entitled _Edgbastonia_ for November, 1884, there appeared an article on Parodies, and imitations of Gray’s Elegy, signed by K. L. Munder, probably a misprint for Munden. This contained very little additional information to that previously given in the two admirable articles in Walford’s _Antiquarian Magazine_ above named. A subscriber to this Collection writes that a parody entitled “_An Elegy written in a London Churchyard_” appeared in “The Literary Sketch Book,” for 1825, London. No such work however appears in the catalogue of the British Museum Library, the parody mentioned cannot therefore be included. ―――― Dr. Tisdall, of Dublin, has courteously written to point out a few errors which occurred in his parody, _The Elegy on Mrs. Mulligan_, as it originally appeared in _The Elocutionist_, as well as in the reprint of it on page 37 _Parodies_. The corrections are as follows:―― Verse 2, line III. A tender mother――a devoted wife. Verse 4, line II. With vests, _he-mises_, with handkerchiefs, and frills. Verse 12, line III. And scatter snowdrops as ye pass along. Verse 13, line II. No fulsome epitaph, no flattering trope. ―――― This concludes the Parodies, Imitations, and Translations of Gray’s _Elegy in a Country Church Yard_. Such a collection has never before been attempted; every endeavour has been made to gather materials from all available sources, and it is believed that no parody of any interest, or merit, has been omitted. Should, however, attention be drawn to any omission, mention will be made of it in a future issue. ―――― ODE ON THE SPRING. [The title originally given by Mr. Gray to this Ode was “Noontide.”]