This is not Memoir-writing, it is book-making. The reader can skip these chapters, and, diligently searching, will find here and there a ray of light thrown on this beautiful placid life, weighed down as it was from earliest manhood by family circumstances at which Mr. FRITH delicately hints. "Give, give!" was, truly, the cry of the daughters of the horseleach. There are, however, several other anecdotes contributed by personal friends of LEECH's, who have come to Mr. FRITH's assistance, and succeed in the main in making the book an interesting one, as giving the outside world some glimpses of a sweet and manly character. The volumes are crowded with illustrations. These are LEECH's own work, and make the volumes worth more than their published price. THE BARON DE BOOK-WORMS & CO. * * * * * TO EVANGELINE. Oh, come and be my Queen, And share my lot In some artistic cot At Turnham Green, EVANGELINE! The painted tambourine Shall grace its wall, And many a table small And folding screen Shall on its floor be seen, EVANGELINE! Your beauty's dazzling sheen Upsets me quite-- Of late my appetite Has wretched been, EVANGELINE! I shun the soup tureen And pine for you; At pudding, joint, and stew My face turns green-- What do the symptoms mean, EVANGELINE? If Fate should come between My Love and me, This countenance will be No more serene, EVANGELINE! With nitro-glycerine I'll speed my flight, Or else I will ignite Some Magazine-- Some _Powder_ Magazine, EVANGELINE! * * * * * AN AUNT AT WILL. [A lawsuit has been occasioned in India through white ants devouring a will.] It is usually supposed that Australia is topsey-turvey mad, but in India it seems that matters also go by contraries, when compared with their mode of procedure at home. A lawsuit has been occasioned in Calcutta through white ants devouring a will. In England our Aunts (who are generally whites) make wills (bless them!) and _we_ devour them, or at least live on the proceeds. * * * * * [Illustration: DEAR CHILD! _Papa_ (_to Friend from Town_). "THERE, MY BOY, THAT'S WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO! GET A GEE, AND COME OUT WITH THE HOUNDS!" _Little Daughter_. "OH, PAPA, TAKE CARE YOU DON'T FALL OFF, AS YOU DID THE OTHER DAY!"] * * * * * KATHLEEN AND PETRUCHIO; OR, SHAKSPEARE BALFOURISED. _Kathleen_. HIBERNIA. _Petruchio_. Mr. BALFOUR. _Grumio_.... Mr. JACKSON. _Haberdasher_.. Mr. GLADSTONE.