Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890 — John Shaqi
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890
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English wit and humor -- Periodicals
The Baron liketh much the latest contribution to the Rosslyn Series,
edited by Earl HODGSON, who is of the Peerage of Parnassus, as you
won't find this Earl in _Brett's Peerage_. The Baron congratulates
the Earl, and has also sent an order for a pound of laurels wherewith
to decorate the brow of WALTER HERRIES POLLOCK. Among the many gems
of his songs let me select "A Continuation"--there would have been
"a pair of continuations," could he have rivalled himself; then
"_Lalage_," and "_The Chansonnette_," which, with "_Rizzio to Marie
Stuart_," ought to be set to music by a gifted composer. There are
also some delightful verses to "_Old Court Trinity_," which will
delight all Trinitarians of Cambridge--"_cum multis aliis_"--to quote
the ancient Roman singer, so, as a short way with our Poet POLLOCK,
the classic Baron, remembering how the ancients swore "By Pollux!"
adapts the ejaculation, and says, "Buy POLLOCK's--book."
All Meredithians must possess _George Meredith, Some Characteristics,
by Richard Le Gallienne_. The book is a complete and excellent guide
to the novelist and the novels, a sort of Meredithian _Bradshaw_,
with pictures of the traffic superintendent, and of the head office at
Boxhill. Even Philistines may be won over by the blandishments of Mr.
Le GALLIENNE, from whom I learn, by the way, that GEORGE MEREDITH is
"the HARVEY of the Ego," and that he is not ADRIAN HARLEY. I hear,
also, that "daily, from one quarter or another, come critical cuff
and kick, to impress upon a numb public the latest example of its
immemorial purblindness." And the Baron adds this cufflet to the rest.
Mr. JOHN LANE has added a Bibliography, which is a model of minute
industry. So here's to the book of RICHARD and JOHN.
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