The book of poems which we introduce to our readers to-day has, we think, amply justified its issue in the beautiful form in which it is presented to the public.... This delightful book will do something to modify that conception, and to show that mercantile pursuits and the exalted, if traditionally prosaic, dignity of Bailieship are not incompatible with a successful cultivation of the Muses. In depicting one of the most tragic chapters in our national annals, Mr. Sharp has attained charming results in his use of those heroic measures which the genius of Scott and of Edmonstone Aytoun has made classic, and through which these masters have made the dim shadows that erewhile flitted across the stage of Scottish history to stand forth as living men.... We have directed the attention of our readers to these poems because of their intrinsic merits.--_Strathearn Herald._ If it be the poet's task to feel pleasure in life and discern beauty in nature, to praise virtue and rejoice in love, and make his readers do the same, then Mr. Sharp has succeeded admirably in effecting his purpose.--_Dundee Advertiser._ Mr. Sharp is seen at his best in his shorter poems. In these, as a rule, healthy sentiment is expressed in unpretentious verse.--_Academy._ SECOND AND ENLARGED EDITION. _LAW LYRICS._ Fcap. 8vo, 3s. 6d. "The anonymous author of the 'Lyrics'--is he not to be met with among the sheriffs?--plays his tunes for session and vacation on the 'goose-quill of the law,' and he manages to produce from that ancient instrument a considerable variety of expression.... His pronounced national tastes are admirably shown in 'Oatmeal,' etc.; in lyrics like 'Stornoway Bay,' there is the true lyrical gush; while in such poems as 'A Still Lake,' there is revealed an exquisite power of word-painting...."--_Scotsman._ "For neatness and aptness of expression, it is equal to anything we have seen."--_Scots Law Review._ "A very agreeable little book for an idle hour. The author shows himself equally at home in the serious as in the comic."--_Graphic._ "They are exceedingly clever, and brimming over with fun and humour. The author has earned a right to be called the Laureate of the Law, for certain it is that he invests the most prosaic of all professions with quite a halo of poetical interest."--_Nonconformist._ "Unkempt enthusiasm and rollicking good humour are the chief features of this little volume."--_Academy._ "A charming little book. We should seek the author on the bench, not at the bar."--_Glasgow Daily Mail._ "Will please not only those 'gentlemen of the long robe' to whom the tiny volume is dedicated, but a far larger circle. It is a delightful book of verses daintily got up."--_Glasgow Herald._ "These lyrics will bear comparison with the best work that has been done in this particular line. Will rival some of the best of Outram's lyrics in common sense and humour."--_Scottish News._