Indeed, I think in the whole Ode there is but one exception to the rule I have laid down, and that is at the very end, where they sing of the accomplished task and, in a fine hyperbole, of the “Great story that shall shake the affrighted years.” The last five lines are such good music and such good verse that I cannot dissociate one from the other:-- CHORUS. And now returns he, turns, turns he to his own-- TROMBONE. Ah, maddened with delight, I welcome him upon the loud trombone. THE BASS DRUM. I, in more subtle wise, Upon the big bass drum. THE TENOR. And I upon the trembling flute, that shrieks and languishes and dies. ALL THREE. Welcome, and make a widowed land rejoice: Welcome, attunéd voice;-- Sweet eyes! It is a very fine ending, and I congratulate Mr. Daniel Witton upon it most sincerely.... * * * * * It reminds one of the Bacchæ. * * * * * Should the student desire to attempt something of the kind for himself, he cannot do better than to invite a musical friend and compose the ode strictly in conjunction with him; neither should write separately from the other, and let there be no quarrels or tantrums, but let each be ready to give way. I suggest, as a subject for this exercise, a Funeral Ode upon the same statesman, to be sung when occasion serves. ON REMAINDERS AND PULPING. Should the student aspire to collect his journalistic work, or the less ephemeral part of it, into book form, he will do well to apply to some old and established firm of publishers, who will give him a reasonable estimate for its production, plus the cost of advertising, warehousing, wear and tear, office expenses, etc., etc., to which must be added the customary Fee. The book so issued will be sent to the Press for notice and review, and will, some weeks later, be either Remaindered or Pulped. It is important to have a clear idea of these processes which accompany an author throughout his career. A book is said to be _Remaindered_ when it is sold to the secondhand bookseller in bulk; 10 per cent. of the sums so received, less the cost of cartage to and fro from shop to shop, and the wages of the Persuader who attempts to sell the volumes, is then credited to the author in his account, which is usually pressed upon the completion of the transaction. The less fortunate must be content with _Pulping_. In the midst of their chagrin they will be consoled by the thought that their book enjoys a kind of resurrection, and will reappear beneath some other, and--who knows?--perhaps some nobler form. The very paper upon which these words are printed may once have formed part of a volume of verse, or of Imperialist pamphlets subsidised by the South African Women’s League.