Third of the name, and worthy heir To the Great Journal's power--and care, He, too, has passed, and left a void None else can fill. A life employed In arduous duty to that page Which holds the history of an age, Is sound State-service, and demands Acclaim from British hearts and hands. A sober, serious Englishman, Steadfast of purpose, firm of plan, He held his great inheritance With strong clean hands, with cool clear glance. Unmoved by the hot moment, blown By no chance wind, he held his own Determined course, despite disfame From lips whose praise he held as shame, Or right or wrong, his high intent, Shaken by no weak sentiment, To manly souls was manifest; And now he passes to his rest _Punch_ lays his laurel on the bier Of one whom sorrow shook, not fear; Whose record o'er earth's realms and climes Lives in those words "He was _The Times_!"
A deputy-assistant of the Baron has been perusing with great contentment _The Catch of the County_, by Mrs. EDWARD KENNARD, a lady who is already responsible for _The Hunting Girl_; _Wedded to Sport_, and a number of other romances dear to the heart of those who follow the hounds. The deputy-assistant reports that he was delighted with the newest of the authoress's novels, and found the three volumes rather too short than too long. Now that London is in the midst of November and its fogs, those who dwell near the frosted-silvery Thames can take a real pleasure in stories of the country. To sum up, _The Catch of the County_ must (to adopt the slang of the moment) have "caught on." A fact that must be as satisfactory to Mrs. KENNARD as to her readers. And when both supply and demand are pleased, Messrs. F. V. WHITE & CO., the publishers, must also (like _Cox_ and _Box_) be "satisfied."
A Baronitess writes: "Gaily-bound Christmas books have been facing me for some time, and, with an insinuating look, seem to say, 'Turn over a new leaf.' We do; many new leaves."
BLACKIE AND SON could be called first favourites in the boys' field of literature. They make a good start with _Wulf the Saxon_ and _In the Heart of the Rockies_, both by G. A. HENTY. They are both capital specimens of the Hentyprising hero.
_In Press-Gang Days._ By EDWARD PICKERING. A story, not a newspaper romance, though it is a new edition of the type of the wicked uncle, who makes use of "the liberty of the Press" to have his nephew bound--as if he were a book worth preserving--and taken off to sea. This proceeding made an impression on our good brave youth, who, after fighting with NELSON, learnt that "an Englishman should do his duty," escapes a French prison, and returns to "give what for" to his uncle.