Lauds and libels
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
LAUDS AND LIBELS
BY C. L. GRAVES
LONDON SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD. 1918
NOTE
Acknowledgment is due to the Proprietors and Editor of “Punch” for their courtesy in allowing me to reprint these pieces.
C. L. G.
Charles L. Graves
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LAUDS AND LIBELS
CONTENTS
MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS
PICCADILLY
TO “MARTIN ROSS”
TO STEPHEN LEACOCK
TO “BARTIMEUS”
ON RE-READING “BARCHESTER TOWERS”
“BLEAK HOUSE”
LINES ON A NEW HISTORY
TO MY GODSON
THE HOUSE-MASTER
THE OLD MATRON
CONSTABLE JINKS
’TWAS FIFTY YEARS AGO
NEW MEN AND OLD STUDIES
REMUNERATIVE RHYMES
WAR WORKERS AND OTHERS
TO MR. BALFOUR ON HIS RETURN
THE SUBMERGED LEADER
A MINISTERIAL WAIL
THE FLAPPER
THE FEMININE FACTOTUM
TO A NEW KNIGHT
THE TENTH MUSE
LAYS OF THE LARDER
SUGAR
TEA SHORTAGE
MARGARINE
A BALLAD OF EELS
A SONG OF FOOD-SAVING
A QUEUE SONG
THE IMPERFECT ECONOMIST
THE WAR PIG: A PALINODE
VARIA
BATH
IN WILD WALES
THE LITTLE RIVER
SIX VILE VERBS
SOME MORE BAD WORDS
TO A MODERN MUSE
BALLADE OF FREE VERSE
THE STRIFE OF TONGUES
“JONG”
