He died quite happily, taking a pinch of snuff."

His nephew, that engaging politician,

Inherited the snuff-box, and remarked

His epitaph should be "Snuffed Out." The clubs

Laughed, and the statesman's reputation grew.


[WHAT GRANDFATHER SAID]

(An epistle from a narrow-minded old gentleman to a young artist of superior intellect and intense realism.)

YOUR thoughts are for the poor and weak?

Ah, no, the picturesque's your passion!