But he was sadly to seek in his disparagement of Mason's beautiful Harvest Moon:—

Sweet, but scamped in every part,

Such half-work most students guide ill:

The free-masonry of Art

Asks more labour, e'en in Idyll.

AESTHETIC WITH A VENGEANCE

Tom: "I say, old man, now you've got that stunning house of yours, you ought to be looking out for a wife!"

Rodolphus: "Quite so. I was thinking of one of those Miss Gibsons, don't you know."

Tom: "Ah! Let me recommend the tall one, old man. She'll make the best wife in the world!"