by Phare Pleigh. [10]

Now, Phare Pleigh evidently means more than “hands

off.” A live lexicographer, given to the Anglo-Saxon

tongue, might add to the above definition the “laying

on of hands,” as well. Whatever his nom de plume

means, an acquaintance with the author justifies one [15]

in the conclusion that he is a power in criticism, a

big protest against injustice; but, the best may be

mistaken.

One of these extracts is the story of the Cheshire Cat,