Stir the broth about, keep the furnace glowing;

Soon we’ll pour it out, in three bright volumes flowing:

Some may jeer and jibe; we know where the shop is

Ready to subscribe for a thousand copies.

Lord Charles Neaves.

TWO CHARACTERS

THAN Lord de Vaux there’s no man sooner sees

Whatever at a glance is visible;

What is not, he can never see at all.

Quick-witted is he, versatile, seizing points,