Sate sulking in the corner,

And in default of Christmas pie

Whereon his little thumb to try,

He put his finger in his eye,

And blubbered long and lustily.

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From The Works of Thomas Love Peacock.

R. Bentley & Son, London, 1875.


The well-known antiquarian writer, and Editor, Mr. Edward Walford, M.A., has recently published, at his own expense, many interesting records of the Charterhouse School, together with some poems and parodies which will greatly interest old Carthusians. From amongst them Mr. Walford has kindly allowed me to select the following:—