Then wend me home and smoke my pipe,
That whispers “These delightful girls,
Thank goodness are in Sterry-o-type!”
R. Reece.
Judy. June 30, 1880.
It should be mentioned, in connection with Mr. J. Ashby-Sterry, that The Muse in Manacles, quoted on [page 64], was from his pen.
FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON.
It should have been mentioned, in connection with the poems of this gentleman, that illustrated articles concerning his life and works appeared in Once a Week, September 7, 1872, and The Century, February, 1883. Both contained portraits, the one in The Century having been drawn by Mr. George Du Maurier. Mr. Locker’s poem “St. James’s Street,” (see [page 56]) originally appeared in The Times, in 1867.
BALLADES, RONDEAUS, AND VILLANELLES.