His poems too have achieved immortality. Showily bound they make a favourite school prize and have given entertainment to generations of cultured refined persons, who have never paused in their reading to give a thought to the author of their enjoyment, the sagacious Prince to whose action they owe their emotional treat. His royal Highness's reward was his own aesthetic satisfaction. "By Heaven, this is more like," he rapturously exclaimed as he laid down the last volume of the collected works; "this verse has got some stuff in it." And on the occasion of his next birthday he conferred the Companionship of a Household Order upon the poet's publisher.
"Lord Basil's scratching is said to be due to soreness."—Daily Sketch.
It frequently is.
OUR WEALTHY WORKERS.
Host (to guest with Socialistic opinions). "I hope you'll be careful what you have to say about the moneyed classes. Our maid is very sensitive."