A. P. H.
"None are much better than others, and some are much worse."
—New Zealand Paper.
We fear the writer is a pessimist.
TAFFY THE FOX.
[Mr. Horatio Bottomley has complained of the war-time efforts of the Poet Laureate, and desires the appointment of a national bard whose mind is more attuned to the soul of the British nation. Recent political events are not of course a very inspiring subject for serious verse, but we have tried to do our feeble best here in faint imitation of one of the manners of Mr. John Masefield.]
Safe and snug from the wind and rain
In a thick of gorse with a tranquil brain