The snug little room with its brazier fire aglow,

And Piet and Sachs and Vroom all sleeping long ago,—

Oh, so very long ago!—and, chuckling in his sleeve,

Still, o’er the slumbering table,

Drone-droning on his fable,

The marvelous Munchausen, with the stories I believe!

BRITISH UNCOMMUNICATIVENESS

BY A. C. BENSON

Author of “From a College Window,” “The Upton Letters,” etc.