the other side, of the greatest men both of ancient and modern times going with him for nothing. Such was Toland."

Animadversions on a work, entitled, 'An Apology for the life and Character of the celebrated prophet of Arabia, called Mohamed, or the Illustrious; By Godfrey Higgins, Esq. Rev. P. Inchbald, LL.D. p. 74.

By the

CLXXVII. CHARADES BY MR EYRE OF SOLIHULL, WAR

WICKSHIRE.

My first, however here abused,
Designs the sex alone;

In Cumbria, such is custom's pow'r,
'Tis Jenkin, John, or Joan.
My second oft is loudly call'd,
When men prepare to fist it :
Its name delights the female ear;
Its force, may none resist it!
It binds the weak, it binds the strong,
The wealthy, and the poor;
Still 'tis to joy a passport deem'd,

For sullied fame a cure.

It may insure an age of bliss,

Yet mis'ries oft attend it;

To fingers, ears, and noses too,

Its various lords commend it.

My whole may chance to make one drink,
Though vended in a fish-shop.

My first, when a Frenchman is learning English, serves him to swear by; my second is either hay, or corn; my whole is the delight of the present age, and will be the admonition of posterity.

My first is ploughed for various reasons, and grain is frequently buried in it to little purpose; -my second is neither riches, nor honours; yet the former would generally be given for it, and the latter is often tasteless without it: -my whole applies equally to spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and both fish and flesh, praise and censure, mirth and melancholy are the better for being in it.

My first, with the most rooted antipathy to a Frenchman, prides himself, whenever they meet, upon sticking close to his jacket my second has many virtues, nor is it its least that it gives name to my first. My whole may I never catch!

My first is one of England's prime boasts; it rejoices the ear of a horse, and anguishes the toe of a man.-My second, when brick, is good when stone, better; when wooden, best of all: my whole is famous for rottenness, and tin.

My first is called bad, or good,

May pleasure, or offend ye;
My second, in a thirsty mood,
May very much befriend ye :
My whole, tho' styled "a cruel word,"
May yet appear a kind one;
It often may with joy be heard,

With tears may often blind one.

My first is equally friendly to the thief and the lover, the toper, and the student. My second is light's opposite: yet they are frequently seen hand in hand; and their union, if judicious, gives much pleasure. My whole is tempting to the touch, grateful to the sight, fatal to the taste!

My first a violet may be,

So also may a briar,

A calf my second hath, we see,

So also hath a squire.

Dear Sir,

My whole a squire may have, and be,
So also may a clown.

'Tis Rachel, Roger, he, and she,

In country and in town.

CLXXVIII. Original letter of Mazzini.

9 George Street, Euston Sq. Monday Morning.

Mr Alpey, whom I have seen Saturday, has spoken to me in the highest terms of the powers of your friend, the translator of my Article, but he entertains great fear that, from the temper of his own mind, he will perhaps be induced to introduce more alterations of style, than required from necessity. Now though I am by no way [disposed] to stick to my own manner of writing, you know that expressions are but form to thought, and after all "Le style est l'homme," as Buffon says. Would you be so kind as to take upon yourself to insinuate him something on that purpose. I would be very obliged

to you.

Believe me your faithful servant Jos. MAZZINI.*

CLXXIX. FRUGES CONSUMERE NATI.

Aug. 1, 1837. Mr S. gave to me these four lines on the worthlessness of men in general.

They know no reason, why they were born,

But merely to devour the corn;

Eat up cattle, fowl, and fish,

And leave behind an empty dish.

CLXXX. CHARADES &C.

1. I'm made of flesh, sometimes of wood,

Yet not of flesh alone;

* This is the Italian, whose letters were opened by Sir James Graham, and who at the

present moment, is at the head of the republican party at Rome.

I do contain a little blood,

Likewise a little bone.
Sometimes of paper 1 appear,
And please the soldier tired;
In fact, whatever shape I wear,
I always am admired.

I always swim, and yet I sink;
If suffered I should drown;
I'm fair and yet as black as ink,
And often I am brown.

I'm tall and straight,-not always so,
Sometimes a little bent;

Now lodged as soft, as aught you know,
And now in out-house pent.
Perfection's self-beloved by all,

E'en some do on me doat;

Yet now I'm spurned by great and small,
Not reckoned worth a groat.
Attended now in every way,
And dressed in best attire,
Now they the axe about me lay
And throw me in the fire.
And yet one creature I am not,
I tell you I am three;

Whichever in your head you've got,

You've hit me to a T.

2. Why is a spectator like a beehive? Because they are both be-holders.

3. Why is a waiter like a race-horse? Because he is always running after plates and stakes.-King pleased with it, as Lady Cork told to Gee.

4.

What is majesty when it is disrobed of its exteriors? A jest.

5.

My first and second are the same,

And only meet to complain.

6.

[Murmur,]

My first is a movement that's light,
My second a mere strip of leather,
My whole, if I now guess aright,
Is but three syllables together.

7.

Why is a Blacksmith's apron like the wall of a convent ?
Because it keeps off SPARKS.

8.

Though small my size, when I'm entire,

I often set a town on fire,

Let but a Letter disappear,
And I contain a herd of deer,
Deduct another, and you'll find,

I once contained all human kind.

9.

[S-p-ark.]

Why is a woman's apron, like a Cow on a Common ?

10.

Neither animal, nor mineral, nor vegetable.

11.

[Kiss.]

Why is a tea-kettle and a lamp like a quaker ?

I would go round the world in my second, to serve my first,

that I might testify my whole.