ancient fame of Ida sings:" the allusion is to the choice which Paris had to make between the three goddesses at Mount Ida. Vide Mr. Tennyson's "Enone" ("O mother Ida, hearken ere I die !"). Miss Temple is here likened to Venus. 31-32. ON THE DUCHESS OF RICHMOND. "At Pulteney's she came : Pulteney, Earl of Bath-the minister assailed by Sir C. H. Williams in many a pungent diatribe. 32-33. TO MRS. CREWE. A lady of fashion of Fox's time. 35-36. ADVICE TO A LADY IN AUTUMN. fanciful description of the evening dew Note the "Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun." 41-42. "PHYLLIDA THAT LOVED TO DREAM." "Ombre :" a fashionable game of the period. 42-43. ON A WOMAN OF FASHION. "Sure never were seen two such sweet little ponies : " this and the next three lines are quoted as his own by Sir Benjamin Backbite in the "School for Scandal." 44-45. THE JILT. From "Horace in London ;" founded on Ode i. 5, "Quis multa gracilis," etc. 45-47. DIXIT, ET IN MENSAM. From "Wit and Humour," a selection from Shirley Brooks's contributions to "Punch." 47. AN EPITAPH. This owes its origin to the vivacious request of a young lady, who, playfully warned at a ball that if she went home before being thoroughly warmed by a dance she would infallibly die, begged that somebody would write her epitaph. This Mr. Cayley did, and the young lady who inspired him afterwards married an Earl, and became a woman of fashion, with vivacious daughters of her own. 47-49. MADAME LA MARQUISE. From Robert, Lord Lytton's collected Poems. 49-52. AVICE. From "Vignettes in Rhyme" (1873). 52-56. BEAUTY CLARE. From "The Romance of the Scarlet Leaf, and other Poems" (1865). 56-57. A MUSICAL BOX. From "Graffiti d'Italia" (1869). 57-59. EPISTLE FROM LORD BORINGDON. Lords Granville and Boringdon (afterwards Earl of Morley) were old friends of Canning's. "Blenheim's hospitable lord :" the Duke of Marlborough. "The fair Eliza: " his daughter Elizabeth. "Spencer's sister :" Lady Elizabeth was sister 226 66 she married to Lord Henry Spencer. "Gain'd a mister : Mr. Spencer, son of Lord Charles Spencer. From "The Inn of 59-60. LITTLE LAURETTE. Strange Meetings, and other Poems" (1871). "A Legend of the Divorce Court " is from the same source. 68-70. MAMMA. From "Time" for 1879. "Kitty:"Lady Catha73-74. THE FEMALE PHAETON. rine Hyde, afterwards Duchess of Queensberry. Jenny" Lady Jane Hyde, afterwards Countess of Essex. "Puck 78-80. REJECTED ADDRESSES. Pegasus" (1879). See also "Croquet (p. 141)," from the same source. From "Lady on 80-82. THE TALENTED MAN. "Trevelyan :" a novel by Lady Dacre, published in 1833. 82-84. THE DASHING YOUNG FELLOW, From Professor Rankine's only volume of songs and lyrics, from which this and the following piece are reprinted by the kind consent of his executrix. "Ves 96-100. ELEGY on the BIRTH-NIGHT BALL. tris," "Lepicq,' "Gondel" (Gardel): famous dancers. the favourite country "Words that never shall be sung: "Good dance "Go to the devil and shake yourself." King Bladud's healing waters: Bath. "The long Minuet : a once celebrated caricature by Bunbury. "On a Young Lady's going Augusta : see note to "Cecil:" Lord Salisbury, then Lord Cham 66 to Town. berlain. "Little:" 100-104. THE Belle of the BALL-ROOM. an early nom-de-plume of Thomas Moore. 104-107. MY PARTNER. "Frankenstein:" a weird tale a fashionable novel by R. by Mrs. Shelley. "De Vere : "Endymion : Plumer Ward, published in 1827. Keats's poem. "Corinne :" Madame "Sir Lucius:" O'Trigger, in 110-114. THE FANCY BAll. "Fair Penitent." "Sad Calista :" the heroine of Rowe's 117-119. TU QUOQUE. From "Vignettes in Rhyme." The next poem is from the same source. 120-121. A. B. C. From "Verses and Translations" (2nd edit., 1862). 129-130. AT THE OPERA. From "Ten Miles from 131-132. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. From Town" (1867). "The Realm," which was edited by the late Mr. Cayley. 133-135. MY SHilling PhotogRAPH. From "The World. 66 135-137. PRIVATE THEATRICALS. "The O'Neill: " Miss O'Neill, an actress of great celebrity in her day. Ranger:" the name of a character in two eighteenthcentury comedies. 137-140. CLUBS. "Neither Moore nor Savory: the well-known firm of chemists. "Boodle's :" see pages 16 and 173. 140-141. AT HURLINGHAM. "Alfred sings it: " the Laureate. 147-150. IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY. Originally published in "Belgravia.' 66 162-164. CHINA VERSUS CHIPPENDALE. From Songs of many Seasons" (1877). See also "Now-adays" (page 218). 165-168. A BLENHEIM'S Valentine. In sub-title "Whateley" should be " Whately." On page 166, at line to from top, for "every dog its morrow day," etc. read "every دو 168-171. ODE. "The moral teacher : " Sydney Smith, at that time lecturing on Moral Philosophy in the Royal Institution. "Thy awful form, Sublimity : ticular lecture referred to in the " Ode was on The Sublime." Phrygian monarch: " Tantalus. "Payne: "The a fashionable milliner. tion of the style of Gray. 175-177. THE LAST DESPATCH. Porcelain" (1877). 179-180. WINTER. the par The ode is in imita From "Proverbs in From "Horace in London," founded on Ode i. 9, "Vides, ut altâ stet nive candidum," etc. 181. IF! From "The Owl." A verse is omitted, by permission of the writer, 182-183. "THERE STANDS A CITY." From "Verses and Translations." In line 8, for "Laura” read "Lauru." 187-188. AT A COUNTRY HOUSE. From "The Sporting Times." Mr. Rhys has contributed to "Sketch" and other periodicals. 192-193. BRIGHTON. From Suggested by Horace, Ode i. 4, etc. "Horace in London." "Solvitur acris hyems," 194-195. WINTER IN BRIGHTON. From "The Inn of Strange Meetings, and other Poems," and founded, like James Smith's "Winter," on Horace's Ode i. 9. It was written in 1861, when Messrs. Fawcett and White were members for Brighton. "Lemon:" Mark Lemon, late editor of "Punch." " Mutton's," ," "Bacon's," and "Mainwaring's :" all well-known establishments. See the following piece. 197-199. FROM THE HON. HENRY "Sir George Rose" the celebrated lawyer and wit, some of whose rhythmical jeux d'esprit are familiarly known. 202-204. OUTWARD BOUND. 'Vignettes in Rhyme." Suggested by Horace, Ode iii. 7: “Quid fles, Asterie," etc. From 207-208. MY OLD COAT. From "The Inn of Strange Meetings." 209-210. LE DERNIER JOUR D'UN CONDAMNÉ. Mr. Baker, Jun., is an American writer, and the lines are from his volume entitled "Point-Lace and Diamonds." 210-213. SPECTATOR AB EXTRA. This is the original version of the poem. As it appears in the later editions of 'Dipsychus," it is somewhat shorter. 66 217-218. "LORD HARRY HAS WRITTEN A NOVEL. "O Radcliffe:" Mrs. Radcliffe, author of "The Mysteries of Udolpho," etc. 219. TO ETHEL. " From "Blackwood's Magazine.' The motto is from Tennyson. "Belinda" and "Sir Plume:" see Pope's "Rape of the Lock." INDEX OF AUTHORS. SHBY-STERRY, J., 22, 62, 132, 154, 195. Baker, Jun., George, 209. Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 64, 65, 66, 70, 72, 74, 90, 91, 93, 159, 177, 216, 217. Brooks, Charles Shirley, 45. Calverley, Charles Stuart, 120, 182. Cayley, George John, 47, 131. Collins, Mortimer, 59, 60, 181, 194, 207. Congreve, William, 30, 40. Courthope, Wm. John, 165. Dobson, Austin, 17, 49, 117, 119, 147, 175, 202, 219. Fanshawe, Catherine M., 96, 168. Fitzgerald, Edward, 34, 114, 214. Freeman, H. B., 68, 133. Gay, John, 8, 41, 160, 164. Hook, Theodore, 137. Jemmett-Browne, J., 162, 219. Landor, Walter Savage, 68, 116. |