. Thackerayana;. Beauty is but skin deep humorous sketches in verse and prose, many of which, however,show some germs of that spirit of wild fun which afterwards dis- 7o THACKERAYANA. tinguished the * Yellowplush papers in Fraser. A specimen ofthe contents of this curious publication cannot but be interesting. Prisoners base to the reader. The parody we have selected, a clever skit uponthe Cambridge Prize Poem, appeared as follows :— Timbuctoo. To the Editor of The Snob: Sir,—Though your name be Snob, I trust you will not refusethis tiny Poem of a Gownsman/ which was unluckily not finishedon t
. Thackerayana;. Beauty is but skin deep humorous sketches in verse and prose, many of which, however,show some germs of that spirit of wild fun which afterwards dis- 7o THACKERAYANA. tinguished the * Yellowplush papers in Fraser. A specimen ofthe contents of this curious publication cannot but be interesting. Prisoners base to the reader. The parody we have selected, a clever skit uponthe Cambridge Prize Poem, appeared as follows :— Timbuctoo. To the Editor of The Snob: Sir,—Though your name be Snob, I trust you will not refusethis tiny Poem of a Gownsman/ which was unluckily not finishedon the day appointed for delivery of the several copies of verseson Timbuctoo. I thought, Sir, it would be a pity that such apoem should be lost to the world ; and conceiving The Snob tobe the most widely-circulated periodical in Europe, I have takenthe liberty of submitting it for insertion or approbation. I am, Sir, yours, &c, &c, &c. TIMBUCTOO.—PART I. The situation. In Africa (a quarter of the world),Mens skins are black, their hair is crisp and curld. Lines I and 2.—See Guthries Geography. The site of Timbuctoo is doubtful; the Author has neatly expressed thisin the poem, at the same time giving us some slight hints relative to its situa-tion. THE SNOB MAGAZINE. And somewhere there
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