. Punch . ure,overgrown as they are with hemlock and other odious weeds, is it notsomething to come upon this flower—this double-daisy of a critic—thisbalm-of-Gilead of a man 1 We think we shall follow this Hand-Head-and-Heart through theirnotice of the Royal Academy Exhibition ; but it is our present fancy tobegin with the peroration. And here the reader will be pleased to imagine a few barsof music,expressive of au Editor laying aside his pen— wearied, Hand-Head-and-Heart I Our task is, for the present, ended; there will be few to question our sinceritywhen we say we shall rejoice to lay asi
. Punch . ure,overgrown as they are with hemlock and other odious weeds, is it notsomething to come upon this flower—this double-daisy of a critic—thisbalm-of-Gilead of a man 1 We think we shall follow this Hand-Head-and-Heart through theirnotice of the Royal Academy Exhibition ; but it is our present fancy tobegin with the peroration. And here the reader will be pleased to imagine a few barsof music,expressive of au Editor laying aside his pen— wearied, Hand-Head-and-Heart I Our task is, for the present, ended; there will be few to question our sinceritywhen we say we shall rejoice to lay aside the pen ,? even the physical labour necessaryfor this duty is not a little severe ; while the mind is continually and niist painfullyexercised between the desire to discharge it faithfully and the anxiety to avoid givingpain or inflicting injury. Here the exhausted critic pauses—then takes a new dip of ink andwrites— In truth, now that our work is done, we are wearied, hand, head, and THE EXHAUSTED PECKSNIFF. Smelling-salts and barley-water being administered, the Hand-Head-and-Heart go on :— Without at all inclining to exaggerate our responsibilities, we know them to beCURAT. We know there are many individuals (and it cannot be presumptuous to alludeto a fact we have borne constantly in mind, as one that ought to make us exceedinglycautious as well as rigidly upright) who take our opinions as guides to their own —who give to our integrity and judgment that confidence which they have not in theirown knowledge and experience; and who consequently look to us for determining thecourse they art lo pursue in reference to purchases. Is not there a sweet reserve in all this ? Do not the Hand-Head-and-Heart talk of their integrity and judgment with a modesty to be rarelyfound even in a footman seeking a place, and diffidently dilating on hismany flunky excellences? But the integrity and judgment of the Hand-Head-and-Heart are, in truth, serious qualities. Think
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