Mirth and metre . IBS MTillHllI hmhKIjHmH jsHHititiH SflillliUI ESI Si In Hill I 19. LONDON AND NEW YORK:GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & r MIRTH AND METRE, BY TWO MERRY MEN. A1S-D #&mnn& I. lates. TO MAKE ME SAD. —SBAKSPEAEE. raftij EOfostratums fig JHGTotmelL K LONDON: GEO. ROUTLEDGE & CO., EARRINGDON STREET. NEW YOKE: IS, BEEE3IAN STEEET. 1855. PREFACE. If any one of those mysterious autocrats who do the reviews-on some newspaper or serial shall, in his condescension, deignto inform public opinion what he may think about Mirth andMetre, that autocrat, unless he be in an unhoped-for stateof benig


Mirth and metre . IBS MTillHllI hmhKIjHmH jsHHititiH SflillliUI ESI Si In Hill I 19. LONDON AND NEW YORK:GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & r MIRTH AND METRE, BY TWO MERRY MEN. A1S-D #&mnn& I. lates. TO MAKE ME SAD. —SBAKSPEAEE. raftij EOfostratums fig JHGTotmelL K LONDON: GEO. ROUTLEDGE & CO., EARRINGDON STREET. NEW YOKE: IS, BEEE3IAN STEEET. 1855. PREFACE. If any one of those mysterious autocrats who do the reviews-on some newspaper or serial shall, in his condescension, deignto inform public opinion what he may think about Mirth andMetre, that autocrat, unless he be in an unhoped-for stateof benignity, will, doubtless, commence with the agreeable remarkthat the work before us consists of certain Lays and Legends,written in paltry imitation of the productions of the wiimitableThomas Ingoldsby. Admitting the imputation without cavil, (except at the word* paltry, which really is too bad, dont you think so, dear reader?)the authors would inquire whether such an admission legitimatelyexposes them to hostile criticism ? When the late Mr. Barbaraproduced the In


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