21 NOVEMBER 1896, Page 10

Very Funny Stories Told in Rhyme. (S.S.U.) — Some of these stories—thirty-four

in number—have been published before. Not a few are distinctly good, as, for instance, " Prissy's Curls." The tale of a marvellously good girl has been told, who " had golden curls, and her eyes were blue "

But Pris (who's a naughty and mischievous girl). Said, ' I should be good, if my hair would curl:"

Thereupon the experiment is tried, but, we are sorry to say, fails. The " Lion and the Doll," by " W.," and " How Mr. Bunnie Missed the Party," by "S.," are good. "S.," we are told, means " Sheila ; " " G," Horace G. Grover; and "W.," Elizabeth W. Wood. These three writers divide the authorship of the "Funny Stories" between them, with two or three exceptions.