22 FEBRUARY 1868, Page 23

Sylvanus, Netherton, and other Poetical Works. (Nimmo.)—There are four longish

pieces of verse in this book, two of them being tales, one a patriotic drama, and the other what used to be called a didactic poem, that is, a rhymed guide to the management of bees. We read the first piece with some view to criticism, but our judgment of it may be inferred from the bet that we did not think it necessary to do more than glance through the three others.