Leaves in the Wind. By Antony C. Deane. (Elliot Stock)—
This volume is another proof of a proposition which we have advanced more than once, that there is more true humour just now in the shape of verse than in that of prose. There are some forty pieces in the volume, of unequal merit, but all creditable. performances, and sometimes showing real ingenuity and genuine fun. Perhaps the most humorous is "A Prophetic Pastoral," which-treats of a plan for rearing wild beasts on a farm in the South of England :—
" How sweet, before the earliest rays across the hill-tops steal, To see the frisky elephants enjoy their morning meal Early to rise.' yon know the phraee ; it is, the sag'es nOte. The matutinal tiger that secures the early goat."
If the maiden's father should refuse his consent-
"IU ask him down at feeding-time, and, should he still refuse, An able-bodied lioness may modify his rims."
The plan is to restore prosperity to the farmers and give a new political cry. The voters of the future-
" Will reekon as R minimum, three acres—and a beer.'"
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