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Poems and Songs. Humorous and Satirical, by ALEXANDER RODGER, is

a collection of verses, some reprinted, some original. The author has a vein of Scottish humour in him, which, when the subject contains in itself points easily developed, rises to considerable excellence of a certain kind ; as in the well-known verses" Behave yoursel' before folk." Where this is not the case, Mr. RODGER is apt to run into a sort of doggrel ; but his verse is always in motion.