29 JULY 1865, Page 22

The Alchymist. By Captain C. M. Tucker, late Bengal Cavalry.

(Saunders, Otley, and Co.)—The author calls these poems parables in rhyme, but we shall not attempt to deprive his readers of the pleasure they will take in unravelling the hidden significance of his verses. Regarded as poetry, it is much above the average of little books of thia chum, for it is free from gross faults of any kind.