4 FEBRUARY 1865, Page 20

Lady Enid Geraint, and Other Productions. By an Old Harrovian.

(T. Bosworth.)—It is recorded of Warren Hastings that after his return from India he wrote verses, and that his guests at Daylesford were very much disappointed when one of his charming "productions " failed to appear on the breakfast-table. Whether the old Harrovian has been Governor- General we do not know, but he has apparently been in India or China, and now he " produces " this little volume. He seems to think humour his forte, for our own part we prefer his pathos :- "I boated up the wild Sittang 'mid many a mountain scene, Until a paradise almost I found at Shooay Gheen. But there the tiger stalked abroad, the venomed snake was seen, -And deadly fever hovered nigh at fatal Shooay Gheen. Then tell me not of nature's charms, though they be fresh and green, That danger lurks where beauty woos men learn at Shooay Gheen."

So there is much majesty in this commencement of "Lines to Lord Canning," "Farewell, my Lord ! Though some upon you frown All Europe echoes with your just renown."

But we shall not quote all the old Harrovian's best things, our readers must refer to the book itself.