Farouk. By Minimus. (Trubner and Co.)—A small volume of verses,
which has, at least, the merit of being not inaptly named. Here is a taste of Minimus's quality :—
" Yon Rose, that, conscious of her grace, With bashful beauty flushes, I'll gather; for 'tis like the face Of Mary, when she blushes.
"Yet no ! the Rose, though very fair, Is very frail when cherish'd ; For, pluck'd and placed in Mary's hair, In evening 'twill have perish'd.
• "Then I will haste to make my fair, A wreath of seaweed hairy, For nothing save seaweed shall dare To grace my wreath for Mary."
Many of blinimus's verses are considerably worse than the sample we have given. Will the reader believe that some of the productions of this astounding author have actually been pirated, and that he thinks it necessary formally to "warn editors against any like infringement of copyright?"
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