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an Oxford movement, since the author-illustrator plainly challenges the work

of "H. B." and " H. T. B." The verses deal with the anatomy, habits, and habitat of various animals :—

" The Brimps, the Whuffieboom, I mean; The Kiz Kiz and the Spritch, The Twizzik and the Bruggerbutch,

The Flig, the Mung a Mung and such."

The illustrations are certainly amusing, and will please any persons who think themselves unsatisfied by the masterly simplicity of Lear.