In .7Tonorem M.—. By Erastes. (Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton.)
Ecce Homines ! or, a Lije's Quest. (Adams and Francis.)—There was siothing to repay us for the trouble of wading through these two books of verso, except that they were soon at an end. Both seem to us dis- tant echoes of a great many modern poets, and the echoes are distorted. Ecce Homines! does not allude to tho various writers who were credited with the authorship of Ecce Homo! It is the story of a young gentle-
man who must have read Shelley, and wanders like some of Sholley'e early heroes, leaving home, and wife, and common-places in general, to become the king of some indefinite country. In course of time there is a revolt, and as his subjects are about to kill him, the young gentleman
obligingly forestalls their wish. In Honorem it is not so rife with incident, but is equally void of meaning. However, its author has "reined in by a long interval on this side the line of good taste, pro- priety, and delicacy "—which is gratifying, if not very intelligible. It is cheerful to think that a book will shock no one, even if no one can read it.
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