24 OCTOBER 1868, Page 23

Trefoil. Verses by Three. (Longman and Co.)—This very prettily got-up

little volume has a perfectly veracious title. It contains some pleasant "verses by three," and nothing more, that we have been able to discover. Perhaps the best verses, though they are all smoothly written, are those by "F.," bat " F." does not presume to call his or her lines poetry. " F.," however, seems rather unhappy, and thinks, whatever the sentiment may moan, that " all joy delayed too long will turn to pain." But when "F." adds, "better through years to grieve than hope again," we would recommend to "F." a little fresh air and cheerful society; and would also remind the writer that, according to St. Paul, the man who is

without hope " is in a very bad way indeed.