26 MARCH 1864, Page 20

The Records of 1863. By Edward West. (Edward West.)—Froro earthquakes

to pillar letter-boxes nothing escapes Mr. West's muse.

He even censures crinoline, and declares that as "The mountains towering so high When e'er the King was near, Were swept like light clouds from the sky, To make his pathway clear.

"So sweeps King crinoline along, Before him dishes fall ; Saucers and cups—that courtier throng, Fall prostrate from the wall."

We wish Mr. West may get some of his brother poets to imitate him

in his way of coming to the point at once.