The Poems of George Minimus. No. I. (Hutchin g s and Crowsley,
St. John's Wood.)—Mr. Minimus has a box full of MSS., but thinks it wiser to publish this pamphlet of 46 12mo. pages "as a sort of sample to begin with." We cannot help thinking, however, that we have seen, either these, or some very similar, verses before under, the name of "Parvula." Bo this as it may, the author, should this book succeed, has tales, ballads, portraits, metrical romances, " an ingenious epic, full of mirth and pleasantness, and a Comedy of Death'" ready for publication. Meanwhile, lie proposes to profit by criticism This is meeting us half way. We therefore, beg to suggeet that he should at once commence a careful study of grammar, as there is at present a prejudice against such phrases as " So must thee and I," " Alma here did no likeness be." If the mental improvement resulting from this exercise should still leave him a poet, he should then carefully accustom the ear to the recognition of what are, and are not, similar sounds. Meanwhile, here is .a taste of Mr. Minirau.s's quality. Nature, he says, is "Merry, tender, loving, sad, and sighing, E'en as the mournful winds that set one crying ; Or as the jolly birds and tumbling water, That fill our very souls with pleasant laughter. For nature path a note for every feeling That to the wayward heart belongs, my darling."
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