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 viii Basil Ormond, and Christaher s Love. 



In Crown 8vo., 5j. 



BASIL ORMOND, AND GHRISTABEL'S LOVE, 



METRICAL TALES. 

 By the Author of "Lays of Ind." 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



Broad Arrmu. — "Display remarkable power, coupled with melodious 

 versification." 



Graphic. — "The author of 'Lays of Ind' shows in his latest book, 

 ' Basil Ormond, and Christabel's Love,' that he can write something 

 more than good humorous verse — a fact which was indeed foretokened 

 by more than one piece in his former volume, notably by ' The Loafer.' 

 There is, perhaps, no one amongst our minor singers whose rhythm is 

 more easy and natural, whilst in the first of the two poems there is an 

 amount of tragic intensity for which we were hardly prepared." 



Times of India. — "Both stories are prettily told, and we feel assured 

 that these modest poems will command a large circle of readers. ' Aliph 

 Cheem ' is so well-known to the Indian public through his ' Lays of Ind,' 

 that anything from his pen requires but few words of recommendation 

 from us ; but in his present poems he has opened a new mine, and we 

 are mistaken if the public do not agree with us in thinking that he has 

 hit upon a vein of rich metal." 



States7nan. — "We have already seen how 'Aliph Cheem' can use 

 his pen for good-natured satire and racy fun, and are now presented with 

 a couple of poems of a deeper vein. The plaintive strain in these pro- 

 longed ballads, for such the poems are, is maintained without a break 

 from the first stanza to the last." 



Islington News. — "'Aliph Cheem,' the poet who received the com- 

 mendation of the entire Press, both of England and India, upon his 

 former work, has written the above volume, which comprises two love 

 stories of an Idyllic yet striking character. ... At the present time, when 

 there is so much versification, which is not only inelegant but unintel- 

 ligible, it is gratifying to have a book placed in our hands for review that 

 is clear in style, and displays a genuine poetic instinct from the first page 

 to the last." 



W. Thacker c^ Co., London, Thacker, Spink 6^ Co., Calcutta. 



