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of the Corn Law Repeal movement, Mr. Villiers, and 

 several others of note were present. 



I was indebted to one of the members, my friend 

 Prof. Thorold E. Rogers, M.P., for the coveted oppor- 

 tunity to visit this club. By the way, I wonder the 

 Professor's book of Satires and Epigrams has not been 

 republished in America. It is wonderfully clever, and 

 the Charioteers have had many a laugh and many a 

 pleasant half hour enjoying it. 



Here is a specimen, which I may be pardoned quot- 

 ing, as I found upon inquiry that the hero Brown was 

 no less than one of my own friends, a Dunfermline man 

 too, at that, Mr. Reid, M.P. : 



" Sent to a distant land in early youth, 

 Brown made his way by honor, thrift, and truth ; 

 Ten years he worked and saved, then, satisfied, 

 Back to his native land our merchant hied. 

 A man of worth as well as wealth, he sought 

 How he might wisely use the cash he'd brought : 

 He clearly saw his fortune could be graced 

 Only by prudence, candor, judgment, taste ; 

 Assumed no airs, indulged in no pretence. 

 Guided his words, his acts, by common sense ; 

 Maintained his self-respect, though glad to please, 

 Seemed not to aim, but won his aims with ease, 

 And proved that he had learnt the highest tact, - 

 When no one feared and no one dared detract. 

 (I don't say hate, for some men are so nice 

 They cannot bear a man without a vice) ; 



