74 WITHERS. 



Withers, the son of rustic parents, have 

 been printed in two small volumes, and 

 contain some beautiful specimens of the 

 efforts of unassisted genius. The " Song 

 of the Butterfly " is so replete with poetry, 

 simply yet harmoniously expressed, the 

 imagery is so graphically drawn and so 

 judiciously disposed, that as a pastoral it 

 may take its place with anything in our 

 language. 



Before I knew this part of the country 

 I had frequently read in the newspapers 

 the speeches and the exploits of a gentle- 

 man who resided near Huntingdon. His 

 name had been associated and his politics 

 classed with Hunt and Cobbett, et sui 

 generis ; but I am inclined to believe there 

 was an undercurrent that ran in an op- 

 posite direction to the noisy advocacy he 

 made in conjunction with these wor- 

 thies, and made him confine his atten- 

 tion to less speculative views and more 



