humourous prankenstein. Next best is, perhaps, the Sayersand Heenan Fight 

 a very vigorous imitation of Lord Macaulay's Roman Ballads. There is a 

 great rush and gallop abount the Derby Day: the lines at the end are not 

 unworthy of Hood's playful thought-fulness." &c. 



PRESS, 22 June, 1861. 



" Mr. Pennell writes so well that we wish Ue would take the trouble to write 



better. H possesses humour and the fatal facility of rhyming The Night 



Mail North and the De rby Day are the two best We extract a stanza to 



show that -Mr. Pennell can versify with a free hand We have only to add* 



that the volume is beautifully printed, and that it is enriched by an immense 

 number of laughable illustrations from the whimsical pencils of "Cruickshank, 

 Leech, Phiz, Portch, and Tenntel." 



MORNING POST, 19 June, 1861. 



" Puck on Pegasus is at the same time the handsomest and cheapest book 



of the kind that we have ever seen Puck, as he careers through the world 



on his mad horse, shoots arrows of the pleasantest raillery, dipped in Eo.u <le 

 C'l fine rather than gall, at the follies of the season, the artistic foibles of 

 literary celebrities, and the affectations cf all classes, high and low. The wee, 

 mocking urchin indites a sonnet in the style, of Martin Tupper, mimics 

 Mrs. Browning, trills a song of In-the-water after the fashion of Longfellow, 

 and with the aid of a black cat stirs up ' a shocking sort of knocking at your, 

 chamber door,' that reminds the beating _ heart of Edgar Poe. He induces 

 Tennyson to write the L'farge of the Light (Irish) Brigade, and gives us a lay of 

 The Fight for the Championship by Lord Macaulay. Some of the youngster's 

 capers "are certainly unjustifiable ; but extravagant mirth is never severely 

 judged when it expresses itself in easy running verses, the music of which is 

 as sweet as their rhymes are ingenious and unexpected. Moreover, tho' 

 Mr. Pennell's muse respects neither the age nor fame of those whom he 

 satirises, he never forgets gentlemanly consideration for the feelings of his 

 readers. A joke that would bring a blush to a maiden's cheek, or a sarcasm 

 aimed at the inoffensive, are not to be found in his poems. Nor do we draw 

 attention to the prevailing lightness of his muse in a spirit of condemnation, 

 but rather of regret that the fine* feeling and pathetic force manifested in 

 the treatment of his two finest pieces, the Night Mail North, and the Derby 

 Day, should have inspired him less frequently than mere gaiety of hearts....... 



The rhythm and rugged swing of the Night Mail North, will give the reader 

 a, taste of Mr. Pennell's higher qualities," &c. 



CRITIC, 15 June, 1861. 



" Perhaps the best piece in the whole volume is that on the Derby Day, 

 from which we extract the following : " 



SPECTATOR, 15 June, 1861. 



"On the whole, we are inclined to think his parodies are his most 

 successful productions." 



COURT CIRCULAR, 15 June, 1861. 



" This is certainly one of the cleverest productions of the day, and gives 

 the clearest evidence of the genius of its author in almost every page." 



LONDON REVIEW, f,9 June, 1861. 



" The popularity the work has already attained, serves to show that the 

 authors desires have been crowned with success." 



