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EXAMINER, 6 July, 1861. 



" There is, without doubt, a good deal of humourous verse in this gaily 



got up and cleverly illustrated volume But there are better things than 



slang versicles in Mr. Pennell's book, and more striking lines than those which 

 are printed in black letters. The Derby Day ojfers a favourable example of 

 a popular subject well treated, in which the'scene is vividly and often 

 poetically depicted. The Fight/or the Championship, written in- imitation of 



Lord Macaulay's Histories, is also very well done The measure of the 



author's power may be taken from the following extract of one of the best 



things the book contains (Here follow* the Night Mail North) Let 



"Mr. Pennell trust to the original strength 1 that is in him, and he may bestride 

 his Pegasus without fear." 



FRASER'S MAGAZINE, October, 1861. 



" When a gentleman means to be absurd, and at the same time can 

 support his pretensions to amuse his readers with cleverness, we know how 



to accost him Puck on Pegasus is full of those eccentricities which make 



one laugh in spite of oneself, or in unison with oneself, according as one takes 

 it up in a grave or/i gay humour." 



ILLUSTRATED NEWS OF THE WOELD. 



Mr. Pennell's Puck is gay, rattling, and really clever,' something in the 

 Bon Gaultier style full of fun very smart." 



LIVERPOOL ALBION. 



"Author and Publisher seem to have vied with each other in the 

 production !of a volume which shall in itself combine many, if not all, the 

 requisites of a first-class work." 



BELL'S LIFE. 



" An admirable drawing table brochure, and is certain to have a run." 

 ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE. 



" No one will be wearied with these, verses We have seldom seen a 



book more completely suitable to a drawing room table." 



ORIENTAL BUDGET. 



" Mr, Penneil has caught the spirit, as well as the style, of the different 

 poets he imitates, while his lines have an elegance, and a sly bo-peep sort of 



beauty The following extract will show his facility for catching the ' very 



trick' of a by-no-means easy style of versification.- ...The nick-names and 



mock climax are in their way inimitable imitations The Author, however, 



gives proofs of far higher pOAvers than those of mimicry, <fcc." 



WELDON'S REGISTER. 



" One more extract from Mr. Pennell's book, and then we must cease to 

 linger over what is one of the most amusing books of verse that we have 

 fallen in with for many a day." 



MANCHESTER EXAMINER. 



" there is, however, a much higher talent in The Thread of Life, 



showing that Mr. Pennell can do much finer work whenever he may desire to 

 soar above mere trifling." 



PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANK, W.C. 



