Jj RESEMBLANCE AND EELATIOK 



" Oft on the dappled turf at ease 

 I sit, and play with similes, 

 Loose types of things through all degrees." 



THE last time we were in the public insect-room of the British 



Museum, our notice was attracted by a buzz of admiration 



, 



raised by a cluster of a Monday's swarm gathered round one 

 particular case of the entomologic collection. " Well, I never 1" 

 " Queer creatures !" " Neither grass nor grasshoppers !" 

 "How curious!" " Perfectly exquisite!" "What strange 

 similitudes !" " Links between the animal and the vegetable," 

 and so on, ascending. 



