WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



Literary Budget. — " Mr. Peimell has caught the spirit, as well as the style, 

 of the different poets he imitates, whUst his lines have an elegance, and a sly, 

 bo-peep sort of beauty." 



London Eeview. — " Humorous poetry of the genuine Ingoldsby or Bon 

 Gaultier stamp is always welcomed by the reading public. . . . Few books 

 of late years can boast such an array of comic talent. . . . The popularity 

 this work has already attained serves to show that the author's desires have 

 been crowned with success." 



Frazer's Magazine. — " ' Puck on Pegasus ' is full of those eccentricities 

 which make one laugh with oneself, or in spite of oneself, according as one 

 takes it up in a grave or gay humour." 



Morning Fast. — " '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 eau de Cologne rather than gall, at the follies of the 

 season, the artistic foibles of hterary celebrities, and the affectations of all 

 classes, high and low. Some of the youngster's capers are certainly unjusti- 

 fiable; 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, though Mr. Pennell's muse respects 

 neither the age nor fame of those whom he satirises, he never forgets gentle- 

 manly 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 light- 

 ness 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 iaspired 

 him less frequently than mere gaiety of heart. . . . The rhythm and rugged 

 swing of the ' Night Mail North ' wDl give the reader a taste of Mr. Pennell's 

 higher qualities." 



Literary Gazette. — " To be funny without being vulgar, to tell a story 

 with gestures and yet not become a buffoon, to parody a poet and yet retain 

 the flavour of his real poetry, to turn all the finest feelings of the heart into 

 fun and yet not to be coarse or unfeeling, is not granted by Apollo to every 

 writer of humorous poems. . . . Mr. PenneE is an excellent parodyist, an in- 

 genious punster, a reviver and modifier of existing systems of fun, a vigorous 

 worker of veins of humour not yet carried far enough. ... Of all the poems 

 we Kke best the ' Night Mail North,' which has a singular weird power 

 about it that takes a hold on the imagination." 



Athencsmn. — " This volume has fared sumptuously at the Publisher's 

 hands ; inside, a creamy luxury ; outside, a glory of magenta and gold. . . . 

 One or two illustrative faces and figures are of Mr. Leech's loveliest. . . 

 Cruikshank's frontispiece is a jewel." 



Preparing for the Fress, 



THE BOOK OP THE PIKE: 



Containing a Natural History of the fish, and a complete practical guide to 



Jaok-fishmg in all its branches, with diagi'ams of various improved 



tackles. Illustrated. 



