death in August 1865, with the same manly sense, the same playfulness of fancy and flow of spontaneous humour, which made his society and his letters always delightful to his friends.

     “Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit,

     Nulli flebilior quam mihi!”

   The first edition of this book, now very rare, appeared in 1845. It was illustrated by Alfred Henry Forrester (Alfred Crowquill). In the subsequent editions drawings by Richard Doyle and John Leech, in a kindred spirit of fanciful extravagance, were added, and helped materially towards the attractions of the volume. Its popularity surpassed the utmost expectations of the authors. To them not the least pleasant feature of its success was that it was widely read both in the Navy and the Army, and was nowhere more in demand than in the trenches before Sebastopol in 1854.

   THEODORE MARTIN.

   31

    Onslow Square

   ,

    October

   1903.

       Edition.

       1

       1845

       16mo

       Illustrated by

        Alfred Crowquill

       .

       2

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