fault, it is an unpleasant one-both for them- OXFORD, April 4, 1893. L. H. M. SOULSBY. PREFACE TO NEW EDITION IN bringing out a new edition, the book has been L. H. M. SOULSBY. BRONDESBURY, Nov. 23, 1903. 'The Sweet, Sweet Love of Daughter, "I have discovered a thing very little known, which is, that in one's whole life one can never have more than a single mother. You may think this obvious and (what you call) a trite observation. You are a green gosling! I was at the same age (very near) as wise as you, and yet I never discovered this (with full evidence and conviction, I mean) till it was too late."-Gray's Letters. "I desired to make her my wife, knowing that she would be a counsellor of good things, and a comfort in cares and grief. For her conversation hath no bitterness; and to live with her hath no sorrow, but mirth and joy."—Wisdom of Solomon. LINES WRITTEN ON BEING TOLD THAT A LADY WAS "PLAIN AND COMMONPLACE." When I look at the thought for others That is written on her brow. The eyes are not fine, I own, She has not a well-cut nose, Quick to perceive a want, Nothing to say for herself, That is the fault you find! Hark to her words to the sick, Speaks to the speaker's praise. "Nothing to say for herself," Yes! right, most right, you are, B |