_The Author'S Boomerang_

HE frowns with reason; he has always said, "The public has no knowledge of true art; The book of worth these days would not be read; 'Tis trash not truth that goes upon the mart."

And then was published his belovéd work-- Some twenty-six editions it has had-- And he his own conclusion cannot shirk: With such success as this it must be bad!