THE

MIDSUMMER MEDLEY.

A SERIES OF

COMIC TALES,

SKETCHES, AND FUGITIVE VAGARIES.

IN PROSE AND VERSE.

BY THE AUTHOR OF BRAMBLETYE HOUSE,'

ETC. ETC.

'It is a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a
man, it is an instrument of happiness.'

DRYDEN.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,
NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

RK SRARY

232262

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS, 1901

CONTENTS

The Birth-day of Spring

Clio Grub at Brighton

The Brewer's Wife.

SECOND VOLUME.

OF THE

Stanzas

Madame Talleyrand and the Traveller

Alfadhel Alderamy

Address to the Furze Bush

The Poet's Will.

Count Alessandro

The Pleasures of Brighton

The Mother's Mistake

Adventure of a London Traveller

Marshal Saxe and his Physician

Extracts from my Aunt Martha's Diary

A Hint to Retiring Citizens

Good News for the Ladies

Proposals for Setting Fire, &c.

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