When DRUMMOND wrote of the Ascent of Man,
He did not think of the Descent of Woman
Upon his poor doomed head. The Assyrian
Did not "come down" with wrath more superhuman,
Or more like a fierce wolf upon the fold:
Mrs. LYNN LINTON, sweetest mannered scold
That ever heresy to judgment summoned,
Hath had her dainty will, and drummed out DRUMMOND!
Give us a gentle lady, without bias,
To play Apollo to a new Marsyas!
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[Illustration: PREHISTORIC PEEPS.
THERE WERE OFTEN UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH GAVE TO THE HIGHLAND
STALKING OF THOSE DAYS AN ADDED ZEST!]
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