There is also in the same magazine a French version which runs--

"Un capitaine hardi d'Halifax, demeurant à son quartier,

Séduit une fille qui se pendit, un lundi avec sa jarretière," &c.]

_Goblin, Gorgeous, Gossip._--May I ask the derivation of the following

English words,--_Goblin_, _Gorgeous_, _Gossip_?