THREE AUTHORS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 67, 18 March 1908, Page 6

THREE AUTHORS.

Prolific authors', noble three, I do my chapeau off to ye. 1 "Selected", dear old chap, who knows i The quantity of verse and prose That you have signed in all these yearsT You've dulled how many thousand shears! You've filled, at a tremendous rate, i A million miles of "boiler plate"— j A wreath of laurel for your browt, j A stirrup-cup to you—here's how! j And you. dear "Ibid." Ah. you wrote \ Too many things for mc to quote, I Though Bartlett, of quotation fame, j Plays up your unpoetic name 3 More than he did to Avon's bard. \ Your stuff's on every page, old pard. i Bouquets to you the writer flings; j You wrote a lot of dandy things. j And you. O last, O greatest one, A word with you, and I have done. You. dear "Exchange", that, ever floats Around with verses, anecdotes, And jokes. Oh. what a lot you sign (Quite frequently a thing of mine). Why, it would not be very strange If I should see this signed—"Exchange rt i 0 favourite authors, wondrous three 1 do my chapeau. off to ye! —FRANKLIN P. ADAMS,. in the "Century,* \