Another, THE ELEPHANT, has these lines -


"See in the print how, moved by whim,
Trumpeting Jumbo, great and grim,
Adjusts his trunk, like a cravat,
To noose that individual's hat;
The Sacred Ibis in the distance,
Joys to observe his bold resistance."


R. L. Stevenson wrote from Davos Platz, in sending me THE BLACK
CANYON:


"Sam sends as a present a work of his own. I hope you feel
flattered, for THIS IS SIMPLY THE FIRST TIME HE HAS EVER GIVEN ONE
AWAY. I have to buy my own works, I can tell you."


Later he said, in sending a second:


"I own I have delayed this letter till I could forward the
enclosed. Remembering the night at Braemar, when we visited the
picture-gallery, I hope it may amuse you: you see we do some
publishing hereaway."