29 MARCH 1902, Page 25

Provincial Sketches and other Verses. By G. K. Menzies. (A.

Gardner.)—There is good verse here, not so good as we have seen of the same kind elsewhere, but still worth preserving. "Our Philosopher," who is distinctly, or indistinctly, in his cups, is amusing, if one may be amused by inebriety.