Mr.Winterblossom begs farther to assure Mr.
-- -- -- -- of the esteem in which he holds his genius, and of his high personal consideration.
"For -- -- -- --, Esquire, Cleikum Inn, Old Town of St.Ronan's.
"_The Public Rooms,_ _Hotel and Tontine, St.Ronan's Well,_ _&c.

&c.

&c._" The above card was written (we love to be precise in matters concerning orthography) in a neat, round, clerk-like hand, which, like Mr.
Winterblossom's character, in many particulars was most accurate and commonplace, though betraying an affectation both of flourish and of facility.
The next billet was a contrast to the diplomatic gravity and accuracy of Mr.Winterblossom's official communication, and ran thus, the young divine's academic jests and classical flowers of eloquence being mingled with some wild flowers from the teeming fancy of Lady Penelope.
"A choir of Dryads and Naiads, assembled at the healing spring of St.Ronan's, have learned with surprise that a youth, gifted by Apollo, when the Deity was prodigal, with two of his most esteemed endowments, wanders at will among their domains, frequenting grove and river, without once dreaming of paying homage to its tutelary deities.

He is, therefore, summoned to their presence, and prompt obedience will insure him forgiveness; but in case of contumacy, let him beware how he again essays either the lyre or the pallet.
"_Postscript._ The adorable Penelope, long enrolled among the Goddesses for her beauty and virtues, gives Nectar and Ambrosia, which mortals call tea and cake, at the Public Rooms, near the Sacred Spring, on Thursday evening, at eight o'clock, when the Muses never fail to attend.

The stranger's presence is requested to participate in the delights of the evening.
"_Second Postscript._ A shepherd, ambitiously aiming at more accommodation than his narrow cot affords, leaves it in a day or two.
'Assuredly the thing is to be hired.' _As You Like It._ "_Postscript third._ Our Iris, whom mortals know as Trotting Nelly in her tartan cloak, will bring us the stranger's answer to our celestial summons." This letter was written in a delicate Italian hand, garnished with fine hair-strokes and dashes, which were sometimes so dexterously thrown off as to represent lyres, pallets, vases, and other appropriate decorations, suited to the tenor of the contents.
The third epistle was a complete contrast to the other two.