...ight be omitted in the next edition without detriment. They would do well enough for an amateur humorist, but are scarcely worthy of one who stands at the head of the profession. It was said of James Smith , of the Rejected Addresses, that if he had not been a witty man, he would have been a great man. Hood's humor and drollery kept in the background the pathos and beauty of his sober productions; and...