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1、Fifty"Bab"Ballads-MuchSoundandLittleSenseFifty"Bab"Ballads-MuchSoundandLittleSenseW.S.Gilbert1Fifty"Bab"Ballads-MuchSoundandLittleSensePREFACE.THE"BABBALLADS"appearedoriginallyinthecolumnsof"FUN,"whenthatperiodicalwasundertheeditorshipofthelateTOMHOOD.Theyweresubsequentlyrepubli
2、shedintwovolumes,onecalled"THEBABBALLADS,"theother"MOREBABBALLADS."Theperiodduringwhichtheywerewrittenextendedoversomethreeorfouryears;many,however,werecomposedhastily,andunderthediscomfortingnecessityofhavingtoturnoutaquantityoflivelyversebyacertaindayineveryweek.Asitseemedtome
3、(andtoothers)thatthevolumesweredisfiguredbythepresenceofthesehastilywrittenimpostors,IthoughtitbettertowithdrawfrombothvolumessuchBalladsasseemedtoshowevidenceofcarelessnessorunduehaste,andtopublishtheremainderinthecompactformunderwhichtheyarenowpresentedtothereader.Itmayinteres
4、tsometoknowthatthefirstoftheseries,"TheYarnoftheNANCYBELL,"wasoriginallyofferedto"PUNCH,"-towhichIwas,atthattime,anoccasionalcontributor.Itwas,however,declinedbythethenEditor,onthegroundthatitwas"toocannibalisticforhisreaders'tastes."W.S.GILBERT.24THEBOLTONS,SOUTHKENSINGTON,AUGU
5、ST,1876.2Fifty"Bab"Ballads-MuchSoundandLittleSenseBallad:CAPTAINREECE.OFalltheshipsupontheblue,NoshipcontainedabettercrewThanthatofworthyCAPTAINREECE,CommandingofTHEMANTELPIECE.Hewasadoredbyallhismen,ForworthyCAPTAINREECE,R.N.,DidallthatlaywithinhimtoPromotethecomfortofhiscrew.I
6、fevertheyweredullorsad,Theircaptaindancedtothemlikemad,Ortold,tomakethetimepassby,Drolllegendsofhisinfancy.Afeatherbedhadeveryman,Warmslippersandhot-watercan,Brownwindsorfromthecaptain'sstore,Avalet,too,toeveryfour.Didtheywiththirstinsummerburn,Lo,seltzogenesateveryturn,Andonall
7、verysultrydaysCreamiceshandedroundontrays.ThencurrantwineandgingerpopsStoodhandilyonallthe"tops;"Andalso,withamusementrife,A"Zoetrope,orWheelofLife."NewvolumescameacrosstheseaFromMISTERMUDIE'Slibraree;THETIMESandSATURDAYREVIEWBeguiledtheleisureofthecrew.Kind-heartedCAPTAINREECE,
8、R.N.,Wasquitedevotedtohismen;Inpointoffact,good
