Storeys of Old.

Storey to their establishment; but I am afraid that such ribaldry is hardly fitted for so serious a publication as yours. It takes so much time to look over old papers and documents, and I am always engaged, but should I discover anything in those I have I shall be pleased to let you know of it. Only lately I came upon my grandfather's will, which contained some curious provisions. On my mother's side I am related to the late Mr. Harrison Ainsworth and John Ehers."

Mr. Storey, R.A., is the author of "Sketches from Memory," published by Chatto & Windus. He is also the author of a work entitled "The Theory and Practice of Perspective," Oxford, 1910.

The Storeys or Stories and Storys, of Cripplegate, bore the lion arms - double-tailed lion. The branch to which Mr. G. A. Story, R.A., is allied bears similar arms; but there is a distinct motto, viz., "Deo Adjuvante non timendum" - "When God aids there is nothing to fear."

THE INCUBATED CHICK.

I am an incubated chick-
A manufactur'd creature;
And though my daily grain I pick,
I don't belong to Nature.

I somehow feel I'm all alone-
I never knew a pater;
No loving parent do I own,
Except this incubator:

Where no mother's heart doth beat,
No sheltering wing is seen;
Instead of the maternal heat,
I'm warmed by paraffin.

I never breathe fresh country air,
Nor see fresh country grass;
No wonder I am mark'd "with care,"
I'm brought up under glass.

I'm very weak upon my legs,
Of course, it's through fast growing.
I take no interest in eggs,
And have no heart for crowing.

I sometimes wish I'd ne'er been born,
What joy has life for me ?
Cook'd at my being's early dawn,
My end's a fricassee.

It should be added that in February 1914, Mr. Storey was appointed professor of perspective at the Royal Academy, a post last occupied by J. M. W. Turner, but Mr. Storey has lectured on the subject for a long time past. This well-known artist is now an octogenarian.