_Gryll Grange_, the last and mellowest fruit from Peacock's tree, was, like most mellow fruit, not matured hastily. In saying this I do not refer to the long period--exactly a generation in the conventional sense--which intervened between _Crotchet Castle_ of 1831 and this of 1861. For we know as a matter of fact, from the preface to the 1856 edition of _Melincourt_, that Peacock was planning _Gryll Grange_ at a time considerably nearer to, but still some years from, its actual publication. Except Brougham, who still comes in for some severe language, no one of Peacock's old favourite abominations undergoes personal chastisement. On the contrary, indirect but pretty distinct apology is tend…
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