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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character, Volume 2 (of 3) - From the Collection of Mr. Punch - -Author: John Leech - -Release Date: November 10, 2015 [EBook #50428] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LEECH'S PICTURES--LIFE, CHARACTER *** - - - - -Produced by Neville Allen, Chris Curnow and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="transnote"> -<p class="center">TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.<br /> -Some pages of this work have been moved from the original sequence to enable -the contents to continue without interruption. Minor typographical errors have been corrected -without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have -been retained as printed.</p> -</div> - -<div class="cover" style="width: 300px;"> -<a href="images/cover.jpg"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="300" alt="Book cover" /></a> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_002.png"> -<img src="images/i_002.png" width="600" alt="Book title" /></a> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[Pg ii]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"> * * * * *</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[Pg iv]</a></span><br /></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_004.png"> -<img src="images/i_004.png" width="500" alt="Book title" /></a> -</div> - -<p class="center"> -<span class="smcap"> -"From the Collection of Mr. PUNCH</span>."<br /> - -<br /> * * * * *<br /><br /> -LONDON:<br /> -BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., 8, 9, 10, BOUVERIE STREET, E.C.<br /> -1887.<br /> -</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[Pg v]</a></span><br /></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_006a.png"> -<img src="images/i_006a.png" width="600" alt="Repeat of book title" /></a> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_006b.png"> -<img src="images/i_006b.png" width="300" alt="Young lady speaking to man" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CAUTION DURING THE MISTLETOE SEASON.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Pretty Cousin.</em> "WHAT A TIRESOME GREAT AWKWARD BOY YOU ARE!—JUST SEE -HOW YOU HAVE SCRATCHED MY CHIN!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Young Gentleman apologises amply.</em></p> -<br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_006c.png"> -<img src="images/i_006c.png" width="400" alt="Small boy speaking to older woman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NONE BUT THE BRAVE DESERVE THE FAIR.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Augustus.</em> "NOW, I'VE GOT YOU!"</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_007a.png"> -<img src="images/i_007a.png" width="600" alt="Bus conductor to potential passenger." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OBVIOUS.</em></p> -<p><em>Old Party from the Country</em> (<em>with much wheezing and embarrassment</em>). "I—I—WANT TO GO TO—TO—TO——"</p> -<p><em>Conductor</em> (<em>with alacrity</em>). "ALL RIGHT, OLD BOY! JUMP IN! I KNOW—<em>CATTLE SHOW</em>!"</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_007b.png"> -<img src="images/i_007b.png" width="600" alt="Daughter speaking to her father." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PIG PEN AT A CATTLE SHOW.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Harriet.</em> "THEN, I SUPPOSE, PAPA DEAR, THAT THESE ARE <span class="b">LEARNED</span> PIGS, AS THEY HAVE ALL GOT GOLD MEDALS?"</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_008.png"> -<img src="images/i_008.png" width="600" alt="Mr. Punch with group of children." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PLEASANT HOLIDAY TASK.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Mr. Punch.</em> "NOW, BOYS AND GIRLS! YOU MUST FIND OUT THE USE OF THESE GLOBES BEFORE YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL!"</p> -<br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_009a.png"> -<img src="images/i_009a.png" width="500" alt="Fox with a large snowball." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Reynard the Fox.</em> "HERE'S AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS, MY BOYS, FOR YOU, AND MANY OF 'EM."</p> -<br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_009b.png"> -<img src="images/i_009b.png" width="300" alt="Man being snowballed." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE SNOW.</em><br /><br /> -"NOW, YOU BOYS HAD BETTER BE QUIET, OR I SHALL CALL -THE POLICE, AS SURE AS YOU'RE BORN."</p> -<br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_009c.png"> -<img src="images/i_009c.png" width="400" alt="Two children with mother." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>JUVENILE ETYMOLOGY.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Master Jack.</em> "MAMMA, DEAR! NOW ISN'T THIS CALLED KISSMAS TIME, BECAUSE -EVERYBODY KISSES EVERYBODY UNDER THE MISTLETOE? ADA SAYS IT ISN'T."</p> -<br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_009d.png"> -<img src="images/i_009d.png" width="350" alt="Man and woman talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MISS AND MISTLETOE.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Miss Gushington.</em> "OH, DON'T YOU LIKE CHRISTMAS TIME, MR. BROWN, AND ALL -ITS DEAR OLD CUSTOMS?"</p> -<p class="regards">[BROWN <em>don't seem to see it.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_010a.png"> -<img src="images/i_010a.png" width="600" alt="Man and woman dancing." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CHRISTMAS EVE.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Ellen</em> (<em>who is so simple</em>). "NOW, PRAY TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, FRANK! WHAT IS IT THESE DREADFUL GAROTTERS CALL 'GIVING ONE THE HUG?'"</p> -<p class="regards">[FRANK <em>shows her presently</em>.</p> -<br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_010b.png"> -<img src="images/i_010b.png" width="600" alt="Mr. Punch surrounded by women." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>UNDER THE MISTLETOE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_011.png"> -<img src="images/i_011.png" width="600" alt="Mr. P with family group." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A FAMILY GROUP—BABY STIRRING THE PUDDING.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_012a.png"> -<img src="images/i_012a.png" width="600" alt="Festive scene." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>"A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!" A JUVENILE PARTY.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_012b.png"> -<img src="images/i_012b.png" width="600" alt="Lady with several barrels." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GOOD CHEER.</em><br /><br /> -RICH OLD LADY IS OVERWHELMED WITH BARRELLED OYSTERS FROM DISTANT RELATIVES.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_013a.png"> -<img src="images/i_013a.png" width="400" alt="Mr. P with young lady" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ROOTI-TOOIT—I'VE GOT CHER!</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_013b.png"> -<img src="images/i_013b.png" width="600" alt="A man in a carriage with ballons." /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><em>A JOLLY OLD PATERFAMILIAS, WITH SOME AIR-BALLOONS FOR THE CHICKS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_014.png"> -<img src="images/i_014.png" width="600" alt="Man at centre of partygoers." /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><em>A CHRISTMAS PARTY.—GRANDPAPA DANCES "SIR ROGER"—AND MAY HE DANCE IT FOR MANY, -MANY YEARS TO COME.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_015a.png"> -<img src="images/i_015a.png" width="600" alt="MR. P. surrounded by ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.</em></p> -<p>THAT DISTINGUISHED RIFLE-SHOT, MR. PUNCH, HAVING DONE HIS DUTY LIKE A MAN, THROWS HIMSELF UNDER THE MISTLETOE, AND RECEIVES -HIS JUST REWARD.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_015b.png"> -<img src="images/i_015b.png" width="600" alt="Exploding haggis." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BROWN ENTERTAINS HIS FRIENDS WI' A HAGGIS!</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_016.png"> -<img src="images/i_016.png" width="600" alt="Giant Christmas pudding." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_017a.png"> -<img src="images/i_017a.png" width="400" alt="Mother and son talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OF A VERY STUDIOUS TURN.</em></p> -<p><em>Mamma.</em> "WHO IS THIS HAMPER FOR?—WHY, FOR POOR JERRY, WHO IS AT -SCHOOL, YOU KNOW."</p> -<p><em>Darling</em> (<em>reflectively</em>). "OH!—DON'T YOU THINK, MA, I HAD BETTER GO TO -SCHOOL?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_017b.png"> -<img src="images/i_017b.png" width="400" alt="Lady and boy talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHOLESOME FEAST.</em></p> -<p><em>Jessie.</em> "AND SO, WALTER, YOU HAVE LITTLE PARTIES AT YOUR SCHOOL, EH?"</p> -<p><em>Walter.</em> "AH! DON'T WE, JUST!—LAST HALF THERE WAS CHARLEY BOGLE, AND -GEORGE TWISTER AND ME—WE JOINED YOU KNOW—AND HAD TWO POUNDS OF -SAUSAGES, COLD, AND A PLUM CAKE, AND A BARREL OF OYSTERS, AND TWO -BOTTLES OF CURRANT WINE!—OH, MY EYE! WASN'T IT JOLLY, NEITHER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_017c.png"> -<img src="images/i_017c.png" width="500" alt="Lady and boy talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>QUITE A NICE PARTY.</em></p> -<p><em>Georgina.</em> "WELL, GUS! AND HOW DID YOU LIKE YOUR PARTY LAST NIGHT?"</p> -<p><em>Gus.</em> "OH, JOLLY—I GOT ELEVEN ICES, AND NO END OF NEGUS, AND WENT DOWN FOUR TIMES TO -SUPPER!!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<a href="images/i_017d.png"> -<img src="images/i_017d.png" width="400" alt="Two boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>LITTLE MEN.</em></p> -<p>"BEEN TO THE PLAY MUCH THESE HOLIDAYS, FRED?"</p> -<p>"AW—I WENT THE OTHER NIGHT. BUT, AW—I DON'T KNOW—SOMEHOW, -PANTOMIMES ARE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE IN -MY TIME; AND AS FOR THE GURLS, THERE WASN'T A -GOOD-LOOKING ONE IN THE HOUSE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_018a.png"> -<img src="images/i_018a.png" width="600" alt="Children altering furniture." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HOME ENJOYMENTS.</em></p> -<p>A DISCREET (!) FRIEND HAVING PRESENTED MASTER TOM WITH A TOOL-BOX AS A NEW YEAR'S GIFT—THE FURNITURE IS PUT INTO THOROUGH REPAIR </p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_018b.png"> -<img src="images/i_018b.png" width="600" alt="Boy with fireworks." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HOME AMUSEMENTS.</em><br /><br /> -GRAND PEACE DEMONSTRATION IN OUR NURSERY!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_019a.png"> -<img src="images/i_019a.png" width="400" alt="Man tripping over boy." /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><em>AMATEUR PANTOMIME.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_019b.png"> -<img src="images/i_019b.png" width="400" alt="Small boy with drum." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A HAPPY NOTION.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Delightful Boy.</em> "OH! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO! I'LL GO AND PLAY MY -DRUM AT UNCLE FOOZLE'S DOOR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_019c.png"> -<img src="images/i_019c.png" width="600" alt="Boys talking to one on pony." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Arthur</em> (<em>on Pony</em>). "HOLLO! WHAT HAVE YOU GOT ON YOUR HEADS?"</p> -<p><em>Juvenile Swell.</em> "WHY, YOU SEE, EVERY SNOB WEARS A CAP OR A WIDE-AWAKE NOW! SO THE MEN OF OUR SCHOOL HAVE RETURNED TO THE OLD -CHIMNEY-POT!"</p> -<p class="author">[<em>As Paterfamilias, we are sorry to say that we have observed this monstrosity many times this Christmas.</em><br /> -</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_020a.png"> -<img src="images/i_020a.png" width="600" alt="Children talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IN SOCIETY.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Small Boy.</em> "GOING TO THE PANTOMIME, CLARA, THIS AFTERNOON?"</p> -<p><em>Clara.</em> "A—NO—I'M AT HOME—AND HAVE A KETTLEDRUM AT THREE O'CLOCK!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_020b.png"> -<img src="images/i_020b.png" width="600" alt="Lads watching small children." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PATRONISING.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p>"PRETTY SIGHT, AIN'T IT, CHARLEY, TO SEE THE YOUNGSTERS ENJOYING THEMSELVES?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_021.png"> -<img src="images/i_021.png" width="600" alt="People in fancy dress" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PRIVATE THEATRICALS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_022a.png"> -<img src="images/i_022a.png" width="600" alt="Children in snowball fight." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE JOLLY GAME OF SNOWBALLING, AS PLAYED IN OUR SQUARE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_022b.png"> -<img src="images/i_022b.png" width="600" alt="Daughter speaking to her mother." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE JUVENILE PARTY.—A GREAT LIBERTY.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Juvenile.</em> "MAMMA, DEAR! DO YOU KNOW THAT GENTLEMAN TICKLED ME WITHOUT BEING INTRODUCED!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_023a.png"> -<img src="images/i_023a.png" width="350" alt="Father talking to children." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE MORNING AFTER THE JUVENILE PARTY.</em></p> -<p><em>Papa.</em> "WHY, TOM, I'M AFRAID YOU MUST HAVE EATEN TOO MUCH CAKE LAST -NIGHT. YOU LOOK QUITE SEEDY THIS MORNING!"</p> -<p><em>Little Sister.</em> "OH, NO, PAPA DEAR, IT CAN'T BE THAT. HE EAT THE THINGS OUT -OF THE CRACKERS, BUT HE DIDN'T TOUCH THE SEED CAKE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_023b.png"> -<img src="images/i_023b.png" width="350" alt="Woman and boy looking at pigs." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN ENVIOUS YOUTH.</em></p> -<p><em>Sensitive Young Lady.</em> "POOR CREATURES! NOTHING BUT EATING AND SLEEPING! -WHAT A DREADFUL EXISTENCE!"</p> -<p><em>Stout Youth.</em> "DREADFUL EXISTENCE!—OH, AH! I DARE SAY. WHY, THAT'S JUST THE -VERY THING OF ALL OTHERS I SHOULD LIKE THE BEST!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_023c.png"> -<img src="images/i_023c.png" width="400" alt="Lads on ice." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THROWING STONES THROUGH ICE.</em><br /></p> -<p>A DELIGHTFUL RECREATION FOR YOUTH, WHICH COMBINES HEALTHFUL EXERCISE WITH THE LUXURY -OF WINDOW-BREAKING, WITHOUT DANGER OR EXPENSE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_023d.png"> -<img src="images/i_023d.png" width="350" alt="Boy with broom." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>URGENT.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Street Boy.</em> "I SAY, COOKY? THEY JUST ARE A-FININ' OF 'EM -ALL ROUND THE SKVARE—GIVE US A SHILLIN' AND I'LL SWEEP -YOUR DOOR AFORE THE PLEECEMAN COMES."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_024.png"> -<img src="images/i_024.png" width="600" alt="Man under mistletoe surrounded by women." /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><br /><em>THE MISTLETOE BOUGH.—IN LEAP YEAR, THE LADIES TAKE THE INITIATIVE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_025a.png"> -<img src="images/i_025a.png" width="350" alt="Mr. P ice skating." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE CHAMPION.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_025b.png"> -<img src="images/i_025b.png" width="500" alt="Man talking to large lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE WEATHER IN THE PARKS.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Skate Proprietor.</em> <span class="smcap">"Now Marm! 'Ave A Pair On?"</span></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_026a.png"> -<img src="images/i_026a.png" width="600" alt="Horsemen at stately home" /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><em>NEW CHRISTMAS GAME FOR FOXHUNTERS DURING A LONG FROST.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_026b.png"> -<img src="images/i_026b.png" width="600" alt="Mr. P watches two young ladies pulling a cracker." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE CRACKER BON-BON.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Two little Stoopids</em> (<em>with one voice</em>). "I KNOW I SHALL SCREAM—I'M SURE I SHALL!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_027a.png"> -<img src="images/i_027a.png" width="600" alt="Sister speaking to young brother." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A MAN OF SOME CONSEQUENCE.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Elder Sister.</em> "WHY, GEORGE NOT DRESSED! PRAY ARE YOU NOT GOING WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN?"</p> -<p><em>George</em>. "H'M! I SHOULD RATHER FANCY NOT.—YOU DON'T CATCH ME GOING OUT OF AN EVENING JUST TO FURNISH PEOPLE'S ROOMS. WHERE I GO—I -DINE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_027b.png"> -<img src="images/i_027b.png" width="600" alt="Boys throwing snowballs." /></a> -<p class="center"> <em>THE WEATHER AND THE STREETS.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Boy of the Period.</em> "GO IT TOMMY! THERE'S NO PERLICE, AND THE OLD GENT'S AFRAID TO COME OUT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_028a.png"> -<img src="images/i_028a.png" width="500" alt="Shovelling snow from roof of house." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PATERFAMILIAS SUPERINTENDS IN PERSON THE REMOVAL OF -THE SNOW FROM THE ROOF OF HIS HOUSE.</em>—</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_028b.png"> -<img src="images/i_028b.png" width="600" alt="Scene below the roof." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PLEASING EFFECT BELOW.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_029a.png"> -<img src="images/i_029a.png" width="400" alt="Two boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHAT A TERRIBLE TURK!</em><br /><br /></p> -<p>"OH! HERE'S A JOLLY SNOWBALL. LET'S TAKE and PUT IT AGIN -SOMEBODY'S DOOR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_029b.png"> -<img src="images/i_029b.png" width="350" alt="Man tlking to another who has fallen through ice." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PUTTING A GOOD FACE ON IT.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p>OF ALL FOOLISH THINGS, THE MERE PUN IS PERHAPS THE MOST FOOLISH.—NOW, -HERE'S A FELLOW (PROBABLY A MEMBER OF THE ST—CK EXCH—GE) WHO, IN SPITE -OF HIS REALLY PERILOUS CONDITION, SAYS, "THAT HE CAME OUT FOR A (W)HOLE -HOLIDAY—AND HAS GOT IT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_029c.png"> -<img src="images/i_029c.png" width="400" alt="Mistress speaking to flunkey." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FLUNKEIANA RUSTICA.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Mistress.</em> "NOW, I DO HOPE, SAMUEL, YOU WILL MAKE YOURSELF TIDY, GET YOUR CLOTHES LAID IN -TIME—AND TAKE GREAT PAINS WITH YOUR WAITING AT TABLE!"</p> -<p><em>Samuel</em> (<em>who has come recently out of a Strawyard</em>). "YEZ, M'! BUT PLEAZ M', BE OI -TO WEAR MY BREECHES?"</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_029d.png"> -<img src="images/i_029d.png" width="400" alt="Boy speaking to soldier." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IMPUDENCE.</em><br /><br /> -"NOW, LOBSTER! KEEP THE POT A-BILING!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_030a.png"> -<img src="images/i_030a.png" width="600" alt="Lady commenting about a cabby." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE FESTIVE SEASON.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Amy</em> (<em>to Rose</em>). "GOOD GRACIOUS, ROSE—I'M AFRAID, FROM THE WAY THE MAN TALKS, THAT HE IS INTOXICATED!"</p> -<p><em>Cabby</em> (<em>impressively</em>). "BEG PARD'N, MISS!—N-N-NOT (HIC)—INTOSSI-TOSSI-CATED (HIC)—ITSH ONLY SHLIGHT 'PED-PED-PEDIMENT IN SPEESH, MISS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_030b.png"> -<img src="images/i_030b.png" width="400" alt="Man wearing nose protector" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NOSE-COMFORTER.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Sensible Man</em> (<em>who despises conventionality</em>). "HAH! THE WORLD MAY SMILE, BUT -IT'S VERY WARM AND COMFORTABLE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_030c.png"> -<img src="images/i_030c.png" width="400" alt="Frozen lake." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DELIGHTFUL PRIVILEGE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.</em><br /><br /> -YOU MAY BATHE IN THE SERPENTINE FROM 6 UNTIL 7 IN THE MORNING, AND -7 UNTIL 8 IN THE EVENING.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_031.png"> -<img src="images/i_031.png" width="600" alt="Indoor skating." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ARTIFICIAL ICE—GRAND PAS DES PATINEURS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_032a.png"> -<img src="images/i_032a.png" width="400" alt="Large man with skates." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HOW DISAGREEABLE THE BOYS ARE.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Boy.</em> "MY EYE, TOMMY! THERE'S THE HELEPHANT FROM THE S'LOGICAL GARDENS -GOING A-SKATING!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_032b.png"> -<img src="images/i_032b.png" width="400" alt="Boy speaking to female cousin." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HOW TROUBLESOME THE BOYS ARE.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Juvenile.</em> "I SAY, HARRIET—DO US A FAVOUR?"</p> -<p><em>Pretty Cousin.</em> "WELL, WHAT IS IT?"</p> -<p><em>Juvenile.</em> "GIVE US A LOCK OF YOUR HAIR TO TAKE BACK TO SCHOOL."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_032c.png"> -<img src="images/i_032c.png" width="600" alt="Man with several children." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WINTER IN THE SUBURBS.</em><br /><br /> -OUR DEAR OLD PATERFAMILIAS TAKES HIS OFFSPRING TO SEE THE PANTOMIME. UNFORTUNATELY, "THE ROADS" (AS THE CABMAN SAYS) "IS SO ORRIBUL -BAD AND SLIPPY," THAT HE IS OBLIGED TO WALK WITH HIS DARLINGS THE GREATER PART OF THE WAY HOME.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_033a.png"> -<img src="images/i_033a.png" width="600" alt="Happily tsking them home." /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><br /><em>THE FOG IS SO VERY THICK THAT FREDERICK AND CHARLES ARE OBLIGED TO SEE CLARA -AND EMILY HOME.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_033b.png"> -<img src="images/i_033b.png" width="600" alt="Man talking to youth." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE JUVENILE PARTY.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Paterfamilias</em> (<em>to Youth who goes with his Pony well across country</em>). "HOLLO! HUGH, MY BOY! DON'T YOU LIKE DANCING?"</p> -<p><em>Youth.</em> "A—NO! I DON'T SEEM TO CARE FOR BALLS—FEW <em>HUNTING MEN DO</em>!!!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_034a.png"> -<img src="images/i_034a.png" width="600" alt="Two 'bus drivers talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>COLD WEATHER.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Omnibus Driver.</em> "BILL! JIST BREAK THIS 'ERE ICICLE ORF MY NOSE WITH YER WHIP, THAT'S A GOOD FELLER! -IT TAKES BOTH MY HANDS TO KEEP THESE 'OSSES ON THEIR LEGS."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_034b.png"> -<img src="images/i_034b.png" width="400" alt="Youths watching lady dancing with small boy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A VERY GREEN-EYED MONSTER!</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>First Juvenile.</em> "I WONDER WHAT CAN MAKE HELEN HOLDFAST POLK WITH YOUNG -ALBERT GRIG?"</p> -<p><em>Second Ditto.</em> "DON'T YOU KNOW? WHY, TO MAKE ME JEALOUS! BUT SHE HAD BETTER -NOT GO TOO FAR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_034c.png"> -<img src="images/i_034c.png" width="400" alt="Grandfather talking to grandaughter." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHAT A SHAME!</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Grandpapa.</em> "HEYDAY! WHAT MAKES MY LITTLE DARLING SO CROSS?"</p> -<p><em>Little Darling.</em> "WHY, GRANDPA, MAMMA WANTS ME TO GO TO A PANTOMIME IN -THE DAY-TIME, AS IF I WAS A MERE CHILD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_035a.png"> -<img src="images/i_035a.png" width="300" alt="Two youths in evening dress seated in a carriage." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NEW STYLE.</em><br /><br /> -HOW YOUNG GENTLEMEN FROM SCHOOL GO -TO SEE A PANTOMIME NOW-A-DAYS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_035b.png"> -<img src="images/i_035b.png" width="500" alt="Boys with an elegant gentleman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>UNDIGNIFIED REMINDER.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Boy.</em> "I SAY, JOHN, AIN'T YOUR MASTER A LOOKIN' FOR YOU, NEETHER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_035c.png"> -<img src="images/i_035c.png" width="600" alt="Lady speaking to her brother." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FAIR AND EQUAL.</em></p> -<p><em>Sister.</em> "NOT GIVE A BALL, CHARLES! FIDDLE! WHY NOT? I TELL YOU WHAT,—IF YOU WILL FIND THE ROOM, AND THE MUSIC, AND THE SUPPER, -AND THE CHAMPAGNE, AND THE ICES,—I'LL FIND THE LADIES! COME NOW!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_036.png"> -<img src="images/i_036.png" width="600" alt="Huntsmen sporting on frozen pond." /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><br /><em>FROZEN-OUT FOXHUNTERS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_037a.png"> -<img src="images/i_037a.png" width="600" alt="Father speaking to daughters'." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ODIOUS TYRANNY.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p>PATERFAMILIAS INSISTS THAT THE GIRLS SHALL WEAR VERY STOUT BOOTS IN THE WET WEATHER; BUT THE GIRLS -DON'T AT ALL LIKE <span class ="b">"THE NASTY, GREAT, UGLY, CLUMSY, THICK THINGS!"</span></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_037b.png"> -<img src="images/i_037b.png" width="600" alt="Two men speaking to two women." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SERIOUS ACCIDENT DURING THE FROST.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p>AS MAJOR—AND CAPTAIN—OF THE 13TH LIGHT POLKERS WERE SKATING WITH THE LOVELY AND ACCOMPLISHED EMILY D—— AND HARRIET V——, -THEIR FEELINGS SUDDENLY GAVE WAY; THEY BROKE THE ICE, AND WE HEAR THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN EXTRICATED FROM THEIR PERILOUS SITUATION.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_038a.png"> -<img src="images/i_038a.png" width="300" alt="Father talking with his sons'." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.</em></p> -<p><em>Paterfamilias.</em> "WELL, BOYS! I DARE SAY YOU'RE GLAD TO GET HOME; AND HOW -DO YOU AND THE DOCTOR AGREE!"</p> -<p><em>Harry.</em> "OH! WE LIKE HIM VERY MUCH."</p> -<p><em>Paterfamilias.</em> "HAH! AND DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS?"</p> -<p><em>Harry.</em> "OH! PRETTY GOOD! I CAN LICK THREE FELLOWS! BUT FRED, HERE, CAN -LICK <em>SIX, COUNTING ME!</em>"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_038b.png"> -<img src="images/i_038b.png" width="350" alt="Two boys discussing a girl" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A BON-BON FROM A JUVENILE PARTY.</em></p> -<p><em>First Juvenile.</em> "THAT'S A PRETTY GIRL TALKING TO YOUNG ALGERNON BINKS!"</p> -<p><em>Second Juvenile.</em> "HM—TOL-LOL! YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER SOME SEASONS AGO!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_038c.png"> -<img src="images/i_038c.png" width="500" alt="Boy speaking to man who has fallen due to icy path." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TOO BAD.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Rude Boy.</em> "AH! HERE'S THE P'LEECE A-COMIN'; WON'T YOU CATCH IT FOR SLIDING ON THE -PAVEMENT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_038d.png"> -<img src="images/i_038d.png" width="500" alt="Angry man at window." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OLD MR. JONES AS HE APPEARED WHEN ASKED -FOR THE TWENTIETH TIME IF HE WOULD -HAVE HIS DOOR DONE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span></p> - - <div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_039a.png"> -<img src="images/i_039a.png" width="600" alt="Soldiers enjoying Christmas fare." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE THEATRE OF WAR.</em><br /><br /> -A PRIVATE BOX FOR ENGLAND'S DEAR BOYS ON FOREIGN SERVICE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_039b.png"> -<img src="images/i_039b.png" width="400" alt="Skate hirer with handicapped person." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A KINDLY OFFER.</em></p> -<p><em>Skate Proprietor</em> (<em>to Spectator with wooden leg</em>). "'AVE A PAIR ON, SIR!—AX YER -PARDIN, SIR—DIDN'T TWIG YER MISFORTIN. I'VE A HODD 'UN YOU CAN 'AVE, SIR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_039c.png"> -<img src="images/i_039c.png" width="400" alt="Caracature, man as a turkey." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DISTRESSING RESULT OF EATING TURKEY DAY -AFTER DAY.</em><br /><br /> -THE POOR OLD PARTY HAS COME OUT ALL OVER FEATHERS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_040a.png"> -<img src="images/i_040a.png" width="600" alt="Policeman fallen on ice." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GLORIOUS NEWS FOR THE BOYS.</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Billy Wilkins.</em> "HI! LOOK HERE! COME! SUCH A LARK! HERE'S A PERLICEMAN FELL ON A SLIDE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_040b.png"> -<img src="images/i_040b.png" width="600" alt="Couple splashed by traffic." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE THAW AND THE STREETS!</em></p> -<p>TOMKINS, WHO HAS JUST PAID HIS RATE FOR PAVING, CLEANSING, &C., GOES FOR A WALK IN HIS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD. HE IS, OF COURSE, -MUCH GRATIFIED AT THE WAY IN WHICH THE CLEANSING PART OF THE BUSINESS IS MANAGED.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_041a.png"> -<img src="images/i_041a.png" width="400" alt="Maid awakening sleeper." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DELICIOUS.</em></p> -<p><em>Party in Bed.</em> "HEY! HOLLO! WHO'S THAT?"</p> -<p><em>Domestic.</em> "IF YOU PLEASE, SIR, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK, SIR! YOUR SHOWER-BATH -IS QUITE READY. I'VE JUST BROKEN THE ICE, SIR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_041b.png"> -<img src="images/i_041b.png" width="400" alt="Wife confronting husband." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SYMPTOMS OF MASQUERADING.</em></p> -<p><em>Better-Half</em> (<em>loq.</em>). "IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL SITTING UP WITH A SICK -FRIEND, MR. WILKINS?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_041c.png"> -<img src="images/i_041c.png" width="600" alt="Children's party game, girls in reins." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NURSERY FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB.—THE FIRST MEET OF THE SEASON.</em></p> -<p><em>Master Robert</em> (<em>loq.</em>). "HERE, JAMES, JUST STAND BY THAT BAY FILLY.—SHE'S RATHER FRESH THIS MORNING!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_042a.png"> -<img src="images/i_042a.png" width="600" alt="Man inappropriately dressed for opera." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE OPERA.</em></p> -<p><em>Door-Keeper.</em> "BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR—BUT YOU MUST, INDEED, SIR, BE IN FULL DRESS!"</p> -<p><em>Snob</em> (<em>excited</em>). "FULL DRESS!! WHY, WHAT DO YER CALL THIS?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_042b.png"> -<img src="images/i_042b.png" width="600" alt="Children suffering the effects of overeating." /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><br /><em>THE DAY AFTER THE JUVENILE PARTY.—AWFUL APPEARANCE OF THE DOCTOR.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_042c.png"> -<img src="images/i_042c.png" width="600" alt="Children sliding, man holding support." /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><br /><em>INNOCENT MIRTH—THE SLIDE ON THE PAVEMENT.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_043a.png"> -<img src="images/i_043a.png" width="500" alt="Boys' sliding on ice." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DELIGHTFUL.</em><br /><br /> -"OH! HERE'S A JOLLY SLEDGE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_043b.png"> -<img src="images/i_043b.png" width="500" alt="Man fitting skates to another's foot." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HAVING A PAIR ON!</em><br /><br /></p> -<p><em>Skater.</em> "HI!—HOLLO!—WHAT ARE YOU ABOUT?—IT'S GOING INTO MY FOOT!"</p> -<p><em>Skate Proprietor.</em> "NEVER MIND, SIR!—BETTER 'AV 'EM ON FIRM!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_043c.png"> -<img src="images/i_043c.png" width="600" alt="Actor attacking another with a spear." /></a> -<p class="center"><br /><br /><em>A GOOD OLD COMIC CLOWN.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_043d.png"> -<img src="images/i_043d.png" width="600" alt="Actor cut off another actor's head." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>STAGE FRIGHT.</em><br /><br /> -"OH, JOEY! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_044a.png"> -<img src="images/i_044a.png" width="400" alt="Man speaking to woman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DECEIVER.</em><br /><br /> -"IT'S QUITE TRUE, MUM!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_044b.png"> -<img src="images/i_044b.png" width="500" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SAME OLD GAME.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_044c.png"> -<img src="images/i_044c.png" width="500" alt="Two men admiring lady" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN OLD JOE.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Clown</em> (<em>loq.</em>). "PRETTY CREECHUR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_044d.png"> -<img src="images/i_044d.png" width="600" alt="Large group of children watching Punch and Judy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DRESS CIRCLE AT PUNCH AND JUDY.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_044e.png"> -<img src="images/i_044e.png" width="500" alt="Large group of snow clearers." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EAGER APPLICANTS.</em><br /><br /> -"WANT YOUR DOOR DONE, MUM?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_045.png"> -<img src="images/i_045.png" width="600" alt="Partygoers told bad news." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RETURN FROM A SUBURBAN PARTY.</em></p> -<p><em>Flyman.</em> "WERRY SORRY, MUM, I'M SURE, MUM—BUT THE OSS AIN'T ROUGHED, AND HE CAN'T GO A STEP FURDER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center">MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF FISHING.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_046a.png"> -<img src="images/i_046a.png" width="400" alt="Mr. B. fishing in a boat." /></a> -<p class="center">No. X.</p> -MR. B. AS HE APPEARED FROM SIX IN THE MORNING UNTIL THREE IN THE -<p>AFTERNOON, WHEN——</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_046b.png"> -<img src="images/i_046b.png" width="600" alt="Struggling to land fish." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XI.</p> -<p>HAVING HOOKED A "FISH," HE IS LANDED TO PLAY IT. THE FISH RUNS AWAY WITH HIM—AND MR. B. IS DRAGGED ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF OVER WHAT -HE CONSIDERS A RATHER DIFFICULT COUNTRY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_048a.png"> -<img src="images/i_048a.png" width="500" alt="Mr. B. waits patiently." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XII.</p> -<p>ON ARRIVING AT "HELL'S HOLE," HE IS DETAINED FOR THREE-QUARTERS OF AN HOUR, WHILE -THE FISH SULKS AT THE BOTTOM.——</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_048b.png"> -<img src="images/i_048b.png" width="600" alt="Mr. B. resumes the chase." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XIII.</p> -<p>THE FISH HAVING REFRESHED HIMSELF, AND RECOVERED HIS SPIRITS, BOLTS AGAIN WITH MR. B.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_050a.png"> -<img src="images/i_050a.png" width="400" alt="Fish escapes." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XIV.</p> -<p>AFTER A LONG AND EXCITING STRUGGLE, MR. B. IS ON THE POINT OF LANDING -HIS PRIZE WHEN—THE LINE UNFORTUNATELY BREAKS!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_050b.png"> -<img src="images/i_050b.png" width="400" alt="The fish is caught." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XV.</p> -<p>HOWEVER, IN MUCH LESS TIME THAN IT HAS TAKEN TO MAKE THIS IMPERFECT -SKETCH—ACCOUTRED AS HE IS—HE PLUNGES IN—AND AFTER A DESPERATE -ENCOUNTER, HE SECURES A MAGNIFICENT SALMON, FOR WHICH HE DECLARES -HE WOULD NOT TAKE A GUINEA A POUND!—AND IT IS NOW STUFFED IN -THE GLASS-CASE OVER THE ONE WHICH CONTAINS HIS LATE FAVOURITE -SPOTTED HUNTER.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_047a.png"> -<img src="images/i_047a.png" width="600" alt="Carriage carrying three people." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MODERATION.</em></p> -<p><em>First Undergraduate.</em> "HOLLO, CHARLEY! AIN'T YOU GOING OUT TO-DAY?"</p> -<p><em>Second Undergraduate</em> (<em>driving</em>). "WHY, NO—NOT THIS MORNING. YOU SEE I'M ONLY A ONE-HORSE MAN, AND AS I HAVE HUNTED HIM THREE TIMES THIS -WEEK, I THOUGHT I'D GIVE HIM A DAY'S REST IN THE DOG-CART!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_047a.png"> -<img src="images/i_047b.png" width="600" alt="Man riding frisky horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>JONES TRIES HIS NEW HACK, WHICH IS AS QUIET AS A LAMB—JUST ABOUT!</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_049a.png"> -<img src="images/i_049a.png" width="600" alt="Horse riders spotting man in ditch." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NO CONSEQUENCE.</em></p> -<p>"I SAY, JACK! WHO'S THAT COME TO GRIEF IN THE DITCH?"</p> -<p>"ONLY THE PARSON!"</p> -<p>"OH, LEAVE HIM THERE, THEN! HE WON'T BE WANTED UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_049b.png"> -<img src="images/i_049b.png" width="600" alt="Portly lady is offered a rickety stand to view the parade." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE REVIEW.</em></p> -<p>"NOW, MARM, HERE'S A PLACE TO STAND ON. YER MAY SEE EVERY THINK; AND ONLY SIXPENCE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_051a.png"> -<img src="images/i_051a.png" width="450" alt="Horse rider speaking to boy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN APRIL FOOL.</em></p> -<p><em>Equestrian.</em> "HERE, BOY! COME AND HOLD MY HORSE."</p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "DOES HE KICK?"</p> -<p><em>Equestrian.</em> "KICK! NO!"</p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "DOES HE BITE?"</p> -<p><em>Equestrian.</em> "BITE! NO! CATCH HOLD OF HIM."</p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "DOES IT TAKE TWO TO HOLD HIM?"</p> -<p><em>Equestrian.</em> "NO."</p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "THEN HOLD HIM YOURSELF."</p> -<p class="regards"> -[<em>Exit</em> BOY, <em>performing</em> "<em>Pop goes the Weasel</em>."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_051b.png"> -<img src="images/i_051b.png" width="600" alt="Lady at library counter." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE SEA-SIDE CIRCULATING LIBRARY.</em></p> -<p>"ALL THE NEW WORKS ARE OUT, MISS. BUT HERE'S THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE 'SCOTTISH CHIEFS'—OR HERE'S 'CAMPBELL'S PHILOSOPHY OF RHETORIC,' -IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_052a.png"> -<img src="images/i_052a.png" width="400" alt="Man in conversation with a lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DREADFUL JOKE.</em></p> -<p><em>William.</em> "THERE, AMY! WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE FOR A PAIR OF MOUSTACHES?"</p> -<p><em>Amy.</em> "WHY, I SHOULD SAY THAT CALLING THOSE MOUSTACHES WAS GIVING TO -'HAIRY NOTHINGS A LOCAL HABITATION AND A NAME.'"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>For shame</em>, Amy!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_052b.png"> -<img src="images/i_052b.png" width="350" alt="Ladies talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GOOD NEWS! REAL SENTIMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>The Lady Emmeline.</em> "NO, DEAREST CONSTANCE, I AM NOT UNHAPPY, THESE ARE -TEARS OF JOY! FOR SEE HOW THE DEAR LORD AUBREY WRITES—(<em>Reads an advertisement</em>)—'<em>I -have much pleasure in giving my testimony to the skill of Professor -Puffenburg, who has extracted two very troublesome corns without causing me any -pain.</em>—<em>De Belgrave.</em>' DEAR, DEAR AUBREY, THEN YOU ARE HAPPY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_052c.png"> -<img src="images/i_052c.png" width="600" alt="Man addressing another, who is in bed." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A CASE OF REAL DISTRESS.</em></p> -<p><em>Foxhunter.</em> "HERE'S A BORE, JACK! THE GROUND IS HALF A FOOT THICK WITH SNOW, AND IT'S FREEZING LIKE MAD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_052d.png"> -<img src="images/i_052d.png" width="300" alt="Man looking at notice." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BROAD CARICATURE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_053a.png"> -<img src="images/i_053a.png" width="400" alt="Suitor facing prospective mother-in-law" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RATHER ALARMING.</em></p> -<p><em>Lady.</em> "YOU WISHED, SIR, I BELIEVE, TO SEE ME RESPECTING THE STATE OF MY DAUGHTER'S AFFECTIONS, -WITH A VIEW TO A MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE WITH THAT YOUNG LADY. IF YOU WILL WALK INTO THE LIBRARY, -MY HUSBAND AND I WILL DISCUSS THE SUBJECT WITH YOU."</p> -<p><em>Young Corydon.</em> "OH, GRACIOUS!!!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_053b.png"> -<img src="images/i_053b.png" width="400" alt="Urchin accosting gentleman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GOOD SECURITY.</em></p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "PLEASE, SIR, GIVE ME A BROWN?"</p> -<p><em>Swell.</em> "SIXPENCE IS THE SMALLEST MONEY I HAVE, MY LITTLE LAD."</p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "VEL, SIR, I'LL GET YER CHANGE; AND IF YER DOUBTS MY HONOUR, <span class="b">HOLD -MY BROOM</span>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_053c.png"> -<img src="images/i_053c.png" width="400" alt="Lady commenting on passers-bye." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>UNCONSCIOUS SATIRE.</em></p> -<p><em>Stout Party.</em> "WELL, I'M SURE! WHAT CAN POSSESS THOSE SKINNY CREATURES TO -WEAR ROUND HATS, I CAN'T THINK,—MAKING THEMSELVES SO CONSPICUOUS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_054a.png"> -<img src="images/i_054a.png" width="400" alt="Waiter talking to gentleman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SCENE—PALAIS ROYAL.</em></p> -<p><em>Garçon</em> (<em>to London Gent</em>). "VOILÀ! M'SIEU! LE CHARIVARI—FRENCH PUNCH. GOOD -MORNING SARE! OH, I SPEAK INGLEES VERRA WELL—I LIVE IN INGLEES COPPLE TRREE -MUNSE. OH YAS—ALL RIGHT! NEVARE MIND!!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Jumps over three chairs and vanishes to the great astonishment of</em> TOMKINS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_054b.png"> -<img src="images/i_054b.png" width="350" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>POOR MUGGINS!</em></p> -<p><em>Smythe</em> (<em>to</em> MUGGINS, <em>who, in the heat of the moment, has been drinking his wine -out of tumblers</em>). "THERE, MY BOY! THAT'S SUCH A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE AS YOU -DON'T GET EVERY DAY—AND BETWEEN YOU AND ME (<em>very confidentially</em>) BETWEEN—YOU—AND -ME—I ONLY GAVE <em>FOUR AND TWENTY SHILLINGS A DOZEN FOR IT</em>!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Exit</em> MUGGINS <em>for an antidote</em>.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_054c.png"> -<img src="images/i_054c.png" width="600" alt="Lady talking to soldier." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>INCREDIBLE!</em></p> -<p><em>Mrs. Muggins.</em> "WHAT! FOURTEEN ON YE SLEEP UNDER THAT GIG UMBRELLER OF A THING? GET ALONG WITH YER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_055a.png"> -<img src="images/i_055a.png" width="600" alt="Two horsemen talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VERY FRIENDLY.</em></p> -<p><em>Little Gent.</em> "MORNIN' MY LORD!—GLAD TO SEE YOU OUT AGAIN!—WHAT I LIKE ABOUT FOX-'UNTING IS, THAT IT IMPROVES THE BREED OF 'ORSES—AND -BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER AS WOULDN'T OTHERWISE MEET!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_055b.png"> -<img src="images/i_055b.png" width="600" alt="Cart driver to passing horse-rider." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE ROAD.</em></p> -<p><em>Party in the Cart</em> (<em>to Tomkins, who is immensely proud of his Steed</em>). "I BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR, BUT YOU DON'T 'APPEN TO 'AV -<span class="b">ANOTHER</span> CAMEL AS YOU WANT TO DISPOSE OF?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_056a.png"> -<img src="images/i_056a.png" width="400" alt="Plain lady talking to her maid." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>LATEST FROM PARIS.</em></p> -<p><em>Beautiful Being.</em> "WELL, I MUST SAY, PARKER, THAT I LIKE THE HAIR DRESSED -À L'IMPÉRATRICE. IT SHOWS SO MUCH OF THE FACE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_056b.png"> -<img src="images/i_056b.png" width="350" alt="Youth talking to lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A MOMENTOUS DECISION.</em></p> -<p><em>Augustus.</em> "ARE YOU FOND OF MOUSTARSHERS, EMILY?"</p> -<p><em>Emily.</em> "YES! I THINK THEY LOOK VERY WELL UPON SOME PEOPLE."</p> -<p><em>Augustus.</em> "AH! THEN THAT SETTLES THE POINT. I <em>SHALL LET MINE GROW</em>."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_056c.png"> -<img src="images/i_056c.png" width="350" alt="Artist with friend." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE FINISHING TOUCH TO A PICTURE.</em></p> -<p><em>Artist.</em> "NOW, DON'T HESITATE TO SAY IF YOU SEE ANYTHING I CAN ALTER OR IMPROVE."</p> -<p><em>Candid Friend.</em> "HM! WELL! NO! I DON'T SEE ANYTHING—UNLESS, PERHAPS, YOU-A MIGHT -REPAINT THE PRINCIPAL FIGURES, AND—I—YES—I SHOULD CERTAINLY GET A NEW BACKGROUND IN."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_056d.png"> -<img src="images/i_056d.png" width="400" alt="Father with giant ice creams." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FINE HAUT-BOYS!</em></p> -<p>THIS JOLLY OLD PATER KNOWS WHAT A SMILING WELCOME AWAITS -HIM WHEN HE BRINGS HIS TREASURES HOME.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_057a.png"> -<img src="images/i_057a.png" width="400" alt="Policeman talking to sailor." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>JACK ASHORE.</em></p> -<p><em>Policeman.</em> "HULLO, JACK! I SUPPOSE YOU'RE NOT SORRY TO COME ON LAND -FOR A BIT?"</p> -<p><em>Jack</em> (<em>who hasn't got his shore legs yet</em>). "WELL, IT AIN'T SUCH A BAD PLACE -FOR A DAY OR TWO—ONLY IT'S SO PRECIOUS DIFFICULT TO WALK STRAIGHT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_057b.png"> -<img src="images/i_057b.png" width="400" alt="Splashed with mud and insulted by cart driver." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_057c.png"> -<img src="images/i_057c.png" width="600" alt="Man on knees proposing marriage." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AFFECTING INCIDENT AT BOULOGNE.</em></p> -<p>OUR FRIEND, 'ARRY BELVILLE, IS SO KNOCKED ALL OF A HEAP BY THE BEAUTY OF THE FOREIGN FISH-GIRLS, THAT HE OFFERS HIS 'AND AND 'ART -TO THE LOVELY PAULINE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_058b.png"> -<img src="images/i_058b.png" width="400" alt="Boy shouting." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EXCITEMENT.</em></p> -<p>"RUN, BILL—RUN AND BRING HISABELLER—HERE'S -A CHIMNEY A-FI-ER!!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_058a.png"> -<img src="images/i_058a.png" width="450" alt="Man speaking to friend and maid is at the door with a bottle of port." /></a> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_058c.png"> -<img src="images/i_058c.png" width="500" alt="Man looking through window at hurdy-gurdy player." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.</em><br /><br /> -THE DISTURBER OF THE PEACE OF PRIVATE FAMILIES.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_059a.png"> -<img src="images/i_059a.png" width="350" alt="Servant speaking to visitor." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>Foot Boy.</em> "WELL, SIR, MASTER HIS AT 'OME, BUT HE'S CONFINED TO -HIS ROOM. HE'S A GROWIN' OF HIS MOOSTARSHERS, AND AIN'T ALLOWED -TO SEE NOBODY BUT HIS 'AIRDRESSER."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_059b.png"> -<img src="images/i_059b.png" width="500" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>QUITE AN EXQUISITE.</em></p> -<p><em>Commercial Gent.</em> "THIS WAR, SIR, WILL BE A TERRIBLE HINDRANCE TO ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS!"</p> -<p><em>Swell.</em> "AW—DESSAY! D'LIGHTED TO HEAR IT—A ALWAYS HAD THE GWEATEST AVERSION T' ALL -KINDS OF BUSINESS."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_059c.png"> -<img src="images/i_059c.png" width="600" alt="Two servants talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FLUNKEIANA.</em></p> -<p><em>Lady's-Maid.</em> "WELL, I'M SURE, MR. ROBERT! I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO THAN LOLLOPING ABOUT IN THAT GREAT EASY -CHAIR. YOU MIGHT GO AND HELP IN THE HAY-FIELD, ONE WOULD THINK!"</p> -<p><em>Flunkey.</em> "OH, YES! AND A NICE FIGGER <em>I</em> SHOULD BE! WOT WOULD MISSUS SAY, PRAY, IF I WENT AND SPYLED MY COMPLEXION, AND MADE MY -'ANDS 'ARD?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_060a.png"> -<img src="images/i_060a.png" width="400" alt="Soldier looking in mirror." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PRIVATE OPINION.</em></p> -<p><em>Lieutenant Whobble</em> (<em>who has just been embodied</em>). "HAH! THIS IS SOMETHING -LIKE! INFINITELY BETTER THAN THE RIDICULOUS OLD COATEE!!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_060b.png"> -<img src="images/i_060b.png" width="400" alt="Plain looking man speaking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PRETTY GENERAL DELUSION.</em></p> -<p><em>Mr. Kiddlums.</em> "WELL, ELIZABETH—I HOPE WE SHALL HAVE A PRIZE BABY SHOW -HERE—AND THEN—I FLATTER MYSELF—...."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_060c.png"> -<img src="images/i_060c.png" width="600" alt="Servant carrying bonnets for two ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHAT MUST BE THE NEXT FASHION IN BONNETS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_061a.png"> -<img src="images/i_061a.png" width="600" alt="Servant at a crowded dinner party." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DOMESTIC BLISS.</em></p> -<p><em>Servant</em> (<em>rushing in</em>). "OH! GRACIOUS GOODNESS, MASTER! THERE'S THE KITCHEN CHIMLEY A-FIRE—AND TWO PARISH INGINS KNOCKING AT -THE STREET DOOR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_061b.png"> -<img src="images/i_061b.png" width="400" alt="Well dressed man talking to cab driver." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GOING TO A PARTY.</em></p> -<p><em>Exquisite.</em> "AW, DRIVAW—HAVE YOU A GOOD HORSE?"</p> -<p><em>Cabman.</em> "YES, SIR! A WERRY GOOD OSS."</p> -<p><em>Exquisite.</em> "AW! THEN DRA-IVE ME TO NEXT DOOR."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_061c.png"> -<img src="images/i_061c.png" width="450" alt="Man watching coal delivery." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A MAN OF PRINCIPLE.</em></p> -<p>WHEN COALS ARE SO DEAR, IT BEHOVES EVERY FAMILY MAN TO SEE THAT HE GETS THE PROPER -NUMBER OF SACKS FOR HIS MONEY. PATERFAMILIAS DOES HIS DUTY LIKE A MAN, ALTHOUGH THE -COALS ARRIVE JUST AT HIS DINNER-TIME, AND THE WEATHER IS RATHER INCLEMENT.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[Pg 57]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_062a.png"> -<img src="images/i_062a.png" width="400" alt="Soldiers marching in ranks." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IN THE RANKS.</em></p> -<p><em>First Militia-man.</em> "JIM, YOU BAIN'T IN STEP."</p> -<p><em>Second Ditto.</em> "BAIN'T I? WELL, CHANGE YOUR'N."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_062b.png"> -<img src="images/i_062b.png" width="400" alt="Man speaking to maid." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MORE LIGHT.</em></p> -<p><em>Irritated Swell.</em> "RING? YES, OF COURSE I RUNG! HOW THE DEUCE DO YOU -SUPPOSE I'M TO DO MY BACK HAIR WITH ONLY ONE CANDLE?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_062c.png"> -<img src="images/i_062c.png" width="600" alt="Crowd of children swimming at the spot." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FLY-FISHING.</em></p> -<p>MR. HACKLE ARRIVES AT HIS FAVOURITE SPOT, WHERE HE KNOWS THERE IS A GOOD TROUT.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_063a.png"> -<img src="images/i_063a.png" width="600" alt="Large lady with small horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHAT A SHAME!</em></p> -<p><em>Young Lady</em> (<em>inclining to embonpoint</em>). "I SHALL WANT HIM AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON—FROM TWO TO FOUR."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_063b.png"> -<img src="images/i_063b.png" width="600" alt="Lady wearing an exagerated tentlike hat," /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EVERY LADY HER OWN BATHING-MACHINE, OR AN UGLY CONTRIVANCE MADE A USEFUL APPENDAGE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_064a.png"> -<img src="images/i_064a.png" width="400" alt="Boy holding bunches of hair." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SCENE—DRAWING-ROOM.</em><br /><br /> -<em>Enter</em> HORRID BOY.</p> -<p><em>Horrid Boy</em> (<em>capering about</em>). "OH, LOOK HERE, CAPTAIN! I'VE FOUND OUT WHAT CLARA -STUFFS HER HAIR OUT WITH. THEY'RE WHISKERS LIKE YOURS!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Sensation.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_064b.png"> -<img src="images/i_064b.png" width="400" alt="Lady with piglet." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A LITTLE BIT OF SENTIMENT.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_064c.png"> -<img src="images/i_064c.png" width="600" alt="Lady offering to introduce a dance partner." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A VERY PARTICULAR PARTY.</em></p> -<p><em>Mr.</em> ——. "OH, HERE YOU ARE AT LAST! NOW YOU MUST COME AND DANCE THIS WALTZ WITH A FRIEND OF MINE—CHARMING GIRL, I ASSURE YOU!"</p> -<p><em>Mr.</em> —— (<em>who prides himself upon his dancing</em>). "HAW! THANK YOU—YOU'RE VERY GOOD!—BUT I NEVER WALTZ WITH STRANGE GIRLS. I DON'T MIND -GIVING HER A QUADRILLE FIRST, JUST TO SEE HOW SHE MOVES!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_065a.png"> -<img src="images/i_065a.png" width="600" alt="Two soldiers talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CAMP LIFE—A BIT OF SENTIMENT.</em></p> -<p>"WELL, FRANK! THIS DELIGHTFUL CAMP IS NEARLY OVER."</p> -<p>"HM, HAW! YA-AS! AND IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, I'LL TAKE A LAST FOND LOOK, AND A—A—LEAN UPON MY WHAT D'YE CALL IT, AS THE SONG SAYS, -AND A—WIPE AWAY A TE—AR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_065b.png"> -<img src="images/i_065b.png" width="600" alt="Young ladies riding horses." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>WHO WOULDN'T BE A RIDING-MASTER?</em>"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_066a.png"> -<img src="images/i_066a.png" width="600" alt="Man about to mount small pony." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A FRIENDLY MOUNT.</em></p> -<p><em>Party</em> (<em>whose nerve is not what it used to be</em>). "YOU ARE QUITE SURE, CHARLES, THAT HE'S TEMPERATE?"</p> -<p><em>Charles.</em> "OH, YES! COME ALONG! DO YOU THINK I SHOULD LET YOU RIDE HIM IF HE WASN'T? WHY, YOU MIGHT <em>KILL THE HORSE</em>!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Nervous Party is much flattered by the consideration of Friend.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_066b.png"> -<img src="images/i_066b.png" width="500" alt="Man caught very small fish." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SOMETHING LIKE SPORT.</em></p> -<p><em>Jolly Angler.</em> "HOORAY, TOM! I'VE GOT ONE—AND, MY WORD! DIDN'T HE PULL!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_066c.png"> -<img src="images/i_066c.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SLANG.</em></p> -<p>"MY EYE, 'ARRY. THAT'S A STUNNING GREAT-COAT."</p> -<p>"AH! I FLATTER MYSELF IT'S RATHER 'DOWN THE ROAD.'"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_067a.png"> -<img src="images/i_067a.png" width="600" alt="Two stable boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE HORRORS OF WAR.</em></p> -<p><em>First Newmarket Boy.</em> "AWFUL WORK THIS, BILL. WE'RE A GOIN' TO WAR WITH ROOSIA!"</p> -<p><em>Second Ditto.</em> "WELL, WOT ODDS?"</p> -<p><em>First Ditto.</em> "WOT ODDS? WHY, THERE WON'T BE NO HEMPEROR'S CUP NEXT YEAR, THAT'S ALL!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_067b.png"> -<img src="images/i_067b.png" width="600" alt="Cab driver being shaved whilst on his cab." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NEW CAB REGULATION.</em></p> -<p>SHOWING THE SHIFTS TO WHICH THE POOR CABMAN IS REDUCED, NOW THAT HE IS NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE HIS SEAT WHILST ON DUTY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[Pg 63]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_068a.png"> -<img src="images/i_068a.png" width="450" alt="Very large lady speaking to her niece." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>LIFE IN LONDON.</em></p> -<p><em>Isabella.</em> "WELL, AUNT, AND HOW DID YOU LIKE LONDON? I SUPPOSE YOU WERE VERY GAY?"</p> -<p><em>Aunt</em> (<em>who inclines to embonpoint</em>). "OH YES, LOVE, GAY ENOUGH! WE WENT TO THE TOP O' THE -MONUMENT O' MONDAY—AND TO THE TOP O' ST. PAUL'S O' TUESDAY—AND TO THE TOP O' THE DOOK -O' YORK'S COLUMN O' WEDNESDAY—BUT I THINK ALTOGETHER I LIKE THE QUIET OF THE COUNTRY."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_068b.png"> -<img src="images/i_068b.png" width="400" alt="Terrified customer in barbers chair." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TERRIBLE PROPOSITION.</em></p> -<p><em>Ferocious Hairdresser.</em> "NOW, SIR, SHALL I TAKE THE PINTS OFF -THE WHISKERS?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_068c.png"> -<img src="images/i_068c.png" width="400" alt="Two men procrastinating." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BUSINESS-LIKE.</em></p> -<p>"I SAY, CHARLEY, DON'T YOU THINK YOU HAD BETTER GO BACK TO YOUR CUSTOMER?"</p> -<p><em>Incipient Wine Merchant.</em> "NOT YET. ALWAYS GONE A QUARTER OF AN HOUR FOR THE <em>VERY</em> OLD -PORT—FURTHER END OF THE CELLAR! CELLAR'S VERY EXTENSIVE! GREAT CARE NECESSARY FOR -FEAR OF DISTURBING THE CRUST, YOU KNOW—ET CÆTERA—TWIG?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_068d.png"> -<img src="images/i_068d.png" width="400" alt="Lady in agony with tight shoes." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PRIDE FEELS NO PAIN.</em></p> -<p><em>Arabella.</em> "OH! DON'T BE RIDICULOUS, FREDERICK. IT ISN'T THE SHOE, FOR -THAT'S A GREAT DEAL TOO LARGE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[Pg 64]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_069a.png"> -<img src="images/i_069a.png" width="600" alt="Horsemen at hazardous obstacle." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DISCRETION.</em></p> -<p><em>Gentleman from Town</em> (<em>loq.</em>). "OH, IF THIS IS ONE OF THE LITTLE PLACES CHARLEY SPOKE OF, I SHALL GO BACK."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_069b.png"> -<img src="images/i_069b.png" width="500" alt="Man overcome with jealousy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE BEARD MOVEMENT.</em></p> -<p>DISMAY OF A BRITISH SWELL ON SEEING A POSTMAN WITH MOUSTACHES.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_069c.png"> -<img src="images/i_069c.png" width="400" alt="Man and boy attempting to swat a fly." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE FLY-CATCHER.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_070a.png"> -<img src="images/i_070a.png" width="600" alt="Cab driver talking to person." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WELL OUT OF IT.</em></p> -<p>"THAT'S A DEUCED GOOD HORSE TO GO, DRIVER. WHAT'S HIS FAULT THAT HE COMES IN A CAB?"</p> -<p>"WELL, SIR, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY FAULT IN PERTICKLER, 'CEPT THAT WHEN HE BEGINS TO KICK, HE DO KICK LIKE -BLAZES."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_070b.png"> -<img src="images/i_070b.png" width="600" alt="Six fearsome looking policemen." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE POLICE WEAR BEARDS AND MOUSTACHES.—PANIC AMONGST THE STREET-BOYS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_071a.png"> -<img src="images/i_071a.png" width="600" alt="Nurse neglecting children whilst writing letter." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SERVANTGALISM.</em></p> -<p><em>Mistress.</em> "WHY, NURSE—WHAT A TERRIBLE DISTURBANCE!—PRAY, WHAT IS THE MATTER?"</p> -<p><em>Nurse</em> (<em>addicted to Pen and Ink</em>). "OH, MUM, IT'S DREADFUL!—HERE'S NEETHER ME NOR MARY CAN'T ANSWER NONE OF OUR LETTERS FOR THE RACKET!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_071b.png"> -<img src="images/i_071b.png" width="400" alt="Attempting to pluck a hare instead of skinning it." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NEW COOK.</em></p> -<p><em>Missis.</em> "WHY, MY GOODNESS, COOK! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABOUT? FIVE -O'CLOCK, AND THAT HARE NOT PUT DOWN YET!"</p> -<p><em>Artiste.</em> "CAN'T HELP IT, MARM. I NEVER KNEW ANYTHINK TAKE SUCH A TIME -TO PLUCK IN MY LIFE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_071c.png"> -<img src="images/i_071c.png" width="400" alt="Two flunkeys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NE PLUS(H) ULTRA.</em></p> -<p><em>John Thomas.</em> "I TELL YOU WHAT, WILLIAM—THE PRESS MUST BE PUT DOWN! THEY'VE -BIN AND GOT THE SOLDIERS' UNIFORM ALTERED, AND I SHOULDN'T WONDER IF THEY CALLED -OURS RIDIKLUS NEXT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_072a.png"> -<img src="images/i_072a.png" width="600" alt="Hunt official speaking to rider." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DELICATE COMPLIMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>First Whip</em> (<em>who is a little ruffled because the Fox won't break</em>). "NOW, THEN, SIR! OUT O' THE WAY, UNLESS YOU'LL GET INTO THE COVER. -MAYHAP YOUR UGLY MUG MIGHT FRIGHTEN HIM OUT. COME UP, 'OSS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_072b.png"> -<img src="images/i_072b.png" width="600" alt="Lady losing her skirt after falling from her horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN INCIDENT WITH THE O. P. Q. HOUNDS.</em></p> -<p>MISS DIANA SLIPS OFF AT A FENCE, AND IS SO UNFORTUNATE AS TO LEAVE THE BETTER HALF OF HER HABIT ON THE POMMELS OF HER SADDLE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_073a.png"> -<img src="images/i_073a.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GREAT BOON TO THE PUBLIC.</em></p> -<p><em>Incipient Swell</em> (<em>in costume of the period</em>). "WELL! TA-TA, GUS! I SHALL -JUST GO AND SHOW MYSELF IN THE PARK."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_073b.png"> -<img src="images/i_073b.png" width="400" alt="Men sitting in window reading." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE RIGHT MEN IN THE RIGHT PLACE; VIZ., A CLUB WINDOW.</em></p> -<p><em>Old General Muddle.</em> "WHAT I SAY, IS—IS—EH? WHAT? BY JOVE! WHAT THE DOOCE SHOULD -CIVILIANS KNOW ABOUT—EH? WHAT—AHEM!—MILITARY AFFAIRS! AFFAIRS! EH?"</p> -<p><em>Colonel Splutter.</em> "HAH! THE PRESS, SIR! BY JOVE, THE PRESS IS THE CURSE OF THE COUNTRY, -AND WILL BE THE RUIN OF THE ARMY! BY JOVE, I'D HANG ALL LITTERY MEN—HANG 'EM, SIR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_073c.png"> -<img src="images/i_073c.png" width="600" alt="Horse cab driver asleep whilst driving his cab." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IN THE PARK.</em></p> -<p>THE POOR FLY-DRIVERS ARE UP SO LATE AT NIGHTS, THAT THEY ARE GLAD TO GET A NAP WHEN THEY CAN. THIS IS NOT TO BE WONDERED AT, BUT IT -IS NOT LIKELY TO ADD TO THE REPOSE EITHER OF OLD MRS. DUMBLEDORE OR OF OLD MRS. BLOWHARD, WHO ARE OUT FOR AN AIRING.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span></p> - - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_074a.png"> -<img src="images/i_074a.png" width="500" alt="Unseated horse rider in water." /></a> -<p>"<em>WELL, THEY MAY CALL THIS A HEALTH-GIVING PURSUIT, IF THEY LIKE: BUT GIVE ME ROACH-FISHING IN A PUNT.</em>"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_075a.png"> -<img src="images/i_075a.png" width="600" alt="Owner in chaotic kitchen scene." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SOMETHING THE MATTER WITH THE KITCHEN BOILER.</em><br /><br /> -(<em>Affectionately dedicated to</em> PATERFAMILIAS, <em>whoever he might be</em>.)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_075b.png"> -<img src="images/i_075b.png" width="600" alt="Distressed kitcen maid with fortune teller." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FORTUNE-TELLING.—A SCENE OF DOMESTIC INTEREST.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center">MR. TOM NODDY'S FIRST DAY WITH THE HOUNDS.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_076a.png"> -<img src="images/i_076a.png" width="400" alt="Groom preparing horse for rider." /></a> -<p class="center">No. I.</p> -<p><em>Groom.</em> "YOU'LL FIND THE MARE IN RARE FETTLE, SIR. -SHE'S UNCOMMON FRESH TO BE SURE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_076b.png"> -<img src="images/i_076b.png" width="400" alt="Rearing horse." /></a> -<p class="center">No. II.</p> -<p>SO FRESH THAT SHE WON'T LET T. N. MOUNT FOR EVER SO -LONG, AND WHEN SHE DOES</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_076c.png"> -<img src="images/i_076c.png" width="400" alt="Rider on horse." /></a> -<p class="center">No. III.</p> -<p class="center">ALLOW HIM, PUTS UP HER BACK IN THE MOST OMINOUS MANNER.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_076d.png"> -<img src="images/i_076d.png" width="600" alt="Shying horse." /></a> -<p class="center">No. IV.</p> -<p>SHE SHIES AT A WHEELBARROW—A THING SHE NEVER DID BEFORE. -(T. N. DROPS HIS WHIP.) AFTER SOME</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_076e.png"> -<img src="images/i_076e.png" width="400" alt="Runaway horse." /></a> -<p class="center">No. V.</p> -<p class="center">TROUBLE IN OPENING A GATE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_076f.png"> -<img src="images/i_076f.png" width="400" alt="Rearing horse." /></a> -<p class="center">No. VI.</p> -<p class="center">(T. N. DROPS HIS WHIP AGAIN, BY-THE-BY.)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_076g.png"> -<img src="images/i_076g.png" width="400" alt="Bucking horse." /></a> -<p class="center">No. VII.</p> -<p class="center">HE GETS UPON A NICE PIECE OF TURF.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_076h.png"> -<img src="images/i_076h.png" width="400" alt="Galloping again." /></a> -<p class="center">No. VIII.</p> -<p class="center">THE MARE ENJOYS HERSELF AMAZINGLY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_078a.png"> -<img src="images/i_078a.png" width="400" alt="Horse standing quietly." /></a> -<p class="center">No. IX.</p> -<p>ARRIVED AT THE MEET, LITTLE TOM NODDY THINKS HE WILL HAVE A -QUIET WEED; BUT AT THIS MOMENT</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_078b.png"> -<img src="images/i_078b.png" width="400" alt="Horse bucking again." /></a> -<p class="center">No. X.</p> -<p class="center">THE HOUNDS MOVE FOR THE COVER, AND THE MARE BECOMES FULL -OF PLAY AGAIN.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_078c.png"> -<img src="images/i_078c.png" width="500" alt="Horse galloping again." /></a> -<p class="center">NO. XI.</p> -<p>HAVING PICKED HIMSELF UP, TOGETHER WITH HIS WHIP AND CIGAR, T. -N. JOGS ON WITH THE REST OF THE FIELD. AS THEY PASS BY SOME -TURNIPS, TO THE DELIGHT OF EVERYBODY, A FOX GETS UP. THE MARE, -WHO HAD BECOME ALMOST STEADY, IS AGAIN EXCITED, AND RUSHES -WILDLY AHEAD, AMIDST THE EXECRATIONS OF THE HUNT, AND LOUD -CRIES OF "HOLD HARD!" WHICH T. N. MISTAKES FOR ANXIETY ON -HIS ACCOUNT; AND GRASPING THE POMMEL OF HIS SADDLE WITH -BOTH HANDS, ABANDONS HIMSELF TO CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH, CONSIDERING -THERE IS A FLIGHT OF HURDLES BEFORE HIM, ARE NOT VERY -FAVOURABLE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_080a.png"> -<img src="images/i_080a.png" width="400" alt="Horse galloping again." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XII.</p> -<p>FORTUNATELY FOR TOM NODDY, HOWEVER, THE MARE SWERVES -AT THE HURDLES, AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DROPPING HIS -WHIP AGAIN, HE MEETS WITH NO GREAT INCONVENIENCE</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_080b.png"> -<img src="images/i_080b.png" width="400" alt="Horse in full flight." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XIII.</p> -<p>BUT COMING TO THE FIRST FENCE, THE PLAYFUL CREATURE -GOES AT IT LIKE A SHOT OUT OF A GUN;</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_080c.png"> -<img src="images/i_080c.png" width="600" alt="Horse falls, throws rider." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XIV.</p> -<p>AND T. N. FINDS THAT THERE IS STILL A GOOD DEAL OF SNOW IN SOME OF THE DITCHES.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[Pg 77]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_082a.png"> -<img src="images/i_082a.png" width="400" alt="T. N. tidying himself up." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XV.</p> -<p>THE MARE EXTRICATES HERSELF FROM THE DIFFICULTY SOONER THAN OUR -LITTLE FRIEND, AND GETTING AWAY FROM HIM, TAKES A LINE OF HER OWN.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_082b.png"> -<img src="images/i_082b.png" width="400" alt="T. N. sitting smoking." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XVI.</p> -<p>T. N. FINDS RUNNING AFTER HIS QUADRUPED VERY LABORIOUS. HE RESTS -HIMSELF ON A STILE, AND HAS ANOTHER QUIET WEED.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_082c.png"> -<img src="images/i_082c.png" width="500" alt="T. N. in conversation with finder." /></a> -<p class="center">No. XVII.</p> -<p>THIS REPRESENTS THE PRECISE MOMENT WHEN TOM NODDY, AFTER MUCH EXERCISE, MEETS A SIMPLE COUNTRYMAN RETURNING WITH THE MARE. THE SIMPLE -COUNTRYMAN IS ASSURING T. N. THAT HE HAD A DEAL OF TROUBLE TO CATCH HER, AND THEN IT WUR TWENTY MINUTES AFORE HE COULD MAKE HER LEAVE -THE 'OUNDS—AND THEN ONLY 'ACAUSE SHE WUR QUITE "BLOWED."—(<em>N.B. The simple countryman hopes T. N. will remember him.</em>)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_077a.png"> -<img src="images/i_077a.png" width="400" alt="Shoe black talking to man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CERTAINLY NOT.</em></p> -<p><em>Shoe Brigade Boy</em> (<em>to old Gent irascible from gout, which has settled in his feet</em>). -"NOW, SIR! DID YOU WANT YOUR SHOES BLACKED?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_077b.png"> -<img src="images/i_077b.png" width="400" alt="Two road sweepers talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>Frederick.</em> "NOW THEN, WILLIAM, WHAT ARE YER WAITING FOR?"</p> -<p><em>William.</em> "WHY, I WAS A-THINKIN' VETHER I SHOULD WEAR MY MOOSTARCHERS LIKE -THIS HERE OR LIKE THAT <span class="b">HARE</span>."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_077c.png"> -<img src="images/i_077c.png" width="600" alt="Military officer practicing drill." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PLEASANT QUARTERS.</em></p> -<p>A YOUNG OFFICER IN THE MILITIA LEARNING THE MANUAL EXERCISE OVER YOUR HEAD!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[Pg 74]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_079a.png"> -<img src="images/i_079a.png" width="500" alt="Two men talking" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.</em></p> -<p><em>Young Farmer No 1.</em> "WELL, CHARLEY—HAVE YOU HAD MUCH SHOOTING LATELY?"</p> -<p><em>Young Farmer No. 2.</em> "WHY, NO; WHAT WITH HUNTING TWO DAYS A WEEK AND COURSING TWO DAYS, I DON'T GET MUCH TIME TO -GO OUT WITH A GUN."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_079b.png"> -<img src="images/i_079b.png" width="600" alt="Group of girls on donkeys." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN HOUR'S RIDE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_081a.png"> -<img src="images/i_081a.png" width="600" alt="Three postmen with sacks of mail." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VALENTINE'S DAY.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_081b.png"> -<img src="images/i_081b.png" width="600" alt="Policeman moving on fruit seller." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE REAL STREET OBSTRUCTIONS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[Pg 78]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_083a.png"> -<img src="images/i_083a.png" width="400" alt="Man leading horse ,and cart loaded with ice." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE ICE HARVEST.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_083b.png"> -<img src="images/i_083b.png" width="400" alt="Men warming their feet with bearskin hats." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE REAL USE OF THE BEAR-SKIN CAP—A -HINT TO THE GUARDS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/i_083c.png" width="600" alt="Men sliding on a toboggan." /> -<p class="center"><em>THE FROZEN-OUT FOXHUNTER.</em></p> -<p>SPORTING MILITAIRE RECALLS TO MIND HIS CANADIAN EXPERIENCES (THE GROUND BEING DEEP WITH SNOW), BUILDS A TREBOGGIN, AND FOR THE -MOMENT CEASES TO SWEAR AT THE FROST, OR TO REGRET THE SIX HUNTERS HE HAS EATING THEIR HEADS OFF IN THE STABLE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[Pg 79]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_084a.png"> -<img src="images/i_084a.png" width="600" alt="Two horsemen talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.</em></p> -<p><em>First Dandy M.P.</em> "PWOWOGATION TO BE LATE THIS YEAR, ON ACCOUNT OF SOME COLONIAL BILLS, I HEAR."</p> -<p><em>Second Ditto.</em> "BOTHER THE COLONIES! HAVEN'T WE DONE ENOUGH FOR 'EM THIS YEAR?—DIDN'T WEST AUSTRALIAN WIN THE DERBY?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_084b.png"> -<img src="images/i_084b.png" width="600" alt="Group of bored men watching a Punch and Judy show." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A VERY OLD FRIEND.</em></p> -<p>OUR "USED UP" MAN HAS A FEW "USED UP" FRIENDS TO BREAKFAST; AFTER WHICH THEY DERIVE A LITTLE REAL ENJOYMENT FROM -A DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[Pg 80]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_085.png"> -<img src="images/i_085.png" width="600" alt="Men in boat, attacked by swans." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AQUATICS.—A COMFORTABLE RAN-DAN.</em></p> -<p><em>Jolly Young Waterman.</em> "HOLLOA! HI! POLICE! BACK WATER, JACK! WE'VE GOT INTO A NEST OF SWANS, AND THEY'RE A PITCHIN' INTO ME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_086a.png"> -<img src="images/i_086a.png" width="600" alt="Man talking about a dog." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE SUPERIOR ANIMAL.</em></p> -<p><em>Party</em> (<em>who of course doesn't think</em> HIMSELF <em>good looking</em>). "REALLY, CLARA, I CAN'T THINK HOW YOU CAN MAKE A PET OF SUCH AN UGLY BRUTE -AS AN ISLE OF SKYE TERRIER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_086b.png"> -<img src="images/i_086b.png" width="600" alt="Horse drawn carriage made from woven wicker." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THOSE BOYS AGAIN!</em></p> -<p><em>Street Boy</em> (<em>in playful allusion to the basket carriage</em>). "OH, LOOK HERE, BILL! IF 'ERE AIN'T A SWELL DRIVING HISSELF HOME FROM THE <em>WASH</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[Pg 82]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_087a.png"> -<img src="images/i_087a.png" width="600" alt="Man married ugly lady, for her money." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MARRIED FOR MONEY.—THE HONEYMOON.</em></p> -<p>"NOW, THEN, DARLING, PUT AWAY YOUR PAPER, AND WE'LL HAVE A NICE LONG WALK, AND THEN COME BACK TO TEA IN OUR OWN LITTLE COTTAGE, AND -BE AS HAPPY AS TWO LITTLE BIRDS!" SAID THE FAIR BRIDE.—"OH, HANG IT!" MENTALLY EJACULATED THE CAPTAIN.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_087b.png"> -<img src="images/i_087b.png" width="600" alt="Room for only one in the carriage when wearing a wide dress." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>COOL REQUEST.</em></p> -<p><em>Lady Crinoline.</em> "YOU WON'T MIND RIDING ON THE BOX, EDWARD DEAR, WILL YOU?—I'M AFRAID, IF WE BOTH GO INSIDE THE BROUGHAM, MY NEW -DRESS WILL GET SO RUMPLED!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[Pg 83]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_088a.png"> -<img src="images/i_088a.png" width="600" alt="Man offering to take out cousin and his lady friend." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A NICE OFFER.</em></p> -<p><em>Cousin</em> (<em>who is a leetle fast</em>). "MORNIN', CHARLES! NOW THEN, IF YOU WILL POP ON YOUR HATS, AND WRAP YOURSELVES UP WARM, I'LL TAKE -YOU AND YOUR FRIEND OUT FOR A DRIVE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_088b.png"> -<img src="images/i_088b.png" width="400" alt="Woman pushing man in wheelbarrow." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>INFRA DIG.</em></p> -<p>EFFECT OF THE CAB-STRIKE—GOING TO THE OPERA IN A WHEELBARROW.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_088c.png"> -<img src="images/i_088c.png" width="350" alt="Man speaking to two women." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>UNABASHED.</em></p> -<p><em>Emily.</em> "WHY, MY GOODNESS, FRANK! WHAT A DREADFUL BLACK EYE YOU HAVE! -YOU ARE QUITE DISFIGURED!" <em>Frank.</em> "H'M, HAH! THAT'S VERY DISAGREEABLE, -NOW; I WAS IN HOPES NO ONE WOULD HAVE PERCEIVED IT!"</p> -<p class="regards"> -[Frank <em>has been so unfortunate as to catch a cold in his eye from sitting in<br /> -a draught at Exeter Hall—so he SAYS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[Pg 84]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_089a.png"> -<img src="images/i_089a.png" width="600" alt="Man spilling food and drink in rush to catch train." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN INCIDENT OF TRAVEL.</em></p> -<p>AS THE TRAIN STOPS, MR. P. ENDEAVOURS TO GET SOME STOUT FOR HIS WIFE, WHO FROM CIRCUMSTANCES, IS OBLIGED TO DRINK THAT REFRESHING -BEVERAGE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A-DAY. UNFORTUNATELY MR. P. CANNOT FIND HIS CARRIAGE, AND, AS THE TRAIN IS RATHER BEHIND TIME, THE OFFICIALS -ARE IN SOME HURRY AND CONFUSION.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_088a.png"> -<img src="images/i_089b.png" width="600" alt="Man surrounded by ladies waiting on him." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>LET US HAVE JAPANESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS HERE.</em></p> -<p>"THE TRAVELLER, WEARIED WITH THE NOONDAY HEAT, NEED NEVER BE AT A LOSS TO FIND REST AND REFRESHMENT; STRETCHED UPON THE SOFTEST -AND CLEANEST OF MATTING, IMBIBING THE MOST DELICATELY FLAVOURED TEA, INHALING THE FRAGRANT TOBACCO OF JAPAN, HE RESIGNS HIMSELF TO THE -MINISTRATIONS OF A BEVY OF FAIR DAMSELS, WHO GLIDE RAPIDLY AND NOISELESSLY ABOUT, THE MOST ZEALOUS AND SKILFUL OF ATTENDANTS."—<em>TIMES.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[Pg 85]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_090a.png"> -<img src="images/i_090a.png" width="350" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DELICATE CREATURE.</em></p> -<p><em>Youthful Swell.</em> "NOW CHARLEY—YOU'RE JUST IN TIME FOR BREAKFAST, HAVE A -CUP OF COFFEE?"</p> -<p><em>Languid Swell</em> (<em>probably in a Government Office</em>). "THANKS! NO! I ASSURE YAH—MY -DE-AR FELLAH! IF I WAS TO TAKE A CUP OF COFFEE IN THE MORNING, IT -WOULD KEEP ME AWAKE ALL DAY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_090b.png"> -<img src="images/i_090b.png" width="350" alt="Drunk naturalists." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RECREATIONS IN NATURAL HISTORY.</em></p> -<p><em>First Naturalist.</em> "WHAT! THE S-S-HE-SHER-PENT A-AN (HIC) ICH-(HIC-)THYOSAURUS? -NONSHE-ENSE!"</p> -<p><em>Second Naturalist.</em> "WHO SAID ICH-(HIC) ICHTHY-O-SAURUS? I SAID A (HIC) PLESI-O-(HIC)-SAURUS -PLAINENUFF."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_090c.png"> -<img src="images/i_090c.png" width="600" alt="Steward talking to seasick passengers." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VERY CONSIDERATE.</em></p> -<p><em>Steward.</em> "WILL EITHER OF YOU, GENTLEMEN, DINE ON BOARD? THERE'S A CAPITAL HOT DINNER AT THREE O'CLOCK."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[Pg 86]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_091a.png"> -<img src="images/i_091a.png" width="600" alt="Man about to board train, talking with guard." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PERFECTLY DWEADFUL!</em></p> -<p><em>Guard.</em> "NOW, SIR! IF YOU'RE GOING ON BY THE EXPRESS, HERE'S JUST ROOM FOR ONE!"</p> -<p><em>Tourist.</em> "WHA-T! GET IN WITH HAWWID OLD WOMEN, AND SQUEEMING CHILDREN! BY JOVE! YOU KNOW! I SAY! IT'S IMPAWSIBLE, YOU KNOW!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_091b.png"> -<img src="images/i_091b.png" width="600" alt="dining room of club." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SCENE—A CLUB.</em></p> -<p><em>Swell.</em> "HAW! IS THERE ANYTHING WEADY FOR DINNAW?"</p> -<p><em>Waiter.</em> "SHOULDER OF MUTTON JUST READY, SIR!"</p> -<p><em>Swell.</em> "HAW—SHOULDAW OF MUTTON!—AW—WHAT A VEWY ODD THING FOR DINNAW!—THOUGHT THEY ONLY MADE <em>GLUE</em> OF SHOULDAW OF MUTTON!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[Pg 87]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_092a.png"> -<img src="images/i_092a.png" width="400" alt="Boys talking about smartly dressed man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FLATTERING.</em></p> -<p><em>Boy</em> (<em>in allusion to</em> BROWN, <em>who thinks he is well got up</em>). "OH! LOOK HERE, BILLY. -THEY'VE GOT A DINNER PARTY AT THIS 'OUSE—AND IF 'ERE AIN'T THE COVE WHAT'S -A-GOING TO WAIT."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_092b.png"> -<img src="images/i_092b.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BENEFIT OF CLERGY.</em></p> -<p><em>Binks, Minor</em> (<em>loq.</em>). "AH! YOU CAN'T THINK HOW A FELLA SAVES, WHEN HE GOES -INTO THE CHURCH. I USED TO GIVE SNOBBINS THREE GUINEAS FOR MY BOOTS, AND -<em>NOW</em> I GET THEM MADE FOR TWO POUND TWELVE."</p> -<p><em>Binks, Major.</em> "BY JOVE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_092c.png"> -<img src="images/i_092c.png" width="500" alt="Man talking to ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A BARE ASSERTION.</em></p> -<p><em>Fred.</em> "HOW DO YOU LIKE THE ALTERATION, BLANCHE?"</p> -<p><em>Blanche.</em> "WHAT ALTERATION, DEAR?"</p> -<p><em>Fred.</em> "WHY, HANG IT!—HAVEN'T I CUT OFF MY BEARD AND MOUSTACHES?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_092d.png"> -<img src="images/i_092d.png" width="300" alt="Mr. Punch smiling at woman and baby." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MR. PUNCH AT HOME.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[Pg 88]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_093a.png"> -<img src="images/i_093a.png" width="600" alt="Man with club members." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE FRUGAL MARRIAGE QUESTION.</em></p> -<p><em>Jones</em> (<em>of the Dandelion Club</em>). "DOOCED JOLLY, I SHOULD SAY, TO MARRY ON £300 A-YEAR! THINK A SEE MYSELF WOCKING A CWADLE, AND FETCHING -HOME THE MUTTON FROM THE BAKER!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Orders Glass of Dry Curaçoa</em>.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_093b.png"> -<img src="images/i_093b.png" width="400" alt="Man carrying covered dish." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FAINT ATTEMPT TO CARRY OUT JONES'S IDEA.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[Pg 89]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_094a.png"> -<img src="images/i_094a.png" width="400" alt="Boy laughing at ladies hat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THOSE HORRID BOYS!</em></p> -<p><em>Precise Female</em> (<em>in answer to a rude inquiry</em>). "YOU ARE A VERY IMPERTINENT BOY!—YOU -KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT IT IS A MATTER OF NO MOMENT TO YOU WHO -MY HATTER IS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_094b.png"> -<img src="images/i_094b.png" width="400" alt="Man talking to two ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VAGARIES OF FASHION.</em></p> -<p><em>Charles.</em> "FIGURE, INDEED! WHAT'S A FELLOW TO DO? A MAN MUST WEAR SOMETHING. -HATS AND COATS ARE OUT OF THE QUESTION—THEY ARE REALLY SO VERY -EFFEMINATE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_094c.png"> -<img src="images/i_094c.png" width="600" alt="Riding horses along the seafront." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NOT A QUESTION OF WEATHER.</em></p> -<p>WHEN IT IS VERY FOGGY IN LONDON, IT IS DELIGHTFUL AT BRIGHTON—AT LEAST SO CHARLES AND GEORGINA THINK.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[Pg 90]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_095a.png"> -<img src="images/i_095a.png" width="600" alt="Scene in dealers shop." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IS SMOKING INJURIOUS?</em></p> -<p><em>Youthful Swell.</em> <span class="smcap">"HAW! LOOK HERE! IS THAT CHEST OF CIGARS YOU IMPORTED FOR ME RIPE YET?"</span></p> -<p><em>Cigar Dealer.</em> <span class="smcap">"WELL, SIR—I FEAR NOT—THAT IS, NOT RIPE FOR YOUR TASTE, SIR, FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS; BUT WE CAN SPARE YOU A COUPLE -OF THOUSAND OF THESE GIANT REGALIAS TO GO ON WITH TILL THE WEATHER IS MILDER, WHEN YOUR CIGARS WILL MELLOW RAPIDLY!"</span></p> -<p class="regards"> -[<em>Youth accepts the generous offer, and lounges out with a Giant Regalia as big as his leg in his mouth.</em> -</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_095b.png"> -<img src="images/i_095b.png" width="600" alt="Man with shuttlecock on his nose." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE SHUTTLE-COCK NUISANCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Little Girl.</em> "OH, I BEG YOUR PARDON SIR!—IT WAS THE WIND AS DONE IT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[Pg 91]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_096b.png"> -<img src="images/i_096a.png" width="400" alt="Three men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PRUDENT RESOLVE.</em></p> -<p><em>Little Party.</em> "GO AND WALK IN HYDE PARK? OH, AH!—I DESSAY! AND GET PELTED -FOR A HARISTOCRAT?—NO THANK 'E—NOT IF I KNOW IT."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_096b.png"> -<img src="images/i_096b.png" width="400" alt="Men discussing their appearances." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PLEASING BELIEF.</em></p> -<p><em>Whipper.</em> "WELL, I WEAR MINE BECAUSE IT SAVES TROUBLE, AND IS SO VERY -'EALTHY."</p> -<p><em>Snapper.</em> "HAH, WELL THERE AIN'T NO HUMBUG ABOUT ME; I WEAR MINE BECAUSE -THEY LOOKS 'ANSOM, AND GOES DOWN WITH THE GALS."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_096c.png"> -<img src="images/i_096c.png" width="600" alt="Porter talking to cab driver." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RAILWAY COLLUSION—A HINT TO STATION-MASTERS.</em></p> -<p><em>Porter.</em> "NOW, THEN, BILL! ARE YOU OFF?"</p> -<p><em>Cab Ruffian.</em> "NO; WHAT SORT OF FARE IS IT?"</p> -<p><em>Porter.</em> "SINGLE GENT, WITH SMALL BAG."</p> -<p><em>Ruffian.</em> "OH, <em>HE</em> WON'T DO! CAN'T YER FIND US A OLD LADY AND TWO LITTLE GALS WITH LOTS O' BOXES? I'M GOOD FOR A PINT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[Pg 92]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_097a.png"> -<img src="images/i_097a.png" width="400" alt="Boys speaking to sentry." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DISAGREEABLE TRUTH.</em></p> -<p><em>Soldier.</em> "NOW, THEN! YOU MUST MOVE AWAY FROM HERE."</p> -<p><em>Rude Boy.</em> "AH, BUT <em>YOU</em> MUSN'T, OLD FELLER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_097b.png"> -<img src="images/i_097b.png" width="400" alt="Crossing sweepers discusssing gents.." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OLD BROOM.—RETIRING FROM BUSINESS.</em></p> -<p><em>New Broom.</em> "POOR JACK, YER HONOR?"</p> -<p><em>Old Broom.</em> "LEAVE THEM COVES ALONE, TIM; THEY'RE TWO SWELLS WHAT ALWAYS -CROSSES IN A 'ANSOM—'CAUSE O' THEIR BOOTS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_097c.png"> -<img src="images/i_097c.png" width="350" alt="Ticket inspector about to ask for ticket from passenger." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ANOTHER RAILWAY MISERY.</em></p> -<p>NOW, WE DO HOPE THIS OLD GENTLEMAN IS NOT GOING TO BE ASKED TO SHOW HIS TICKET; BECAUSE -THIS OLD GENTLEMAN HAS JUST PACKED HIMSELF UP QUITE COMFORTABLY, AND HIS TICKET IS IN THE -VERY INNERMOST RECESS OF HIS WAISTCOAT POCKET; AND BECAUSE, YOU SEE, THIS IS JUST THE SORT -OF OLD GENTLEMAN WHO IS LIKELY TO BE MUCH IRRITATED BY SUCH A REQUEST AT SUCH A TIME.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_097d.png"> -<img src="images/i_097d.png" width="350" alt="Bus driver speaking to passenger." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>INCIDENT IN A FRENCH REVOLUTION.</em></p> -<p><em>Omnibus Driver.</em> "THIS IS ORRIBLE VURK IN PARIS, SIR. VY, THEY -TELL ME THEY'VE BIN AND BURNT ALL THE BUSSES!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[Pg 93]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_098a.png"> -<img src="images/i_098a.png" width="600" alt="Man walking down the street." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DWEADFUL ACCIDENT IN HIGH LIFE.</em></p> -<p>THE HONOURABLE SPENCER DAWDLE (WHOSE TOTAL ABSENCE OF MIND IS SO WELL KNOWN) HAVING MADE A MORNING CALL IN BELGRAVIA, WALKS -OFF WITH A HAT AND STICK WHICH DO NOT BELONG TO HIM!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_098b.png"> -<img src="images/i_098b.png" width="400" alt="Two officers, one reading paper to other." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NEW REGULATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Lieutenant Blazer</em> (<em>of the Plungers</em>). "GOOD GWACIOUS! HERE'S A HORWIBLE GO! INFANTWY'S -GOING TO GWOW A MOUSTACHE!"</p> -<p><em>Cornet Fluffey.</em> "YAW DON'T MEAN THAT! WELL! THERE'S ONLY ONE ALTERNATIVE FOR US. -<span class="b">WE</span> MUST SHAVE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_098c.png"> -<img src="images/i_098c.png" width="350" alt="Man at fishmonger." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PICTURE OF ALIMENTIVENESS.</em></p> -<p class="center">A NICE LITTLE BIT OF FISH.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[Pg 94]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_099a.png"> -<img src="images/i_099a.png" width="600" alt="Man changing to hunting pink in carriage." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY.</em></p> -<p><em>Foxhunting Doctor.</em> "NOT BE IN TIME! OH, NONSENSE! SEND MY HORSE ON,—SEE MY PATIENTS EARLY,—DRESS IN THE BROUGHAM,—THERE I AM!" -(<em>and we hope he may have a good run</em>).</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>We have been obliged to take the side of the carriage out, which perhaps the kind reader will excuse.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_099b.png"> -<img src="images/i_099b.png" width="600" alt="Angler catching tiny fish." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PATIENCE REWARDED.</em></p> -<p><em>Piscator.</em> "A-HAH! GOT YOU AT LAST, HAVE I?—AND A FINE WEEK'S TROUBLE I'VE HAD TO CATCH YOU!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[Pg 95]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_100a.png"> -<img src="images/i_100a.png" width="400" alt="Two servants in conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SERVANTGALISM.</em>—No. X.</p> -<p><em>Servant Gal.</em> "I TELL YOU WHAT, COOK; WITH MY BEAUTY AND FIGGER, I AIN'T A -GOIN' TO STOP IN SARVICE NO LONGER; I SHALL BE ORF TO HORSETRAYLIER."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_100b.png"> -<img src="images/i_100b.png" width="350" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>JOHN THOMAS NON-PLUSHED.</em></p> -<p><em>Tax Collector.</em> "JOHN THOMAS MOONCALF?"</p> -<p><em>John Thomas.</em> "—ESQUIRE, THAT'S ME!"</p> -<p><em>Tax Collector.</em> "THEN BE SO GOOD AS TO FILL UP THIS INCOME-TAX PAPER AND -RETURN IT TO ME BEFORE TWENTY DAYS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_100c.png"> -<img src="images/i_100c.png" width="400" alt="Two girls talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EDUCATION IN THE MINING DISTRICTS.</em></p> -<p><em>Jemoimer.</em> "BIST THOU A GOIN' TO SKULE, ELOYZA?"</p> -<p><em>Eloyza.</em> "NOT HI, JEMOIMER. THEY GID US TEA AND BUNS LARST WEEK, AND WE SHA'T HAN NO -MOORE TILL CUM CRISMUS; SO MUTHER SAYS AS HOW IT AIN'T NO USE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_100d.png"> -<img src="images/i_100d.png" width="400" alt="Girl with baby, looking at soldiers." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>UNCONSCIOUS SATIRE.</em></p> -<p class="center">"THERE, BABY DEAR, LOOK AT THE PRETTY SOLDIERS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[Pg 96]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_101a.png"> -<img src="images/i_101a.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AVERAGE WEIGHT OF THE FOOT GUARDS.</em></p> -<p><em>Heavy Swell.</em> "WHAT'S THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF THE MEN IN YOUR REGIMENT, CHARLEY?"</p> -<p><em>Swell in the Guards.</em> "DON'T KNOW, I'M SURE—AW—BUT TEN GO TO THE TON."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_101b.png"> -<img src="images/i_101b.png" width="350" alt="Two youths discussing a lady talking to a man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE CONFIDENCE OF YOUTH.</em></p> -<p><em>Juvenile.</em> "I WONDER WHETHER THAT GURL HAS GOT ANY TIN—FOR I FEEL MOST -OWDACIOUSLY INCLINED TO GO AND CUT THAT FELLOW OUT."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_101c.png"> -<img src="images/i_101c.png" width="600" alt="Disgruntled Mr. Punch surrounde by dogs." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A VISIT TO A DOG-FANCIER.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[Pg 97]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_102a.png"> -<img src="images/i_102a.png" width="400" alt="Man talking to boy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TRIUMPH OF MIND OVER MATTER.</em></p> -<p><em>Old Gent.</em> "AND PRAY WHO IS YOUR FRIEND WITH THE COFFEE POT?"</p> -<p><em>Small Boy.</em> "THAT? OH! HE'S MY FAG—HE GETS ME MY BREAKFAST AND SUCH -LIKE, BUT I ALWAYS LEAVE HIM SOME CRUMPETS—AND <em>NEVER BULLY HIM</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_102.png"> -<img src="images/i_102.png" width="400" alt="Man talking to boy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHAT, INDEED?</em></p> -<p><em>Stern Parent.</em> "I TELL YOU, SIR, I WILL NOT ALLOW IT—AND DON'T LET ME SEE -ANY MORE NASTY PIPES OR TOBACCO IN THIS HOUSE."</p> -<p><em>Young Williams.</em> "BOO-HOO—AND WHAT'S A FELLOW TO DO WHEN ALL THE MEN -OF HIS OWN AGE SMOKE?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_102b.png"> -<img src="images/i_102b.png" width="400" alt="Friends talking" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DID YOU EVER!</em></p> -<p><em>Friend.</em> "WELL, SPRAT, MY BOY—AND HOW DO YOU GET ON, NOW YOU'RE MARRIED?"</p> -<p><em>Sprat.</em> "H'M! PRETTY BOBBISH—BUT THERE'S ONE THING MAKES IT DOOCID UNCOMFORTABLE SOMETIMES—ENTRE -NOUS—MRS. S. IS <em>SO CONFOUNDEDLY JEALOUS OF ME</em>."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_102c.png"> -<img src="images/i_102c.png" width="500" alt="Man and woman talking to man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MORAL INFLUENCE OF EXECUTIONS.</em></p> -<p>"WHERE 'AVE WE B'N? WHY, TO SEE THE COVE 'UNG, TO BE SURE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[Pg 98]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">ADVENTURES OF MR. TOM NODDY.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_103a.png"> -<img src="images/i_103a.png" width="600" alt="Mr. N. rides his horse into the sea." /></a> -<p class="center">No. I.</p> -<p>OUR LITTLE FRIEND, TOM NODDY, THINKS THE SEA-WATER WILL DO HIS MARE'S LEGS A WORLD OF GOOD</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_103b.png"> -<img src="images/i_103b.png" width="600" alt="Mr. N and horse deep in sea" /></a> -<p class="center">No. II.</p> -<p>THE PLAYFUL CREATURE OBJECTS AT FIRST, BUT FINDING THE PROCESS AGREEABLE, -DETERMINES TO HAVE A COMPLETE BATH.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[Pg 99]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_104a.png"> -<img src="images/i_104a.png" width="600" alt="Mr. N. on foot with horse fleeing." /></a> -<p class="center">No. III.</p> -<p class="center">LANDING OF TOM NODDY. HIS HORSE HAVING HAD ENOUGH OF IT, RETURNS TO HIS STABLE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_177b.png"> -<img src="images/i_177b.png" width="600" alt="Horse fleeing downhill." /></a> -<p class="center">No. IV.</p> -<p>OUR FRIEND HAS A DAY WITH THE BROOKSIDE HARRIERS.—WITH HIS USUAL PRUDENCE HE GETS A HORSE ACCUSTOMED TO THE HILLS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_104b.png"> -<img src="images/i_104b.png" width="600" alt="Daughter and father talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DOMESTIC ECONOMY.</em></p> -<p><em>Newly Married Daughter</em> (<em>whose husband's income is, if anything, decidedly limited</em>). "—AND SEE HERE, PAPA, DEAR, WE ARE GETTING ON SO BEAUTIFULLY -WITH OUR FURNISHING! WE BOUGHT THESE LOVELY GOLD AND SILVER INDIAN ELEPHANTS AT A SALE THE OTHER DAY, AND ONLY GAVE FIFTY POUNDS FOR -THEM; WASN'T IT CHEAP? WE ONLY WANT A LITTLE CRACKED CHINA TO MAKE THE ROOM QUITE COMFORTABLE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[Pg 100]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_105a.png"> -<img src="images/i_105a.png" width="600" alt="Two horse riders talking" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A CAUTIOUS BIRD.</em></p> -<p><em>Lobkins.</em> "WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MARRYIN'—FOR YER SEE, AFTER THE KNOT WAS TIED, SOME OTHER GAL MIGHT BE FALLIN' IN LOVE WITH ONE—AND -THAT WOULD BE SO DOOCED AWKWARD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_105b.png"> -<img src="images/i_105b.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FORTUNE'S FAVOURITE.</em></p> -<p><em>First Snob.</em> "YOU KNOW THAT JOLLY LITTLE GIRL, JULIA BINKS?"</p> -<p><em>Second Snob.</em> "ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD."</p> -<p><em>First Snob.</em> "WELL! SHE'S BEEN STICKING UP TO ME LIKE BRICKS, BUT I CAN'T -RETURN HER AFFECTION, BECAUSE I'M SO DEUCED SWEET WITH THE PLANTAGENET -GALS."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_105c.png"> -<img src="images/i_105c.png" width="400" alt="Costermonger with heavy basket asking for help from gent." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WANTING IN REVERENCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Coster</em> (<em>to extremely genteel person</em>). "I SAY, GUVNER, GIVE US A HIST WITH THIS -'ERE BILIN' O' GREENS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[Pg 101]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_106a.png"> -<img src="images/i_106a.png" width="400" alt="Tailor speaking to smartly dressed man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>JEW D'ESPRIT.</em></p> -<p><em>Young Sholomunsh</em> (<em>to Young</em> SNOBLEY, <em>who is attired in his very best</em>). "NOW, -SIR! LET ME SHELL YOU A NISH SHUIT OF CLOSHE, MAKE YER GOOD ALLOWANCE -FOR THE OLD UNS YER'VE GOT ON!"</p> -<p class="regards">[SNOBLEY'S <em>feelings may be imagined</em>.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_106b.png"> -<img src="images/i_106b.png" width="400" alt="Two ladies talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>QUITE RIDICULOUS!</em></p> -<p>"DO YOU BELIEVE IN TABLE-TALKING, MATILDA, THAT THERE'S SUCH A FUSS ABOUT?"</p> -<p>"OH, DEAR NO! WHY, THE OTHER EVENING A TABLE WAS ASKED HOW OLD I WAS, -AND IT RAPPED OUT FORTY! WHEN I'M NOT THREE-AND-TWENTY TILL NEXT MARCH!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_106c.png"> -<img src="images/i_106c.png" width="350" alt="Young lady approached by much older man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MAY AND DECEMBER.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_106d.png"> -<img src="images/i_106d.png" width="400" alt="Two very plain ladies looking at shadows." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A VAIN SHADOW.</em></p> -<p class="center">"MY LOVE! DO YOU THINK THOSE FELLOWS ARE FOLLOWING US?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[Pg 102]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_107a.png"> -<img src="images/i_107a.png" width="400" alt="Two men discussing a well dressed gentleman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MIND AND MATTER.</em></p> -<p><em>Navvy.</em> "AH, BILL! IT SHOWS THE FORRARD MARCH OF THE AGE. FUST THE -BRUTE FORCE, SUCH AS 'IM; AND THEN THE LIKES OF US TO DO IT SCIENTIFIC, -AND SHOW THE MIGHT OF INTELLECT."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_107b.png"> -<img src="images/i_107b.png" width="400" alt="Tailor talking to customer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SYMPATHY.</em></p> -<p><em>Tailor</em> (<em>to considerable Customer</em>). "TRIFLE THINNER THAN YOU WAS, SIR! GLAD -TO SEE YOU BACK, SIR! 'OPE YOU'LL SOON GET YOUR HEALTH, SIR. WHEN WE -HEARD YOUR REGIMENT HAD BEEN IN ACTION, SIR,—YOU MAY FANCY WHAT OUR -FEELINGS WAS, SIR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_107c.png"> -<img src="images/i_107c.png" width="400" alt="Tailor talking to customer." /></a> -<p class="center"> <em>OXFORD COSTUME.</em></p> -<p><em>Small Oxford Man.</em> "NOW, SNIP, REMEMBER, NOT SO TIGHT IN THE ARM!"</p> -<p><em>Snip.</em> "VERY GOOD, SIR." (<em>To the Clerk.</em>) "84 AND A 'ARF!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_107d.png"> -<img src="images/i_107d.png" width="400" alt="Tailor talking to customer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>STARTLING FACT!</em></p> -<p><em>Oxford Swell.</em> "DO YOU MAKE MANY OF THESE MONKEY-JACKETS, NOW?"</p> -<p><em>Snip.</em> "OH, DEAR YES, SIR; THERE ARE MORE MONKEYS IN OXFORD THIS -TERM THAN EVER, SIR."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[Pg 103]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_108a.png"> -<img src="images/i_108a.png" width="600" alt="Lady tlking to man in rocking boat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CUPID AT SEA.</em></p> -<p><em>Angelina</em> (<em>to Edwin, whose only chance is perfect tranquillity</em>). "EDWIN, DEAR! IF YOU LOVE ME, GO DOWN INTO THE CABIN, AND FETCH ME MY SCENT-BOTTLE, -AND ANOTHER SHAWL TO PUT OVER MY FEET!"</p> -<p class="regards">[EDWIN'S <em>sensations are more easily imagined than described</em>.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_108b.png"> -<img src="images/i_108b.png" width="400" alt="Boy inconvrersation with his mother in the presence of Miss Grumph." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HOW VERY EMBARRASSING!</em></p> -<p><em>Gustavus.</em> "MAMMA, DEAR! ARE MOUSTACHES FASHIONABLE?"</p> -<p><em>Mamma.</em> "WELL, GUS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT I BELIEVE THEY ARE."</p> -<p><em>Gus.</em> "OH! THEN, IS THAT THE REASON WHY MISS GRUMPH WEARS 'EM?"</p> -<p class="regards">[MISS GRUMPH, <em>as well as being strong-minded, is rather masculine in appearance</em>.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_108c.png"> -<img src="images/i_108c.png" width="350" alt="Young man tslking to another." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN ELIGIBLE PARTY.</em></p> -<p><em>Juvenile.</em> "WELL, I KNOW WHAT I SHALL DO: I SHALL LOOK OUT -FOR SOME OLD GAL WITH PLENTY OF MONEY."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[Pg 104]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_109a.png"> -<img src="images/i_109a.png" width="600" alt="Boy wearing a crinoline frame." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VERY RUDE, INDEED!</em></p> -<p>ENTER TOM (A DISAGREEABLE BOY FROM SCHOOL.)—<em>Tom.</em> "LOOK HERE, CLARA, THERE'S A YOUNG WOMAN DOWNSTAIRS HAS BROUGHT THIS FOR -YOU, AND WANTS TO KNOW IF IT WILL DO."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_109b.png"> -<img src="images/i_109b.png" width="400" alt="Boy talking to his female cousin." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A MAN OF CONSEQUENCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Cousin Harriet.</em> "WELL, ALFRED, WILL YOU STOP AND HAVE SOME TEA WITH US?"</p> -<p><em>Alfred.</em> "HAW! YOU'RE VERY GOOD, I'M SURE; BUT I'VE GOT TO TAKE THE CHILDREN -TO SEE THE PANTOMIME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_109c.png"> -<img src="images/i_109c.png" width="400" alt="Lady in wide crinoline under mistletoe." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>UNDER THE MISTLETOE.</em></p> -<p class="center">AUGUSTUS THINKS CRINOLINE A DETESTABLE INVENTION.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[Pg 105]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_110a.png"> -<img src="images/i_110a.png" width="350" alt="Wife and husband talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE HUSBAND AS HE OUGHT TO BE</em></p> -<p><em>Angelina.</em> "WELL, LOVE, HOW DO YOU THINK I LOOK?—DO YOU LIKE THE DRESS?"</p> -<p><em>Edwin.</em> "I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY CHARMING.—I NEVER SAW YOU LOOK BETTER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p class="center"><span class="b"><em>AND</em></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_110b.png"> -<img src="images/i_110b.png" width="350" alt="Wife and husband talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AND AS HE OUGHT NOT TO BE.</em> -(<em>Isn't it so, my Dears?</em>)</p> -<p><em>Angelina.</em> "WELL, E.,—YOU DON'T SAY A WORD ABOUT MY DRESS?"</p> -<p><em>Edwin.</em> "EM, WHAT? OH, UGH!—H'M—BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_110c.png"> -<img src="images/i_110c.png" width="350" alt="Elderly man talking to small children." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AS WELL BE OUT OF THE WORLD AS OUT OF -THE FASHION.</em></p> -<p><em>Old Gentleman</em> (<em>who is of course much behind his age</em>). "WELL, MY LITTLE -DEAR, AND PRAY WHAT NICE LITTLE GIRL ARE YOU?"</p> -<p><em>Little Girl.</em> "OH, IF YOU PLEASE, SIR, I'M A PUSEYITE, AND SO'S BESSY -'ARRIS." (<em>To Young Lady.</em>) "AIN'T WE, MEM?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_110d.png"> -<img src="images/i_110d.png" width="400" alt="Boy in barber's chair." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ASSURANCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Juvenile</em>. "AW, HAIRDRESSER, WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED MY HAIR, JUST TAKE OFF MY BEARD, WILL -YOU?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[Pg 106]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_111a.png"> -<img src="images/i_111a.png" width="600" alt="Two ladies in crinolines talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NEW THEATRE.</em></p> -<p><em>Constance</em> (<em>reads advertisement to Alice</em>). "'* * * <em>The Orchestra Stalls will be exceedingly commodious. Each person will have a separate Arm-Chair, -occupying a space of two feet in breadth.</em>' H'M—I DON'T SEE THAT THAT'S SO EXCEEDINGLY COMMODIOUS—EH, DEAR?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_111b.png"> -<img src="images/i_111b.png" width="600" alt="Man and woman horse riders enjoying the scenery." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN AGREEABLE PRESCRIPTION.</em></p> -<p>"THE WEATHER IS CHARMING, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT FEEL MUCH INCLINED FOR TRANSACTIONS OF A BUSINESS NATURE. I AM DECIDEDLY BETTER. MY -DOCTOR, A MOST SENSIBLE MAN, RECOMMENDS ME TO TAKE HORSE EXERCISE, AND GO INTO AGREEABLE SOCIETY. I ENDEAVOUR TO CARRY OUT HIS -SUGGESTIONS."—<em>Scarborough.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[Pg 107]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_112a.png"> -<img src="images/i_112a.png" width="350" alt="Horse bus driver talking to pedestrian." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SIGHING FOR THE SUNNY SOUTH.</em></p> -<p><em>Omnibus Driver.</em> "I DON'T LIKE BEING A HABSENTEE, JEM; BUT IF THIS PRECIOUS -EASTERLY VIND LASTS MUCH LONGER, I SHALL BE HOFF WITH MY FAMILY TO THE -SOUTH OF FRANCE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_112b.png"> -<img src="images/i_112b.png" width="400" alt="Man talking to wife." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AFFECTING—RATHER.</em></p> -<p><em>Alfred.</em> "TELL ME, MY OWN ONE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO -SAY BEFORE I GO?"</p> -<p><em>Emma.</em> "YES, DEAREST—DO NOT—OH, DO NOT FORGET TO BRING THE-TH-TH-BRUNSWICK -SAUSAGE FROM F-F-F-FORT-NUM AND MASON'S."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_112c.png"> -<img src="images/i_112c.png" width="400" alt="Two disreputable looking men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PREJUDICED OPINION.</em></p> -<p>"I TELL YER WHAT, BILL, I THINK THE POLICE ARE A BAD LOT—AND -I WISH THEY WAS DONE AWAY WITH ALTOGETHER."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_112d.png"> -<img src="images/i_112d.png" width="400" alt="Woman bending over a man lying on the floor." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A GOLDEN RULE.</em></p> -<p class="center">"LET US SPEAK OF A MAN AS WE FIND HIM."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[Pg 108]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_113a.png"> -<img src="images/i_113a.png" width="400" alt="Sailor tallking to gent on a stormy night." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DELICATE HINT.</em></p> -<p><em>Brighton Boatman.</em> "THERE'S A WESSEL OUT THERE, SIR, A LABOURIN' A GOOD DEAL, -SIR! AH, SIR, SAILORS WORKS WERRY 'ARD—PRECIOUS 'ARD LINES IT IS FOR THE -POOR FELLERS OUT THERE!—PRECIOUS 'ARD IT IS FOR EVERYBODY JUST NOW. I -KNOW <em>I</em> SHOULD LIKE THE PRICE OF A PINT O' BEER AND A BIT O' BACCA!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_113b.png"> -<img src="images/i_113b.png" width="400" alt="Inspector talking to man through carriage window." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>Railway Official</em> (<em>waking Old Gent from a sweet sleep</em>). "TICKETS, PLEASE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_113c.png"> -<img src="images/i_113c.png" width="600" alt="Wife speaking with fisherman on beach." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BY THE SAD SEA WAVES.</em></p> -<p>TOMKINS, DISCONSOLATE ON A ROCK, TRACES SOME CHARACTERS UPON THE SAND. TO HIM, MRS. TOMKINS (WHOSE NAME IS MARTHA).</p> -<p><em>Mrs. T.</em> "WELL, MR. TOMKINS, AND PRAY WHO MAY HENRIETTA BE?"</p> -<p class="regards">[TOMKINS <em>utters a yell of despair, and falls prostrate</em>.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[Pg 109]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_114a.png"> -<img src="images/i_114a.png" width="600" alt="Woman and child with school principal." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SCHOLASTIC.</em></p> -<p><em>Mother.</em> "AND, PRAY, DOCTOR, WHAT ARE YOUR TERMS FOR HEDUCATING LITTLE BOYS?"</p> -<p><em>The Principal.</em> "WHY, MY DEAR MADAM, MY USUAL TERMS ARE SEVENTY GUINEAS <em>PER ANNUM</em> (TO USE THE -LANGUAGE OF THE ANCIENT ROMANS), BUT TO EFFECT MY OBJECT (?) QUICKLY, I WOULD TAKE A FEW FOR -WHAT I COULD GET, PROVIDED THEY BE <span class="b">GENTLEMEN</span>, LIKE YOUR DEAR LITTLE BOY THERE; BUT (AGAIN TO -USE THE LATIN TONGUE) IT IS A <em>SINE QUA NON</em> THAT THEY SHOULD BE <span class="b">GENTLEMEN</span>!!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_114b.png"> -<img src="images/i_114b.png" width="300" alt="Seated figure with muff in snowstorm." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>QUEEN OF THE MAY.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_114c.png"> -<img src="images/i_114c.png" width="400" alt="Wife speaking to husband." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PERFECT WRETCH.</em></p> -<p><em>Wife.</em> "WHY, DEAR ME, WILLIAM; HOW TIME FLIES! I DECLARE WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED -TEN YEARS TO-DAY!"</p> -<p><em>Wretch.</em> "HAVE WE, LOVE! I AM SURE I THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN A GREAT DEAL LONGER."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_114d.png"> -<img src="images/i_114d.png" width="400" alt="Portrat of man with dog." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN ENGLISH NOBLEMAN, PAINTED BY THE FRENCH.</em></p> -<p><em>Milord.</em> "GODAM! ROSBIF! I SHALL SELL MY WIFE AT SMITHFIELD, DAM!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[Pg 110]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_115a.png"> -<img src="images/i_115a.png" width="400" alt="Children at teain the nursery." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A STORM IN A TEACUP.</em></p> -<p><em>Head Nurse</em> (<em>with much dignity</em>). "MISS MARY! YOU SHALL NOT STIR YOUR TEA -WITH THE SNUFFERS!—IT IS NOT LADY-LIKE, AND I AM QUITE SURE YOUR PAPA WOULD -NOT APPROVE OF IT!"</p> -<p class="regards">[MISS MARY <em>howls awfully, and smashes tea-cup</em>.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_115b.png"> -<img src="images/i_115b.png" width="400" alt="Two children discussing forthcoming party." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WAITING FOR THE CARRIAGE.</em></p> -<p><em>Charlie.</em> "THIS WILL BE A STUPID AFFAIR, GEORGY."</p> -<p><em>Georgy.</em> "OH! YES—ONLY A WHITE FROCK AND BLACK MITTEN PARTY—VERY SLOW!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Old Nurse wonders what next.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_115c.png"> -<img src="images/i_115c.png" width="600" alt="Artist with very long hair." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WORKING AGAINST TIME.</em></p> -<p>THE ARTIST GIVES THE FINISHING TOUCH TO HIS PICTURE. HE HAS BEEN SO BUSY THAT HE HAS NOT -EVEN BEEN ABLE TO GET HIS HAIR CUT.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_115d.png"> -<img src="images/i_115d.png" width="400" alt="Mr. Punch with wife and children." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>KETCHEE! KETCHEE!</em></p> -<p class="center">MR. PUNCH IN THE BOSOM OF HIS FAMILY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[Pg 111]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_116a.png"> -<img src="images/i_116a.png" width="600" alt="Boy speaking to three women." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DID YOU EVER!</em></p> -<p><em>Augustus.</em> "I SAY, AUNT! DID YOU SEE WHAT THE NEWSPAPER SAYS ABOUT THE ECLIPSE?"</p> -<p><em>Aunt.</em> "NO! WHAT DOES IT SAY? READ IT, CHILD! ANYTHING RELATING TO THAT WONDERFUL EVENT IS INTERESTING."</p> -<p><em>Augustus.</em> "WHY, IT SAYS THAT IT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT UPON THE INFERIOR ANIMALS! MY WIG! I'D HAVE YOU AND THE -GIRLS LOOK OUT FOR SQUALLS!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Disgusting, Low-Minded Boy.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_116b.png"> -<img src="images/i_116b.png" width="400" alt="Dishevelled man speaking in luxurious conservatory." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FUMIGATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Coster.</em> "'SCUSE ME, MARM, BUT DID YER WANT YER GREEN-'OUSE SMOKED?—NO CHARGE. -ONLY TO FIND THE 'BACCA, AND A DROP O' SUMTHIN' TO DRINK!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_116d.png"> -<img src="images/i_116d.png" width="400" alt="Two fishlike persons singing at a piano." /></a> -<p class="center">WARBLERS UNDER WATER.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[Pg 112]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_117a.png"> -<img src="images/i_117a.png" width="400" alt="Person lying in bed." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OH DEAR!</em></p> -<p>THAT REGULAR FAMILY NEXT DOOR ARE HAVING THEIR CHIMNEY SWEPT AGAIN.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_117b.png"> -<img src="images/i_117b.png" width="400" alt="two boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EARLY PHILOSOPHY.</em></p> -<p><em>Juvenile.</em> "AH, IT'S ALL VERY WELL! LOVE MAY DO FOR BOYS AND -GALS; BUT WE, AS MEN OF THE WORLD, KNOW 'OW 'OLLOW IT IS."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_117c.png"> -<img src="images/i_117c.png" width="400" alt="Servant talking to lady of the house." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OUT OF HIS ELEMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>Flunkey</em> (<em>who does not approve of Bloomsbury</em>). "NO, MA'AM, I DON'T OBJEC' TO THE 'OUSE, FOR IT'S HAIREY, AND THE -VITTLES IS GOOD; BUT THE FACT IS THAT ALL MY CONNEXIONS LIVE IN BELGRAVIA!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[Pg 113]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_118a.png"> -<img src="images/i_118a.png" width="600" alt="Lady adressing man sitting on an easy chair" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TOO BAD!</em></p> -<p><em>Bertha.</em> "NOW, REALLY, CHARLES, YOU ARE VERY PROVOKING. I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR MY HAT EVERYWHERE—AND I DECLARE YOU ARE SITTING UPON IT."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_118b.png"> -<img src="images/i_118b.png" width="600" alt="Policeman talking to boy with lady onlooker." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A VICTIM OF FASHION.</em></p> -<p><em>Police Constable</em> (<em>to Boy</em>). "NOW THEN, OFF WITH THAT HOOP! OR I'LL PRECIOUS SOON HELP YOU!"</p> -<p><em>Lady</em> (<em>who imagines the observation is addressed to her</em>). "WHAT A MONSTER!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Lifts up the Crinoline, and hurries off.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[Pg 114]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">THE BRITISH FORCES AND THE CRIMEAN WAR.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_119a.png"> -<img src="images/i_119a.png" width="350" alt="Man speaking to lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.</em>—I.</p> -<p><em>Officer</em> (<em>who is going to the East</em>). "OF COURSE, IT'S RATHER A BORE JUST AT THE -BEGINNING OF THE SEASON—AND I SHALL MISS THE DERBY! WISH THEY COULD HAVE -HAD THE RUSSIANS OVER HERE, BECAUSE THEN WE COULD HAVE THRASHED 'EM IN -HYDE PARK, AND DINED AT GREENWICH AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_119b.png"> -<img src="images/i_119b.png" width="400" alt="Tailor fitting uniform on soldier." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.</em>—II.</p> -<p>ENSIGN STUBBS, HAVING BEEN APPOINTED TO THE 121ST, GOES TO TRY ON HIS UNIFORM.</p> -<p><em>N.B.—The Gallant Ensign has hitherto been accustomed to dress in a loose, dégagé manner.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_119d.png"> -<img src="images/i_119d.png" width="400" alt="Boy in soldiers uniform and small girl." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.</em>—III.</p> -<p>DELIGHT OF ONE OF OUR GUARDS NOW HE FEELS THAT THE COUNTRY WILL PROTECT -"THE GIRL HE LEAVES BEHIND HIM."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_119c.png"> -<img src="images/i_119c.png" width="400" alt="Cartoon, man taking weapon from lion" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WELL INTENDED, NO DOUBT.</em></p> -<p><em>Quaker to British Lion.</em> "THERE, FRIEND! NOW LET ME PUT AWAY THOSE -DANGEROUS VANITIES!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[Pg 115]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">THE BRITISH FORCES AND THE CRIMEAN WAR.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_120a.png"> -<img src="images/i_120a.png" width="400" alt="Brother officers talking in the kitchen." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NOTHING LIKE FORETHOUGHT.</em></p> -<p><em>Captain</em> (<em>to Brother Officer</em>). "WHAT AM I ABOUT? I'LL TELL YOU, OLD BOY. THERE'S NO KNOWING -WHAT MAY HAPPEN, SO I AM LEARNING THE NOBLE ART OF MAKING OMELETTES, IN CASE ANYTHING -SHOULD HAPPEN TO OUR CHEF!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_120b.png"> -<img src="images/i_120b.png" width="400" alt="Man considering how to help the troops." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NO! DON'T.</em></p> -<p>"SO THEY ARE SENDING OUT BOOKS TO AMUSE THE POOR FELLOWS AT -SCUTARI—AND VERY PROPER. I WILL SEND FIVE-AND-TWENTY COPIES OF MY -LAST FIVE-ACT TRAGEDY OF 'THE ROMAN GRANDMOTHER."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_120c.png"> -<img src="images/i_120c.png" width="400" alt="Soldier talking to countryman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ENTHUSIASM.</em></p> -<p><em>Inflamed Militia Man.</em> "TALK O' TH' ROOSHANS! THERE! DANG'D IF I WOULDN'T MOW -'EM DOWN FOR A SHILLIN' AN ACRE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_120d.png"> -<img src="images/i_120d.png" width="350" alt="Recruiting sergeant talking to liveried servant." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ON DOMESTIC SERVICE.</em></p> -<p><em>Recruiting Sergeant.</em> "COME, TAKE THE SHILLING LIKE A MAN, AND HAVE A TURN -AT THE RUSSIANS IN THE CRIMEA."</p> -<p><em>Pampered Menial.</em> "A—THANK YOU. I DON'T SEEM TO SEE IT. THE FACT IS—THAT—A—THE -WORK IS 'ARD; AND—A—THE BOARD IS BAD."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[Pg 116]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">THE BRITISH FORCES AND THE CRIMEAN WAR.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_121a.png"> -<img src="images/i_121a.png" width="600" alt="Soldiers ding on foraged food." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A LITTLE DINNER AT THE CRIMEA CLUB.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_121b.png"> -<img src="images/i_121b.png" width="600" alt="Dance disrupted by bombs." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EVENING PARTY AT SEBASTOPOL.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[Pg 117]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">THE BRITISH FORCES AND THE CRIMEAN WAR.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_122a.png"> -<img src="images/i_122a.png" width="600" alt="Two soldiers talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PATIENT HEROES.</em></p> -<p>"WELL, JACK! HERE'S GOOD NEWS FROM HOME. WE'RE TO HAVE A MEDAL." -"THAT'S VERY KIND. MAYBE ONE OF THESE DAYS WE'LL HAVE A COAT TO STICK IT ON!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_122b.png"> -<img src="images/i_122b.png" width="600" alt="Soldier sitting on the shoulders of a captive." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HOW JACK MADE THE TURK USEFUL AT BALACLAVA.</em></p> -<p><em>British Officer.</em> "HOLLOA, JACK! WHAT ARE YOU ABOUT NOW?"</p> -<p><em>Jack.</em> "WHY, YER HONOUR—YOU SEE RIDING'S A DEAL PLEASANTER THAN WALKING ABOUT HERE, AND WHEN THIS CHAP'S TIRED—I MOUNTS T'OTHER COVE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[Pg 118]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">THE BRITISH FORCES AND THE CRIMEAN WAR.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_123a.png"> -<img src="images/i_123a.png" width="600" alt="Battle scene." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A TRUMP CARD(IGAN).</em></p> -<p class="center">THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE UNDER LORD CARDIGAN AGAINST THE RUSSIAN BATTERIES AT BALACLAVA.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_123b.png"> -<img src="images/i_123b.png" width="400" alt="Sailors sharpening their swords." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SHARP'S THE WORD.</em></p> -<p class="center">ADMIRAL PUNCH'S SIGNAL TO THE FLEET.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_123c.png"> -<img src="images/i_123c.png" width="300" alt="Cartoon." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>UNIFORM STUPIDITY.</em></p> -<p class="center">HOW TO DRESS A WARRIOR.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[Pg 119]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">THE BRITISH FORCES AND THE CRIMEAN WAR.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_124a.png"> -<img src="images/i_124a.png" width="400" alt="Two sailors talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HARD CASE IN THE BALTIC.</em></p> -<p><em>A. B. Seaman.</em> "HERE'S A GO, BILL! YER MIGHT KNOCK ME DOWN WITH THE BUTT-END -OF A MUSKIT, A'MOST! BLOW'D IF THE GAME AIN'T OVER, AND WE AIN'T HAD -NO INNINGS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_124b.png"> -<img src="images/i_124b.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A GRIEVANCE.</em></p> -<p>"I TELL YER WHAT, BILL! I DON'T HALF LIKE THESE HERE MOUSTARCHERS. THEY -DO MOP UP SUCH A LOT OF GROG!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_124c.png"> -<img src="images/i_124c.png" width="600" alt="Sailors with looted trophies" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RELICS OF THE SIEGE.</em></p> -<p><em>Ben.</em> "I SAY, JACK!—GIVE US A LIFT DOWN WITH THESE HERE <em>BLOOD-STAINED RUINS</em> FROM SEBASTERPOOL!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[Pg 120]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">THE BRITISH FORCES AND THE CRIMEAN WAR.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_125.png"> -<img src="images/i_125.png" width="600" alt="Guards at a dance and then in a battle" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OUR GUARDS.</em></p> -<p class="center">THEY CAN PLAY; AND, BY JOVE, THEY CAN FIGHT, TOO.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[Pg 121]</a><br /><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[Pg 122]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_121.png"> -<img src="images/i_121.png" width="600" alt="Crowd of ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TRAINING-SCHOOL FOR LADIES ABOUT TO APPEAR AT COURT.</em></p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[Pg 124]</a><br /><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[Pg 125]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_130a.png"> -<img src="images/i_130a.png" width="400" alt="Women in a box at the opera." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE OPERA.</em>—No. I.</p> -<p><em>Lizzy.</em> "GOOD GRACIOUS SELINA! LOOK THERE! THERE'S THAT RIDICULOUS LITTLE MAN AGAIN. -DID YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING SO ABSURD?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_130b.png"> -<img src="images/i_130b.png" width="400" alt="Man looking up at the ladies in the box." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE OPERA.</em>—No. II.</p> -<p><em>Busby</em>. "AH THERE SHE IS, BLESS HER! AND LOOKING THIS WAY TOO. OH! IT'S AS CLEAR AS -POSSIBLE SHE HAS TAKEN A FANCY TO ME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[Pg 126]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_131a.png"> -<img src="images/i_131a.png" width="600" alt="Man standing by exhausted horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE BEST RUN OF THE SEASON.</em>—No. I.</p> -<p><em>Master</em> (<em>with pumped-out Horse</em>). "CONFOUND THAT RASCALLY BOY! WHERE CAN HE HAVE GOT TO WITH MY SECOND HORSE?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_131b.png"> -<img src="images/i_131b.png" width="600" alt="Boy riding a still fresh horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE BEST RUN OF THE SEASON.</em>—No. II.</p> -<p><em>Rascally Boy</em> (<em>with delightfully fresh animal</em>). "OH, DEAR! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING! <em>I WONDER WHERE MASTER CAN BE?</em>"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[Pg 127]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_132a.png"> -<img src="images/i_132a.png" width="600" alt="Mistress addressing servant." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A BLACK INDIGNITY.</em></p> -<p><em>Lady of the House.</em> "OH, THOMAS! HAVE THE GOODNESS TO TAKE UP SOME COALS INTO THE NURSERY!"</p> -<p><em>Thomas.</em> "H'M, MA'AM! IF YOU ASK IT AS A FAVOUR, MA'AM, I DON'T SO MUCH OBJECT; BUT I 'OPE YOU DON'T TAKE ME FOR AN 'OUSEMAID, MA'AM!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_132b.png"> -<img src="images/i_132b.png" width="600" alt="Scene outside photo. studio." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ART-PROGRESS.</em></p> -<p><em>Artist(!).</em> "NOW, MUM! TAKE ORF YER 'EAD FOR SIXPENCE, OR YER 'OLE BODY FOR A SHILLIN'!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[Pg 128]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_133a.png"> -<img src="images/i_133a.png" width="350" alt="Man holding another mans arm in error." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FRATERNITY.</em></p> -<p><em>Fred.</em> (<em>affectionately taking the arm of his friend</em> HARRY—<em>as he thinks</em>). "OH! DO -LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL DIAMONDS. HOW WELL THEY WOULD BECOME YOUR SWEET -SISTER!"</p> -<p><em>Coal-heaver.</em> "COME NOW! WALKER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_133b.png"> -<img src="images/i_133b.png" width="400" alt="Man admiring his reflection in a mirror." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PRIVATE OPINION.</em></p> -<p><em>Little Shrimpton.</em> "HAH! THEY MAY LAUGH! BUT I MEAN TO SAY THAT THE BEARD -IS A GREAT ORNAMENT, AND GIVES DIGNITY TO THE HUMAN FIGURE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_133c.png"> -<img src="images/i_133c.png" width="400" alt="Woman with scarf caught in mans coat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE OLD OLD STORY.</em></p> -<p>IT WAS IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, WE FORGET WHICH, THAT AMELIA'S SCARF -CAUGHT HENRY'S BUTTON, AND NOW—THEY ARE MARRIED. WASN'T IT ODD?</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_133d.png"> -<img src="images/i_133d.png" width="400" alt="Henry has just heavy stubble" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE BEARD MOVEMENT.</em></p> -<p>"HOLLO, 'ENERY! IS THAT YOU? WHY I HARDLY KNOW'D YER WITH THAT GREAT -BEARD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[Pg 129]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_134a.png"> -<img src="images/i_134a.png" width="600" alt="Horse carrying riders hat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VARIETIES IN HORSE-TAMING.</em>—No. I.</p> -<p>OLD MR. B. HAS FOUND OUT THAT THE OIL OF RHODIUM SYSTEM IS ALL NONSENSE, AND HAS BEEN INITIATED BY MR. RAREY. WHENEVER HE GETS SPILT, -AND LOSES HIS HAT (AS HE DID THE VERY LAST DAY OF THE SEASON), HE JUST SAYS TO HIS HORSE, "FETCH IT, OLD BOY!" AND THE THING IS DONE!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_134b.png"> -<img src="images/i_134b.png" width="600" alt="Running from an angry horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VARIETIES IN HORSE-TAMING.</em>—No. II.</p> -<p>OUR DEAR OLD FRIEND BRIGGS—HAVING TAKEN THE RECEIPT FOR HORSE-TAMING FROM THE PAPERS—TRIES SOME EXPERIMENTS UPON AN ANIMAL -THAT HE HAS PICKED UP A BARGAIN.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[Pg 130]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_135a.png"> -<img src="images/i_135a.png" width="600" alt="Collapsed carriage with portly passenger." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN INCIDENT OF WEIGHT.</em></p> -<p><em>Cabby.</em> "LET YER OUT?—THAT'S A GOOD UN!—NOT AFORE YOU PAYS FOR BREAKING MY SPRINGS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_135b.png"> -<img src="images/i_135b.png" width="600" alt="Maid with message from the butcher" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ASTOUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>Maid.</em> "PLEASE, MA'AM, MR. SKEWER SAYS HE'S A-GOING TO KILL <em>HISSELF</em> THIS WEEK, AND WILL YOU HAVE A JOINT?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[Pg 131]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_136a.png"> -<img src="images/i_136a.png" width="400" alt="Mother coversing with her son." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A VERY SHOCKING BOY, INDEED!</em></p> -<p><em>Mamma.</em> "NOW, SIR—IF YOU DON'T BEHAVE BETTER, I WILL TELL PAPA OF YOU, AND HE WILL -BOX YOUR EARS!"</p> -<p><em>Shocking Boy.</em> "WELL, THEN, GO! MARCH!! AND SHUT THE DOOR AFTER YOU!!!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_136b.png"> -<img src="images/i_136b.png" width="350" alt="Lady speaking to boy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A FADED YOUTH.</em></p> -<p><em>Hostess.</em> "NOW, MY DEAR—WILL YOU COME AND DANCE A QUADRILLE?"</p> -<p><em>Juvenile.</em> "THA-A-NK YOU—IT'S SO MANY YEARS AGO SINCE I DANCED, -THAT I WOULD RATHER BE EXCUSED, IF YOU PLEASE. IN FACT, I—AW, -I HAVEN'T DANCED SINCE I WAS QUITE A BOY."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_136c.png"> -<img src="images/i_136c.png" width="350" alt="Group of males in dicussion" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IN THE PARK.</em></p> -<p><em>First Man</em> (<em>Home for the Holidays</em>). "AWFUL BIT OF GERANIUM THAT, CHARLEY!"</p> -<p><em>Second Ditto.</em> "YA-AS, I WAS ALWAYS VERY FOND OF FLOWERS—AW—THEY LOOK -SO JOLLY INNOCENT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_136d.png"> -<img src="images/i_136d.png" width="350" alt="Group of men chewing toothpicks." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IN THE STREETS.</em></p> -<p>THESE YOUNG GENTLEMEN ARE NOT INDULGING IN THE FILTHY HABIT OF SMOKING.—THEY -ARE ONLY CHEWING TOOTHPICKS, THE COMFORTING AND ELEGANT PRACTICE -NOW SO MUCH IN VOGUE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[Pg 132]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_137a.png"> -<img src="images/i_137a.png" width="600" alt="Man standing between two crinolined ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CRINOLINE AGAIN.</em></p> -<p><em>Charles.</em> "CONFOUND THE HOOPS, JUST WHEN I WANT TO MAKE MY NEAT SPEECH ABOUT BEING '<em>NEARER AND DEARER</em>' TOO!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_137b.png"> -<img src="images/i_137b.png" width="350" alt="Two nursemaids window gazing ignoring children" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A HINT TO MAMMAS.</em></p> -<p><em>First Nursemaid.</em> "LAWK, MARIER! WHAT A BEE-UTIFLE GOWND!"</p> -<p><em>Second Do.</em> "MY! JANE! HAIN'T IT?"</p> -<p class="center"><em>They contemplate the Gownd for about a quarter of an hour, and the -Children have the full benefit of the delicious North-East Wind.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_137c.png"> -<img src="images/i_137c.png" width="350" alt="Three styles of hat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE ROUND HAT.</em></p> -<p class="center">1. WHEN IT IS ALL VERY WELL. 2. WHEN IT IS OBJECTIONABLE. -3. WHEN THE POLICE OUGHT TO INTERFERE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[Pg 133]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_138a.png"> -<img src="images/i_138a.png" width="600" alt="Gent. at ease in his carriage." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TAKING IT EASY.</em></p> -<p>JOHN THOMAS, AS HE APPEARED WHILE HIS MISSUS WAS IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. J. T. IS CONSULTING HIS BETTING BOOK. (A POSITIVE FACT.)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_138b.png"> -<img src="images/i_138b.png" width="600" alt="Footman resigning his position" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PROFESSIONAL DIGNITY.</em></p> -<p><em>Lady.</em> "RESIGN YOUR SITUATION! WHY, WHAT'S WRONG NOW, THOMAS? HAVE THEY BEEN WANTING YOU TO EAT SALT BUTTER AGAIN?"</p> -<p><em>Genteel Footman.</em> "OH, NO, THANK YOU, MA'AM—BUT THE FACT IS, MA'AM—THAT I HAVE HEARD THAT MASTER WERE SEEN LAST WEEK ON THE TOP OF -A HOMNIBUS, AND I COULDN'T AFTER THAT REMAIN ANY LONGER IN THE FAMILY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[Pg 134]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_139a.png"> -<img src="images/i_139a.png" width="400" alt="Removes hat, leaves gloves on head." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NEVER CARRY YOUR GLOVES IN YOUR HAT.</em></p> -<p>MR. POFFINGTON FLATTERS HIMSELF HE IS CREATING A SENSATION—(<em>Perhaps he is.</em>)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_139b.png"> -<img src="images/i_139b.png" width="400" alt="Academic addressing student." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ACADEMIC COSTUME.</em></p> -<p><em>Dr. Bear.</em> "PUT ON YOUR GOWN, SIR."</p> -<p><em>Undergraduate.</em> "GOT IT ON, SIR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_139c.png"> -<img src="images/i_139c.png" width="600" alt="Sisters wearing plain dresses, all others in crinolines." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MORE NOVELTY.</em></p> -<p>THE MISSES WEASEL THINK CRINOLINE A PREPOSTEROUS AND EXTRAVAGANT INVENTION, AND APPEAR AT MRS. ROUNDABOUT'S PARTY IN A -SIMPLE AND ELEGANT ATTIRE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[Pg 135]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_140a.png"> -<img src="images/i_140a.png" width="400" alt="Miner talking to his wife." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FROM THE MINING DISTRICTS.</em></p> -<p>"MARTHA, WAST 'E DONE WI' THE MILK?"</p> -<p>"GEEN IT TO THE SHILD."</p> -<p>"DANG THE SHILD, THEE SHOULD HA' GEEN IT TO TH' BULL PUP!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_140b.png"> -<img src="images/i_140b.png" width="400" alt="Man talking to soldier on sentry duty." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DISTURBER OF PUBLIC PEACE.</em></p> -<p><em>Rioter.</em> "I SAY, OLD FELLER, OF COURSE YOU'LL FRATERNISE WITH US, -AND COME AND BREAK SOME VINDERS."</p> -<p><em>Soldier.</em> "OF COURSE I WON'T; BUT I'LL PUNCH YOUR HEAD IF YOU -DONT MOVE OFF."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_140c.png"> -<img src="images/i_140c.png" width="400" alt="Man overhears conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>UNLUCKY THIS TIME.</em></p> -<p><em>Ingenious Youth.</em> "OH! SUCH A LARK, BILL! I'VE BIN AND FILLED AN OLD COVE'S LETTER-BOX -WITH GOOSEBERRY SKINS AND HOYSTER SHELLS,—AND RAPPED LIKE A POSTMAN!"</p> -<p><em>Old Cove.</em> "<em>HAVE</em> YOU?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_140d.png"> -<img src="images/i_140d.png" width="350" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GOOD NEWS.</em></p> -<p>"WELL, JIM, HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE?"</p> -<p>"NO, VAT IS IT?"</p> -<p>"VY, COMMON GARDEN THEAYTER'S TO BE TURNED INTO A -HOPERA FOR THE MILLION! AIN'T THAT PRIME?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[Pg 136]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_141a.png"> -<img src="images/i_141a.png" width="600" alt="Man and woman in conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RATHER DEEP!</em></p> -<p><em>Cousin.</em> "CHARLIE!—JUST FANCY WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING!"</p> -<p><em>Captain Charlie.</em> "WELL, GEORGIE!"</p> -<p><em>Cousin.</em> "THAT—THAT—YOU AND I ARE GOING—A—A—TO BE—MARRIED!"</p> -<p><em>Charlie</em> (<em>with presence of mind</em>). "A—NEVER MIND, GEORGIE,—WE KNOW BETTER—WE ARE NOT SO FOOLISH!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_141b.png"> -<img src="images/i_141b.png" width="600" alt="Boy speaking to large lady facing an approaching herd of cattle" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AMPLE PROTECTION.</em></p> -<p class="center"><em>Youth.</em> "YOU NEEDN'T BE AFRAID, MA'AM. STAND BEHIND ME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[Pg 137]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_142a.png"> -<img src="images/i_142a.png" width="600" alt="Distaught daughter talking to her mother." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>JUST LIKE 'EM.</em></p> -<p><em>Mamma</em> (<em>staying with newly-married daughter</em>). "MY DEAREST, SWEETEST DARLING! WHAT! CRYING! WHY, WHAT'S THE MATTER?"</p> -<p><em>Daughter</em> (<em>with many sobs</em>). "OH, M-M-M-MAMMA DEAR! HERE'S CH-CH-CH-CHARLES SO DREADFULLY UNKIND. HE KNOWS THE H-H-HORSE-TAMING SECRET, -AND HE W-W-W-WON'T TELL IT TO ME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_142b.png"> -<img src="images/i_142b.png" width="600" alt="Boys surveying horse riders." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RIVAL JOCKEYS.</em></p> -<p><em>Bill</em> (<em>reads</em>). "'GENTLEMEN RIDERS ALLOWED FIVE POUNDS.'"</p> -<p><em>Tom.</em> "'ALLOWED FIVE POUNDS!' WHY, I'D RIDE BETTER NOR HE FOR 'ARF A CROWN!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[Pg 138]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_143a.png"> -<img src="images/i_143a.png" width="600" alt="Student talking to housemaid." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SYMPTOMS OF HARD READING!</em></p> -<p><em>Student.</em> "OH, MARY! HAVE YOU TAKEN UP THE LAMP AND THE CIGARS?"</p> -<p><em>Mary.</em> "YES, SIR."</p> -<p><em>Student.</em> "—AND THE WHISKEY, AND THE SUGAR, AND THE LEMON, AND BOILING WATER?"</p> -<p><em>Mary.</em> "YES, SIR."</p> -<p><em>Student.</em> "THEN COME, JACK! SUPPOSE WE GO INTO THE STUDY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_143b.png"> -<img src="images/i_143b.png" width="600" alt="Man with waterhose detering musician." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>REPELLING FOREIGN INVASION.</em></p> -<p>PATERFAMILIAS TRIES THE COLD WATER CURE IN A CASE OF ORGAN-GRINDING.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[Pg 139]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_144a.png"> -<img src="images/i_144a.png" width="350" alt="Two mine workers talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ANOTHER BIT FROM THE MINING DISTRICTS.</em></p> -<p><em>First Collier.</em> "SURREY, DUST THEE KNOW THE BISHOP'S COMING TO-MORROW?"</p> -<p><em>Second Do.</em> "WOT'S THAT?"</p> -<p><em>First Do.</em> (<em>emphatically</em>). "THE BISHOP!"</p> -<p><em>Second Do.</em> "OI DON'T KNOW WHAT THEE MEAN'ST, BUT MOY BITCH, ROSE, SHALL -PIN HER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_144b.png"> -<img src="images/i_144b.png" width="350" alt="Rough looking man offering to sell a dog, obviously someones pet." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CANINE.</em></p> -<p class="center">"BUY A LITTLE DORG, MARM?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_144c.png"> -<img src="images/i_144c.png" width="600" alt="Threatening men selling a form of prayer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHERE ARE THE POLICE?</em></p> -<p>A SKETCH, SHOWING THE DECENT MANNER IN WHICH THE "FORM OF PRAYER" WAS RETAILED -ON THE FAST DAY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_144d.png"> -<img src="images/i_144d.png" width="350" alt="Two angry men in dispute." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>COARSE, BUT CHARACTERISTIC.</em></p> -<p><em>Cabman</em> (<em>whose temper has been ruffled by Omnibus-man</em>). "YOU!! -WHY, YOU HUNGRY LOOKING WAGABUN, YOU LOOK AS IF YOU'D BIN -LOCKED UP FOR A MONTH IN A COOK'S SHOP WITH A MUZZLE ON."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[Pg 140]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_145a.png"> -<img src="images/i_145a.png" width="400" alt="Man speaking to woman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE GREAT BOON.</em></p> -<p><em>Superior Being (!).</em> "YOU'LL PLEASE TO OBSERVE, MUM, THAT A DIWORCE IS A MUCH EASIER -MATTER THAN IT USED TO BE—SO NONE OF YOUR VIOLENCE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_145b.png"> -<img src="images/i_145b.png" width="400" alt="Old crone speaking to mother holding a child." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A VISION OF THE PAST.</em></p> -<p class="center"><em>Old Lady.</em> "AH! I WAS JUST SUCH ANOTHER WHEN I WAS HER AGE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_145c.png"> -<img src="images/i_145c.png" width="600" alt="Man and woman talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FOLLY AND INNOCENCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Charles.</em> "I SAY, CLARA, AIN'T IT JOLLY? I'VE MADE SUCH A CAPITAL BOOK ON THE DERBY!"</p> -<p><em>Clara.</em> "I AM SURE, CHARLES, I AM DELIGHTED TO HEAR IT. ANY LITERARY PURSUIT MUST BE BETTER THAN THE HORRID PRACTICE YOU WERE -GETTING INTO OF BETTING AT RACES!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[Pg 141]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_146a.png"> -<img src="images/i_146a.png" width="350" alt="Boy talking to person riding on rear of a carriage." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IRRESISTIBLE.</em></p> -<p><em>John Thomas.</em> "GET AWAY, BOY—GET AWAY, BOY!"</p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "SHAN'T! AND IF YER DON'T LET ME RIDE, I'LL SEND THIS 'ERE MUD -OVER YER CALVES!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_146b.png"> -<img src="images/i_146b.png" width="400" alt="Man being interviewed for a servant position." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DRAWING THE LINE.</em></p> -<p><em>Plush Adonis.</em> "I SHOULD OBSERVE, MY LADY,—THAT IF YOU ENGAGE ME, I -SHOULD REQUIRE TO BE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS IN TOWN, IN A GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD—AND -THAT IF YOU SHOULD AT ANY TIME LIVE NORTH OF THE NEW ROAD, -I SHOULD EXPECT FIVE GUINEAS PER ANNUM INCREASE OF SALARY!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Fact.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_146c.png"> -<img src="images/i_146c.png" width="400" alt="Man by chestnut seller." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>YIELDING TO TEMPTATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Mr. Hobble-de-Hoye.</em> "I'M VERY FOND OF 'EM—THERE'S NO ONE LOOKING!—DON'T -SEE WHY I SHOULDN'T—I WILL!—YES—I'LL HAVE A PENN'ORTH!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_146d.png"> -<img src="images/i_146d.png" width="400" alt="Boy ignoring nearby puppet show." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MUCH ABOVE THAT SORT OF THING.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[Pg 142]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_147a.png"> -<img src="images/i_147a.png" width="600" alt="Lady of the house speaking to latecomer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SERVE HIM RIGHT.</em></p> -<p><em>Swell</em> (<em>who, when he is asked to dine at half-past six, thinks it fine to come at half-past eight</em>). "HAW! I'M AFRAID YOU'VE BEEN WAITING DINNAW FOR ME!"</p> -<p><em>Lady of the House.</em> "OH DEAR, NO! WE HAVE DINED SOME TIME; WILL YOU TAKE SOME TEA?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_147b.png"> -<img src="images/i_147b.png" width="600" alt="Children sparring wearing boxing gloves." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PHYSICAL EDUCATION.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[Pg 143]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_148a.png"> -<img src="images/i_148a.png" width="600" alt="Vet. checking out a horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A CONSULTATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Veterinary Surgeon.</em> "LEGS QUEER, SIR! DO YOU 'ACK 'IM OR 'UNT 'IM?"</p> -<p><em>Proprietor of Quadruped.</em> "I HUNT HIM SOMETIMES, BUT I MOSTLY USE HIM AS A HACK."</p> -<p><em>Veterinary Surgeon.</em> "AH, SIR, THAT'S WHERE IT IS. IT AIN'T THE 'UNTING AS 'URTS 'IM, IT'S THE 'AMMER, 'AMMER, 'AMMER ALONG THE 'ARD 'IGH ROAD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_148b.png"> -<img src="images/i_148b.png" width="600" alt="Acrobat viewing scene through a window" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE STREET ACROBAT NUISANCE.</em></p> -<p>UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE IS UNOBSERVED, MR. PUDDLE OFFERS HIS HAND AND HEART TO THE OBJECT OF HIS AFFECTIONS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[Pg 144]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_149a.png"> -<img src="images/i_149a.png" width="600" alt="Two rough looking men talking to photographer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PHOTOGRAPHIC BEAUTIES.</em></p> -<p>"I SAY, MISTER, HERE'S ME AND MY MATE WANTS OUR FOTERGRUFFS TOOK; AND MIND, WE WANTS 'EM 'ANSOM, COS THEY'RE TO -GIVE TO TWO LADIES."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_149b.png"> -<img src="images/i_149b.png" width="600" alt="Buyer talking to horse trader." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EQUINE.</em></p> -<p><em>Dealer.</em> "THERE! I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND A FAULT WITH HIM!"</p> -<p><em>Customer.</em> "BUT HE'S GOT SUCH A BEASTLY TAIL!"</p> -<p><em>Dealer.</em> "BEASTLY TAIL! THERE NEVER WAS A BAD RAT-TAILED 'OSS. WHY, <em>WE GO MILES TO FIND 'EM</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[Pg 145]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_150a.png"> -<img src="images/i_150a.png" width="600" alt="Two friends discussing a horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PLEASING PROSPECT.</em></p> -<p><em>Friend from Town.</em> "WELL! AND HOW'S THE MARE?"</p> -<p><em>Country Friend.</em> "OH! ALL RIGHT, OLD BOY! SHE WILL BE AS FRESH AS PAINT FOR YOU TO-MORROW, FOR SHE HASN'T BEEN HUNTED SINCE THE DAY -SHE PUT FRANK RAILER'S SHOULDER OUT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_150b.png"> -<img src="images/i_150b.png" width="400" alt="Competion for the favours of a lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHY NOT?</em></p> -<p class="center">THE GREAT MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT.—FAIR PLAY FOR THE BAKER.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_150c.png"> -<img src="images/i_150c.png" width="400" alt="Man wearing a gaudy shirt." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A STARTLING NOVELTY IN SHIRTS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[Pg 146]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_151a.png"> -<img src="images/i_151a.png" width="600" alt="Father of a new baby preparing his own meals." /></a> - -<p class="center"><em>AN OBJECT OF UNIVERSAL SYMPATHY.</em></p> -<p>MR. PEEWIT HAS A LITTLE ADDITION TO HIS FAMILY—HE IS OBLIGED -TO GET HIS MEALS ANYHOW—</p> -<p class="center">AND—</p> -<p class="center">ABDICATES IN FAVOUR OF THE <em>REAL</em> MASTER OF THE -HOUSE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_151b.png"> -<img src="images/i_151b.png" width="600" alt="Man whitewashing the legs of a line of troops." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A HINT TO THE AUTHORITIES.</em></p> -<p class="center">AN ECONOMICAL MODE OF PUTTING TROOPS INTO WHITE TROUSERS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_151c.png"> -<img src="images/i_151c.png" width="300" alt="Picture of well dressed man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DELUSIVE NOTION.</em></p> -<p class="center">THE YOUNG GENT WHO IS GOING TO MAKE A -RAPID FORTUNE BY BETTING.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[Pg 147]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_152a.png"> -<img src="images/i_152a.png" width="600" alt="Man looking at a frisky horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A SCENE AT A RAILWAY STATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Groom.</em> "BEG PARDON, SIR,—BUT WOS YOUR NAME TOMKINS?"</p> -<p><em>Tomkins.</em> "YES!"</p> -<p><em>Groom.</em> "IF YOU PLEASE, SIR, MASTER SAYS HE WOS WERRY SORRY AS HE COULDN'T SEND THE FEEATON—BUT, AS HIS YOUNG 'OSS WANTED EXERCISE, -HE THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T MIND RIDIN' OF 'IM."</p> -<p class="regards">[TOMKINS <em>bursts into a cold perspiration.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_152b.png"> -<img src="images/i_152b.png" width="600" alt="Lady in crinoline trying to board a carriage with a narrow door." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE UNFITNESS OF THINGS.</em></p> -<p><em>Impudent Boy.</em> "I SAY, BILL! COME AND SEE THE CONJURING—HERE'S THIS HERE GAL A GOIN' TO SQUEEZE HERSELF INTO THAT THERE BROOM!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[Pg 148]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_153a.png"> -<img src="images/i_153a.png" width="600" alt="Man reading, and sister with small children." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PLEASANT FOR "CHARLES DEAR."</em></p> -<p><em>Married Sister.</em> "OH, CHARLES DEAR! NURSE IS NOT VERY WELL, AND AS I MUST STAY WITH BABY, WOULD YOU TAKE FREDDY AND THE TWO LITTLE -ONES FOR A WALK, ONLY CARRY THEM OVER THE CROSSINGS, THAT'S A DEAR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_153b.png"> -<img src="images/i_153b.png" width="600" alt="Man being restrained from attacking carol singer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TOO MUCH!</em></p> -<p><em>Party</em> (<em>who hates bad music in the middle of the night</em>). "WH-A-T!! THE WAITS! CALLED FOR A CHRISTMAS BOX!—STOP A BIT!!"——</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>The rest is too terrible.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[Pg 149]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_154a.png"> -<img src="images/i_154a.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MARRY ON £300 A-YEAR!</em></p> -<p><em>Passer-by</em> (<em>to the Crossing-Sweeper</em>). "WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT?"</p> -<p><em>Sweeper.</em> "WELL, SIR, I BELIEVE IT'S A KIND OF WEDDING; BUT IT AIN'T LIKELY TO BE AN 'APPY -UNION—ONLY TWO BROUGHAMS AND A HACK CAB!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_154b.png"> -<img src="images/i_154b.png" width="350" alt="Man having his necktie tied by his housemaid." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN OBJECT OF SINCERE PITY.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_154c.png"> -<img src="images/i_154c.png" width="400" alt="Two youths talking at a dance." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OFFENDED DIGNITY.</em></p> -<p><em>Small Swell</em> (<em>who has just finished a Quadrille</em>). "H'M, THANK GOODNESS, THAT'S -OVER! DON'T GIVE ME YOUR BREAD-AND-BUTTER MISSES TO DANCE WITH. I LIKE -YOUR GROWN WOMEN OF THE WORLD!"—(<em>N.B. The bread-and-butter Miss has asked -him how old he was, and when he went back to School.</em>)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_154d.png"> -<img src="images/i_154d.png" width="400" alt="Youth talking to a lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VERY LARGE NOTIONS.</em></p> -<p><em>Man of the World.</em> "WHAT RUBBISH ALL THIS IS ABOUT MARRYING ON £300 A-YEAR! -WHY, IT AIN'T ENOUGH TO BUY A FELLAH CIGARS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[Pg 150]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_155a.png"> -<img src="images/i_155a.png" width="600" alt="A wet dog pulling at a tablecloth during a hunt breakfast." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.</em></p> -<p>TALK OF A MAD DOG, INDEED!—WHAT'S THAT TO A WET ISLE OF SKYE TERRIER UNDER THE BREAKFAST TABLE ON A HUNTING MORNING, AMONGST -THE NICE CLEAN TOPS AND BUCKSKINS?</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>A Favourite Lawn Meet—and not a moment to spare.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_155b.png"> -<img src="images/i_155b.png" width="600" alt="Two girls talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>JUVENILE WISDOM.</em></p> -<p><em>Florence.</em> "——AND HOW OLD IS YOUR PONY, FRED?"</p> -<p><em>Fred.</em> "WELL, I DON'T KNOW, EXACTLY—BUT ROBERT THINKS HE IS ABOUT FOURTEEN YEARS!"</p> -<p><em>Florence.</em> "OH!—THEN I SUPPOSE HE WILL VERY SOON BE A HORSE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[Pg 151]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_156a.png"> -<img src="images/i_156a.png" width="600" alt="People playing parlour games." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SNOWED UP.</em></p> -<p>POOR FELLOWS! THEY CAN'T GET ANY HUNTING, AND ARE OBLIGED TO PLAY AT SCRATCH CRADLE WITH THEIR COUSINS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_156b.png"> -<img src="images/i_156b.png" width="600" alt="Two boys talking whilst riding their horses." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A WEIGHTY MATTER.</em></p> -<p><em>Frederic</em> (<em>a very big boy</em>). "THAT'S A NICEISH PONY OF YOURS, CHARLEY.—BY THE BYE, HOW HEAVY ARE YOU?"</p> -<p><em>Charley.</em> "WELL, WITHIN A POUND OF THREE STONE, I'M SORRY TO SAY."</p> -<p><em>Frederic.</em> "OH, I CALL THAT A NICE WEIGHT. NOW, I'M OBLIGED TO HAVE VERY EXPENSIVE PONIES, FOR, WITH SADDLE AND BRIDLE, I DON'T RIDE LESS THAN -FOUR STONE TWO!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[Pg 152]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_157a.png"> -<img src="images/i_157a.png" width="600" alt="Boy talking to his grandfather." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A GOOD LIVER.</em></p> -<p><em>Frank.</em> "I SAY, GRANDPA! HAVEN'T YOU GOT SOME CHAPS COMING TO GRUB WITH YOU TO-DAY?"</p> -<p><em>Grandpa.</em> "EH! WHAT? SOME GENTLEMEN ARE COMING TO DINE WITH ME TO-DAY, SIR, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN!"</p> -<p><em>Frank.</em> "HAH! SAME THING! WELL, LOOK HERE! YOUR COOK ISN'T A GREAT HAND AT A SALAD—NOW THAT'S A THING I FLATTER MYSELF I UNDERSTAND -BETTER THAN MOST MEN—SO, IF YOU LIKE, I'LL MIX YOU ONE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_157b.png"> -<img src="images/i_157b.png" width="600" alt="Adults talking to boy on a pony." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE OLD FOXHUNTER.</em></p> -<p><em>Flora.</em> "WELL, RONALD! AND HOW DO YOU LIKE ROTTEN ROW?"</p> -<p><em>Ronald.</em> "OH, PRETTY WELL; BUT IT'S RATHER SLOW WORK TO A MAN WHO HAS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO GO ACROSS COUNTRY AS I HAVE ALL MY LIFE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[Pg 153]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_158a.png"> -<img src="images/i_158a.png" width="400" alt="Master at table with servant waiting on." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MELANCHOLY.</em></p> -<p><em>Lord Eustace</em> (<em>a young Nobleman in love</em>). "TELL ME, THOMPSON, ARE THOSE THE BIRDS?"</p> -<p><em>Thompson</em> (<em>his confidential Servant</em>). "YES, MY LORD."</p> -<p><em>Eust.</em> "THEY ARE YOUNG?"</p> -<p><em>Thomp.</em> "THEY ARE, MY LORD."</p> -<p><em>Eust.</em> "AND THE WINE?"</p> -<p><em>Thomp.</em> "LAFITTE—44, MY LORD."</p> -<p><em>Eust.</em> "YOU HAVE DRAWN THE CURTAINS?"</p> -<p><em>Thomp.</em> "EVEN SO, MY LORD."</p> -<p><em>Eust.</em> "AND YOU HAVE PLACED SOME COALS UPON THE FIRE?"</p> -<p><em>Thomp.</em> "MY LORD, THIS MOMENT I HAVE DONE SO."</p> -<p><em>Eust.</em> "THEN—THEN—LEAVE ME!!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>And his Lordship pegs away at the Birds, drinks a Bottle of Claret, and feels all the better.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_158b.png"> -<img src="images/i_158b.png" width="350" alt="Two gentlemen talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OUT OF THE FASHION.</em></p> -<p>"WHY, FWED!—WHAWT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR LEGS?"</p> -<p>"WHY, YOU SEE, PEG-TOP TROUSERS ARE GETTING SO COMMON, I'M -GOING TO GIVE NATURE A CHANCE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_158c.png"> -<img src="images/i_158c.png" width="500" alt="Two ladies sittnlg on a bench reading." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.</em></p> -<p>ON THE MORNING AFTER THE DISPENSARY BALL, AS EMILY DEUXTEMPS AND CLARA POLKINGTON -WERE SITTING IN THE PLANTATION, WHO SHOULD COME TO THE VERY SPOT BUT CAPTAIN FASTMAN -AND YOUNG REGINALD FIPPS!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_158d.png"> -<img src="images/i_158d.png" width="350" alt="Lady slipping a note into a vase of flowers." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>BLESS YOU! BLESS YOU!</em>"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[Pg 154]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_159.png"> -<img src="images/i_159.png" width="400" alt="Male shop assistants serving ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WHO WILL SERVE THE COUNTRY?</em></p> -<p><em>Recruiting Sergeant.</em> "NOW, BRAVE BOYS, WITH THOSE WHISKERS AND SHOULDERS, YOU SHOULD BE WITH US, AND—I'M SURE THE LADIES -WOULD EXCUSE YOU!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[Pg 155]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_160.png"> -<img src="images/i_160.png" width="400" alt="Group of women marching." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WE'LL SERVE THE SHOP!</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[Pg 156]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_161a.png"> -<img src="images/i_161a.png" width="400" alt="Nurse ignoring babies whilst talking to soldier." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SERVANTGALISM</em>;</p> -</div> - -<p class="center"><span class="small">AND</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_161b.png"> -<img src="images/i_161b.png" width="600" alt="Two ladies of liesure talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FINELADYISM.</em></p> -<p><em>First Elegant Mamma.</em> "HOW SHOCKING THIS IS!—THE WAY NURSERYMAIDS NEGLECT THE CHILDREN!"</p> -<p><em>Second Do.</em> "YES, DEAR! AND I DON'T SEE THAT ANYTHING CAN BE DONE. FOR WHAT WITH PARTIES, AND THE TIME ONE NATURALLY DEVOTES TO -DRESSING, AND THE NUMEROUS CALLS ONE HAS TO MAKE, ONE CAN'T LOOK AFTER ONE'S OWN CHILDREN, YOU KNOW!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[Pg 157]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_162a.png"> -<img src="images/i_162a.png" width="400" alt="Wife talking to father of five girls." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE ADVENT OF SPRING.</em></p> -<p>"THE DEAR GIRLS REALLY MUST HAVE SOME NEW BONNETS, FOR THEY CANNOT -POSSIBLY WEAR THOSE NASTY, SHABBY, DIRTY, OLD WINTER THINGS ANY LONGER."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_162b.png"> -<img src="images/i_162b.png" width="400" alt="Two servants talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE VALENTINE.</em></p> -<p><em>Little Foot Page.</em> "I SAY, MARIA, WHAT'S A RHYME TO CUPID?"</p> -<p><em>Maria.</em> "WHY, STUPID RHYMES TO CUPID—DON'T IT, STUPID?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_162c.png"> -<img src="images/i_162c.png" width="400" alt="Bookshop scene." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TASTE.</em></p> -<p><em>Shop-girl</em> (<em>who has been expected to possess</em> TENNYSON'S "<em>Miller's Daughter</em>"). "NO, MISS! WE'VE -NOT GOT THE MILLER'S BUT HERE'S THE RATCATCHER'S DAUGHTER, JUST PUBLISHED!!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_162d.png"> -<img src="images/i_162d.png" width="350" alt="Two boys dicussing a gentleman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>INSULTING A REFUGEE.</em></p> -<p><em>Rude Boy.</em> "OH CRIKEY, BILL, IF 'ERE AIN'T THE GREAT ORANGOUTANG -BEEN TO A TAILOR, AND GOT RIGGED OUT AS A SWELL!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[Pg 158]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_163a.png"> -<img src="images/i_163a.png" width="600" alt="Very large lady wanting to ride a horse." /></a> -<p class="center"> <em>A SKETCH FROM THE STAND AT SCARBORO'.</em></p> -<p><em>Fair Equestrian.</em> "OH! I WANT TO RIDE ON THE SANDS WITH THIS LITTLE BOY.—HAVE YOU A HORSE DISENGAGED FOR HIM? ANY BIT OF A -PONY THING, YOU KNOW, WILL DO FOR ME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_163b.png"> -<img src="images/i_163b.png" width="600" alt="Ladies in crinoline dresses facing a narrow door." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A WHOLESOME CONCLUSION.</em></p> -<p><em>Lady Crinoline.</em> "YES, LOVE—A VERY PRETTY CHURCH, BUT THE DOOR IS CERTAINLY VERY NARROW!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">[Pg 159]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_164a.png"> -<img src="images/i_164a.png" width="400" alt="Man and wife with seven children." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>INTERESTING GROUP POSED FOR A PHOTOGRAPH</em></p> -<p class="center">BY A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_164c.png"> -<img src="images/i_164c.png" width="400" alt="Man and wife with seven children, but picture blurred." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>INTERESTING AND VALUABLE RESULT.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_164b.png"> -<img src="images/i_164b.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OLD BOYS.</em></p> -<p><em>Old Boy</em> (<em>loq.</em>). "OH, SHE'S A CHARMING GYUIRL, AND, UPON MY SAUL! -I THINK SHE LIKES ME AMAZINGLY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_164d.png"> -<img src="images/i_164d.png" width="350" alt="Lady consulting her doctor." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VERY ALARMING, INDEED.</em></p> -<p><em>Professional Man.</em>—"AH! IT'S VERY LUCKY YOU CAME TO ME IN -TIME.—YOU SEE, MA'AM, YOU HAVE HAD INFLAMMATION OF THE -BRONCHIAL TUBES, WHICH, ACTING UPON THE FLEXOR LONGUS DIGITORUM -PEDIS, HAS OCCASIONED AN ABRASION OF THE DIGASTRICUS, -OR, AS SOME CALL IT, THE BIVENTER MAXILLÆ INFERIORIS; AND -WHICH MIGHT HAVE ENDED IN CONFIRMED DELIRIUM TREMENS, OR -EVEN PREMATURE ELEPHANTIASIS. HOWEVER, I DARESAY, &c., &c., &c.</p> -<p class ="regards">[<em>Old Lady gasps for breath.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">[Pg 160]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_165a.png"> -<img src="images/i_165a.png" width="600" alt="Men talking whilst blocking a pavement." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>POLITENESS AS IN PARIS.</em></p> -<p class="center">(<em>A Perfidious Misrepresentation, of course.</em>)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_165b.png"> -<img src="images/i_165b.png" width="600" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FLATTERY.</em></p> -<p><em>Jules</em> (<em>who affects English manners and customs</em>). "GOOD—A—BY, OLE BOY! I GO TO MAKE A PROMENADE IN MY TO-CAR."</p> -<p class="regards">(<em>Which being interpreted means that Jules is going for a drive in his Dog-Cart.</em>)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[Pg 161]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_166a.png"> -<img src="images/i_166a.png" width="600" alt="Very obese man instructed to jump over a stick" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VERY ODD!</em></p> -<p><em>Lecturer on Electro-Biology.</em> "NOW, SIR! YOU CAN'T JUMP OVER THAT STICK! AHEM!"</p> -<p><em>Subject.</em> "JUMP? EH! UGH! LOR BLESS ME, JUMP! NO, I KNOW I CAN'T—NEVER COULD JUMP—UGH!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Thunders of applause from the Gentlemen in the cane-bottom chairs</em>—(<em>i.e. believers</em>).</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_166b.png"> -<img src="images/i_166b.png" width="600" alt="Horse trader with prospective customer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A TENDER POINT.</em></p> -<p><em>Irish Jarvie</em> (<em>with much excitement</em>). "NOT FAST ENOUGH! IS IT? OH THIN, YER 'ONOR, JIST JUMP UP, TILL I TIRRIFY YE THE WAY I'LL ROWL ALONG!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[Pg 162]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_167b.png"> -<img src="images/i_167b.png" width="600" alt="Boy, speaking to man on horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>STUMPED OUT.</em></p> -<p><em>Apothecary's Boy</em> (<em>to party rather proud of his Horsemanship</em>). "I SAY, MISTER, MIND WHAT YOU'RE AT, OR YOU'LL BE OFF THE <em>SHOPBOARD</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_167a.png"> -<img src="images/i_167a.png" width="600" alt="urchin, speaking to military figure." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A GENEROUS OFFER.</em></p> -<p><em>Small Sweeper</em> (<em>to Crimean Hero</em>). "NOW, CAPTAIN, GIVE US A COPPER, AND I'LL SEE YER SAFE OVER THE CROSSING!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[Pg 163]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_168a.png"> -<img src="images/i_168a.png" width="600" alt="Man, with umbrella, being rowed in a boat by two girls." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NOT A BAD IDEA FOR WARM WEATHER.</em></p> -<p class="center"><em>Frederick.</em> "NOW, GIRLS, PULL AWAY—DON'T BE IDLE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_168b.png"> -<img src="images/i_168b.png" width="600" alt="Men on horses ,in conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A QUIET LOOK AT THE COUNTRY.</em></p> -<p><em>Frank.</em> "THERE, CHARLEY! WE HAVE A GOOD MANY OF THOSE LITTLE DOUBLES HERE; BUT, BLESS YOU! OUR HORSES THINK NOTHING OF 'EM!"</p> -<p><em>Charley</em> (<em>who is not to be beaten</em>). "HA, I SEE!—NICE CLEAN JUMPING! NOW, IN OUR COUNTRY THE FENCES ARE BIG AND CRAMPED!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[Pg 164]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_169a.png"> -<img src="images/i_169a.png" width="600" alt="Happy man and wife on holiday." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PATERFAMILIAS HAS HIS HOLIDAY AT THE SEA-SIDE</em>— —</p> -</div> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">WHILST</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_170a.png"> -<img src="images/i_170a.png" width="600" alt="Several generations of the same family enjoying the town house." /></a> -<p class="center">: — — <em>A RESPECTABLE ELDERLY FEMALE TAKES CARE OF THE HOUSE IN TOWN.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_169b.png"> -<img src="images/i_169b.png" width="400" alt="Elderly female with wide skirt and wearing a hat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PLEASING DELUSION. IN RE THE ROUND HATS.</em></p> -<p><em>Female.</em> "WELL! THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION ABOUT ONE THING!—THEY CERTAINLY -DO MAKE YOU LOOK YOUNGER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_169c.png"> -<img src="images/i_169c.png" width="400" alt="Two ladies discussing their hats." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE ROUND HAT AGAIN.</em></p> -<p><em>Mrs. Popps.</em> "WELL, WHAT I SAY IS, THEY ARE VERY BECOMING—AND -UNCOMMON COMFORTABLE?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[Pg 165]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_170b.png"> -<img src="images/i_170b.png" width="350" alt="Lady reading a note to her mother." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OH! WHAT A HUMBUG!</em></p> -<p><em>Amelia.</em> "MAMMA, DEAR! HERE'S A NOTE FROM DEAR WILLIAM, WITH A BOX FOR THE -OPERA, I SHOULDN'T WONDER." (<em>Reads</em>):—"<em>My darling Amelia, Circumstances over which I -have no control will take me as far as Greenwich. I have left my Latch-key—please to get -it from the Waistcoat I took off, and send it by the Bearer to your ever affectionate Kidums.</em>"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_170c.png"> -<img src="images/i_170c.png" width="350" alt="Man talkiong to two female cousins." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PEACE CONFERENCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Flora.</em> "OH, I AM SO GLAD—DEAR HARRIET—THERE IS A CHANCE OF PEACE—I AM -MAKING THESE SLIPPERS AGAINST DEAR ALFRED COMES BACK!"</p> -<p><em>Cousin Tom.</em> "HAH, WELL!—I AIN'T QUITE SO ANXIOUS ABOUT PEACE—FOR, YOU -SEE, SINCE THOSE SOLDIER CHAPS HAVE BEEN ABROAD, WE CIVILIANS HAVE HAD IT -PRETTY MUCH OUR OWN WAY WITH THE GURLS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[Pg 166]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_171a.png"> -<img src="images/i_171a.png" width="500" alt="Mother and child talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A POSER.</em></p> -<p><em>Darling.</em> "OH, MAMMA, DEAR! WHAT SPLENDID FLOWERS!"</p> -<p><em>Mamma.</em> "YES, DEAR, PUT IT DOWN. THAT IS MY WREATH. I'M GOING TO THE OPERA!"</p> -<p><em>Darling.</em> "OH! AND WHEN I GROW A BIG LADY, MAY I WEAR A WREATH, AND GO TO THE OPERA?"</p> -<p><em>Mamma.</em> "WELL, DEAR, I HOPE SO!"</p> -<p><em>Darling.</em> "WHAT, AND TAKE MY BEAUTIFUL VELVET AND GOLD CHURCH SERVICE UNCLE CHARLES GAVE ME?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_171b.png"> -<img src="images/i_171b.png" width="600" alt="Crowd of people rushing from the beach." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE PICNIC.—OVERTAKEN BY THE TIDE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[Pg 167]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_172a.png"> -<img src="images/i_172a.png" width="600" alt="Man followed by pack of dogs." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN OBJECT OF ATTRACTION.</em></p> -<p>BOWKER, WHO IS FOND OF NICE THINGS FOR BREAKFAST, AND SOMETIMES MARKETS FOR HIMSELF, BECOMES AN OBJECT OF INTEREST FROM HAVING LAID -IN A FEW BLOATERS, AND HALF-A-POUND OF FRESH CAMBRIDGE SAUSAGES, FROM BOND STREET—AND WHICH SAUSAGES AND BLOATERS ARE IN HIS COAT-POCKET.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_172b.png"> -<img src="images/i_172b.png" width="600" alt="Heavily loaded small carriage." /></a> -<p class="center"> <em>A STRONG-BACKED CAR. SCENE—IRELAND.</em></p> -<p><em>Tourist.</em> "WELL, BUT MY GOOD FELLOW, YOU CAN'T CARRY US, AND ALL OUR LUGGAGE!"</p> -<p><em>Car Driver.</em> "OGH, NIVER FEAR, YER 'ONOUR, SHURE I'D CARRY <em>TWICED</em> AS MUCH!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[Pg 168]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_173a.png"> -<img src="images/i_173a.png" width="600" alt="Two horse riders talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NEW PURCHASE.</em></p> -<p><em>Mr. Muff.</em> "BUT—THEY SAID HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN THIS HUNT!"</p> -<p><em>Farmer.</em> "OH, YES—AND SO HE IS VERY WELL KNOWN. HE'S BROKE MORE COLLAR BONES THAN ALL THE 'OSSES IN ENGLAND."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_173b.png"> -<img src="images/i_173b.png" width="600" alt="Swimmers in a choppy sea." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AQUATIC MANOEUVRES.</em></p> -<p>BY MUCH THE PLEASANTEST WAY OF SEA-BATHING IS TO TAKE A BOAT, AND HAVE A GOOD SWIM IN THE CLEAR BLUE WATER—AND ISN'T IT -NICE SCRAMBLING INTO THE BOAT AGAIN! EH?</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[Pg 169]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_174a.png"> -<img src="images/i_174a.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PAINFUL SUBJECT.</em></p> -<p><em>Lieutenant Fopson</em> (<em>of the 121st, to his Elder Brother, who is home for the Holidays</em>).—"A-SAY, -OLD FELLAH!—DON'T YOU WISH YOU HAD LEFT SCHOOL?—IT MUST -BE SUCH A HORRID BAW TO BE FLOGGED FOR SMOKING!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_174b.png"> -<img src="images/i_174b.png" width="400" alt="Three men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NEW REGULATION MESS.</em></p> -<p><em>Swell Soldier.</em> "WHAT, DINE OFF WOAST AND BOILED, JUST LIKE SNOBS—NO!—BY -JOVE!—I SHALL CUT THE ARMY, AND GO INTO THE CHURCH!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_174c.png"> -<img src="images/i_174c.png" width="400" alt="Man and woman talking," /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY.</em></p> -<p><em>Clara</em> (<em>emphatically</em>). "I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, FRANK—I SHALL ALWAYS THINK IT A <em>NASTY</em>, -<em>ODIOUS</em>, <em>DIRTY</em>, <em>FILTHY</em>, <em>DISGUSTING</em>, AND <em>MOST OBJECTIONABLE</em> HABIT!"</p> -<p><em>Frank.</em> "HAW!—NOW, I'M REALLY SURPRISED, CLARA, TO HEAR SUCH A CLEVER GIRL AS YOU ARE -RUNNING DOWN SMOKING IN SUCH STRONG LANGUAGE—FOR IT'S ADMITTED, BY ALL SENSIBLE PEOPLE, -YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S THE <em>ABUSE OF TOBACCO</em> THAT'S WRONG!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Which little bit of sophistry completely vanquishes</em> CLARA.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_174d.png"> -<img src="images/i_174d.png" width="350" alt="Man with tall hat sitting and smoking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AT PARIS.</em></p> -<p class="center">A SKETCH FROM THE BOULEVARD.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[Pg 170]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_175a.png"> -<img src="images/i_175a.png" width="400" alt="Two small boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A YOUTHFUL SAGE.</em></p> -<p><em>Studious Boy.</em> "JOHNNY!—I ADVISE YOU NOT TO BE A GOOD BOY!"</p> -<p><em>Johnny.</em> "WHY?"</p> -<p><em>Studious Boy.</em> "BECAUSE IN BOOKS ALL GOOD BOYS DIE, YOU KNOW!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_175b.png"> -<img src="images/i_175b.png" width="400" alt="Man shaving whilst speaking to his brother." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ASTONISHING A YOUNG ONE.</em></p> -<p><em>Dick</em> (<em>to little Brother</em>). "HAH! THIS IS ONE OF THE DISAGREEABLES IN BEING -GROWN UP. WHY, BLESS YOU, IF I DIDN'T SHAVE TWICE A DAY THIS WARM WEATHER, -I SHOULD NOT BE FIT TO BE SEEN!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_175c.png"> -<img src="images/i_175c.png" width="600" alt="Boy with giant dragonflies on his fishing rod." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MONSTERS OF THE POOL.</em></p> -<p>MASTER GEORGE AND THE DRAGON-FLIES. AS THEY APPEARED TO HIS EXCITED IMAGINATION WHEN HE WAS OUT FISHING THE OTHER DAY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[Pg 171]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_176a.png"> -<img src="images/i_176a.png" width="600" alt="Urchin goading man on horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE HUMOURS OF THE STREET.</em></p> -<p><em>Delightful Boy.</em> "OH! LOOK 'ERE, JIM! HERE'S A SWELL—LET'S FRIGHTEN 'IS 'ORSE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_176b.png"> -<img src="images/i_176b.png" width="600" alt="Man viewing his hair after falling asleep at the barber shop." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS.</em></p> -<p>NEVER GO TO SLEEP WHILE YOU ARE HAVING YOUR HAIR CUT IN PARIS, OR IT MAY BE CUT IN THE FIRST STYLE OF FASHION!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[Pg 172]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_177a.png"> -<img src="images/i_177a.png" width="600" alt="Arriving on shore after a rough passage." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EXCURSION BOAT, AFTER A RATHER BOISTEROUS PASSAGE, ARRIVES AT 2.30 P.M.</em></p> -<p><em>Ticket Collector</em> (<em>without any feeling</em>). "TICKETS, SIR! THANKYE, SIR! BOAT RETURNS AT 3!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[Pg 173]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_178a.png"> -<img src="images/i_178a.png" width="400" alt="Boys tormenting defenceless billboard carrier." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>TICKLED WITH A STRAW.</em>"</p> -<p><em>Advertising Medium.</em> "COME, NOW, YOU LEAVE ORF! OR I'LL CALL THE PERLICE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_178b.png"> -<img src="images/i_178b.png" width="400" alt="Soldier holding a foaming jug looked at by man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IMPERTINENT CURIOSITY.</em></p> -<p><em>Military Man.</em> "WELL! WHAT ARE YER A STARIN' AT?—AIN'T YER NEVER SEED A -SODGER BEFORE?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_178c.png"> -<img src="images/i_178c.png" width="400" alt="Soldier in sentry box macked by a boy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IN CAMP.</em></p> -<p><em>Juvenile</em> (<em>à propos of Highlander in sentry-box</em>). "OH! MY WIG, CHARLEY, WHAT A -JOLLY JACK-IN-THE-GREEN HE'D MAKE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_178d.png"> -<img src="images/i_178d.png" width="400" alt="Man swimming in the drinking water." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SANITAS.</em></p> -<p>"HEY, COLIN! DINNA YE KEN THE WATTER'S FOR DRINK, AND NAE FOR BATHIN'?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[Pg 174]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_179a.png"> -<img src="images/i_179a.png" width="400" alt="Man found near open door by dancing partener." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE QUADRILLE IN HOT WEATHER.</em></p> -<p><em>Stout Party</em> (<em>who suffers much from heat, and has in vain attempted to conceal -himself</em>). "OH, I BELIEVE WE ARE ENGAGED FOR THIS DANCE. I'VE BEEN—THAT IS—I'VE—EH?—I'VE -BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU—A—A—EVERYWHERE—PHEW!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_179b.png"> -<img src="images/i_179b.png" width="400" alt="Insignificant man rejected in favour of more handsome prospect." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OH YES, OF COURSE.</em></p> -<p><em>Lizzie.</em> "OH, MR. POFFLES, I FIND I HAVE MADE A MISTAKE—I SEE I WAS -ENGAGED FOR THIS DANCE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_179c.png"> -<img src="images/i_179c.png" width="500" alt="Man and woman dicussing a lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FEMININE AMENITIES.</em></p> -<p><em>Sensitive Party.</em> "WHO IS THAT GIRL WITH THE NEZ RETROUSSÉ?"</p> -<p><em>Amiable Party</em> (<em>who has rather a prominent beak</em>). "NEZ RETROUSSÉ! DO YOU MEAN THAT GIRL -WITH THE PUG NOSE?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_179d.png"> -<img src="images/i_179d.png" width="400" alt="Woman posing in new hat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR MUGGINS.</em></p> -<p>"LARK! I SAY! WHAT'LL MY OLD MAN THINK WHEN HE SEE -ME IN THIS 'ERE 'AT?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[Pg 175]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_180a.png"> -<img src="images/i_180a.png" width="600" alt="Group of ladies looking at man caring for a baby." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HUSBAND-TAMING.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_180b.png"> -<img src="images/i_180b.png" width="600" alt="Two women discussing a husband." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RESULT OF ALLOWING LADIES TO WITNESS RAREY'S HORSE-TAMING EXHIBITION.</em></p> -<p><em>Mrs. Blanch.</em> "I ASSURE YOU, MY LOVE, HE IS COMPLETELY UNDER MY CONTROL. HE NEVER TALKS NOW OF SUCH A THING AS GOING TO HIS -CLUB OR DINING AT GREENWICH WITH HIS BACHELOR FRIENDS, AND HE WILL READ TO ME WHILE I WORK FOR THE HOUR TOGETHER."</p> -<p><em>Mrs. Catherine.</em> "OH, I MUST CERTAINLY LEARN THE ART. FOR MY AUGUSTUS IS REALLY DREADFUL!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[Pg 176]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_181a.png"> -<img src="images/i_181a.png" width="600" alt="Man and woman in discussion." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE LOVERS' QUARREL.</em></p> -<p><em>Frederick.</em> "BUT I ASSURE YOU, DEAREST——"</p> -<p><em>Emily.</em> "OH, NONSENSE, FREDERICK!—DON'T TELL ME! I JUDGE BY DEEDS, NOT WORDS; AND I AM SURE YOU CANNOT REALLY LOVE ME, OR YOU NEVER -WOULD HAVE GIVEN THAT HORRID MISS CLAPPERTON THE WING OF THE CHICKEN, AND ME THE LEG. BESIDES, YOU HANDED THE STRAWBERRIES FIRST TO -FLORA GIGGLES, AND YOU KNOW HOW I HATE HER."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_181b.png"> -<img src="images/i_181b.png" width="600" alt="Lady with crinoline blown over her head in high wind." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A SKETCH DURING THE RECENT GALE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[Pg 177]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_182a.png"> -<img src="images/i_182a.png" width="600" alt="Lady trying to pick up fish with fire tongs." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TERRIFIC ACCIDENT.</em></p> -<p>BURSTING OF OLD MRS. TWADDLE'S AQUA-VIVARIUM. THE OLD LADY MAY BE OBSERVED ENDEAVOURING TO PICK UP HER FAVOURITE EEL WITH THE -TONGS, A WORK REQUIRING SOME ADDRESS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_182b.png"> -<img src="images/i_182b.png" width="600" alt="Two ladies talking near a carriage." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.</em></p> -<p><em>Lady Flora.</em> "FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB, INDEED! FOR MY PART, I THINK YOUNG MEN OF FORTUNE MIGHT EMPLOY THEIR TIME MUCH BETTER THAN DRIVING -HORSES TO GREENWICH! DON'T YOU, ALICE?"</p> -<p class="regards"><em>Alice</em> (<em>with a tremendous sigh</em>). "OH, YES! DEAR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[Pg 178]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center"><span class="b">MR. PUNCH'S ADVICE TO HOUSEKEEPERS.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_183a.png"> -<img src="images/i_183a.png" width="600" alt="Gentleman in charge of a group of horses." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>IF YOU WANT A THING DONE, DO IT YOURSELF.</em>"—No. I.</p> -<p>FOR EXAMPLE:—BY GETTING UP AT DAY-BREAK, CLEANING OUT YOUR STABLE, AND TAKING THE HORSES OUT FOR EXERCISE, YOU WILL -ACCOMPLISH YOUR OBJECT.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_183b.png"> -<img src="images/i_183b.png" width="600" alt="Grooms taking a liesurely breakfast." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>IF YOU WANT A THING DONE, DO IT YOURSELF.</em>"—No. II.</p> -<p>AND——ENABLE THE GROOMS TO GET THEIR BREAKFAST COMFORTABLY, AND SO KEEP THEM IN -GOOD HUMOUR FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[Pg 179]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_184a.png"> -<img src="images/i_184a.png" width="400" alt="Gentleman doing his own chores." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>IF YOU WANT A THING DONE, DO IT YOURSELF.</em>"—No. III.</p> -<p>HAVING THOROUGHLY DRESSED AND FED THE HORSES, YOU HAD BETTER SET TO -WORK UPON THE BOOTS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. THE KNIVES, AS YOU HAVE A -MACHINE, YOU MAY AS WELL DO. AND, WHILE YOUR HANDS ARE SOILED, YOU HAD -BETTER HELP ALPHONSO TO CARRY UP SOME COALS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_184b.png"> -<img src="images/i_184b.png" width="400" alt="Young ladies assisting with dressing." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>IF YOU WANT A THING DONE, DO IT YOURSELF.</em>"—No. IV.</p> -<p>THERE CAN BE NO REASON WHY THE GIRLS SHOULDN'T DRESS THEMSELVES, -THAT PARKER THE MAID MAY GO TO HER DANCING.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_184c.png"> -<img src="images/i_184c.png" width="600" alt="Master waiting upon the servants." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>IF YOU WANT A THING DONE, DO IT YOURSELF.</em>"—No. V.</p> -<p>AS FOR JOHN THOMAS, THE BEST PLAN, OF COURSE, IS TO WAIT UPON <em>HIM</em>, AND THEN, PERHAPS (ALTHOUGH IT BY NO MEANS FOLLOWS), HE MAY BE -SATISFIED!</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>As most Domestics are fond of the Organ-grinders, you had better engage one of an evening for their amusement.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[Pg 180]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_185a.png"> -<img src="images/i_185a.png" width="600" alt="The master sitting on the carriage." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>IF YOU WANT A THING DONE, DO IT YOURSELF.</em>"—No. VI.</p> -<p>IT IS CERTAINLY BETTER TO MIND THE BROUGHAM YOURSELF, ESPECIALLY IN FOGGY WEATHER, AS, IN CONSEQUENCE OF ROBERT'S UNFORTUNATE -PROPENSITY, YOUR FAMILY ARE ALWAYS MORE OR LESS IN DANGER WHEN RETURNING FROM THE THEATRE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_185b.png"> -<img src="images/i_185b.png" width="400" alt="Sleepy man opening door for the sweep." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>IF YOU WANT A THING DONE, DO IT YOURSELF.</em>"—No. VII.</p> -<p>NEVER DISTURB THE MAIDS IN THE MORNING, BUT JUMP OUT OF BED THE MOMENT YOU HEAR -THE SWEEP, AND LET HIM IN; IT ISN'T MUCH TROUBLE, AND SAVES A WORLD OF GRUMBLING.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[Pg 181]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_186a.png"> -<img src="images/i_186a.png" width="400" alt="Shrouded man taking steam from a kettle." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DOMESTIC DOCTORING.</em></p> -<p>FOR A COLD IN THE HEAD THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A STEAM BATH, AND THIS CAN -BE HAD IN YOUR OWN BEDROOM WITH THE GREATEST EASE—YOU HAVE ONLY TO——</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_186b.png"> -<img src="images/i_186b.png" width="600" alt="Kettle spilt, steam everywhere." /></a> -<p class="center">TAKE CARE THAT YOU MANAGE THE APPARATUS PROPERLY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[Pg 182]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_187.png"> -<img src="images/i_187.png" width="350" alt="Two boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS, 'TIS FOLLY TO BE WISE!</em>"</p> -<p class="center">(<em>New Version.</em>)</p> -<p>"I SAY, JIM, VOT'S A PANIC?"</p> -<p>"BLOW'D IF I KNOW; BUT THERE'S VON TO BE SEEN IN THE CITY."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[Pg 183]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_188.png"> -<img src="images/i_188.png" width="350" alt="Cook speaking with Parson." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH.</em></p> -<p><em>Puseyite Parson.</em> "WHAT! WANT TO LEAVE YOUR SITUATION! WHY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE PERFECTLY SATISFIED!"</p> -<p><em>Cook.</em> "WELL, SIR, THE FACT IS, I AIN'T EQUAL TO THEM FAST DAYS; FOR WHAT WITH A HEGG HERE, AND A HEGG THERE, AND LITTLE BITS -O' FISH FOR BREAKFASTES, AND LITTLE BITS O' FISH FOR DINNERS, AND THE SWEET OMELICKS, AND THE FRIED AND THE STEWED HOYSTERS, -AND THE BASHAWED LOBSTERSES, AND ONE THINK AND THE HOTHER, THERE'S SO MUCH COOKING, THAT I AIN'T EVEN TIME TO MAKE UP A CAP!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[Pg 184]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_189a.png"> -<img src="images/i_189a.png" width="350" alt="Apologetic driver with irate passenger." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CATCHING A TARTAR.</em></p> -<p><em>Irritable Old Gentleman</em> (<em>giving Conductor a tremendous poke in the ribs</em>). "HOLLO, -THERE! STOP! WHAT THE D * * * * CONFOUND YOU, DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO STOP AT -ACACIA VILLA?"</p> -<p><em>Extremely Civil Conductor.</em> "DEAR ME, SO YOU DID, SIR—BEG YOUR PARDON, I'M -SURE, SIR, BUT I REALLY QUITE FORGOT IT."</p> -<p><em>Irritable Old Gentleman.</em> "D-D-DON'T BEG MY PARDON, YOU IMPUDENT SCOUNDREL!—IF -YOU GIVE ME ANY OF YOUR BAD LANGUAGE, I'LL HAVE YOU UP AS SURE AS -YOU'RE BORN."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_189b.png"> -<img src="images/i_189b.png" width="350" alt="Retired coachman talking to groom." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TOUCHING.</em></p> -<p><em>Groom</em> (<em>to Old Coachman</em>). "WHY, GUV'NR, WHAT HEVER'S THE MATTER?"</p> -<p><em>Old Coachman</em> (<em>sobbing</em>). "AH, WILLIAM! MOST AFFECTIN' SIGHT! I'VE JUST SEEN -THE FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB GOING DOWN TO GREENWICH! TEN ON 'EM! BEAUTIFUL -TEAMS! AND DRIVEN BY REG'LAR TIP-TOP SWELLS! IT'S BIN A'MOST TOO MUCH FOR -ME!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Is relieved by tears.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_189c.png"> -<img src="images/i_189c.png" width="500" alt="Manservant speaking to housemaid." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FLUNKEIANA.</em></p> -<p><em>John Thomas.</em> "YES, I MUST LEAVE. YOU SEE, MARY, MY DEAR—THERE'S TOO MUCH RED IN -THE LIVERY, AND THAT DON'T SUIT MY COMPLEXION—NEVER DID!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_189d.png"> -<img src="images/i_189d.png" width="400" alt="Trying on boots." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MEASURE FOR MEASURE.</em></p> -<p class="center">"THIS IS ABOUT THE MARK, I THINK."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[Pg 185]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_190a.png"> -<img src="images/i_190a.png" width="600" alt="Children following lady wearing a crinoline." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FLATTERY.</em></p> -<p><em>Sarah Jane To Betsy Ann.</em> "OH, YES! IF IT COMES TO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN STICK OUT AS MUCH AS OTHER PEOPLE—I ALWAYS WEARS -ONE O' MOTHER'S OLD CLOTHES-BASKETS."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_190b.png"> -<img src="images/i_190b.png" width="600" alt="Man about to get soaked by water cart." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MALAPROPOS.</em></p> -<p><em>Swell</em> (<em>loq.</em>). "IN FACT, I'M QUITE USED UP—AND IF I DON'T VERY SOON GET TO SOME WATERING PLACE, I SHALL BE A—A—"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Cartman pulls string—Grand display of the whole system of Fountains.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[Pg 186]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_191a.png"> -<img src="images/i_191a.png" width="600" alt="Before and after view ." /></a> -<p class="center">"<em>AN ART THAT DOTH DISFIGURE NATURE.</em>"</p> -<p>MR. BELVILLE DE COURCY WALKS ON THE ESPLANADE, UNDER THE IDEA -THAT HE IS CREATING NO END OF SENSATION IN A -CERTAIN DRAWING-ROOM.</p> -<p>ALAS! HE LITTLE KNOWS, THAT OWING TO THE VERY INFERIOR QUALITY -OF THE GLASS IN THAT DRAWING-ROOM WINDOW, HIS -SPLENDID FIGURE IS DISTORTED AS ABOVE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_191b.png"> -<img src="images/i_191b.png" width="600" alt="A group of attractive young ladies, with hair blowing in the wind." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ON THE JETTY.</em></p> -<p>YES, MY DEARS; I KNOW THE SEA-BREEZE AFTER BATHING IS BENEFICIAL TO THE BACK HAIR;—BUT CONSIDER THE HEART OF YOUR TOO -SUSCEPTIBLE PUNCH!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[Pg 187]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_192a.png"> -<img src="images/i_192a.png" width="350" alt="Boy speaking to young lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A WATER ABSTAINER.</em></p> -<p><em>Disgusting Boy.</em> "I SAY, CLARA!—I'M SO JOLLY GLAD, I AM. DO YOU KNOW, ALL -THE PIPES ARE FROZE, AND WE SHAN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY OF THAT HORRID -WASHING THESE COLD MORNINGS!—AIN'T IT PRIME!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Sensation.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_192b.png"> -<img src="images/i_192b.png" width="350" alt="Two small boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A MORAL LESSON FROM THE NURSERY.</em></p> -<p><em>Arthur.</em> "DO YOU KNOW, FREDDY, THAT WE ARE ONLY MADE OF DUST!"</p> -<p><em>Freddy.</em> "ARE WE? THEN I'M SURE WE OUGHT TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW WE -PITCH INTO EACH OTHER SO, FOR FEAR WE MIGHT CRUMBLE EACH OTHER ALL TO -PIECES!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_192c.png"> -<img src="images/i_192c.png" width="400" alt="Two small boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE DISAPPOINTED ONE.</em></p> -<p><em>Lover.</em> "WHAT A BORE, JUST AS I WAS GOING TO POP THE QUESTION TO JENNY JONES, HERE'S -MY NURSE COME FOR ME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_192d.png"> -<img src="images/i_192d.png" width="350" alt="Pair of identical soldiers." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BROTHERS IN ARMS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[Pg 188]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_193a.png"> -<img src="images/i_193a.png" width="600" alt="Scene:- room in a boarding house." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.</em></p> -<p>NOBBS HAVING COME WITH HIS FAMILY TO THE SEA-SIDE FOR A LITTLE CHANGE OF SCENE, COMPLAINS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TERRIBLY BITTEN BY—(BUT -NO, WE WILL NOT MENTION THE HORRID CREATURES)—AND IS ADDRESSED THUS BY THE LODGING-HOUSE KEEPER: "THEN HALL I CAN SAY, SIR, HIS—THAT -IF YOU'VE BEEN HILL-CONWENIENCED BY 'EM, YOU MUST 'A BROUGHT 'EM DOWN WITH YOU IN YOUR PORTMANTEL!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_193b.png"> -<img src="images/i_193b.png" width="600" alt="Man chasing a ladies hat blown away in the wind." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A BIT OF A BREEZE.</em></p> -<p>MR. WIGGINS HAS A FINE OPPORTUNITY OF DISPLAYING HIS POLITENESS AND ACTIVITY</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[Pg 189]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_194a.png"> -<img src="images/i_194a.png" width="400" alt="Servant speaking to master." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HORRIBLE QUESTION AFTER A GREENWICH DINNER.</em></p> -<p><em>Foot-Boy.</em> "IF YOU PLEASE, SIR, COOK TOLD ME TO ASK YOU WHAT FISH YOU'D -LIKE TO-DAY?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_194b.png"> -<img src="images/i_194b.png" width="400" alt="Question from a boy who looks too young to shave." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>Young Sparrow.</em> "OH, I'M SORRY TO TROUBLE YOU, UNCLE—BUT COULD YOU LEND ME -A RAZOR? MY CONFOUNDED FELLOW HASN'T PACKED UP MY DRESSING-CASE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_194c.png"> -<img src="images/i_194c.png" width="500" alt="Fishmonger addressing hirsute men." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ALARMING PROPOSITION.</em></p> -<p><em>Oyster-Man</em> (<em>to Hairy Gents</em>). "OYSTERS, SIR! YES, SIR! SHALL I TAKE YER BEARDS OFF?"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Gents have an uncomfortable idea that they are being chaffed.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_194d.png"> -<img src="images/i_194d.png" width="600" alt="Waiter speaking to diners." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EPIGRAMMATIC.</em></p> -<p><em>Gentleman.</em> "LETS HAVE A BOILED MACKEREL."</p> -<p><em>Waiter.</em> "BILED, SIR! BETTER HAVE 'EM BRILED, SIR. -IF THEY'RE BILED, THEY'RE SPILED, SIR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[Pg 190]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_195a.png"> -<img src="images/i_195a.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking at station." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A SKETCH AT A RAILWAY STATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Respectable Citizen</em> (<em>reads Placard</em>). "'<em>The Public are cautioned against Card-Sharpers, -Gamblers, and Pickpockets.</em>' * * * WHY, I THOUGHT SUCH PEOPLE WAS ALL -DONE AWAY WITH. DIDN'T YOU, MO?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_195b.png"> -<img src="images/i_195b.png" width="400" alt="Scene in photograpers studio." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HI ART.</em></p> -<p><em>Parent.</em> "I SHOULD LIKE YOU TO BE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT HIS HAIR."</p> -<p><em>Photographic Artist (!).</em> "OH, MUM, THE 'AIR IS HEASY ENOUGH! IT'S THE HI'S -WHERE WE FIND THE DIFFICULTY."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_195c.png"> -<img src="images/i_195c.png" width="600" alt="Man relaxing on cliff top." /></a> -<p class="center"> <em>OUR LAZY CONTRIBUTOR.</em></p> -<p>"THE VERY IDEA OF WORK THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IS REPUGNANT TO MY FEELINGS."</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Extract from our Young Friend * * *'s Letter.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_191" id="Page_191">[Pg 191]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_196a.png"> -<img src="images/i_196a.png" width="600" alt="Maid offering a large crinoline for packing." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GOING OUT OF TOWN.</em></p> -<p><em>Mary.</em> "IF YOU PLEASE, SIR, MISSUS SAY YOU MUST FIND ROOM FOR THIS IN YOUR PORTMANTEL."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_196b.png"> -<img src="images/i_196b.png" width="600" alt="Traffic jam with horse drawn carriages" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE ROAD.</em></p> -<p><em>Gent</em> (<em>with much pride</em>). "THERE'S ONE THING, 'ARRY, AS ALWAYS STRIKES ME A GOING DOWN TO THE DARBY, AND THAT IS HOW THE NUMBER OF -SPLENDID EQUIPAGES MUST ASTONISH THE FOREIGNER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[Pg 192]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_197a.png"> -<img src="images/i_197a.png" width="600" alt="Gent. raising his hat to two ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SERIOUS THING FOR BROWN</em>,</p> -<p>WHO RATHER PRIDES HIMSELF UPON THE ELEGANT MANNER IN WHICH HE TAKES OFF HIS HAT. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH THE HAT IS -REMOVED, THE LINING STICKS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_197b.png"> -<img src="images/i_197b.png" width="600" alt="The horse drawing the carriage had fallen over." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BEAUTY IN DISTRESS.</em></p> -<p><em>Gallant Swell</em> (<em>who of course comes to the rescue</em>). "HAW! CAN I BE OF ANY SERVICE?"</p> -<p><em>Beauty.</em> "OH, YES! IF YOU WOULD SIT UPON THE HORSE'S HEAD, I SHOULD BE <em>SO</em> MUCH OBLIGED."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[Pg 193]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_198a.png"> -<img src="images/i_198a.png" width="600" alt="Rear view of group of beachcombers ." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>COMMON OBJECTS AT THE SEA-SIDE—GENERALLY FOUND UPON THE ROCKS AT LOW WATER.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_198b.png"> -<img src="images/i_198b.png" width="600" alt="Staged scene in photo. studio." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE ARTISTIC (!) STUDIO.</em></p> -<p class="center"><em>A Stereoscopic Scene from Fashionable Life.</em></p> -<p>"<em>Love, Pride, Revenge.</em>"—THE GROUP REPRESENTS A YOUNG MINSTREL OF HUMBLE ORIGIN, DECLARING HIS PASSION TO A LADY OF NOBLE PARENTAGE. HER -HAUGHTY BROTHER, AS MAY BE SEEN FROM HIS MENACING ATTITUDE, IS ABOUT TO AVENGE THE INSULT OFFERED TO HIS FAMILY!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[Pg 194]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_199a.png"> -<img src="images/i_199a.png" width="600" alt="Mans horse balked at fence. Lady clears fence." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A TRYING THING FOR TOOTLES</em>,</p> -<p>WHO SEES THE OBJECT OF HIS ADMIRATION FLY OVER A HOG-BACKED STILE, HE HAVING THE GREATEST AVERSION TO TIMBER.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_199b.png"> -<img src="images/i_199b.png" width="600" alt="Lady bathing in a crinoline dress." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CRINOLINE FOR EVER!—NO BATHING-MACHINE REQUIRED.</em></p> -<p class="center">A HINT FOR THE SEA-SIDE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_199c.png"> -<img src="images/i_199c.png" width="300" alt="Smartly dressed man wearing nautical outfit." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NAUTICAL STYLE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[Pg 195]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_200a.png"> -<img src="images/i_200a.png" width="400" alt="Two men in a railway carriage." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ALWAYS BE POLITE WHEN TRAVELLING.</em></p> -<p><em>Affable Young Gent</em> (<em>who is never distant to Strangers</em>). "WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE -<em>Bell's Life</em>, SIR? THERE'S AN OUT-AND-OUT STUNNING MILL BETWEEN CONKEY JIM -AND THE PORKY ONE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_200b.png"> -<img src="images/i_200b.png" width="400" alt="Small boy speaking with lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A YOUNG SPORTSMAN</em>.</p> -<p><em>Lucy.</em> "WELL, REGINALD, AND WHEN DO YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL?"</p> -<p><em>Reginald.</em> "OH! THE DAY AFTER TO-MORROW!—AND AIN'T IT A BORE, JUST AS -ONE'S HUNTERS ARE IN SUCH SPLENDID CONDITION?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_200c.png"> -<img src="images/i_200c.png" width="600" alt="Street scene on a windy dayl" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>QUITE A CHEAP TRIP.</em></p> -<p>DURING SOME OF THE WINTER MONTHS, WITH A NICE BRACING NORTH-EAST WIND BLOWING, YOU MAY -GO TO MANCHESTER AND BACK FOR 5<em>s</em>.—AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE LOST—OH DEAR, NO!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_200d.png"> -<img src="images/i_200d.png" width="400" alt="Overdressed man and woman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>'ARRY AND 'ARRIET.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[Pg 196]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_201a.png"> -<img src="images/i_201a.png" width="350" alt="Lady with telescope looking at a steamer" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MALICIOUS.</em></p> -<p><em>Flora.</em> "CAN YOU STILL SEE THE STEAMER, LUCY, DEAR?"</p> -<p><em>Lucy.</em> "OH, YES, QUITE PLAINLY!"</p> -<p><em>Flora.</em> "AND DEAR, DEAR WILLIAM, TOO?"</p> -<p><em>Lucy.</em> "OH, YES!"</p> -<p><em>Flora.</em> "DOES HE SEEM UNHAPPY, NOW HE IS AWAY FROM ME?"</p> -<p><em>Lucy.</em> "EVIDENTLY, I SHOULD SAY, DEAR; FOR HE IS SMOKING A CIGAR, AND -DRINKING SOMETHING OUT OF A TUMBLER TO CHEER HIM, POOR FELLOW!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_201b.png"> -<img src="images/i_201b.png" width="350" alt="Fish seller interrupting proposal" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DISGUSTING FOR AUGUSTUS.</em></p> -<p><em>Augustus</em> (<em>who was rapidly coming to the point</em>). "THEN, EMILY! OH, MAY I CALL -YOU EMILY?—SWEETEST!—BEST!—SAY THAT YOU WILL NOT GO—WITHOUT——"</p> -<p><em>Fish-woman</em> (<em>cuts in</em>). "ANY FEESH TO-DAY, MARM?—ANY MACKEREEL, SOLES, OR -WHITING?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_201c.png"> -<img src="images/i_201c.png" width="400" alt="Man and woman in conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>QUITE A SEDUCTIVE SON OF MARS.</em></p> -<p><em>Lady.</em> "AND SO, CAPTAIN—THEY SAY YOU ARE GOING TO TURN BENEDICK?"</p> -<p><em>Adonis.</em> "WHY, YA-AS—AW—I DIDN'T WISH TO—BUT—AW—IN FACT, LADY MARY'S ATTENTIONS BECAME -SO MARKED—THAT—AW—THE THING AW—WAS INEVITABLE—AW."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_201d.png"> -<img src="images/i_201d.png" width="350" alt="Maid telling visitor that his luggage has gone astray." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PLEASURES OF TRAVEL.</em></p> -<p><em>Chambermaid.</em> "VERY SORRY, BUT YOUR LUGGAGE HAS -GONE ON TO LONDON, SIR."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[Pg 197]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_202a.png"> -<img src="images/i_202a.png" width="600" alt="Women in crinolines about to board boat" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CRINOLINE ON THE WATER.</em></p> -<p><em>Waterman.</em> "YOU'VE NO CALL TO BE AFEARD, MISS; WE'RE LICENSED TO CARRY SIX!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_202b.png"> -<img src="images/i_202b.png" width="600" alt="Woman sheltering behind crinoline whilst in a carraige." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GOING TO CHURCH—SCARBOROUGH.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_198" id="Page_198">[Pg 198]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_203a.png"> -<img src="images/i_203a.png" width="600" alt="Huntsman adressing rider." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DAY VERY LATE IN THE SEASON.—SAY, THE FIRST OF APRIL.</em></p> -<p>THE O.P.Q. HOUNDS HAVE A RATTLING HOUR AND TEN MINUTES AFTER A GOOD STOUT BUTTERFLY, OVER A SPLENDID PRIMROSE AND VIOLET COUNTRY.——</p> -<p><em>Huntsman</em> (<em>loq.</em>). "SHALL I GIVE THE WINGS TO THE LADY, SIR?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_203b.png"> -<img src="images/i_203b.png" width="600" alt="Casually dressed rider riding a horse whilst using a parasol." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SENSIBLE RIDING COSTUME FOR WARM WEATHER.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_199" id="Page_199">[Pg 199]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_204a.png"> -<img src="images/i_204a.png" width="400" alt="Mother in conversation with her daughter." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IT MUST BE ALL RIGHT!</em></p> -<p><em>Mamma.</em> "I WONDER WHERE THAT CHILD, ARTHUR, IS—HE IS VERY QUIET. I HOPE -HE IS NOT IN MISCHIEF."</p> -<p><em>Child.</em> "OH, NO, MAMMA, DEAR! HE'S NOT IN MISCHIEF, FOR HE IS IN THE LIBRARY, -PLAYING WITH THE PENS AND INK."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_204b.png"> -<img src="images/i_204b.png" width="400" alt="Young lady asking for a light for her cigar." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN ASTONISHING REQUEST.</em></p> -<p><em>Fast Young Lady</em> (<em>to Old Gent</em>). "HAVE YOU SUCH A THING AS A LUCIFER ABOUT -YOU, FOR I'VE LEFT MY CIGAR-LIGHTS AT HOME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_204c.png"> -<img src="images/i_204c.png" width="400" alt="Singers at an informal concert." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE UNEXPECTED ALWAYS HAPPENS.</em></p> -<p>DISMAY OF TOOTLES AT HEARING A STRANGER COMMENCE "THE STANDARD BEARER"—A SONG WHICH -HE (TOOTLES) HAS BEEN PRACTISING FOR MONTHS, WITH THE VIEW OF CREATING A SENSATION AT MRS. -BLOWER'S MUSICAL EVENING.—UNFORTUNATELY, TOO, FOR TOOTLES, "THE STANDARD BEARER" IS HIS -ONLY SONG!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_204d.png"> -<img src="images/i_204d.png" width="400" alt="A hairdresser cutting a ladies hair." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A MASTER OF THE ART.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_200" id="Page_200">[Pg 200]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_205a.png"> -<img src="images/i_205a.png" width="300" alt="Boy commenting on a soldiers uniform." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE LAST ALTERATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Small Boy.</em> "OH, AIN'T IT A SHAME! THEY'RE A-GOING TO TAKE OFF THEM POOR COVES' BOOTS -AND COATS, AND PUT 'EM ON FROCKS AND TROWSERS."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_205b.png"> -<img src="images/i_205b.png" width="300" alt="Man climbing tree." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BATTLE OF THE HYDE PARK.</em></p> -<p>GALLANT AND DARING ACT OF PRIVATE LOBBS (OF THE CRUSHERS), WHO, BY HIMSELF, STORMED -AN OLD TREE, AND VERY NEARLY CAPTURED THREE SMALL BOYS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_201" id="Page_201">[Pg 201]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_206a.png"> -<img src="images/i_206a.png" width="600" alt="Man berating a scarecrow." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BLIND WITH RAGE.</em></p> -<p><em>Huntsman</em> (<em>riding furiously over a fence to a Scarecrow</em>). "* * * * * * * *—YOU GREAT FOOL, WHAT THE DEUCE DO YOU STAND POINTING THERE -FOR?—WHY DON'T YOU HOLLER OUT WHICH WAY THE FOX BE GONE? BLOWED IF I DON'T CUT YOU INTO BITS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_206b.png"> -<img src="images/i_206b.png" width="400" alt="Two boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A NOTION OF PLEASURE.</em></p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "OH, COME HERE, TOMMY!—HERE'S SUCH A LOT O' GRAINS BIN SHOT DOWN -HERE! LET'S TURN 'EAD OVER 'EELS IN 'EM!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_206c.png"> -<img src="images/i_206c.png" width="400" alt="Boy speaking to two ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PRECOCITY.</em></p> -<p><em>Youth.</em> "HERE'S A NUISANCE, NOW! BLOWED IF I AIN'T LEFT MY CIGAR-CASE ON -MY DRESSING-ROOM TABLE, AND THAT YOUNG BROTHER OF MINE WILL HAVE ALL MY -BEST REGALIAS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_202" id="Page_202">[Pg 202]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_207a.png"> -<img src="images/i_207a.png" width="400" alt="Boy speaking to grandmother." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PRACTICAL SCIENCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Grandmamma.</em> "WELL, CHARLEY, AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING TO-DAY?"</p> -<p><em>Charley.</em> "PNEUMATICS, GRAN'MA!—AND I CAN TELL YOU SUCH A DODGE!—IF I WAS -TO PUT YOU UNDER A GLASS RECEIVER, AND EXHAUST THE AIR, ALL YOUR WRINKLES -WOULD COME OUT AS SMOOTH AS GRANDPAPA'S HEAD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_207b.png"> -<img src="images/i_207b.png" width="400" alt="Man talking to girl in presence of her aunt." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN INDISCRETION.</em></p> -<p><em>Fascinating Gent</em> (<em>to precocious Little Girl</em>). "YOU ARE A VERY NICE LITTLE GIRL; -YOU SHALL BE MY WIFEY WHEN YOU GROW UP!"——</p> -<p><em>Little Girl.</em> "NO, THANK YOU; I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A HUSBAND; BUT AUNT -BESSY DOES. I HEARD HER SAY SO!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Sensation on the part of Aunt Bessy.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_207c.png"> -<img src="images/i_207c.png" width="600" alt="Boy hunter talking to farmer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.</em></p> -<p><em>Schoolboy</em> (<em>to Farmer who has come out to protect his fields</em>). "NOW THEN, OLD TURNIP-TOPS! <em>WARE WHEAT!</em>"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[Pg 203]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_208a.png"> -<img src="images/i_208a.png" width="600" alt="Man sitting upon a newly painted boat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE COURSE OF TRUE, &c., NEVER DID, &c.</em></p> -<p>HERE'S POOR YOUNG WIGGLES ANXIOUS TO MEET THE BEING HE ADORES, BUT CANNOT DO SO, BECAUSE THE NEWLY-PITCHED BOAT UPON WHICH HE HAS -BEEN SITTING, HAS CAUGHT HIM ALIVE, O!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_208b.png"> -<img src="images/i_208b.png" width="600" alt="Lady in large crinoline sitting on hire chairs" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE EXPANSE OF FASHION.</em></p> -<p><em>Chair Proprietor.</em> "WOULD YOU PLEASE TO PAY FOR THE CHEERS, MUM?"</p> -<p><em>Lady.</em> "HOW MUCH?"</p> -<p><em>Chair Proprietor.</em> "WELL, MUM—HOW MANY MIGHT YOU BE A SITTIN' ON?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[Pg 204]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_209a.png"> -<img src="images/i_209a.png" width="400" alt="Couple braving a gale force wind." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IN THE WITCHING TIME OF LIFE.</em></p> -<p>SOME LIKE ONE THING, AND SOME ANOTHER—FOR EXAMPLE, JACK LIKES A BLOW ON -THE NORTH CLIFF——</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_209b.png"> -<img src="images/i_209b.png" width="600" alt="Couple sitting sheltering from wind." /></a> -<p class="center"> WHILE CHARLES PREFERS A QUIET CORNER OUT OF THE WIND.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_205" id="Page_205">[Pg 205]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_210a.png"> -<img src="images/i_210a.png" width="350" alt="Man consoling child." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SISTERLY LOVE.</em></p> -<p><em>Papa</em>. "THERE, THERE! MY LITTLE POPPET! DON'T CRY! DON'T CRY!—IF YOU ARE -GOING TO HAVE THE MEASLES, YOU WILL SOON BE WELL AGAIN, I HOPE. THERE, THERE!"</p> -<p><em>Blanche</em> (<em>sobbing violently</em>). "I—I—I—I'M NOT CRYING, PAPA, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO -HAVE THE MEASLES; BUT BECAUSE I—I—I—THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO RIDE MARY'S PONY -ALL THE TIME SHE WAS ILL, AND NOW I SHAN'T!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_210b.png"> -<img src="images/i_210b.png" width="350" alt="Lady in conversation with maid." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DOMESTIC EXTRAVAGANZA.</em></p> -<p><em>Mamma</em>. "WHY, GOOD GRACIOUS, NURSE! WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ADOLPHUS! -HE LOOKS VERY ODD!"</p> -<p><em>Nurse</em>. "AND WELL HE MAY, MUM! FOR HE THOUGHT THE COLOURED BALLS IN -MISS CHARLOTTE'S NEW GAME OF SOLITAIRE WAS BULL'S EYES, AND HE'S SWALLOWED -EVER SO MANY OF 'EM."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_210c.png"> -<img src="images/i_210c.png" width="400" alt="Scene in a railway carriage." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A HINT TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.</em></p> -<p>BY BREATHING ON THE GLASS—AND HOLDING A SPEAKING DOLL BY WAY OF BABY TO THE WINDOW—YOU -MAY GENERALLY KEEP YOUR COMPARTMENT SELECT.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_210d.png"> -<img src="images/i_210d.png" width="400" alt="Two lads carrying tin baths." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A SEA-SIDE DIALOGUE.</em></p> -<p>"HOLLO, JIMMY!—WHERE ARE YOU A-GOING WITH YOURN?"</p> -<p>"HESPLANADE!—WHERE BE YOU?"</p> -<p>"PROSPEC PLACE!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Exit Companions of the Bath.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[Pg 206]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_211a.png"> -<img src="images/i_211a.png" width="600" alt="Boy on a donkey speaking to well dressed rider." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A QUID PRO QUO.</em></p> -<p><em>Small Boy</em> (<em>to prodigious Swell</em>). "I SAY, MISTER, KETCH MY DONKEY, THAT'S A GOOD CHAP—I'LL DO THE SAME -FOR YOU ANOTHER TIME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_211b.png"> -<img src="images/i_211b.png" width="600" alt="Elderly well dress gent. speaking to boatman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TOUCHING APPEAL.</em></p> -<p><em>Testy Old Gent</em> (<em>wearied by the importunities of the Brighton Boatman</em>). "CONFOUND IT, MAN! DO I <em>LOOK</em> -AS IF I WANTED A BOAT?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[Pg 207]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_212a.png"> -<img src="images/i_212a.png" width="600" alt="Attendant speaking to driver of bathing machine" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DELICIOUS DIP.</em></p> -<p><em>Bathing Attendant.</em> "HERE, BILL! THE GENT WANTS TO BE TOOK OUT DEEP—TAKE 'IM <em>INTO THE DRAIN</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_212b.png"> -<img src="images/i_212b.png" width="600" alt="Scene at a crowded beach." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.</em></p> -<p>OLD DIPPS DECLARES THEY MANAGE SEA-BATHING BETTER IN FRANCE, AND THAT WHEN HE IS AT BO-LONG, HE DOES AS BO-LONG DOES—WELL! -THAT'S A MATTER OF TASTE!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_208" id="Page_208">[Pg 208]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_213a.png"> -<img src="images/i_213a.png" width="400" alt="Mother in company with another, talking to her son." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MISPLACED INTELLIGENCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Mamma.</em> "WHY, TOM! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT NASTY DUST-PAN AND BROOM?"</p> -<p><em>Tom.</em> "BROTHER FRED TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN AND SWEEP UP ALL THE H'S MRS. MOPUS HAD -DROPPED ABOUT!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>N.B. Great Expectations from Mrs. M.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_213b.png"> -<img src="images/i_213b.png" width="400" alt="Small child bathing even smaller child." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>KNIGHTS OF THE BATH.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_213c.png"> -<img src="images/i_213c.png" width="600" alt="Elderly gent. in conversatiom with a younger one." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SCENE: GREENWICH.</em></p> -<p><em>Senior Party.</em> "DOG CART! GOOD GRACIOUS! BUT <em>YOU</em> ARE NEVER GOING TO DRIVE?"</p> -<p><em>Junior Party.</em> "NOT GOING A—DWIVE? WHY NOT GOING A—DWIVE? JUS—AIN'T I, THO'?"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>The last train has gone, and the Senior Party under the impression that the vehicle was a brougham, has accepted the offer of a lift to town.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[Pg 209]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_214a.png"> -<img src="images/i_214a.png" width="600" alt="Man viewing imprint of ladies shoe in the sand." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SHOCKING RESULT OF WEARING INDIA-RUBBER GOLOSHES.</em></p> -<p>YOUNG JACK ROBINSON SEES WHAT HE IMAGINES TO BE THE IMPRESSION OF HIS DARLING'S FOOT—HE MENTALLY EJACULATES, -"<em>BEETLE-CRUSHER, BY JOVE!</em>" AND FLIES TO OTHER CLIMES.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_214b.png"> -<img src="images/i_214b.png" width="600" alt="Two men smoking tobacco on a pier." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A HAVEN OF REFUGE.</em></p> -<p>THINGS ARE SO BAD IN THE CITY, THAT MR. SNAFFLE AND MR. FLUKER GO TO BOULOGNE FOR CHANGE AND AIR.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[Pg 210]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_215a.png"> -<img src="images/i_215a.png" width="600" alt="Man reading newspaper to lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TOO BAD, BY JOVE!</em></p> -<p><em>Heavy Swell.</em> "DEUCED STUPID—THESE NEWSPAPERS!"</p> -<p><em>Lady</em> (<em>with keen perception of the ludicrous</em>). "YES, CHARLES!—ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SAY THAT A DISMOUNTED DRAGOON IS ABOUT AS EFFECTIVE -AS A SWAN ON A TURNPIKE ROAD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_215b.png"> -<img src="images/i_215b.png" width="600" alt="Two veiled ladies discussing approaching men." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HEARTLESS PRACTICAL JOKE.</em></p> -<p><em>Charlotte.</em> "HERE THEY COME, BLANCHE. LET US PRETEND WE DON'T RECOLLECT THEM."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[Pg 211]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_216a.png"> -<img src="images/i_216a.png" width="600" alt="Two sailor cadets standing on the yard arm." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SCENE ON BOARD H.M.S. ——</em></p> -<p>"I SAY, WHY AM I LIKE THE QUEEN'S CHIEF COOK? DO YOU GIVE IT UP?"</p> -<p>"YES."</p> -<p>"BECAUSE I AM IN A HIGH COOL-AND-AIRY (<em>culinary</em>) POSITION."</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Astonished Cadet nearly falls from the yard.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_216b.png"> -<img src="images/i_216b.png" width="600" alt="Boy on a pony talking to the Master of Foxhounds." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A BYE-DAY AT EASTER.</em></p> -<p><em>Youth</em> (<em>quite at home for the holidays</em>). "NOW, LOOK HERE, OLD BOY; IF THE FOX BREAKS AT THIS CORNER, DON'T YOU HOLLER TILL HE GETS WELL -AWAY!"—(<em>N.B. The old Nimrod is the</em> MASTER <em>himself</em>.)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_212" id="Page_212">[Pg 212]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/i_217a.png" width="400" alt="Father at breakfast.." /> -<p class="center"><em>A GREAT PLAGUE IN LIFE.</em></p> -<p>PATERFAMILIAS, WHOSE PET AVERSION IS STREET MUSIC, GOES TO THE SEA-SIDE, HOPING TO ESCAPE FROM THE -NUISANCE, HE IS AT BREAKFAST,—BEAUTIFUL VIEW, NEW-LAID EGG, &c., &c.—WHEN——</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_217b.png"> -<img src="images/i_217b.png" width="600" alt="Man about to play bagpipes." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OH, HORROR!</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213">[Pg 213]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_218a.png"> -<img src="images/i_218a.png" width="400" alt="Man and woman talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DREADFUL FOR YOUNG OXFORD.</em></p> -<p><em>Lady.</em> "ARE YOU AT ETON?"</p> -<p><em>Young Oxford.</em> "AW, NO!—I'M AT OXFORD!"</p> -<p><em>Lady.</em> "OXFORD! RATHER A NICE PLACE, IS IT NOT?"</p> -<p><em>Young Oxford.</em> "HUM!—HAW! PRETTY WELL, BUT THEN I CAN'T GET ON WITHOUT -FEMALE SOCIETY!"</p> -<p><em>Lady.</em> "DEAR! DEAR! PITY YOU DON'T GO TO A GIRLS' SCHOOL, THEN!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_218b.png"> -<img src="images/i_218b.png" width="400" alt="Lady and child talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WONDERFUL INTELLIGENT CHILD.</em></p> -<p>---- "ROSE, WILL YOU HAVE SOME DINNER?"</p> -<p><em>Rose.</em> "HAVE HAD MY DINNER."</p> -<p>---- "WHAT HAVE YOU HAD FOR YOUR DINNER?"</p> -<p><em>Rose.</em> "SOMETHING THAT BEGINS WITH AN S!"</p> -<p>---- "AND WHAT BEGINS WITH AN S?"</p> -<p><em>Rose.</em> "COLD BEEF!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_218c.png"> -<img src="images/i_218c.png" width="400" alt="Soldier attempting to restrain tent in high wind." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN INCIDENT OF CAMP LIFE.</em></p> -<p><em>Captain Holster.</em> "HERE! HI! SOME ONE!—STOP MY <em>BEDROOM</em>!—HI!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_218d.png"> -<img src="images/i_218d.png" width="400" alt="Man on board ship." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MAL DE MER.</em></p> -<p class="center">A FOREIGN NOBLEMAN IN DIFFICULTY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_214" id="Page_214">[Pg 214]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_219.png"> -<img src="images/i_219.png" width="350" alt="Gent. taking Sunday lunch." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SUNDAY AT THE CLUB.</em></p> -<p class="center">JUST A SANDWICH AND A NICE GLASS OF HOCK AND SELTZER WATER.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[Pg 215]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_220.png"> -<img src="images/i_220.png" width="350" alt="Scene at a village inn." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AT THE ROADSIDE INN.</em></p> -<p class="center">A MOUTHFUL OF DUST AND A PULL AT THE PUMP.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[Pg 216]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_221a.png"> -<img src="images/i_221a.png" width="400" alt="Two men out shooting." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN INJURED INDIVIDUAL.</em></p> -<p><em>Simkins</em> (<em>who has missed his bird, but peppered</em> WILKINS). "THERE, NOW, I'VE A DOOCED GOOD MIND -TO SAY THAT I'LL NEVER COME OUT SHOOTING WITH YOU AGAIN—YOU'RE ALWAYS GETTING IN THE WAY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_221b.png"> -<img src="images/i_221b.png" width="600" alt="Tourists spoiling the sport for shooting party." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE MOORS. GRATIFYING—VERY!!</em></p> -<p>ON ARRIVING AT THE BEST PART OF YOUR SHOOTING, YOU FIND THOSE AMIABLE TOURISTS, THE NOBBS'S, HAVE BEEN OVER THE GROUND A GOOD DEAL. -AS THE BIRDS ARE WILD, YOUR SPORT IS NOT MUCH IMPROVED THEREBY. NOBBS, JUNIOR, MAY BE OBSERVED TAKING IN THE "OBJECTS OF INTEREST" -WITH HIS TELESCOPE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_217" id="Page_217">[Pg 217]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_222a.png"> -<img src="images/i_222a.png" width="600" alt="Cabby talking to uniformed footman." /></a> -<p class="center"> <em>FRIENDLY BADINAGE.</em></p> -<p><em>Cabby.</em> "NOW, JOHN! WHEN YOU'VE DONE CLEANING THEM KNIVES BEHIND, JUST CLEAN THAT OLD SPOON ON THE BOX, AND LET'S COME BY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_222b.png"> -<img src="images/i_222b.png" width="600" alt="Novice harse riders at a locked gate." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NOBLE SCIENCE.</em></p> -<p>TOMKINS AND HIS FRIEND (WHO HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT) CONGRATULATE THEMSELVES ON FALLING IN WITH THE SQUIRE'S SECOND HORSEMAN, WHO IS -SURE TO BRING THEM BY A LINE OF GATES TO THE HOUNDS AGAIN—AND SO HE DOES, ONLY—THE LAST OF THE GATES IS LOCKED, AND OVER WHICH HE -"HOPS LIKE A BIRD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[Pg 218]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_223a.png"> -<img src="images/i_223a.png" width="500" alt="Gent. talking to horse dealer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE VERY THING.</em></p> -<p><em>Dealer.</em> "I THINK I KNOW EXACTLY THE OSS YOU WANT, SIR—ABOUT FIFTEEN-TWO—GOOD SHOULDER, LIGHT HEAD AND NECK—WELL RIBBED UP—TAIL -WELL SET ON, GOOD FLAT LEGS—PLENTY OF BONE——"</p> -<p><em>Gent</em> (<em>delighted</em>). "YA-AS——"</p> -<p><em>Dealer.</em> "NO SHY ABOUT HIM. A GOOD GOER, HIGH COURAGED, BUT TEMPERATE—TO CARRY HIS OWN HEAD, NICE MOUTH, AND SWEET TEMPER—FOR -ABOUT FIVE-AND-TWENTY PUND!"</p> -<p><em>Gent</em> (<em>in ecstacy</em>). "THE VERY THING."</p> -<p><em>Dealer.</em> "HAH! THEN DON'T YOU WISH YOU MAY GET IT?"</p> -<p class="regards">[GENT <em>subsides</em>.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_223b.png"> -<img src="images/i_223b.png" width="600" alt="Riders clinging on to out of control horses." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PLEASURES OF SPORT.</em></p> -<p>THE NEXT BEST THING TO KEEPING YOUR OWN HUNTERS, IS, TO HIRE "MADE HORSES," THAT THOROUGHLY KNOW THEIR BUSINESS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_219" id="Page_219">[Pg 219]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_224a.png"> -<img src="images/i_224a.png" width="600" alt="Cab driver talking to passenger." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE OLD GENTLEMAN HAS HAD A LONG MILE, AND TENDERS THE LEGAL FARE—SIXPENCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Cabby</em> (<em>with feigned surprise and delight</em>). "WHAT, <em>ALL—THIS—AT ONCE</em>!!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_224b.png"> -<img src="images/i_224b.png" width="600" alt="Two horsemen at an obstacle" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VERY ATTENTIVE.</em></p> -<p><em>Hard-riding Cornet</em> (<em>to Old Party, who is rather bothered by a Brook.</em>) "DON'T MOVE, SIR! PRAY DON'T MOVE AND I'LL TAKE YOU OVER WITH ME"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_220" id="Page_220">[Pg 220]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_225a.png"> -<img src="images/i_225a.png" width="600" alt="Runaway horse in an accident." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NOTHING TO SPEAK OF!</em></p> -<p><em>Old Gent.</em> "PRAY, MY GOOD MAN, WHAT IS THE MATTER?"</p> -<p><em>Confused Individual.</em> "MATTER, SIR! GENLMN'S OSS RUN AWAY WITH A BROOM, SIR! NIVER SEE ANYTHINK LIKE IT IN ALL MY BORN DAYS! DOWN HE -COMES THE 'ILL WITH THE SHARVES A-DANGLING ALL ABOUT HIS LEGS—KNOCKS A BUTCHER'S CART INTO A LINENDRAPER'S SHOP—BANGS AGIN A CARRIDGE -AND PAIR, AND SMASHES THE PANEL ALL TO BITS—UPSETS A FEAYTON, AND IF HE 'ADN'T A-RUN UP AGIN THIS HERE CAB AND DASHED IT RIGHT OVER, -AND STOPPED HISSELF, BLOWED IF I DONT THINK THERE'D A <em>BIN SOME ACCIDENT</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_225b.png"> -<img src="images/i_225b.png" width="500" alt="Baby trying to eat a watch" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THRILLING DOMESTIC INCIDENT.</em></p> -<p><em>Master Alfred.</em> "DON'T, BABY!—YOU'LL SPOIL IT. LEAVE GO, SIR! HERE, NURSE! HE'S -SWALLOWING MY NEW WATCH!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_225c.png"> -<img src="images/i_225c.png" width="400" alt="Girl playing with her doll." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AFTERNOON TEA.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_221" id="Page_221">[Pg 221]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_226a.png"> -<img src="images/i_226a.png" width="600" alt="Young lady showing off her trophy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE FAIR TOXOPHILITES.</em></p> -<p><em>Constance.</em> "OH, MAMMA! I'M SO DELIGHTED! I HAVE JUST MADE THE BEST GOLD, AND WON THE BEAUTIFUL BRACELET GIVEN BY CAPTAIN RIFLES."</p> -<p><em>Lucy</em> (<em>disappointed</em>). "WELL, CONSTANCE, I THINK YOU HAD BETTER NOT SAY MUCH ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW IT WAS A FLUKE! FOR YOU TOLD ME YOU -ALWAYS SHOT WITH YOUR EYES SHUT, AS YOU FEEL SO VERY NERVOUS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_226b.png"> -<img src="images/i_226b.png" width="600" alt="Horseman whose matches have set on fire due to friction." /></a> -<p class="center"> <em>HINT TO GENTLEMEN RIDING HOME AFTER DINNER.</em></p> -<p>NEVER CARRY "PATENT VESUVIENNES," 2<em>d.</em> A BOX, IN YOUR COAT-TAIL POCKET!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[Pg 222]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_227a.png"> -<img src="images/i_227a.png" width="600" alt="Mr. B with audience." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MR. BRIGGS, HAVING BECOME AN ADEPT IN THE ART OF HORSE-TAMING, OPERATES UPON -A COLT HE HAS BRED HIMSELF, AND</em></p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_227b.png"> -<img src="images/i_227b.png" width="400" alt="Mr. B. in victorious posture." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WITH COMPLETE SUCCESS!</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_223" id="Page_223">[Pg 223]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_228a.png"> -<img src="images/i_228a.png" width="400" alt="Foggy street scene." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN UNINVITING PROSPECT.</em></p> -<p>A FRENCH FRIEND PAYS HIS FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND, AND IS SHOWN THE GREAT -METROPOLIS. HE IS PROFOUNDLY IMPRESSED BY OUR NOBLE REGENT STREET.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_228b.png"> -<img src="images/i_228b.png" width="400" alt="Man carrying a lighted brazier upon his head." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE DEMON OF THE STREET.</em></p> -<p>THE FRIGHTFUL FIGURE THAT NEARLY TERRIFIED OLD FOGEY AND HIS WIFE OUT OF -THEIR WITS—AND WHICH PROVED, AFTER ALL, TO BE ONLY AN ORDINARY MORTAL -CARRYING ROASTED CHESTNUTS!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_228c.png"> -<img src="images/i_228c.png" width="600" alt="Foggy scene in the hunting field." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FOXHUNTING IN A FOG.</em></p> -<p><em>Wild Huntsman</em> (<em>in the distance</em>). "ALL RIGHT, JACK! COME ALONG! CAN HEAR 'EM IN THE NEXT FIELD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[Pg 224]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_229a.png"> -<img src="images/i_229a.png" width="600" alt="Angling scene at dawn." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IT'S THE EARLY BIRD THAT PICKS UP THE WORM.</em></p> -<p><em>Piscator.</em> "THERE, THOMAS, YOU NOW SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY RISING. I HAVE GOT THE VERY BEST PLACE ON THE WATER, AND I'LL BE BOUND -TO SAY THE OTHER SUBSCRIBERS ARE NOT OUT OF BED YET!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_229b.png"> -<img src="images/i_229b.png" width="600" alt="Mr. Punch presenting a rifle to a street musician." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>F. M. PUNCH SYMPATHISES WITH THE POOR(!) ITALIAN ORGAN-GRINDER.</em></p> -<p><em>F. M. P.</em> "THERE, MY MAN, IT'S A PITY A GREAT HULKING FELLOW LIKE YOU SHOULD TURN A HANDLE TO MAKE SUCH A NASTY NOISE! HERE'S AN -INSTRUMENT FOR YOU! GO AND PLAY UPON IT IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_225" id="Page_225">[Pg 225]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_230a.png"> -<img src="images/i_230a.png" width="400" alt="Man winding up his watch." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DELICATE TEST.</em></p> -<p><em>Elevated Party.</em> "A NEVER THINK A FL'EAR'S HAD T'MUSH WINE S'LONG AS A -WINDSUP-ISH WASH!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Proceeds to perform that operation with corkscrew.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_230b.png"> -<img src="images/i_230b.png" width="400" alt="Aftermath of a fist fight." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A WAKE IN THE MINING DISTRICTS.</em></p> -<p><em>J'moimer Ann.</em> "HAS THEE FOWGHTEN, BILL?"</p> -<p><em>Bill.</em> "NOOAH!"</p> -<p><em>J'moimer Ann.</em> "THEN GET THEE FOWGHTEN, AND COOM WUM. DADDY GOT HIS'N -DONE BY FOWER O'CLOCK!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_230c.png"> -<img src="images/i_230c.png" width="400" alt="boys viewing a well dressed man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A BAD TIME FOR JOHN THOMAS.</em></p> -<p><em>Rude Boy.</em> "I SAY, JACK, AIN'T HE A FINE UN?—D'YE THINK HE'S REAL, OR ONLY STUFFED?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_230d.png"> -<img src="images/i_230d.png" width="400" alt="Sweep carying brush, about to round a corner with a man approaching." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE COMING COLLISION.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_226" id="Page_226">[Pg 226]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_231a.png"> -<img src="images/i_231a.png" width="600" alt="Dancing table" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>REMARKABLE CASE OF TABLE-TALKING.</em></p> -<p><em>Table</em> (<em>loquitur</em>). "DON'T YOU BELIEVE HIM, MUM—I'M NOT MAHOGANY, BUT I'M VENEERED AND SECOND-HAND."</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Table dances about on its legs for a considerable time, and vanishes in a blue flame.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_231b.png"> -<img src="images/i_231b.png" width="400" alt="Driver soliciting a job." /></a> -<p class="center"> <em>THE FOUR-IN-HAND MANIA.</em></p> -<p><em>Hearse Driver</em> (<em>to Swell, who has just started a Team</em>). "BEG PARDON, SIR, BUT -HEARING AS YOU HAD STARTED FOUR 'OSSES, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT A YOUNG -MAN AS COULD BRING YOUR COACH UP TO THE DOOR AS IT 'AD OUGHT TO BE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_231c.png"> -<img src="images/i_231c.png" width="400" alt="Driver speaking to passengers." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TOUCHING.</em></p> -<p><em>Friend.</em> "——AND WHAT BECOME OF HER?"</p> -<p><em>Buss Driver</em> (<em>with emotion</em>). "WELL!—SHE WAS TOOK AWAY FROM ME—AND GOT INTO -BAD HANDS, YER SEE—AND SOON WENT ALL TO PIECES.—DEAR! DEAR!—SHE WOS WERRY -BEAUTIFUL!—SUCH A SHAPE! AND SUCH A LOVELY COLOUR! (<em>Sighing.</em>) HAH! I SHALL -NEVER, NEVER, SEE—SUCH—ANOTHER—BUSS AGIN!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_227" id="Page_227">[Pg 227]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_232a.png"> -<img src="images/i_232a.png" width="600" alt="Bather observed by two ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER.</em></p> -<p><em>Miss Matilda to Miss Priscilla.</em> "WELL, I'M SURE!—THE CREATURE NEEDN'T SIT THERE IN THAT DISGUSTING MANNER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_232b.png"> -<img src="images/i_232b.png" width="600" alt="Very large lady about to mount a horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN EQUESTRIAN DIFFICULTY.</em></p> -<p><em>Mr. Sprat.</em> "DON'T YOU THINK, MY LOVE, THAT THE GROOM, WHO UNDERSTANDS THESE THINGS, HAD BETTER PUT YOU UP?"</p> -<p><em>Mrs. Sprat</em> (<em>with indignation</em>). "THE GROOM, MR. S! THE GROOM PUT ME UP! NO, SIR! PUT ME UP YOURSELF. A PRETTY HUSBAND <em>YOU</em> ARE! GROOM, -INDEED!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_228" id="Page_228">[Pg 228]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_233a.png"> -<img src="images/i_233a.png" width="600" alt="Ladies in crinolines rushing for a bathing machine." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE RACE FOR A BATHING MACHINE.</em></p> -<p>ALICE FIRST, CLARA SECOND, MISS TODDLES A BAD THIRD; AND THE REST NOWHERE!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_233b.png"> -<img src="images/i_233b.png" width="600" alt="Two men in a boat challenge, but still anchored." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RIVER FROLICS.</em></p> -<p>WHAT CAPITAL FUN IT IS SETTING TRIMMERS FOR JACK, AND ROWING AFTER THEM UNDER A BURNING SUN!—BUT WHY DOES NOT TOM -HAUL UP THE ANCHOR?</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_229" id="Page_229">[Pg 229]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_234a.png"> -<img src="images/i_234a.png" width="400" alt="Large lady climbing a ladder." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE WILL AND THE WAY.</em></p> -<p>MRS. POTTLES SEES NO REASON WHY SHE SHOULDN'T GO OUT ON THE ROOF OF -HER HOUSE TO SEE THE FIREWORKS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_234b.png"> -<img src="images/i_234b.png" width="400" alt="Two boys with a tailors dummy." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>PREJUDICE.</em></p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "OH! LOOK 'ERE, BILL! 'ERE'S A BLOATED HARISTOCRAT. THERE'S NO ONE -LOOKING. LET'S PUNCH HIS 'ED!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_234c.png"> -<img src="images/i_234c.png" width="600" alt="Small boy speaking to his Gran.." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE COMET.</em></p> -<p><em>Master Tom.</em> "I SAY, GRAN'MA, THIS IS A SAD JOB ABOUT THE COMET!"</p> -<p><em>Gran'ma.</em> "GOOD GRACIOUS! WHAT'S THE MATTER?"</p> -<p><em>Master Tom.</em> "WHY, HERE'S A LETTER IN THE PAPER SAYS,—'<em>The particles of the tail, if thrown out from the head, -having only, as before, the same rate of orbital motion as the head, and having larger and larger orbits to describe, the -further they are removed from the head, will necessarily fall further and further behind as they recede from the comet, -and thus form a curve independently of a resisting medium</em>;' AND THAT, '<em>the panic-allaying doctrine of the tenuity of -cometic nuclei cannot be maintained from the mere fact of their translucency</em>.'"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_230" id="Page_230">[Pg 230]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_235a.png"> -<img src="images/i_235a.png" width="600" alt="Two horse riders in conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>VIVE LE SPORT!</em></p> -<p><em>English Friend</em> (<em>to Foreigner of distinction</em>). "THE FOX HAS BROKE, AND <em>GONE AWAY</em>!"</p> -<p><em>Foreigner of distinction</em> (<em>who has been galloping about the rides to his immense satisfaction</em>). "AHA! HE IS BROKEN, AND <em>GONE AVAY</em>! WHAT A PITY! ZEN -I SUPPOSE IT IS ALL OVARE AND WE MUST GO HOME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_235b.png"> -<img src="images/i_235b.png" width="600" alt="small boy on small horse speaking to a rider on amuch bigger horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TAKING FIRST PLACE.</em></p> -<p><em>Boy from School.</em> "GATE NAILED, OLD BOY! NEVER MIND! I'LL MAKE A GAP FOR YOU!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_231" id="Page_231">[Pg 231]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_236a.png"> -<img src="images/i_236a.png" width="350" alt="Coook in coversation with milkman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CANDID.</em></p> -<p><em>Cook.</em> "FINE DAY, MR. CHALKS!"</p> -<p><em>Mr. Chalks.</em> "YES, COOKEY, IT'S A VERY FINE DAY! BUT IF WE HAVEN'T SOME -RAIN SOON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE SHALL DO FOR <span class="b">MILK</span>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_236b.png"> -<img src="images/i_236b.png" width="400" alt="Two men in conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FORTUNATE FELLOWS.</em></p> -<p><em>Stalwart Briton.</em> "I TELL YER WHAT, BILL! WE OUGHT TO BE VERY THANKFUL -WE'RE ENGLISHMEN, FOR WHETHER IT'S THE CLIMATE, OR WHETHER IT'S THEIR HABITS, -JUST SEE HOW THOSE AMERICANS ARE DEGENERATING!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_236c.png"> -<img src="images/i_236c.png" width="600" alt="Two stout people in conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NOT A PERSONAL ALLUSION.</em></p> -<p><em>Stout Gent.</em> "DEAR! DEAR! SO HE HAS FORMED AN ATTACHMENT THAT YOU DON'T APPROVE OF! AH! WELL, -THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING. DEPEND UPON IT, MA'AM, THERE'S A <em>SKELETON SOMEWHERE IN EVERY HOUSE</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_232" id="Page_232">[Pg 232]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_237a.png"> -<img src="images/i_237a.png" width="600" alt="Man tied to carriage, friend riding the horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RETURNING FROM THE DERBY.</em></p> -<p>"AT LENGTH HE PRESENTED HIMSELF BUT IN SUCH A STATE THAT WE WERE OBLIGED TO TIE HIM ON THE BOX, AND I HAD TO RIDE HOME."—<em>Extract -from Letter to particular Friend.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_237b.png"> -<img src="images/i_237b.png" width="500" alt="Uninterested ladies at the races." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AT EPSOM.</em></p> -<p><em>Excited Gentleman.</em> "THEY'RE OFF!—THEY'RE OFF!"</p> -<p><em>Quiet Lady.</em> "ARE THEY, DEAR? WON'T YOU HAVE SOME PIE?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_237c.png"> -<img src="images/i_237c.png" width="350" alt="Crossing sweeper talking to man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN ABSENTEE.</em></p> -<p>"WHY ARE YOU ON THE CROSSING, JAMES? IS YOUR -FATHER ILL?"</p> -<p>"NO. HE'S DROVE MOTHER DOWN TO HASCOT."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_233" id="Page_233">[Pg 233]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_238a.png"> -<img src="images/i_238a.png" width="400" alt="Intoxicated man ruminating." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SELF-EXAMINATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Party</em> (<em>slightly influenced</em>). "QUESHION ISH! AM I FIT TO GO INTODRAWINGROOM? -LETSH SHEE!—I CAN SHAY GLORIUSH CONSHYSHUSN!—HAVE SEEN BRISH INSHYCHUSION—ALL -THAT SORTOTHING—THATLEDO—HERE GOSH!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_238b.png"> -<img src="images/i_238b.png" width="400" alt="Man admiring himself in a mirror." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>Old Mr. What's-his-name.</em> "EGAD, I DON'T WONDER AT MOUSTACHES COMING INTO -FASHION, FOR—EH! WHAT! BY JOVE, IT DOES IMPROVE ONE'S APPEARANCE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_238c.png"> -<img src="images/i_238c.png" width="600" alt="Man being hauled up a steep hill by a harnessed horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DEER-STALKING MADE EASY. A HINT TO LUSTY SPORTSMEN.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_234" id="Page_234">[Pg 234]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_239a.png"> -<img src="images/i_239a.png" width="400" alt="Nurse with small children." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A FACT FROM THE NURSERY.</em></p> -<p><em>Nurse.</em> "MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS, MISS CHARLOTTE, YOU MUSTN'T PLAY WITH THOSE SCISSORS!"</p> -<p><em>Miss Charlotte.</em> "I'M NOT PLAYING WITH 'EM, NURSE DEAR—I'M CUTTING 'ITTLE BRUDDER'S NAILS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_239b.png"> -<img src="images/i_239b.png" width="400" alt="Man making basketwork." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RETIREMENT.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_239c.png"> -<img src="images/i_239c.png" width="600" alt="Prams. blocking footway." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GRAND CHARGE OF PERAMBULATORS, AND DEFEAT OF THE SWELLS.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[Pg 235]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_240a.png"> -<img src="images/i_240a.png" width="600" alt="Two thuggish men talking to gent." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A SUBURBAN DELIGHT.</em></p> -<p><em>Dark Party</em> (<em>with a ticket-of-leave, of course</em>). "AX YER PARDON, SIR!—BUT IF YOU WAS A-GOING DOWN THIS DARK LANE, P'RAPS YOU'D ALLOW ME AND -THIS HERE YOUNG MAN TO GO ALONG WITH YER—'COS YER SEE THERE AIN'T NO PERLICE ABOUT—AND WE'RE SO PRECIOUS FEARED O' BEIN' <span class="b">GAROTTED</span>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_240b.png"> -<img src="images/i_240b.png" width="400" alt="Dining mishap." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING.</em></p> -<p>AS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU GET THE ASPARAGUS SHOT OVER YOUR FAVOURITE DRESS -COAT WITH THE SILK FACINGS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_240c.png"> -<img src="images/i_240c.png" width="350" alt="Lady powdering her nose." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FINISHING TOUCH.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_236" id="Page_236">[Pg 236]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_241.png"> -<img src="images/i_241.png" width="600" alt="Funeral proffesionals after the event." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>"PERFORMERS," AFTER A RESPECTABLE FUNERAL.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_237" id="Page_237">[Pg 237]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_242.png"> -<img src="images/i_242.png" width="600" alt="Obese man after a large meal." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE BRITISH JURYMAN PREPARING FOR THE WORST.</em></p> -<p><em>Wife of his Bussum.</em> "THERE, MY LOVE, I THINK WITH WHAT YOU'VE HAD, AND THIS BOX OF CONCENTRATED LUNCHEON, YOU MAY HOLD OUT AGAINST ANY OF 'EM!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_238" id="Page_238">[Pg 238]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_243a.png"> -<img src="images/i_243a.png" width="600" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DISTRESSED AGRICULTURIST.</em></p> -<p><em>Landlord.</em> "WELL, MR. SPRINGWHEAT, ACCORDING TO THE PAPERS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBABILITY OF A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES."</p> -<p><em>Tenant</em> (<em>who strongly approves of War prices</em>). "GOODNESS GRACIOUS! WHY, YOU DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT THERE'S ANY <span class="b">DANGER OF PEACE</span>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_243b.png"> -<img src="images/i_243b.png" width="600" alt="Large man talking to lady horse rider." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SOMETHING LIKE A HORSE-TAMER.</em></p> -<p><em>Stout Party</em> (<em>who weighs about ten sacks of flour and a cartload of bricks</em>). "REALLY, NOW, AND SO YOU HAVE BEEN INITIATED, AND IT'S ALL RIGHT, EH? -WELL, I CERTAINLY MUST TAKE SOME LESSONS, AND BECOME A HORSE-TAMER MYSELF!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_239" id="Page_239">[Pg 239]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_244a.png"> -<img src="images/i_244a.png" width="400" alt="Large lady with small chair." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SPACIOUS ACCOMMODATION.</em></p> -<p>"THE WERRY FIRST THING AS EVER I DOES WHEN I GOES TO THE -CHRISTIAL PALIS, IS GIT A CHEER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_244b.png"> -<img src="images/i_244b.png" width="400" alt="Mrs. F. in very wide crinoline." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>EASIER SAID THAN DONE.</em></p> -<p><em>Master of the House.</em> "OH, FRED, MY BOY—WHEN DINNER IS READY, YOU TAKE MRS. -FURBELOW DOWNSTAIRS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_244c.png"> -<img src="images/i_244c.png" width="600" alt="Chess game, with chaperones." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DOUBLE GAME.</em></p> -<p>GREAT CHESS MATCH (UPON THE MORPHY SYSTEM) BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. CASTLETOP AGAINST THEIR DAUGHTER BLANCHE -AND HER INTENDED, YOUNG CHARLEY ROOKTON.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[Pg 240]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_245a.png"> -<img src="images/i_245a.png" width="350" alt="Cab driver talking to prospective passenger." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE CIVIL CABMAN.</em></p> -<p><em>Cabby</em> (<em>to Old Party, who has been to the Crystal Palace</em>). "WANT A CAB, SIR!—SORRY I'M ENGAGED, -SIR!—WERRY 'APPY TO TAKE YOU <span class="b">NEXT WEEK</span>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_245b.png"> -<img src="images/i_245b.png" width="350" alt="Flies swarming in the dark." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THANK GOODNESS! FLY-FISHING HAS BEGUN!</em></p> -<p><em>Miller.</em> "DON'T THEY, REALLY! PERHAPS THEY'LL RISE BETTER TOWARDS THE COOL OF THE EVENING. -THEY MOSTLY DO!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_241" id="Page_241">[Pg 241]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_246.png"> -<img src="images/i_246.png" width="400" alt="Boy on horse speaking to girls on a balcony." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A CAVALIER.</em></p> -<p><em>Adolphus.</em> "NOW, GIRLS!—IF YOU'RE GAME FOR A RIDE ON THE SANDS—I'M YOUR MAN."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_242" id="Page_242">[Pg 242]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_247a.png"> -<img src="images/i_247a.png" width="400" alt="Bored looking man." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>WET DAY AT THE SEA-SIDE.</em></p> -<p>PARTY IN THE TABLEAU THINKS, THAT PERHAPS STROPPING HIS RAZORS -MIGHT AMUSE HIM.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_247b.png"> -<img src="images/i_247b.png" width="400" alt="Amorous couple stargazing." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SCIENCE STUDENTS.</em></p> -<p>SO FOND OF ASTRONOMY, THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS ON THE BALCONY, LOOKING -FOR THE COMET!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_247c.png"> -<img src="images/i_247c.png" width="600" alt="Small boy on a pony, with rider on a larger horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A SPECIMEN OF PLUCK.</em></p> -<p><em>Ruggles.</em> "HOLD HARD, MASTER GEORGE. IT'S TOO WIDE, AND UNCOMMON DEEP!"</p> -<p><em>Master George.</em> "ALL RIGHT, RUGGLES! WE CAN BOTH <em>SWIM</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_243" id="Page_243">[Pg 243]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_248a.png"> -<img src="images/i_248a.png" width="600" alt="A mop resting on a bench." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A FACT.</em></p> -<p><em>Short-sighted Officer.</em> "SERGEANT! GET THAT MAN'S HAIR CUT IMMEDIATELY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_248b.png"> -<img src="images/i_248b.png" width="600" alt="Lady viewing other ladies hats." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MATTER OF OPINION.</em></p> -<p><em>Miss Matilda.</em> "GO ON, FIDO!—THERE'S ONE GREAT DRAWBACK TO THESE HATS—THEY MAKE ONE LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE." (<em>Ahem!</em>)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[Pg 244]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_249a.png"> -<img src="images/i_249a.png" width="600" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OUR LITTLE FRIEND TOM NODDY DETERMINES TO HAVE A DAY'S HUNTING IN A FRESH COUNTRY.</em></p> -<p><em>T. N.</em> (<em>loq.</em>). "WELL NOW, OLD FELLOW, WHAT SORT O' COUNTRY IS IT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO-MORROW?"</p> -<p><em>His Friend.</em> "OH, BEAUTIFUL!—VERY EASY. BIGGISH BULLFINCHERS WITH A DITCH ON ONE SIDE. TIMBER OF COURSE, SUCH AS POSTS AND RAILS, AND -THAT SORT OF THING; AND IF WE GO TO MUDBURY, NOTHING BUT RAZOR-BACKED BANKS AND—WATER!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_249b.png"> -<img src="images/i_249b.png" width="400" alt="Girl pretending to swim." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE SWIMMERS.</em></p> -<p><em>Georgina.</em> "NOW, CLARA, THAT'S NOT FAIR—YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_249c.png"> -<img src="images/i_249c.png" width="350" alt="Two ladies talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A MODERN ANTIQUE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_245" id="Page_245">[Pg 245]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_250a.png"> -<img src="images/i_250a.png" width="600" alt="Waiter serving food to lady." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FRENCH AS IT IS SPOKEN.</em></p> -<p><em>Scene. Paris, a Table d'Hôte.—Old Lady at Breakfast.—The Garçon has been ordered to bring some fruit to Old Lady.</em></p> -<p><em>Garçon.</em> "VOILÀ, MADAME!—<em>Old Lady</em> (<em>who, in her Daughter's absence, will let off her French.</em>) "OH! TRES BYANG, TRES BYANG, GARÇON; BONG! -MARECEY, MARECEY, MAIS—THESE ARE CURRANTS—BYANG NAMPORT! CET EGAL—ONLY—JE N'AIME PAS SO WELL AS GOOSEBERRIES, YOU KNOW!"</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Instructive rather!</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_250b.png"> -<img src="images/i_250b.png" width="600" alt="Man with fish hook caught in ladies hat" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A GOOD CATCH.</em></p> -<p>FLY-FISHING. A NICE RIPPLE ON THE WATER.—"<em>NOW FOR A BIG ONE!</em>"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_246" id="Page_246">[Pg 246]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_251a.png"> -<img src="images/i_251a.png" width="600" alt="Cab driver talking to pedestrian." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FELLOW FEELING.</em></p> -<p><em>Cabby.</em> "NOT GOT NO MONEY?—NEVER MIND, SIR,—JUMP IN! I CAN'T STAND SUCH AN OSSEY-LOOKING GENT AS YOU TO GO ABOUT A-WALKING!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_251b.png"> -<img src="images/i_251b.png" width="600" alt="Well dressed man in farmyard" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE FARM-YARD.</em></p> -<p><em>Country Friend</em> (<em>to London Friend who is dressed within an inch of his life</em>). "THERE, MY BOY—COME AND SEE THIS LOVELY PIG, AND THEN WE'LL -GO AND LOOK AT THE REST OF THE STOCK."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_247" id="Page_247">[Pg 247]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_252a.png"> -<img src="images/i_252a.png" width="400" alt="Tailor measuring customer." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>DELICATE WAY OF PUTTING IT.</em></p> -<p><em>Tailor</em> (<em>measuring</em>). "TRIFLE WIDER ROUND THE <em>CHEST</em>, SIR, THAN YOU WAS."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_252b.png"> -<img src="images/i_252b.png" width="400" alt="Three men, worse the wear for drink." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>TABLE-TURNING EXPERIMENT AT GREENWICH.</em></p> -<p>"THERE, OLD FELLA! HOPE YOU'RE SATISFIED IT GOES ROUND NOW."</p> -<p>"OH YESH! THERE'S NO MISTAKE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_252c.png"> -<img src="images/i_252c.png" width="400" alt="Urchin addressing well dressed gent." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A COOL REQUEST.</em></p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "I SAY, SIR—HEAVE US UP TO HAVE A LOOK AT THEM PICTURES!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_252d.png"> -<img src="images/i_252d.png" width="400" alt="Man in bizarre suit." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FASHION OF THE PERIOD.</em></p> -<p class="center">THE RAREY ZEBRA PATTERN—A SWEET THING FOR THE SEA-SIDE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[Pg 248]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_253a.png"> -<img src="images/i_253a.png" width="400" alt="Small boy speaking to prospective cook." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>OFFENDED DIGNITY.</em></p> -<p><em>Small Boy</em> (<em>to Ex-Cook, who has come about a place</em>). "IS THERE A FOOTMAN KEP? -WHY, O' COURSE THERE IS—I'M THE FOOTMAN!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_253b.png"> -<img src="images/i_253b.png" width="400" alt="Bootblack speaking to gent." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A HINT TO THE ENTERPRISING.</em></p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "HERE YOU ARE, SIR. BLACK YER BOOTS, AND TAKE YER LIKENESS, FOR -THE SMALL CHARGE OF THREEPENCE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_253c.png"> -<img src="images/i_253c.png" width="600" alt="Company of female archers oberved by Mr. Puncch." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE ROYAL KNICKERBOCKER ARCHERS.</em></p> -<p>INVASION, INDEED! WHY, HERE IS A CORPS OF VOLUNTEERS, WHO HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN THOUGHT OF—WHAT WITH THE GLANCES AND THE ARROWS -THEY WOULD SHOOT, AN ENEMY WOULD BE WORRIED TO DEATH IN NO TIME!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_249" id="Page_249">[Pg 249]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_254a.png"> -<img src="images/i_254a.png" width="400" alt="Mistress speaking with two housemaids." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SERVANTGALISM.</em>—No. XI.</p> -<p><em>Mistress.</em> "NOT GOING TO REMAIN IN A SITUATION ANY LONGER! WHY, YOU FOOLISH -THINGS, WHAT <em>ARE</em> YOU GOING TO DO, THEN?"</p> -<p><em>Eliza.</em> "WHY, MA'AM, YOU SEE OUR <em>FORTUNE-TELLER</em> SAY THAT TWO YOUNG NOBLEMEN -IS A-GOING TO MARRY US—SO THERE'S NO CALL TO REMAIN IN NO SITUATIONS -NO MORE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_254b.png"> -<img src="images/i_254b.png" width="400" alt="Two servants in conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A MONSTROUS LIBERTY.</em></p> -<p><em>Flunkey.</em> "HALLO, WILLIAM, WHAT'S THE MATTER?"</p> -<p><em>Groom.</em> "MATTER?—WHY, I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT NEXT?—HERE'S MASTER, -WITHOUT SAYING NOTHUN TO ME, 'AS BIN AND LENT <em>MY</em> 'OSS TO A FRIEND—AND I'M -DONE OUT OF MY AFTERNOON'S RIDE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_254c.png"> -<img src="images/i_254c.png" width="400" alt="Mistress giving termination notice to cook." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SERVANTGALISM.</em>—No. XII.</p> -<p><em>Mistress.</em> "I THINK, COOK, WE MUST PART THIS DAY MONTH."</p> -<p><em>Cook</em> (<em>in astonishment</em>). "WHY, MA'AM? I AM SURE I'VE LET YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WAY IN 'MOST -EVERYTHINK!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_254d.png"> -<img src="images/i_254d.png" width="350" alt="Maid finding crinoline frame in cupboard." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[Pg 250]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_255a.png"> -<img src="images/i_255a.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FRIENDLY SYMPATHY.</em></p> -<p><em>First Party</em> (<em>who is hard hit, and sentimental</em>). "THIS IS THE VERY SPOT WHERE -I LAST SAW THE DARLING CREATURE. I ASSURE YOU, FRANK, SHE IS THE LOVELIEST, -THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, THE—THE—TH'—IN FACT——"</p> -<p><em>Second Party</em> (<em>who has heard the same thing for the last two hours</em>). "H'M! HA! -DESSAY! YES. I SAY, OLD FELLAH, HAVE A WEED!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_255b.png"> -<img src="images/i_255b.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MEN OF TASTE.</em></p> -<p><em>Alphonso.</em> "YOU FIND YOUR MOOSTARCHERS A GREAT COMFORT, DON'T YOU, -TOM?"</p> -<p><em>Tom.</em> "WELL!—YES!—BUT I'M AFRAID I MUST CUT 'EM, FOR ONE'S OBLIGED TO -DRESS SO DEUCED EXPENSIVE TO MAKE EVERYTHING ACCORD!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_255c.png"> -<img src="images/i_255c.png" width="400" alt="Man improperly dressed." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CAUTION TO GENTLEMEN WALKING TO EVENING PARTIES.</em></p> -<p>DON'T FORGET TO TAKE OFF YOUR GOLOSHES AND TURN DOWN YOUR TROUSERS BEFORE ENTERING -THE ROOM.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_255d.png"> -<img src="images/i_255d.png" width="400" alt="Man doffing hat to his superior." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>HUMILITY.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_251" id="Page_251">[Pg 251]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_256a.png"> -<img src="images/i_256a.png" width="600" alt="Drunk in collapsed state." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A DAY AT THE CAMP.</em></p> -<p><em>Sentinel.</em> "WHO COMES THERE?"</p> -<p><em>Ebriosus.</em> "FRIEND!"</p> -<p><em>Sentinel.</em> "ADVANCE, FRIEND!"</p> -<p><em>Ebriosus.</em> "ADVANSH; COME, THATSH A GOOD UN!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_256b.png"> -<img src="images/i_256b.png" width="600" alt="Boy with sarcastic repartee" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>RUSTIC PLEASANTRY.</em></p> -<p><em>Gent. on Horseback.</em> "GET OUT OF THE WAY, BOY!—GET OUT OF THE WAY!—MY HORSE DON'T LIKE DONKEYS!"</p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "DOAN'T HE?—THEN WHY DOAN'T HE KICK THEE ORF?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_252" id="Page_252">[Pg 252]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_257a.png"> -<img src="images/i_257a.png" width="600" alt="Cab driver speaking to passer-by." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>MUCH TOO CURIOUS.</em></p> -<p><em>Officious Little Gent.</em> "HOLLO, CABBY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR 'ORSE?"</p> -<p><em>Cabby.</em> "WELL—THAT'S JUST WHAT I DON'T KNOW, AND I BRED HIM. YOU'RE ALWAYS WANTING TO BE BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU ARE! SUPPOSE YOU GET -INSIDE AND SEE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_257b.png"> -<img src="images/i_257b.png" width="600" alt="Horse rider galloping furiously" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE PLEASURE OF LE SPORT.</em></p> -<p><em>Foreigner of Distinction</em> (<em>about to charge an obstacle</em>). "TAKE NOTICE, MES AMIS! ZAT I LEAVE EVERY SING TO MY VIFE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_253" id="Page_253">[Pg 253]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_258a.png"> -<img src="images/i_258a.png" width="600" alt="Child screaming in water." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A JUDGE BY APPEARANCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Bathing Guide.</em> "BLESS 'IS 'ART! I KNOW'D HE'D TAKE TO IT KINDLY—BY THE WERRY LOOKS ON 'IM!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_258b.png"> -<img src="images/i_258b.png" width="600" alt="Attendants error." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A VERY NATURAL MISTAKE.</em></p> -<p><em>Young Lady</em> (<em>who is in Hat and Coat of the Period</em>). "CAN I HAVE A MACHINE NOW?"</p> -<p><em>Bathing Woman.</em> "NOT HERE, SIR!—GENTLEMEN'S BATHING A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_254" id="Page_254">[Pg 254]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_259a.png"> -<img src="images/i_259a.png" width="400" alt="Boy caught a crab." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>COMMON OBJECTS AT THE SEA-SIDE.</em></p> -<p>"OH! LOOK HERE, MA! I'VE CAUGHT A FISH JUST LIKE THOSE THINGAMIES IN MY BED AT -OUR LODGINGS!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_259b.png"> -<img src="images/i_259b.png" width="350" alt="Child crying because of fireworks." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GUY-FAWKES DAY.</em></p> -<p class="center">A STURDY DEFENDER OF CHURCH AND STATE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_259c.png"> -<img src="images/i_259c.png" width="600" alt="Boatman bailing out leaky boat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IRISH LAKE-FISHING.</em></p> -<p><em>Mr. Briggs.</em> "BUT THE BOAT SEEMS VERY LEAKY, AND TO WANT MENDING A GOOD DEAL."</p> -<p><em>Boatman.</em> "WANT MENDIN' IS IT? OH, NIVER FEAR! SHURE THE BOAT'S WELL ENOUGH. IF YE SIT STILL, AND DON'T COFF OR SNAZE, SHE'LL CARRY YE -PRETTY WELL!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_255" id="Page_255">[Pg 255]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_260a.png"> -<img src="images/i_260a.png" width="600" alt="Man in carriage speaking with pedestrian." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>LAST REFUGE OF A BANISHED SMOKER.</em></p> -<p><em>First Juvenile Swell.</em> "JUMP IN, OLD FELLAH!"</p> -<p><em>Second Ditto.</em> "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"</p> -<p><em>First Ditto.</em> "OH! NOWHERE! I'VE ONLY HIRED HIM TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO SMOKE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_260b.png"> -<img src="images/i_260b.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN EAST WIND JOKE.</em></p> -<p><em>Brown.</em> "AH, TOMKINS! HERE'S A MERRY SPRING TO YOU!"</p> -<p><em>Tomkins.</em> "THE SAME TO YOU, BROWN, AND MANY OF THEM, IF YOU COME TO THAT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_260c.png"> -<img src="images/i_260c.png" width="400" alt="Suspcious looking character." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NOT VERY LIKELY.</em></p> -<p>THE PARTY "WHO HAS A CERTAINTY" FOR THE EMPEROR'S PLATE. -N.B. SEND EIGHTEEN POSTAGE STAMPS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_256" id="Page_256">[Pg 256]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_261a.png"> -<img src="images/i_261a.png" width="600" alt="Young boys in conversation." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CENSORS.</em></p> -<p><em>Master Sparrow.</em> "LOOK THERE, TOM! YOUNG FRED IS ASLEEP!"</p> -<p><em>Master Sprat.</em> "YES! POOR LITTLE BEGGAR! WHAT A SHAME IT IS TO KEEP SUCH A MERE CHILD AS THAT UP SO LATE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_261b.png"> -<img src="images/i_261b.png" width="600" alt="Large lady on horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>NOTHING LIKE HORSE EXERCISE.</em></p> -<p>"NOW, AUNT! TOUCH HIM WITH YOUR LEFT HEEL, AND LET'S HAVE A TROT!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_257" id="Page_257">[Pg 257]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_262a.png"> -<img src="images/i_262a.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A NEW INDUSTRY.</em></p> -<p>"WHY, JACK! WHAT'S THE MATTER? YOU LOOK DEUCED QUEER!"</p> -<p>"YA-AS! YOU SEE, I'VE GONE INTO BUSINESS. I BUY CLAY PIPES AT A PENNY A-PIECE, -AND SMOKE 'EM TILL THEY ARE BLACK, AND THEN SELL 'EM FOR A GUINEA: -BUT ITS PRECIOUS HARD WORK, I CAN TELL YOU."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_262b.png"> -<img src="images/i_262b.png" width="400" alt="Men discussing ladies dress." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE NEW FASHION.</em></p> -<p><em>First Coster.</em> "WHY, JACK! WHAT'S ALL THAT?"</p> -<p><em>Second Do.</em> "WELL, I CAN'T SAY! UNLESS ITS <em>FIREWORKS</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_262c.png"> -<img src="images/i_262c.png" width="400" alt="Man with several pigs." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A REAL SOLDIER.</em></p> -<p><em>Friend.</em> "MY GOOD ALFRED! WHAT THE DEUCE ARE YOU ABOUT?"</p> -<p><em>Alfred</em> (<em>in the Fusilier Guards</em>). "WHY, YOU SEE, OLD FELLOW, WE ARE TO HAVE A CORPS OF SCOTCH -BAGPIPERS ATTACHED TO THE REGIMENT.—SO I'M TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE MYSELF TO CIRCUMSTANCES, -AND GET ACCUSTOMED TO THE NOISE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_262d.png"> -<img src="images/i_262d.png" width="400" alt="Men with ugly dog," /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FANCY GOES A GREAT WAY.</em></p> -<p>"OH, HE'S AN 'ANSUM DOG, BUT HE AIN'T HALF SO 'ANSUM AS HIS -BROTHER WERE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_258" id="Page_258">[Pg 258]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_263a.png"> -<img src="images/i_263a.png" width="400" alt="Ladies queuing for bathing machine." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FAIR DISPUTANTS.</em></p> -<p class="center">AN ELEGANT ROW ABOUT A MACHINE.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_263b.png"> -<img src="images/i_263b.png" width="400" alt="Msn making comments about the other's baby." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>BRUTAL LEVITY.</em></p> -<p><em>Jones</em> (<em>who is naturally proud of his first-born</em>). "A LITTLE DARLING, AIN'T HE?"</p> -<p><em>Bachelor Friend.</em> "H'M, HA! I SEE—YOUNG GORILLA! IS HE REAL OR STUFFED?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_263c.png"> -<img src="images/i_263c.png" width="600" alt="two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>INDOLENCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Old Mr. Dibbs.</em> "WHY, GEORGE! YOU NEVER RIDE HERE IN THE AFTERNOON—HOW'S THAT?"</p> -<p><em>Young Swellington.</em> "NO-O-O. IT LOOKS AS IF ONE HAD SOME OCCUPATION, YOU KNOW, AND COULDN'T WIDE OF A MORNING. I ALWAYS WIDE BEFORE -BREAKFAST, BETWEEN ELEVEN AND ONE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_259" id="Page_259">[Pg 259]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_264a.png"> -<img src="images/i_264a.png" width="600" alt="Man seated at table writing." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE CENSUS.</em></p> -<p><em>Head of the Family</em> (<em>filling up the paper</em>). "WELL, MISS PRIMROSE, AS A VISITOR, I MUST PUT YOUR AGE IN! WHAT SHALL WE SAY?"</p> -<p><em>Miss P.</em> "OH, IT'S BEST TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE SAME AS DEAR FLORA—TWENTY LAST BIRTHDAY!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_264b.png"> -<img src="images/i_264b.png" width="400" alt="Man being carried ashore by fisherman." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A SUBJECT FOR SYMPATHY.</em></p> -<p>DISTRESSING POSITION OF CHARLES, WHO DOES NOT FEEL WELL, AND WHO IS -KEENLY ALIVE TO THE FACT THAT AMY IS LOOKING AT HIM THROUGH -HER OPERA-GLASS.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_264c.png"> -<img src="images/i_264c.png" width="400" alt="Lady waiting for vacant bathing machine," /></a> -<p class="center"><em>LITTLE DUCKS.</em></p> -<p><em>Georgy.</em> "THERE NOW, CLARA—I CALL IT VERY PEEVISH OF YOU. YOU PROMISED -ME, IF I LET YOU GO IN FIRST, THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE LONG, AND I DECLARE -YOU HAVE BEEN EXACTLY AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES."</p> -<p class="regards">[<em>Pouts.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_260" id="Page_260">[Pg 260]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_265a.png"> -<img src="images/i_265a.png" width="600" alt="Very large man about to mount a horse" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SOLICITUDE.</em></p> -<p><em>Wife.</em> "NOW PROMISE ME ONE THING, ADOLPHUS. YOU WON'T GO FLYING OVER ANY HEDGES OR FIVE-BARRED GATES?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_265b.png"> -<img src="images/i_265b.png" width="600" alt="Man with ballon tied to the tail of his coat." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM.</em></p> -<p class="center">FEARFUL PRACTICAL JOKE PLAYED WITH A CHILD'S BALLOON UPON A SWELL.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_261" id="Page_261">[Pg 261]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_266a.png"> -<img src="images/i_266a.png" width="600" alt="Boy sspeaking to two young ladies," /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A HORRID BOY.</em></p> -<p><em>Frank.</em> "OH, I SAY, EMILY! AIN'T THE SEA-SIDE JOLLY?"</p> -<p><em>Emily</em> (<em>who is reading The Corsair to Kate</em>). "I DO NOT KNOW, FRANK, WHAT YOU MEAN BY JOLLY.—IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL!—IT IS VERY LOVELY!"</p> -<p><em>Frank.</em> "HAH! AND DON'T IT MAKE YOU ALWAYS READY FOR YOUR GRUB, NEITHER?"</p> -<p class="center">[<em>Exit Young Ladies, very properly disgusted.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_266b.png"> -<img src="images/i_266b.png" width="400" alt="Two ladies talking whilst bathing." /></a><br /><br /> -<p class="center"><em>VERY ARTFUL CONTRIVANCE.</em></p> -<p><em>Clara.</em> "WHY, DEAR ME! WHAT DO YOU WEAR YOUR HAT IN THE WATER FOR?"</p> -<p><em>Mrs. Walrus.</em> "OH, I ALWAYS WEAR IT WHEN I BATHE; FOR THEN, YOU SEE, DEAR, NO ONE CAN -RECOGNISE ME FROM THE BEACH!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_266c.png"> -<img src="images/i_266c.png" width="400" alt="Picture of a lady with Mr. Punch in the background." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AT THE PLAY.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_262" id="Page_262">[Pg 262]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_267a.png"> -<img src="images/i_267a.png" width="600" alt="Boy on small pony speaking to a man on a large horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>IN A HURRY.</em></p> -<p><em>Boy.</em> "NOW THEN, SIR!—THE MORE YOU LOOK THE LESS YOU'LL LOIKE IT!—GET OVER, OR ELSE LET US COME!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_267b.png"> -<img src="images/i_267b.png" width="600" alt="Owner of fishing rights finds another fishing his waters." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>ANGLING DELIGHTS.</em></p> -<p>ON ARRIVING AT THE BEST PART OF YOUR FISHING, YOU ARE OF COURSE CHARMED TO FIND THAT OLD MUFFINS AND HIS LITTLE BOY HAVE BEEN WHIPPING -THE STREAM ALL THE AFTERNOON.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_263" id="Page_263">[Pg 263]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_268a.png"> -<img src="images/i_268a.png" width="400" alt="Man walking past two ladies." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE BEARD MOVEMENT.</em></p> -<p><em>Young Snobley</em> (<em>a regular Lady-killer</em>). "HOW THE GIRLS DO STARE AT ONE'S BEARD! -I SUPPOSE THEY THINK I'M A HORFICER JUST COME FROM THE CRIMEAR!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_268b.png"> -<img src="images/i_268b.png" width="400" alt="Two men talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CONSOLATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Young Snobley.</em> "AH, JIM! NOBLE BIRTH MUST BE A GREAT ADVANTAGE TO A COVE."</p> -<p><em>Jim</em> (<em>one of Nature's nobility</em>). "H'M! P'RAPS!—BUT EGAD! PERSONAL BEAUTY -AIN'T A BAD SUBSTITUTE!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_268c.png"> -<img src="images/i_268c.png" width="400" alt="Two men meeeting by chance." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN UNDESIGNED COINCIDENCE.</em></p> -<p>TOMKINS RETIRES TO A SECLUDED VILLAGE, THAT HE MAY GROW HIS MOUSTACHES, AND SO CUT OUT -HIS ODIOUS RIVAL, JONES. JONES, IT SO HAPPENS, HAS COME TO THE SAME PLACE WITH THE SAME -OBJECT.—FRIGHTFUL MEETING!</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_268d.png"> -<img src="images/i_268d.png" width="350" alt="Smart man out for a stroll." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>GOING TO THE PARK.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_264" id="Page_264">[Pg 264]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_269a.png"> -<img src="images/i_269a.png" width="600" alt="Two men out shooting." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A LITTLE SHOOTING IN IRELAND.</em></p> -<p>"NO HIT AGAIN, I'M AFRAID, TIM!"</p> -<p>"O, NIVER MIND, YER 'ONOR! SURE, YE DO IT VERY NIST. THERE'S SOME JINTLEMEN NOW COMES, AND THEY BLAZE AWAY, AND THEY WOWNDES THE -POOR BIRRDS IN THE LIGS AND THE WINGS, AND SUCH LIKE; BUT YER 'ONOR! O, YE FIRES, AND FIRES, AND <em>ALWAYS</em> MISSES 'EM <em>CLANE</em> AND <em>CLEVER</em>!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_269b.png"> -<img src="images/i_269b.png" width="400" alt="Cartoon, dining fish." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>LITTLE DINNER AT GREENWICH.</em></p> -<p><em>Fish Swell.</em> "HERE, WAITAW!—ARE THE WHITEMEN PRETTY GOOD?"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_269c.png"> -<img src="images/i_269c.png" width="350" alt="Mr Punch admiring lady" /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AFTER THE BATH.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_265" id="Page_265">[Pg 265]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_270a.png"> -<img src="images/i_270a.png" width="400" alt="Two ladies talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>POETRY AND PROSE.</em></p> -<p><em>Blanche.</em> "OH, IS THERE NOT, DEAR EMILY, SOMETHING, DELICIOUS ABOUT SPRING?—WE -SHALL SOON HAVE ALL THE DEAR LITTLE BIRDS SINGING, AND THE BANKS AND -THE GREEN FIELDS COVERED WITH BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS!"</p> -<p><em>Emily.</em> "OH, YES!—AND WITH IT WILL COME ALL THE NEW BONNET SHAPES FROM -PARIS, AND THE LOVELY NEW PATTERNS FOR MORNING DRESSES!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_270b.png"> -<img src="images/i_270b.png" width="400" alt="Small boy speaking to his elderly Granma." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A HAPPY NOTION.</em></p> -<p><em>Johnny.</em> "OH, I SAY, GRANMA! S'POSE YOU PRETEND BEING A LITTLE PONY, AND -I RIDE ABOUT ON YOUR BACK ROUND THE SQUARE!"—(<em>N.B. Granma feels the heat a -good deal.</em>)</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_270c.png"> -<img src="images/i_270c.png" width="600" alt="Cartoon. Men firing cricket ball from cannon." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CRICKET.—CAPITAL PRACTICE FOR THE ROUND BOWLING OF THE PERIOD.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_266" id="Page_266">[Pg 266]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_271.png"> -<img src="images/i_271.png" width="600" alt="Gale blowing hats off." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A NICE BRACING DAY AT THE SEA-SIDE</em>.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_267" id="Page_267">[Pg 267]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_272.png"> -<img src="images/i_272.png" width="600" alt="Crowd of ladies onthe beach." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE MERMAIDS' HAUNT.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_268" id="Page_268">[Pg 268]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_273a.png"> -<img src="images/i_273a.png" width="600" alt="Men talking whilst riding on a bus.." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>QUITE A NEW SENSATION.</em></p> -<p><em>Swell</em> (<em>on top of Omnibus</em>). "LOOK HERE, GUS, MY BOY! SUCH A CAPITAL I-DEAW! I RIDE UP AND DOWN FROM -BAYSWATER TO THE WHITE CHAPEL AND EAT PERIWINKLES WITH A PIN!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_273b.png"> -<img src="images/i_273b.png" width="600" alt="An armed Mr. Punch riding a horse." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.</em></p> -<p class="center">MASTER OF FOX HOUNDS PUNCH TAKES COMMAND OF HIS FIELD IN DEFENCE OF HIS COUNTRY.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_269" id="Page_269">[Pg 269]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_274a.png"> -<img src="images/i_274a.png" width="600" alt="Rider drinking from a flask." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A CAREFUL RIDER.</em></p> -<p>"A STILE, EH? AHEM! THAT'S A SORT OF THING THAT REQUIRES A GOOD DEAL OF JUDGMENT."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_274b.png"> -<img src="images/i_274b.png" width="600" alt="Ladies in crinolines trying to get into a small hut." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AT ALDERSHOT—A RATHER DIFFICULT MANOEUVRE.</em></p> -<p>CLARA AND HARRIET, AND THE TWO NICE GIRLS WHO ARE STAYING WITH THEM, LED BY MAMMA, GET INTO COUSIN HERBERT'S HUT AND HAVE LUNCH.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_270" id="Page_270">[Pg 270]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_275a.png"> -<img src="images/i_275a.png" width="400" alt="Lady dancing in her chair." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>FANCY SKETCH.</em></p> -<p class="center">PORTRAIT OF THE OLD PARTY WHO RATHER LIKES ORGAN-GRINDING.</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_275b.png"> -<img src="images/i_275b.png" width="400" alt="Two ladies talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AN EASY MATTER.</em></p> -<p><em>Bathing Woman.</em> "TEACH YER TO SWIM? LOR BLESS YER, MY LOVE, WHY, OF COURSE I CAN!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_275c.png"> -<img src="images/i_275c.png" width="400" alt="Two ladies in disimilar hats." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A COMPLACENT BELIEF.</em></p> -<p class="center"><em>Old Aunt.</em> "WELL, MY LOVE—SO YOU'VE GOT A HAT LIKE MINE, I SEE."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_275d.png"> -<img src="images/i_275d.png" width="400" alt="Mr. Punch with scissors about to cut ladie's hair." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>A SYREN.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_271" id="Page_271">[Pg 271]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_276a.png"> -<img src="images/i_276a.png" width="400" alt="Two boys talking." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>AT THE SEA-SIDE.</em></p> -<p><em>Augustus.</em> "ISN'T IT JOLLY, FRANK, BEING DOWN HERE FOR THE HOLIDAYS?"</p> -<p><em>Incipient Swell.</em> "H'M! PRETTY WELL FOR THAT. I CONFESS I MISS THE GAIETY OF TOWN."</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_276b.png"> -<img src="images/i_276b.png" width="400" alt="Mr. B. on a runaway horse." /></a> -<p class="center"> <em>MR. BRIGGS TRIES HIS SHOOTING PONY.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_276c.png"> -<img src="images/i_276c.png" width="400" alt="Man in a tent startled by an owl." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CAMP LIFE—A NIGHT SURPRISE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_276d.png"> -<img src="images/i_276d.png" width="400" alt="Ladies about to share a surprise picnic." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>CAMP LIFE—A DAY SURPRISE.</em></p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_272" id="Page_272">[Pg 272]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_277.png"> -<img src="images/i_277.png" width="400" alt="Group of men enjoying a day at the races." /></a> -<p class="center"><em>THE CURRENCY QUESTION; OR, THE STOCK EXCHANGE OUT FOR THE DAY.</em></p> -<p><em>Jones.</em> "I SAY, BROWN, THINGS ARE DEUCED BAD IN THE CITY."</p> -<p><em>Brown.</em> "THEN I'M DEUCED GLAD I'M AT EPSOM!"</p> -<br /><br /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_273" id="Page_273">[Pg 273]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_278.png"> -<img src="images/i_278.png" width="300" alt="Index" /></a> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_274" id="Page_274">[Pg 274]</a></span></p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="index of contents"> -<tr><td></td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">Year</span></td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">Page</span></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Academic Costume</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_134">134</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Adding Insult to Injury</td><td align="right">1845</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Adding Insult to Injury</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_188">188</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Adding Insult to Injury</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_202">202</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Advent of Spring, The</td><td align="right">1849</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_157">157</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Affecting Incident at Boulogne</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Affecting—Rather</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_107">107</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">After the Bath</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_264">264</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Afternoon Tea</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_220">220</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Agreeable Prescription, An</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_106">106</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Agricultural Distress</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_74">74</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Alarming Proposition</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_189">189</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Always be Polite when Travelling</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_195">195</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Amateur Pantomime</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Ample Protection</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_136">136</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">An Absentee</td><td align="right">1845</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_232">232</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">An Art that doth Disfigure Nature</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_186">186</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">An Hour's Ride</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_74">74</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Angling Delights</td><td align="right">859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_262">262</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Another Bit from the Mining Districts</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_139">139</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Another Railway Misery</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_92">92</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">April Fool, An</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Aquatics—A Comfortable Randan</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_80">80</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Aquatic Manoeuvres</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_168">168</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">'Arry and 'Arriet</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_195">195</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Art Progress</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_127">127</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Artificial Ice—Grand Pas des Patineurs</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Artistic (!) Studio, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_193">193</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Assurance</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_105">105</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Astounding Announcement</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_130">130</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Astonishing a Young One</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_170">170</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Astonishing Request, An</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_199">199</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">As Well be out of the World as out of the Fashion</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_105">105</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">At Aldershot—A Rather Difficult Manoeuvre</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_269">269</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">At Epsom</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_232">232</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">At Paris</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_169">169</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">At the Play</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_261">261</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">At the Seaside</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_271">271</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Average Weight of the Foot-Guards</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_96">96</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Awkward Predicament</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_189">189</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Bad Time for John Thomas, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_225">225</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Bare Assertion, A</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_87">87</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Battle of the Hyde Park</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_200">200</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Beard Movement, The</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Beard Movement, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_128">128</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Beard Movement, The</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_263">263</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Beauty in Distress</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_192">192</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Benefit of Clergy</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_87">87</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Best Run of the Season, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_126">126</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Bit of a Breeze, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_185">185</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Black Indignity, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_127">127</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Bless You—Bless You!</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_153">153</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Blind with Rage</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_201">201</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Bon-bon from a Juvenile Party, A</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">British Forces, The, and the Crimean War</td><td align="right"> 1853-1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_114">114-120</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">British Juryman Preparing for the Worst, The</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_236">236</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Broad Caricature</td><td align="right">1843</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Brothers in Arms</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_187">187</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Brown Entertains his Friends wi' a Haggis</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Brutal Levity</td><td align="right">1863</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_258">258</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Business-like</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Bye-Day at Easter, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_211">211</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">By the Sad Sea Waves</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_108">108</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Camp Life—A Bit of Sentiment</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Camp Life—A Day Surprise</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_271">271</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Camp Life—A Night Surprise</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_271">271</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Candid</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_231">231</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Canine</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_139">139</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Careful Rider, A</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_269">269</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Case of Real Distress, A</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Catching a Tartar</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_184">184</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Caution During Mistletoe Season</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Caution to Gentlemen Walking to Evening Parties</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_250">250</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Caution to Travellers</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_171">171</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Cautious Bird, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_100">100</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Cavalier, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_241">241</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Censors</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_256">256</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Census, The</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_259">259</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Certainly Not</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Champion, The</td><td align="right">1844</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Christmas Eve</td><td align="right">1863</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Christmas Party, A, Grandpapa Dances Sir Roger</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Citizen of the World, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_207">207</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Civil Cabman, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_240">240</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Coarse, but Characteristic</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_139">139</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Cold Weather</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Comet, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_229">229</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Coming Collision, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_225">225</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Common Objects at the Seaside</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_193">193</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Common Objects at the Seaside</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_254">254</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Complacent Belief, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_270">270</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Compliments of the Season</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Confidence of Youth, The</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_96">96</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Consolation</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_263">263</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Consultation, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_143">143</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Cool Request, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_247">247</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Cool Request</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_82">82</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Course of True, &c., Never Did, &c.</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_203">203</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Cracker Bon-Bo</td><td align="right">1862</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Cricket—Capital Practice for the Round Bowling of the Period</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_265">265</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Crinoline Again</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_132">132</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Crinoline for Ever!—No Bathing-Machine Required</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_194">194</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Crinoline on the Water</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_197">197</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Cupid at Sea</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_103">103</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Currency Question, The</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_272">272</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Day After the Juvenile Party, The</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Day at the Camp, A</td><td align="right">1860</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_251">251</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Day Very Late in the Season, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_198">198</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Deceiver, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Deerstalking Made Easy</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_233">233</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delicate Compliment, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delicate Creature, A</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_85">85</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delicate Hint, A</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_108">108</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delicate Way of Putting It</td><td align="right">1862</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_247">247</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delicate Test</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_225">225</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delicious</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delicious Dip, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_207">207</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delightful Privilege during the Winter Months</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delightful—Oh! Here's a Jolly Sledge</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Delusive Notion</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_146">146</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Demon of the Street, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_223">223</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Did You Ever?</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_97">97</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Did You Ever?</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_111">111</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Disagreeable Truth</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_92">92</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Disappointed One, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_187">187</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Discretion</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Disgusting for Augustus</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_196">196</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Distressed Agriculturist, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_238">238</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Distressing Result of Eating Turkey</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Disturber of Public Peace, A</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_135">135</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Domestic Bliss</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Domestic Doctoring</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_181">181</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Domestic Economy</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_99">99</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Domestic Extravaganza</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_205">205</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Double Game, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_239">239</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Drawing the Line</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_141">141</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Dreadful for Young Oxford</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_213">213</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Dreadful Joke</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Dress Circle at Punch and Judy</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Dweadful Accident in High life</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_93">93</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Eager Applicants</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Early Philosophy</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_112">112</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Easier Said than Done</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_239">239</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">East Wind Joke, An</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_255">255</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Easy Matter, An</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_270">270</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Education in the Mining Districts</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_95">95</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Eligible Party, An</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_103">103</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">English Nobleman, An, Painted by the French</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_109">109</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Enthusiasm</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_115">115</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Envious Youth, An</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Epigrammatic</td><td align="right">1845</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_189">189</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Equestrian Difficulty, An</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_227">227</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Equine</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_144">144</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Evening Party at Sebastopol</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_116">116</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Every Lady her Own Bathing Machine</td><td align="right">1849</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Excitement</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Excursion Boat after a Rather Boisterous Passage</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_172">172</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Expanse of Fashion, The</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_203">203</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fact, A</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_243">243</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fact from the Nursery, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_234">234</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Faded Youth, A</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_131">131</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fair and Equal</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fair Disputants</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_258">258</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fair Toxophilites, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_221">221</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Family Group, A, Baby Stirring the Pudding</td><td align="right">1862</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fancy goes a Great Way</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_257">257</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fancy Sketch</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_270">270</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Farm-yard, The</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_246">246</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fashion of the Period</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_247">247</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fellow Feeling</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_246">246</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Feminine Amenities</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_174">174</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Festive Season, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fine Hautboys</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Finishing Touch to a Picture</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Flattering</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_87">87</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Flunkeiana</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Flunkeiana</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_184">184</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Flunkeiana Rustica</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Flycatcher, The</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fly Fishing</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fog. The, is so very Thick that Frederick and Charles, &c.</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Folly and Innocence</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_140">140</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fortune's Favourite</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_100">100</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fortunate Fellows</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_231">231</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fortune-Telling, a Scene of Domestic Interest</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_70">70</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Four-in-Hand Mania, The</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_226">226</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fox Hunting in a Fog</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_223">223</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fraternity</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_128">128</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">French as it is Spoken</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_245">245</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Friendly Badinage</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_217">217</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Friendly Mount, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Friendly Sympathy</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_250">250</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">From the Mining Districts</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_135">135</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Frozen-out Fox Hunter, The</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_78">78</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Frozen-out Fox Hunters</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_3">31</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Frugal Marriage Question, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_88">88</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Fumigation</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_211">211</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Generous Offer, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_162">162</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Glorious News for the Boys</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Going to Church—Scarborough</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_197">197</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Good Catch, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_245">245</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Going to the Ball—the Finishing Touch</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_235">235</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Going Out of Town</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_191">191</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Going to the Park</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_263">263</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Going to a Party</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Golden Rule, A</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_107">107</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Good Cheer</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Good Liver, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_152">152</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Good News</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_135">135</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Good News, Real Sentiment</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Good Old Comic Clown</td><td align="right">1860</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Good Security</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Grand Charge of Perambulators and Defeat of the Swells</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_234">234</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Great Boon, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_140">140</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Great Boon to the Public</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Great Plague in Life, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_212">212</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Great Tobacco Controversy, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_169">169</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Grievance, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_119">119</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Guy Fawkes' Day</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_254">254</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Happy Notion, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_265">265</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Happy Notion, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Hard Case in the Baltic</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_119">119</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Haven of Refuge, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_209">209</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Having a Pair On</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Heartless Practical Joke</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_210">210</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Hi' Art</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_190">190</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Hint to the Authorities, A</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_146">146</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Hint to the Enterprising, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_248">248</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Hint to Gentlemen Riding Home after Dinner</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_221">221</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Hint to Mammas, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_132">132</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Hint to Railway Travellers, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_205">205</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Home Amusements</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Home Enjoyments</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Home for the Holidays</td><td align="right">1863</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Home for the Holidays</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Horrible Question after a Greenwich Dinner</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_189">189</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Horrid Boy, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_261">261</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Horrors of War, The</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_62">62</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">How Disagreeable the Boys are</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">How Jack made the Turk Useful at Balaclava</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_117">117</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">How Troublesome the Boys Are</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">How Very Embarrassing!</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_103">103</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Humility</td><td align="right">1843</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_250">250</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Humours of the Street, The</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_171">171</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Husband as He Ought to Be, and as He Ought Not to Be, The</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_105">105</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Husband Taming</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_175">175</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Ice Harvest, The</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_78">78</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">If you want a Thing Done, do it Yourself</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_178">178-179</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Imitation is the Sincerest Flattery</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_185">185</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Imitation is the Sincerest Flattery</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_160">160</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Impertinent Curiosity</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_173">173</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Impudence</td><td align="right">1844</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">In a Hurry</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_262">262</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">In Camp</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_173">173</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Incident of Camp Life, An</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_213">213</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Incident in a French Revolution</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_92">92</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Incident of Travel, An</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_84">84</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Incident with the O. P. Q. Hounds</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Incident of Weight, An</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_130">130</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Incredible</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Indiscretion, An</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_202">202</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Indolence</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_258">258</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Infra dig.</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_83">83</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Injured Individual, An</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_216">216</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Innocent Mirth. The Slide on the Pavement</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">In Society</td><td align="right">1862</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Insulting a Refugee</td><td align="right">1842</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_157">157</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Interesting Group posed for a Photograph</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_159">159</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Interesting and Valuable Result</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_159">159</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">In the Park</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">In the Park</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_131">131</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">In the Ranks</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">In the Streets</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_131">131</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">In the Witching Time of Life</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_204">204</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Irish Lake Fishing</td><td align="right">1860</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_254">254</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Irresistible</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_141">141</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Is Smoking Injurious?</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_90">90</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">It must be all right</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_199">199</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">It's the Early Bird that picks up the Worm</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_224">224</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jack Ashore</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jew d'Esprit</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_101">101</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">John Thomas non-plushed</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_95">95</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jolly Game of Snowballing as played in our Square, The</td><td align="right">1860</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jolly old Paterfamilias with some air-balloons, &c., An</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Jones tries his new Hack</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Judge by Appearance, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_253">253</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Just like 'em</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_137">137</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Juvenile Etymology</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Juvenile Party, The</td><td align="right">1864</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Juvenile Party, The. A Great Liberty</td><td align="right">1864</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Juvenile Wisdom</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_150">150</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Ketchee! Ketchee!</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_110">110</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Kindly Offer, A</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Knights of the Bath</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_208">208</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Last Alteration, The</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_200">200</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Last Refuge of a Banished Smoker</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_255">255</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Latest from Paris</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Let us have Japanese Manners and Customs here</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_84">84</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Life in London</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Little bit of Sentiment</td><td align="right">1845</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Little Dinner at the Crimea Club, A</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_116">116</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Little Dinner at Greenwich</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_264">264</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Little Ducks</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_259">259</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Little Men</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Little Shooting in Ireland, A</td><td align="right">1862</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_264">264</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Little Surprise for Muggins, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_174">174</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Lovers' Quarrel, The</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_176">176</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Malapropos</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_185">185</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Mal de Mer</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_213">213</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Malicious</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_196">196</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Man of Consequence, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_104">104</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Man of Principle, A</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Man of some Consequence, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Marriage Question, The</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_177">177</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Married for Money.—The Honeymoon</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_82">82</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Marry on £300 a-year</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_149">149</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Master of the Art, A</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_199">199</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Matter of Opinion</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_243">243</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">May and December</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_101">101</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Melancholy</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_153">153</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Men of Taste</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_250">250</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Mermaids' Haunt, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_267">267</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Measure for Measure</td><td align="right">1844</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_184">184</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Merry Christmas, A, and a Happy New Year</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Merry Christmas, A, and a Happy New Year. A Juvenile Party</td><td align="right">1849</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Mind and Matter</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_102">102</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Misplaced Intelligence</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_208">208</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Miss and Mistletoe</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Mistletoe Bough, The. In Leap Year the Ladies take the Initiative</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Modern Antique, A</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_244">244</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Moderation</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Momentous Decision, A</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Monstrous Liberty, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_249">249</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Monsters of the Pool</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_170">170</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Moors, The, Gratifying,—Very!!</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_216">216</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Moral Influence of Executions</td><td align="right">1845</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_97">97</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Moral Lesson from the Nursery, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_187">187</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">More Light</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">More Novelty</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_134">134</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Morning after the Juvenile Party, The</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Moustache Movement, The</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_108">108</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Moustache Movement, The</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Moustache Movement, The</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Moustache Movement, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_233">233</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Mr. Briggs's Pleasures of Fishing</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_41">41-3-5</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Mr. Briggs tries his Shooting Pony</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_271">271</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Mr. Briggs's Horse Taming</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_222">222</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Mr. Punch at Home</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_87">87</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Mr. Punch's Advice to Housekeepers</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_178">178, 180</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Much Above that Sort of Thing</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_141">141</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Much Too Curious</td><td align="right">1863</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_252">252</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Nautical Style</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_194">194</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Ne Plus(h) Ultra</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_66">66</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Cab Regulation</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_62">62</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Christmas Game for Foxhunters</td><td align="right">1849</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Cook, The</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_66">66</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Fashion, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_257">257</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Industry, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_257">257</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Purchase, The</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_168">168</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Regulation, The</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_93">93</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Regulation Mess, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_169">169</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Style, The</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">New Theatre, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_106">106</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Never carry your Gloves in your Hat</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_134">134</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Nice Bracing Day at the Seaside, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_266">266</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Nice Offer, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_83">83</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Noble Science, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_217">217</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">No Consequence</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">No! Don't</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_115">115</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">None but the Brave deserve the Fair</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Nose Comforter, The</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Not a Bad Idea for Warm Weather</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_163">163</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Not a Personal Allusion</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_231">231</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Not a Question of Weather</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_89">89</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Nothing like Forethought</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_115">115</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Nothing like Horse Exercise</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_256">256</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Nothing to Speak of</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_220">220</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Notion of Pleasure, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_201">201</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Not very Likely</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_255">255</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Nursery Four-in-Hand Club, The</td><td align="right">1864</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Object of Attraction, An</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_167">167</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Object of Sincere Pity, An</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_149">149</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Object of Universal Sympathy, An</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_146">146</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Obvious</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Odious Tyranny</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Of a Very Studious Turn</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Offended Dignity</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_149">149</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Offended Dignity</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_248">248</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Oh, Dear!</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_112">112</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Oh, Horror!</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_212">212</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Oh, what a Humbug!</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_165">165</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Oh, Yes, of Course!</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_174">174</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Old Boys</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_159">159</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Old Broom—Retiring from Business</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_92">92</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Old Foxhunter, The</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_152">152</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Old Gentleman has a Long Mile, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_219">219</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Old Joe, An</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Old Mr. Jones as he Appeared, &c.</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Old, Old Story, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_128">128</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">On Domestic Service</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_115">115</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">One Way of Looking at It</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_79">79</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">On the Jetty</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_186">186</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Opera, The</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Opera, The</td><td align="right">859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_125">125</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Our Guards—They can Play, and, by Jove, they can Fight Too!</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_120">120</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Our Lazy Contributor</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_190">190</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Our Little Friend, Tom Noddy, determines to have a Day's Hunting</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_244">244</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Out of His Element</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_112">112</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Out of the Fashion</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_153">153</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Oxford Costume</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_102">102</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Painful Subject, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_169">169</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Paterfamilias has his Holiday, &c.</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_164">164</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Paterfamilias superintends in person the Removal of Snow </td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"> from the Roof of his House</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Patience Rewarded</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_94">94</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Patient Heroes</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_117">117</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Patronising</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Peace Conference, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_165">165</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Perfect Wretch, A</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_109">109</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Perfectly Dreadful</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_86">86</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Performers after a Respectable Funeral</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_23">237</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Photographic Beauties</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_144">144</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Physical Education</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_142">142</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Picnic, The, Overtaken by the Tide</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_166">166</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Picture of Alimentativeness, A</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_93">93</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pig Pen at a Cattle Show, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pleasant for "Charles, Dear"</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_148">148</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pleasing Belief, A</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pleasing Delusion: <em>In re</em> the Round Hats</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_164">164</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pleasant Holiday Task, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pleasant Quarters</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pleasing Prospect</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_145">145</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pleasure of le Sport, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_252">252</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pleasures of Sport</td><td align="right">1849</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_218">218</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pleasures of Travel</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_196">196</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Poetry and Prose</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_265">265</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Politeness as in Paris</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_160">160</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Police wear Beards and Moustaches</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Poor Muggins</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Poser, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_166">166</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Practical Science</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_202">202</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Precocity</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_201">201</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Prejudice</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_229">229</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Prejudiced Opinion, A</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_107">107</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Preparations for War</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_114">114</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pretty General Delusion, A</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pretty Kettle of Fish, A</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_183">183</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pride feels no Pain</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Private Opinion</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Private Opinion</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_128">128</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Private Theatricals</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Professional Dignity</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_133">133</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Prudent Resolve</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Punch, F. M., Sympathises with the poor Italian Organ-grinder</td><td align="right"> 1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_224">224</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Putting a good Face on it</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quadrille in Hot Weather, The</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_174">174</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Queen of the May</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_109">109</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quid pro Quo, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_206">206</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quiet Look at the Country, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_163">163</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quite a Cheap Trip</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_195">195</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quite an Exquisite</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quite a New Sensation</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_268">268</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quite a Nice Party</td><td align="right">1860</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quite a Seductive Son of Mars</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_196">196</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quite Ridiculous</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_101">101</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Race for a Bathing-machine, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_228">228</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Railway Collusion</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Rather Alarming</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Rather Deep</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_136">136</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Real Soldier, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_257">257</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Real Street Obstructions, The</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_76">76</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Real Use of the Bear-skin Cap, The</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_78">78</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Recreations in Natural History</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_85">85</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Relics of the Siege</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_119">119</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Remarkable Case of Table-talking</td><td align="right">854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_226">226</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Remarkable Occurrence</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_153">153</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Repelling Foreign Invasion</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_138">138</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Result of Allowing Ladies to Witness Rarey's Horse-taming<br /> Exhibition</td> -<td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_175">175</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Retirement</td><td align="right">1851</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_234">234</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Return from a Suburban Party</td><td align="right">1862</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Returning from the Derby</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_232">232</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Review, The</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Right Men in the Right Place, The</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Rival Jockeys</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_137">137</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">River Frolics</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_228">228</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Road, The</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Road, The</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_191">191</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Romance of a Bottle</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Rooti-tooit.—I've got cher!</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Round Hat, The</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_132">132</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Round Hat Again, The</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_164">164</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Royal Knickerbocker Archers, The</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_248">248</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Rustic Pleasantry</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_251">251</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Same Old Game</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sanitas</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_173">173</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Scene—A Club</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_86">86</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Scene at a Railway Station, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_147">147</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Scene—Drawing-Room</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Scene—Greenwich</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_208">208</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Scene on Board H.M.S. ——</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_211">211</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Scene—Palais Royal</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Scholastic</td><td align="right">1849</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_109">109</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Science Students</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_242">242</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Seaside Circulating Library, The</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Seaside Dialogue, A,</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_205">205</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Self-Examination</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_233">233</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sensible Riding Costume for Warm Weather</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_198">198</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Serious Accident During the Frost</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Serious Thing for Brown</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_192">192</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Servantgalism</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_66">66</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Servantgalism</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_95">95</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Servantgalism</td><td align="right">1857-8</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_249">249</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Servantgalism and Fineladyism</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_156">156</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Serve him Right</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_142">142</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sharp's the Word</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_118">118</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Shocking Result of wearing Indiarubber Goloshes</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_209">209</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Shuttlecock Nuisance, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_90">90</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sighing for the Sunny South</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_107">107</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sisterly Love</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_205">205</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Six of One and half-a-dozen of the Other</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_227">227</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Skeleton in the Cupboard, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_249">249</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sketch at a Railway Station</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_190">190</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sketch during the Recent Gale, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_176">176</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sketch from the Stand at Scarboro', A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_158">158</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Slang</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Snow, The</td><td align="right">1847</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Snowed up</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_151">151</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Solicitude</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_260">260</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Something like a Horse-Tamer</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_238">238</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Something like Sport</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Something the Matter with the Kitchen Boiler</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_70">70</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Spacious Accommodation</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_239">239</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Specimen of Pluck, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_242">242</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sporting Intelligence</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_268">268</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Stage Fright</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Startling Fact</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_102">102</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Startling Novelty in Shirts, A</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_145">145</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Storm in a Tea Cup, A</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_110">110</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Street Acrobat Nuisance</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_143">143</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Strong-backed Car, A. Scene, Ireland</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_167">167</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Stumped Out</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_162">162</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Subject for Sympathy, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_259">259</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Suburban Delight, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_235">235</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sunday at the Club</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_214">214</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sunday at the Roadside Inn</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_215">215</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Superior Animal, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_81">81</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Swimmers, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_244">244</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Sympathy</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_102">102</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Symptoms of Hard Reading</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_138">138</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Symptoms of Masquerading</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Syren, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_270">270</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Table Turning Experiment at Greenwich</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_247">247</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Taking First Place</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_230">230</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Taking it Easy</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_133">133</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Taste</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_157">157</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Tender Point, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_161">161</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Terrible Proposition</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Terrific Accident</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_177">177</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Thank Goodness, Fly-fishing has Begun</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_240">240</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Thaw and the Streets, The</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Theatre of War, The</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Those Boys Again</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_81">81</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Those Horrid Boys</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_89">89</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Thrilling Domestic Incident</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_220">220</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Throwing Stones through Ice</td><td align="right">1848</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Tickled with a Straw</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_173">173</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Tom Noddy's, Mr., First day with the Hounds</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_71">71, 73-75, 77, 98, 99</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Tom Noddy, Adventures of Mr.</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_172">172</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Tom Noddy determines to have a Day's Hunting</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_244">244</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Too Bad</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Too Bad!</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_113">113</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Too Bad, by Jove</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_210">210</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Too Much</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_148">148</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Too Much of a Good Thing</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_235">235</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Touching</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_226">226</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Touching</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_184">184</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Touching Appeal</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_206">206</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Training School for Ladies' about to Appear at Court</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_121">121</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Triumph of Mind over Matter</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_97">97</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Trump Card(igan), A</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_118">118</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Trying Thing for Tootles, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_194">194</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Unabashed</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_83">83</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Unconscious Satire</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_95">95</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Unconscious Satire</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Unconscious Victim, An</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_260">260</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Under the Mistletoe</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_104">104</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Under the Mistletoe</td><td align="right">1864</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Undesigned Coincidence, An</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_263">263</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Undignified Reminder</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Unexpected Always Happens, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_199">199</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Unfitness of Things, The</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_147">147</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Uniform Stupidity</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_118">118</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Uninviting Prospect, An</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_223">223</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Unlucky this Time</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_135">135</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Unwelcome Visitor, An</td><td align="right">1845</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Unwelcome Visitor, An</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_150">150</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Urgent</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Vagaries of Fashion</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_89">89</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Vain Shadow, A</td><td align="right">1844</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_101">101</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Valentine, The</td><td align="right">1849</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_157">157</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Valentine's Day</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_76">76</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Varieties in Horse-Taming</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_129">129</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Alarming, Indeed</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_159">159</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Artful Contrivance</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_261">261</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Attentive</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_219">219</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Considerate</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_85">85</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Friendly</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Green-eyed Monster, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Large Notions</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_149">149</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Natural Mistake, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_253">253</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Odd</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_161">161</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Old Friend, A</td><td align="right">1850</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_79">79</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Particular Party, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Rude, Indeed</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_104">104</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Shocking Boy, Indeed, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_131">131</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Very Thing, The</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_218">218</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Victim of Fashion, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_113">113</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Vision of the Past, A</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_140">140</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Visit to a Dog Fancier, A</td><td align="right">1846</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_96">96</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Vive le Sport!</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_230">230</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Volunteer Movement—The Distinguished Rifle-shot Mr. Punch, &c.</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Waiting for the Carriage</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_110">110</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Wake in the Mining Districts, A</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_225">225</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Wanting in Reverence</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_100">100</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Warblers under Water</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_111">111</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Water Abstainer, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_187">187</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Weather and the Streets, The</td><td align="right">1861</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Weather in the Parks, The</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Weighty Matter, A</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_151">151</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Well Intended, No Doubt</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_114">114</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Well Out of It</td><td align="right">1849</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Well they may Call This a Health-giving Pursuit</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_69">69</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">We'll Serve the Shop</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_155">155</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Wet Day at the Sea Side, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_242">242</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">What Indeed?</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_97">97</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">What a Shame!</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">What a Shame!</td><td align="right">1864</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">What a Terrible Turk!</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">What must be the Next Fashion in Bonnets</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Where are the Police?</td><td align="right">1855</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_139">139</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Where Ignorance is Bliss, &c.</td><td align="right">1845</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_182">182</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Where There's a Will There's a Way</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_94">94</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Whilst a Respectable Female takes care of the House in Town</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_165">165</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Wholesome Conclusion, A</td><td align="right">1858</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_158">158</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Wholesome Feast</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Who will Serve the Country?</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_154">154</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Who wouldn't be a Riding Master?</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Why not?</td><td align="right">1853</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_145">145</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Will and the Way, The</td><td align="right">1856</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_229">229</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Winter in the Suburbs</td><td align="right">1854</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Wonderful Intelligent Child</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_213">213</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Working against Time</td><td align="right">1852</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_110">110</a></td></tr> -<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Yielding to Temptation</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_141">141</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Young Sportsman, A</td><td align="right">1859</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_195">195</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Youthful Sage, A</td><td align="right">1857</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_170">170</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_286" id="Page_286">[Pg 286]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<a href="images/i_281.png"> -<img src="images/i_281.png" width="400" alt="End of vol.two." /></a><br /><br /> -</div> - -<p class="center">LONDON: BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of John Leech's Pictures of Life and -Character, Volume 2 (of 3), by John Leech - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LEECH'S PICTURES--LIFE, CHARACTER 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