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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917There is a convict at Pentonville who is said to be exactly like the KAISER. He feels that in view of the great inconvenience he has suffered it is the KAISER'S duty at once to...
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Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 16, 1892Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 16, 1892SCENEThe Goupil Gallery. Groups of more or less puzzled Britons discovered, conscientiously endeavouring to do justice to the Collection, having realised that Mr. WHISTLER's work is now considered entitled to serious consideration, but feeling themselves...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917To celebrate his birthday, the KAISER arranged a theatrical performance, entitled The German Blacksmith, of which he was part author. It is not yet known in what way his people had offended him. It is...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, April 2, 1892Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, April 2, 1892"What's in an 'at without an 'ed?" DISTAFFINA DE COCKAIGNE was wont to inquire, and "what's an 'all" (of Music like the London Pavilion) "without a NED" in the shape of Mr. EDWARD SWANBOROUGH, the...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 26, 1892Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 26, 1892["Last Tuesday Mr. FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C., M.P., delivered a lecture entitled 'The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick,' to a large gathering of the citizens of York, which place he represents in Parliament."Daily Telegraph.] SCENEInterior of...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 19, 1892Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 19, 1892["The entire stock of Hansard's Parliamentary Debates ... was offered for sale. The vast collection, nearly 100,000 volumes, scarcely fetched the price of waste paper."Daily Paper.] The last play by M. BLAGUE VAN DER BOSCH...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892The Usual Elderly Lady (who judges every picture solely by its subject). "No. 9. Portrait of Mrs. BRYANSTON of Portman. By GAINSBOROUGH." I don't like that at all. Such a disagreeable expression! I can't think...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892To hear my remarks on the Cricket, in the Pavilion, you might think that I had been a great player entirely, in my day. "Who is that fine old English sportsman," you might ask, "who...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892LITERARY GARDENING.A Correspondent, signing himself "STULTUS IN HORTU OR HORT-U-NOT?" writes, "Please, Sir, if my boy JOHN plant 'a slip of a pen,' what will it come up?" Answer paidA Jonquill. ENTIRELY UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL.Dartmoor.Gentlemen,Two years...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 20, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 20, 1892[In which GINGER JIMMY gives his views of Lazarus, Dives, Dirt, Mother Church, Slum-Freeholders and "Freedom of Contract."] "We are getting on by leaps and bounds," remarked Mr. WILDEY WEIGHT, during a recent case. Whereat...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 25, 1891Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 25, 1891Aunt J. Well, I declare, if I believe GEORGE or HEDDA are up yet! (Enter GEORGE TESMAN, humming, stout, careless, spectacled.) Ah, my dear boy, I have called before breakfast to inquire how you and...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892Why I am not a success in literature it is difficult for me to tell; indeed, I would give a good deal to anyone who would explain the reason. The Publishers, and Editors, and Literary...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892PROFESSOR JOLLY, of Berlin, who, if his name express his disposition, ought to be a follower of Mark Tapley, reckons that twenty-five per cent. of the inmates of asylums have been inebriates. Is the Professor...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 26, 1891Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 26, 1891I remember coming home and dressing to go out again. Of this so far I am sure. I remember too taking a cab; also the cab taking me. But oddly enough though I dined that...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891The World last week sounded a note about the compulsory retirement, by reason of age, from one of the large Revenue Departments, of a gentleman who has the great honour to be the son of...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892SIR,The proposal to extend the Cab Radius to five miles from Charing Cross is good in its way, but it does not go far enough. My idea is that the cheap cab-fare should include any...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892SCENEA Private Room in a well-known Dining Hotel. Eminent Politicians discussing "shop" over their walnuts before dispersing for the Christmas holidays. First Eminent Politician. I say that recent speech of yours at Skegness was a...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 19, 1891Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 19, 1891The Baron's Assistants say that of the Christmas works published by Messrs. HUTCHINSON & CO. they can and do recommend The Children of Wilton Chase by L.J. MEAD, to which they accord their mead of...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892"Hi-tiddley-hi-ti; or, I'm All Right" is heard, "all over the place," as light sleepers and studious dwellers in quiet streets are too well aware. Why should it not be enlisted in the service of Apollo...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 12, 1891Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 12, 1891My heart positively warms to you as I write. At this precise moment I can think of a hundred different things that I ought to be doing. For instance, I have not written to TOM,...
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