Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, September 15, 1894

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, September 15, 1894

Visitor (groaning). Oh no, it won't! How about So-so, by Benson, you know? Or I hear Mrs. Clifford's latest is worth reading. Or Bess of the Curvybills, by Hardy. That's been out a couple of years at least. (Hopefully.) Oh, I'm sure that's got to you. Shop Attendant (floored). Would you look through the shelves for yourself, if you please? You'll find something to suit you, I know. There's one or two of Dickens's, and Middlemarchnow, that's a rather recent work. Or The Channings. We've had The Channings bound again, and it's a great favourite. "Mutes and Liquids."Some clever detectives, of the Birmingham Police Forcenot by any means Brummagem detectivesdisguised themselves as "Mourners' Mutes" and such like black guards of hearses, and, after a re-hearsal of their several parts, they went to a tavern for drinkgrief, professionally or otherwise, being thirsty workand managed to discover that this public-house was only a privately conducted betting-house, being, like themselves, in disguise. The result has yet to be ascertained, but so far it has proved a most successful "undertaking." Good News."Cheer, Boys, Cheer!" "There's a Good Time Coming"; for the evergreen veteran, Mr. Henry Russell, is "preparing his reminiscences for publication." Mr. Punch looks forward with pleasure to perusing them, and wishes that Henry's congenial collaborator, Charles Mackay, were yet living to share the treat. 122 ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 45675
Author: Various
Release Date: May 17, 2014
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Language: English

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Editor: Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836-1917