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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 18873 p.m.Arrive at Starmouththe retired Watering-place at which I propose to write the Nautical Drama that is to render me famous and wealthy. Leave luggage at Station, and go in search of lodgings. Hotel out...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914Meanwhile Abbas Pasha is reported to have had a presentiment that he would one day be replaced by Kamel Pasha. It is said that for some time past he would start nervously whenever he heard...
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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914T. P.'s Weekly, in some sprightly lines, suggests that Punch should appear daily. This would certainly not be a whit more strange than to issue a T. P.'s Weekly Christmas Number as is done by...
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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914In offering congratulations to the "Green Howards" on the work they have been doing at the Front, Major-General Capper said, "I knew it was a regiment I could hang my hat on at any time...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916The German claim that as the result of the Zeppelin raid "England's industry to a considerable extent is in ruins" is probably based on the fact that three breweries were bombed. To the Teuton mind...
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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914We are told that "it is confidently believed by the advisers to the Treasury that the new issue of 1 notes cannot be successfully imitated." We think that it is a mistake to put our...
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Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other ReminiscencesSelect Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences He was, I remember, short, but by no means conspicuously short, and of a bright, almost juvenile, complexion, very active in his movements and garrulousor at least very talkative. His judgments were copious...
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The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and RobinsonThe Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson - Being the History of What They Saw, and Did, in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & Italy.This text uses UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you...
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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914Enver Pasha, in a proclamation to the Turkish troops, says: "The army will destroy all our enemies with the aid of Allah and the assistance of the Prophet." It is rumoured that the Kaiser is...
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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914The Kaiser, we hear, has had much pleasure in not bestowing the Iron Cross on Herr Maximilien Harden, the editor of Zukunft, who, in a recent article, suggested that the Germans should give up the...
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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914Lord Brassey is said to be annoyed at the way in which his recent adventure at Kiel was exaggerated. He landed, it seems, on the mole of the Kaiser Dockyard, not noticing a warning to...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914Contrary to the usual custom there were no official dinners on the eve of the opening of Parliament. The explanation of this is clear to the German Press. It was due to scarcity of food....
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Mr. Punch Awheel: The Humours of Motoring and CyclingMr. Punch Awheel: The Humours of Motoring and CyclingAmong the characteristics which are essentially British, is the tendency to receive almost any innovation, be it a new style of dress or a new method of locomotion, with some degree of distrust which shows itself...
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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914"In Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina," The Express tells us, "people are tired of the war, and a brisk trade is being done in the sale of buttons to be worn by the...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914A Berlin news agency states that General Leman, of Lige, is actually a German. It is characteristic of the Germans to bring an accusation like that against a brave and innocent man in adversity. A...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914Reports that Germany is not best pleased with Austria-Hungary are peculiarly persistent just now. There would indeed seem to be good grounds for Germany's displeasure, for a gentleman just returned from Budapest says that the...
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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914We hear that, in addition to lowering the lights at night, the authorities intend, in order to confuse the enemy, to alter the names of some of our thoroughfares, and a start is to be...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914"When the Kaiser goes to places beyond the railway," we are told, "he travels in a motor-car which, besides being accompanied by aides-de-camp and bodyguards, is also watched by special secret field police." We are...
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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914Is there, we wonder, a single unfair weapon which the Germans have not used? It is now said that not infrequently a German band is made to play when the enemy's infantry advances to attack....
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914Several reasons have been given for the destruction of Rheims Cathedral. The real one is now said to be the following. Owing to the Red Cross Flag being flown from one of the towers the...
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