Mr. Punch Afloat

About this eBook

Editor

Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949

Title

Mr. Punch Afloat: The Humours of Boating and Sailing

Credits

Produced by Neville Allen, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Boats and boating -- Humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40320

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40320

Release Date

July 24, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MR. PUNCH AFLOAT — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.
2. 2.PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR — Edited by J. A. HAMMERTON — "MR. PUNCH AFLOAT" — MR PUNCH AFLOAT — THE HUMOURS OF BOATING AND SAILING — PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PROPRIETORS OF "PUNCH" — THE EDUCATIONAL BOOK CO. LTD. — THE PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR
3. 3.MR. PUNCH AT THE HELM!
4. 4.'ARRY ON THE RIVER — MAKING THE BEST OF IT — HINTS TO BEGINNERS — THE RETURN OF THE WANDERER — OUR YACHTING EXPERIENCES
5. 5.TO PYRRHA ON THE THAMES — "LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES"
6. 6.MY RIVERSIDE ADWENTUR — LOCKS ON THE THAMES — THE STEAMER
7. 7.OTHERWISE ENGAGED! — OVERHEARD ON AN ATLANTIC LINER — "VIDE UT SUPRA"
8. 8.LEST MEN FORGET; — AT THE UNIVERSITY BOAT-RACE
9. 9.THE AMATEUR YACHTSMAN — OF MALICE AFORETHOUGHT — "LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE"
10. 10.ROBERT ON THE RIVER — "EXEMPLI GRATIA" — ABOVE BRIDGE BOAT AGROUND OFF CHISWICK — "IT'S AN ILL WIND," &c. — HAPPY THOUGHT.—DAVID COX REDIVIVUS!
11. 11.BO'SEN JAMES AND THE GREAT SEA-SARPINT
12. 12.HINTS FOR HENLEY — HOPE DEFERRED
13. 13.HOW TO ENJOY LIFE ON THE RIVER — A STORY WITHOUT WORDS
14. 14.NAUTICAL MANŒUVRES — A Delicate Hint. — "THE ANCHOR'S WEIGHED"
15. 15.WHAT NO ONE SHOULD FORGET, IN CROSSING THE CHANNEL — HOUSEBOAT AT THE ANCIENT HENLEIAN GAMES — THE "CENTIPEDE" — THE INFLUENCE OF PLACES
16. 16.THE SILVER TEMS! — Very Low Form on the part of Father Thames.
17. 17.PUNCH'S NAVAL SONGSTER — NO. I.—IT BLEW GREAT GUNS — NO. II.—BEN BOUNCE. — NO. III.—THE CAPTAIN'S ROUNDELAY. — NO. IV.—TO MARY. — CUMULATIVE! — Mothers Pet.
18. 18.WATER-PARTIES — THOSE BROWNS AND THEIR LUMINOUS PAINT AGAIN
19. 19."SIC TRANSIT——" — SAD RESULTS OF PERSISTENT BRIDGE PLAYING AT SEA
20. 20.MY YOT — THE DANGERS OF HENLEY — THE RULE OF THE RIVER
21. 21."THE USUAL CHANNEL" — 'ARRY CATCHES A CRAB — AT GORING — NOTES FROM COWES — River Gambling. — Live While You May. — Satisfactory. — TOO SOLID — RESIGNATION — A FLIGHT OF FANCY — A QUESTION OF HOSPITALITY AT HENLEY — A DELICIOUS SAIL—OFF DOVER — POOR HUMANITY! — A TRYING MOMENT — THE HEIGHT OF IMPROPRIETY — LOCAL OPTION
22. 22.'ARRY ON A 'OUSE-BOAT
23. 23."JAM" NON "SATIS."
24. 24.THE THAMES
25. 25."DOWN IN THE DEEP"
26. 26.A PLEDGED M.P. (1869).
27. 27.THE YACHTING SEASON — THAMES TRAGEDIES — DE GUSTIBUS, ETC. — "Nice piece o' biled mutton, sir?"
28. 28.I'M AFLOAT
29. 29.THAMES WEATHER — AQUATICS—WHEN THE BEES ARE SWARMING — PREHISTORIC PEEPS
30. 30.ON THE RIVER — THE ART OF CONVERSATION
31. 31.THE CHANNEL BAROMETER — EUPHEMISM — A CRISIS
32. 32.LOVE ON THE OCEAN — PUNCH'S ILLUSTRATIONS TO SHAKSPEARE
33. 33.LECTURES ON YACHTING — HOW VERY THOUGHTFUL — STANCH! — MASTER JOHN BULL IN TROUBLE (1851) — SERVING HIM OUT
34. 34.TO A COUPLE OF THAMES NAIADS
35. 35.ON THE RIVER — THE HYPNOTIC STEWARD — YACHTING IN LITTLE — SOLAR STUDIES IN THE HONEYMOON — "'ERE'S YOUR WERRY GOOD 'ELTH, SIR!" — "O WOMAN, IN OUR HOURS OF EASE!"
36. 36.HERE AND THERE — " Perils of the Deep. " — A HONEYMOON OUTING — VERY CONSIDERATE
37. 37.A QUIET DAY ON THE THAMES — "DROWSILY! DROWSILY!" — THE CHANNEL QUESTION SOLVED (1873)
38. 38.AT HENLEY AS IT IS
39. 39.THE TOURIST'S BAROMETER — Splendid Weather. — Very Fine. — Fine. — Moderate. — Sea slight. — Rather Rough. — Rough — Very Rough. — EASTER RECREATIONS
40. 40.RIVERSIDE SUNDAY — PRO BONO PUBLICO
41. 41.NEW SAILING ORDERS — OUT OF IT — HOW LITTLE OUR DEAR ONES UNDERSTAND US
42. 42.A REGATTA RHYME — KNOW THYSELF!
43. 43.HENLEY REGATTA — "WHAT'S IN A NAME?" — CUPID AT SEA
44. 44.THE JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAIDS — GOOD RESOLUTIONS
45. 45.ECHOES FROM THE THAMES — AT HENLEY—"IPSE DIXIT"
46. 46."THE SAILORMAN'S MENOO" — A TRIAL OF FAITH — CRITICAL
47. 47.HENLEY REGATTA — AQUATICS—A COMFORTABLE RAN-DAN — THE SERPENTINE — MOAN, HEARD ON A RAMSGATE BOAT
48. 48.MAUNDERINGS AT MARLOW
49. 49.FLITTINGS — ASSURING! — ILLUSTRATED QUOTATIONS — A PRIMEVAL YACHT RACE
50. 50.ON VIEW AT HENLEY — NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY DON'T AGREE TOGETHER — BIS DAT QUI CITO DAT
51. 51.HINTS FOR HENLEY — GASTRONOMERS AFLOAT
52. 52.MORE HINTS FOR HENLEY — SQUALLY WEATHER—MAKING ALL "TAUT"
53. 53.FURTHER REGULATIONS FOR HENLEY — TRIALS OF A NOVICE

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