Mr. Punch In The Highlands

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Editor

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

Title

Mr. Punch in the Highlands

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

Scotland -- Humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37882

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37882

Release Date

October 30, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MR. PUNCH IN THE HIGHLANDS — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE. — PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR — Edited by J. A. Hammerton — THRIFT
2. 2.MR. PUNCH IN THE HIGHLANDS — THE PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR
3. 3.NORTHWARD HO!
4. 4.MR. PUNCH IN THE HIGHLANDS
5. 5."SPORTING NOTES"
6. 6.A PIBROCH FOR BREAKFAST. — ON THE HILLS
7. 7.MR. BUGGLE'S FIRST STAG — 1) AT THE FIRST SHOT MR BUGGLE'S FIRST STAG LAY PRONE. — 2) ELATED WITH SUCCESS MR B. RUSHED UP AND SEATED HIMSELF ASTRIDE HIS VICTIM. — 3) BUT ALAS IT WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY STUNNED, AND PROMPTLY ROSE TO THE OCCASION. — 4) SO DID MR B. — 5) THE LAW OF GRAVITY PROVED TOO STRONG WHEN A LUCKY SHOT FROM THE KEEPER — 6) PLACED MATTERS UPON A SATISFACTORY FOOTING ONCE MORE.
8. 8.MY ONLY SHOT AT A CORMORANT. — Here she comes! — There she goes!
9. 9.FULL STOP IN THE DAWDLE FROM THE NORTH. — HIS IDEA OF IT — TOURING IN THE HIGHLANDS
10. 10.FROM OUR BILIOUS CONTRIBUTOR. — A PLEASANT PROSPECT! — ANOTHER MISUNDERSTANDING — THE WEIRD SISTERS — DEER-STALKING MADE EASY — ILLUSTRATED QUOTATIONS — DRACONIAN — MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF YE ENGLYSHE IN 1849 — ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF SHOOTING FROM A BUTT — THE TWELFTH — THE MATERNAL INSTINCT — "NEMO ME IMPUNE", &c. — RECRIMINATION — GUILDERSTEIN IN THE HIGHLANDS
11. 11.THE HIGHLAND GAMES AT MACJIGGITY
12. 12.SONG FOR A SCOTCH DUKE. — HEBRIDEAN SPORT — LATEST FROM THE MOORS
13. 13.A GROAN FROM A GILLIE — A PRECISIAN
14. 14.THE THING TO DO IN SCOTLAND — Fingen's finger. — The crack of the whip('s pate!) — THE "IRREPRESSIBLE" AGAIN — "THE LAST STRAW" — NOTHING LIKE MOUNTAIN AIR — THE HEIGHT OF BLISS — TENACITY — EXCUSABLE WRATH — A SOFT IMPEACHMENT — ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH — GUILDERSTEIN IN THE HIGHLANDS — A GREAT DRAWBACK
15. 15.NOTES FROM THE HIGHLANDS — AMBIGUITY — AUGUST IN SCOTLAND
16. 16.KINREEN O' THE DEE; — CANNY! — EXPERTO CREDE — A LAMENT FROM THE NORTH
17. 17.TWO ON A TOUR — ORIGIN OF THE HIGHLAND SCHOTTISCHE — GROUSE SHOOTING LATE IN THE SEASON. JOLLY, VERY! — DEER -STALKING MADE EASY. A HINT TO LUSTY SPORTSMAN. — SOONER OR LATER — HARMLESS — PLEASANT — AN IMPORTANT DETAIL — SCENE--A ROADSIDE INN IN A MOORLAND DISTRICT, SCOTLAND. — "A MONARCH OF THE GLEN" — PROMISING! — "THE MISS"
18. 18.MR. BRIGGS IN THE HIGHLANDS — MR. BRIGGS GROUSE SHOOTING
19. 19.SKETCHES FROM SCOTLAND — "MISTAKEN IDENTITY" — (LOCH) FYNE GRAMMAR — NON BEN (LOMOND) TROVATO. — "NOTHING LIKE LEATHER" — THE TROUBLES OF STALKING — A FALLEN ASS — BONCHIENIE — "CANNY" — THE PURCHASING LIMIT — GROWING POPULARITY OF THE HIGHLANDS
20. 20.MORE SKETCHES FROM SCOTLAND — "MEN WERE DECEIVERS EVER" — "DESIRABLE" — ISOLATION!—OFF THE ORKNEYS — ON THE MOORS — A POOR ADVERTISEMENT — GENEROSITY — TRAVELLER TOO BONÂ FIDE — MR. PUNCH IN THE HIGHLANDS — PREHISTORIC PEEPS
21. 21.THE PLEASURES OF TRAVEL — "WINGED" — MR. PUNCH AT THE HIGHLAND GAMES — AN ARTIST SCAMP IN THE HIGHLANDS
22. 22.EN ÉCOSSE — ZEAL — THRIFT — A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION — "VITA FUMUS" — PRECAUTIONS — HIS POUND OF FLESH — SCRUPULOUS — "THE LAND OF LORN" — LOCAL
23. 23.EN ÉCOSSE (ENCORE) — "CANNY" — CAUTIOUS — A DECIDED OPINION — A FINE HEAD (BUT NOT OF THE RIGHT SORT OF CATTLE) — A "SCENE" IN THE HIGHLANDS — MR. PUNCH IN THE HIGHLANDS — "GAME" IN THE HIGHLANDS
24. 24.MISS LAVINIA BROUNJONES'S ADVENTURES IN THE HIGHLANDS — MISS LAVINIA BROUNJONES
25. 25.TWENTY HOURS AFTER — OVERHEARD IN THE HIGHLANDS — "SERMONS IN STONES" — JETSAM AND FLOTSAM — IN THE WILDS OF THE NORTH.
26. 26.THE DUKE OF ATHOLL'S SHILLING (1851) — A HIGHLAND CORONACH — A RARA MONGRELLIS — "IN FOR IT" — A BLANK DAY — A BAD SEASON — CANDID — "UNCO CANNY"
27. 27.THE SONG OF THE SCOTCH TOURIST — A VERY DIFFERENT MATTER — THE END

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