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Punch, August 23, 1890

Punch, August 23, 1890

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Author
Various
Title
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 23, 1890
Credits
Produced by Malcolm Farmer, William Flis, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Language
English
LoC Class
AP: General Works: Periodicals
Subject
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
Category
Text
eBook-No.
12392
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12392
Release Date
May 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
  2. 2.Vol. 99.
  3. 3.August 23, 1890.
  4. 4.NOVELTY UP TO DATE. — ACT I. — Act II.— Interior of the Palace of Elsinore, near Edinburgh, arranged for Private Theatricals. MACCLAUDIUS, MACGERTRUDE and Court seated, with TELMAH acting as Prompter. — ACT III.— The Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall, Elsinore, near Edinburgh , TELMAH, and MACLAERTES, discovered fencing.
  5. 5.PROS AND CONS OF FOREIGN TRAVEL. — ( By a Hesitating Trippist. ) — AN OBJECT OF COMPASSION.
  6. 6.VOCES POPULI. — COCKNEY COQUETRY: A STUDY IN REGENT'S PARK. — SCENE— Near the Band-Stand. TIME—7 P.M. on a Sunday in August. — CHARACTERS.
  7. 7.THE GROAN OF THE "GROWLER." — A CONTENTED MIND.
  8. 8.TO A FEATHER-HEADED POET.
  9. 9.A VERY SHORT HOLIDAY. — ( By One who enjoyed it. )
  10. 10.IN THE KNOW. — ( By Mr. Punch's Own Prophet. ) — (I.) Buenos Ayres, Monday. — (II.) Buenos Ayres, Monday. — (III.) Guatemala, Sunday. — (IV.) San Salvador, Sunday.
  11. 11.THE REAL GRIEVANCE OFFICE. — ( Before Mr. Commissioner Punch.) — An Engineer Officer, R.N., introduced. — DIGNITY IN DISTRESS.
  12. 12.MIGHT BE BETTER!
  13. 13.LITTERÆ INHUMANIORES. — ( Selected from the Projected International Schoolboy Correspondence. ) — From TOMMY, Eton, to JULES, Lycée Henri IV. — From JULES, Lycée Henri IV., to TOMMY, Eton. — MIGHT BE BETTER!
  14. 14.TO CANADA.
  15. 15.A NATIONAL APPEAL.
  16. 16.MR. JOSKINS BUYS A BOOK ON HORSEBREAKING, AND TRIES HIS HAND.
  17. 17.THE LESSON OF THE SEASON. — IMITATION THE SINCEREST FLATTERY.
  18. 18.JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. — BORN, FEBRUARY 21, 1801. DIED AUGUST 11, 1890.
  19. 19.FEE VERY SIMPLE. — A PLEASANT PROSPECT!
  20. 20.THE JACKDAW. — ( Imitated from Edgar Poe, by an Indignant "Obstructive." )
  21. 21.ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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