Punch, or the London Charivari. August 28, 1841

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Various

Title

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 28, 1841

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Produced by Syamanta Saikia, Jon Ingram, Barbara Tozier and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading

Language

English

Subject

English wit and humor -- Periodicals

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eBook-No.

14925

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14925

Release Date

February 7, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
2. 2.VOL. 1.
3. 3.AUGUST 28, 1841.
4. 4.THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE. — CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCES THE READER TO THE APPLEBITE FAMILY AND TO AGAMEMNON COLLUMPSION APPLEBITE IN PARTICULAR. — AN ACUTE ANGLE.
5. 5.IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CHINA. — ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL! — LEVANT MAIL. — TO MR GREEN, THE INSPECTOR OF HIGHWAYS. — ON HIS RECENT SKYLARK. — FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. — ADVICE GRATIS. — PLEASANT CROPS ABROAD.—A GOOD LOOK OUT FOR THE SYRIANS.
6. 6.THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK. — DRESS IN PARTICULAR, — THE QUALITY — BEGINNING EARLY. — SIBTHORP’S VERY BEST. — BEAUTIFUL COINCIDENCE!—A PAIR OF TOOLS.
7. 7.THE CURRAH CUT; — OR, HOW WE ALL GOT A FI’PENNY BIT A-PIECE. — BAD EITHER WAY. — A CONSTANT PAIR. — A COUNT AND HIS SCHNEIDER.
8. 8.NARRATIVE OF AN AWFUL CASE OF EXTREME DISTRESS. — THE RICH OLD BUFFER. — A MAIDEN LYRIC. — PHILANTHROPY, FINE WRITING, AND FIREWORKS.
9. 9.IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. — THE QUEEN’S SPEECH.
10. 10.THE DINNEROLOGY OF ENGLAND. — INQUEST—NOT EXTRAORDINARY.
11. 11.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—NO. VII.
12. 12.NAPOLEON’S STATUE AT BOULOGNE. — THE HIEROGLYPHIC DECIPHERED. — SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL.—NO. 3. — TO POLITICAL WRITERS, — AND TO THE EDITOR OF THE “TIMES” IN PARTICULAR. — LETTER FROM THE EDITOR OF THE “TIMES.” — CON. BY THEODORE HOOK. — A CRUEL DISAPPOINTMENT. — UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION OF FOREIGN BEEF—(CAUTION TO GOURMANDS). — A TRIFLE FROM LITTLE TOMMY. — TO AN ELDERLY BEAUTY.
13. 13.PROSPECTUS FOR A PROVIDENT ANNUITY COMPANY. — AWFUL ACCIDENT. — FURTHER PARTICULARS. — FURTHEST PARTICULARS. — BY EXPRESS. — SECOND EXPRESS. — THIRD EXPRESS.
14. 14.HINTS TO NEW MEMBERS. — BY AN OLD TRIMMER. — RATHER SUICIDAL. — NOVEL EXPERIMENT.—GREAT SCREW.
15. 15.PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.—NO. 3. — PUNCH’S GUIDE TO SERVICE; — THE HOUSEMAID’S BEST FRIEND. — CHAPTER 1. — ON THE PROCESS AND RATIONALE OF LIGHTING FIRES. — AN IMMINENT BREACH.
16. 16.SCHOOL OF DESIGN. — A HINT TO THE NEW LORD CHAMBERLAIN. — VOCAL EVASION. — A PUN FROM THE ROW. — PLEASURES OF HOPE (RATHER EXPENSIVE). — FASHIONS FOR THE MONTH. — ARTISTIC EXECUTION. — NEW PARLIAMENTARY RETURNS. — IN THE LORDS. — IN THE COMMONS. — RATHER OMINOUS! — HEAVY LIGHTNESS. — A MATTER OF COURSE.
17. 17.THE DRAMA. — THE ITALIAN OPERA. — RETIREMENT OF RUBINI. — THE GREAT UNACTABLES.

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