MR. PUNCH AT HOME

A note at the foot of a page

A First Essay in Housekeeping.—Mr. Jones. "What is it, my pet?" Mrs. J. "This rabbit (sob)—I've been plucking it—(sob)—all the afternoon, and it isn't half done yet!"

MR. PUNCH AT
HOME

THE COMIC SIDE
OF DOMESTIC
LIFE

AS PICTURED BY

F. H. TOWNSEND, LEWIS BAUMER, C. SHEPPERSON, FRED PEGRAM, GUNNING KING, L. RAVENHILL, BERNARD PARTRIDGE, A. W. MILLS, G. L. STAMPA, C. E. BROCK, A. S. BOYD, PHIL MAY, CHARLES KEENE, GEORGE DU MAURIER, AND OTHERS

WITH 130 ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE EDUCATIONAL BOOK CO. LTD.

The Punch Library of Humour

Twenty-five volumes, crown 8vo, 192 pages
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LIFE IN LONDONRAILWAY BOOK
COUNTRY LIFEAT THE SEASIDE
IN THE HIGHLANDSMR. PUNCH AFLOAT
SCOTTISH HUMOURIN THE HUNTING FIELD
IRISH HUMOURMR. PUNCH ON TOUR
COCKNEY HUMOURWITH ROD AND GUN
IN SOCIETYMR. PUNCH AWHEEL
AFTER DINNER STORIES BOOK OF SPORTS
IN BOHEMIAGOLF STORIES
AT THE PLAYIN WIG AND GOWN
MR. PUNCH AT HOMEON THE WARPATH
ON THE CONTINONGBOOK OF LOVE
WITH THE CHILDREN

[IN SLIPPERED EASE]

Just because Mr. Punch is eminently representative of all our national characteristics is he something of a good old-fashioned Philistine in his domestic circle. We find him, in his notions of home life, distinctly partial to the cosy comfort that is associated the world over with "The Englishman's Castle." He enjoys the delights of his own fireside, the pleasures of his table, the society of his womenkind, the casual visits of his friends, no less, and perhaps much more, than the formal functions to which the phrase "At Home" is also applied.

"Mr. Punch at Home" is in a sense the complement of "Mr. Punch in Society." It touches on musical evenings, dances, the social life generally, but more particularly the domestic side of it—the servant difficulty, the humours of the kitchen and the butler's pantry. It gives glimpses of home life in the country as well as in town; among the poor as well as among the rich; in flats and lodgings as well as in suburban villas and the mansions of the West End.

John Leech dealt largely with the servant girl trouble, but as many of his jokes were topical and have lost most of their point with the passing of the topic, and as others have an old-fashioned air with them and are not so smart or so pointed as those by later artists, preference has been given to the moderns.