"'Twas in Trafalgar's Square."
Nov. 20, 1887.
Nelson (as Special Constable) sings:—
"England expects that every man
This day will go on Duty!"
The Last of the Solomonses.—The final knockdown blow was given to poor Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy by Mr. John Morley, who, in his admirable discourse on Aphorisms, described it as a "too famous volume," which "had immense vogue, but it is so vapid, so wordy, so futile, as to have a place among the books that dispense with parody." Alas! poor Tupper! Mr. Punch bids thee adieu for ever!
Will Mr. Lockyer turn his attention Eastwards, and inform us if the Corporation of the City of London is a "Self-luminous Body"? If so, couldn't it be utilised in a fog?
Describing the state of mind her Nephew was in on not being able to find a stud at the last moment to put in his shirt-front, Mrs. Ram said, "Oh, he was awfully iterated."
A Mess.—What's on the tapis in France? Grévy. M. Wilson, who speaks Latin with English pronunciation, throws all the blame on his father-in-law, and says it's a "Grévy delictum."