Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,
LONDON AND BUNGAY.


CONTENTS

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AN EVENING WITH A CONJUROR[1]
AT THE TUDOR EXHIBITION[7]
IN AN OMNIBUS[13]
AT A SALE OF HIGH-CLASS SCULPTURE[19]
AT THE GUELPH EXHIBITION[26]
AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY[32]
AT THE HORSE SHOW[38]
AT A DANCE[44]
AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM[50]
THE TRAVELLING MENAGERIE[57]
AT THE REGENT STREET TUSSAUD'S[62]
AT THE MILITARY EXHIBITION[67]
AT THE FRENCH EXHIBITION[73]
IN THE MALL ON DRAWING-ROOM DAY[80]
AT A PARISIAN CAFÉ CHANTANT[85]
AT A GARDEN PARTY[90]
AT THE MILITARY TOURNAMENT[95]
FREE SPEECH[99]
THE RIDING-CLASS[104]
THE IMPROMPTU CHARADE-PARTY[110]
A CHRISTMAS ROMP[115]
ON THE ICE[121]
IN A FOG[127]
BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW[131]
AT A MUSIC HALL[136]
A RECITATION UNDER DIFFICULTIES[142]
BANK HOLIDAY[147]
A ROW IN THE PIT; OR, THE OBSTRUCTIVE HAT[153]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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"LED ME SEE—I SEEM TO REMEMBER YOUR FACE SOME'OW."[3]
"WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' THEM C'RECT GUIDES AT, OLE MAN? A SHILLIN'?
NOT me!"
"GO 'OME, DIRTY DICK!"[17]
"FIGGERS 'ere, GEN'L'M'N!"[20]
"PETS! DON'T YOU love THEM?"[27]
"CAPTURED BY A DESULTORY ENTHUSIAST"[34]
"HE EXPECTED THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE TO SEE"[42]
"ER"—(CONSULTS SOME HIEROGLYPHICS ON HIS CUFF STEALTHILY)[46]
"H'M; THAT MAY BE MITHRAS'S NOTION OF MAKING A CLEAN JOB OF IT, BUT
IT AIN'T mine!"[51]
"I SEZ AS THAT UN'S A FAWKS, AN' I'M READY TO PROVE IT ON ANNY MAN"[60]
"THAT'S PLAY-ACTIN', THAT IS—AND I DON'T 'OLD WITH IT NO HOW!"[64]
"GO IN, JIM! YOU GOT YER MARKIN'-PAPER READY ANYHOW"[71]
"COME AN LOOK! ALAHA-BA-LI-BOO!"[74]
"OW 'E SMOILED AT ME THROUGH THE BRORNCHES!"[81]
FEMALE ARTISTE (SINGS REFRAIN)[86]
"SHOW IT NOW, BY PUTTING MONEY IN THIS 'AT!"[102]
"YOU AIN'T NO MORE 'OLD ON THAT SADDLE THAN A STAMP WITH THE GUM
LICKED OFF!"[105]
"Warm, SIR? I am WARM—AND SOMETHING MORE!"[119]
"SNAY PAS FACILE QUAND VOUS AVEZ LES SKATES TOUTES SUR UN CÔTÉ—COMME
moi!"[123]
"GO IT, OLE FRANKY, MY SON!"[125]
RECOGNISES WITH DISMAY A VIEW OF THE GRAND CANAL[134]
THE SISTERS SILVERTWANG[137]
"I AM ONLY A COWBOY"[143]
"RUM THE SIGHTS THESE 'ERE SAVIDGES MAKE O' THEIRSELVES"[149]
THE OWNER OF THE HAT DEIGNS NO REPLY[154]


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