PUNCH'S ILLUSTRATIONS TO SHAKSPEARE
"Richmond is on the seas."
Richard III., Act iv., Scene 4.
LECTURES ON YACHTING
By Professor Aquarius Brick
We were present when the accomplished Professor Brick recently delivered a series of lectures on yachting, which were very well attended. By his kind permission, we have preserved bits of the discourses here and there. We extract, à discrétion:—
"I come now," went on the Professor, "to your most important yachters—your genuine swells. Their cutters are in every harbour; you trace their wake by empty champagne bottles on every sea. To such dandy sea-kings I would now say one word.
"About your choice of cruising ground you cannot have much difficulty. The Mediterranean is your proper spot. It is true that we will not tolerate its being made a French lake—its proper vocation is that of English pond!