The Month, by Albert Smith and John Leech, 1851.


Mary Anne; or, The Law of Divorce.

By Alfred Tennisball.

[If the poor had more justice, they would need less charity.—Jeremy Bentham.]

The cats were mewing in the street,

With many a mew of love’s delight;

Policeman X’s heavy feet

Returning marked old Time’s dull flight,

While, as the laggard hours wore on,