And—she laughs at wigs! Oh! deary me.

I must be as careful as careful can be,

Lest I should forget Law’s dignitee.

’Tis a sore temptation to throw in the way

Of such a susceptible Lord Chief J.!

All—’Tis a sore temptation, &c.

Punch. September 1, 1883.


A Susceptible Chancellor.

“That is a specimen of the complaints which are poured into the letter-box of a susceptible Chancellor of the Exchequer.”—Mr. Goschen at the Mansion House.