PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Vol. 109.
September 7, 1895.
THAT POOR PENNY DREADFUL!
["Is the 'Penny Dreadful' and its influence so very dreadful, I wonder?"—James Payn.]
Alas! for the poor "Penny Dreadful"!
They say if a boy gets his head-full
Of terrors and crimes,
He turns pirate—sometimes;
Or of horrors, at least, goes to bed full.