Painter. "WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? THIS IS THE PICTURE THEY'VE THOUGHT PROPER TO REJECT! I'LL BE SO BOLD AS TO SAY, THERE ARE NOT TWENTY BETTER IN THE WHOLE EXHIBITION!"
Friend. "DEAR ME! IS IT SUCH A POOR ACADEMY AS THAT?"
THE HUMOUR O'T!
(Namely of Parliament, as seen through Harry Furniss's fancy.)
AIR—"The Wooing o't."
LIKA JOKO makes us laugh,
Ha! ha! the humour o't!
With caricature and caustic chaff;
He! he! the humour o't!