PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Vol. 102.
March 19, 1892.
"ARE YOU HANSARD NOW?"
Merchant of Venice.
["The entire stock of Hansard's Parliamentary Debates ... was offered for sale. The vast collection, nearly 100,000 volumes, scarcely fetched the price of waste paper."—Daily Paper.]
The Auctioneer exclaimed,—"These Vols.