Says a great Critic, "if you would succeed."

Punch then presumes 'tis by that Alphabet

A Cricketer may learn to (Walter) Read!


Coins of the Realm.—'Arry remarks that the Tories are led by a "Bob" (Cecil), the Parnellites can boast the possession of a "Tanner," whilst the Liberal Unionists make the most of their "Joey."


On the Jar.—The French have a proverb, "il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée." This evidently does not apply to the Sublime Porte, which seems generally "neither one thing nor t' other."


It was settled at the last meet of the Coaching Club that Mr. Eaton, M.P., the new Peer, is to be crowned not with laurels, but with his own bays.