PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Vol. 99.
November 8, 1890.
MR. PUNCH'S PRIZE NOVELS.
No. V.—MIGNON'S MESS-ROOM.
(By TOM RUM SUMMER, Author of "Mignon's Ma," "Mignon's Hub," "Footle's Father," "Tootle's Tootsie," "Ugly Tom," "Your Rich Richard," "A Baby in Barracks," "Stuck," "Hoop-Lore," "Went for that Pleeceman," &c., &c., &c., &c., &c., &c., &c., &c.)
["This," writes the eminent Author, "is a real, true story of the life of soldiers and children. Soldiers are grand, noble fellows. They are so manly, and all smoke a great deal of tobacco. My drawl is the only genuine one. I could do a lot more of the same sort, but I charge extra for pathos. I'm a man.—T.R.S.">[