This colloquy gives a not unfair summary of Mr. Bright’s address to his constituents in the preceding month.—1865.
No. 19.
CARTOON.—NOVEMBER 25, 1865.
{Lord Russell to another woman: “Will you join our set Miss Goshen?”}
THE POLITICAL “WALL-FLOWER.”
Miss Bright. “Nobody asks Me; and if they did, I should certainly decline.”
Lord Russell’s Whig prejudices were too strong to permit his offering Mr. Bright a seat in the Cabinet—though none had better deserved it.—1865.