Why did Du Chaillu get so angry when he was chaffed about the Gorilla?—Why? we ask.
Why is a chrysalis like a hot roll?—You will doubtless remark, “Because it’s the grub that makes the butter fly!” But see “Puniana.”
Why is a wide-awake hat so called?—Because it never had a nap, and never wants one.
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New Society Book by the Author of “Puniana.”
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⁂ The Quaintest, Funniest, most Original Book published for a long time.
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⁂ An extraordinary picture of “London by Night” in the Days of George the Fourth. All the strange places of Amusement around Covent Garden and in St. James’s are fully described, and very queer places they were too!