Volume Three (of Three)

FROM THE COLLECTION OF "MR. PUNCH" 1887

INDEX Abuse of the Aspirate, The 1863 .021 Accepting a Situation .1856 .040 Across Country.1864 .181 Advice Gratis .1863 .187 After Dundreary .1862 .201 After Supper- Strange Admission1861 .198 All the Difference.1863 .199 Ambition 1863 .039 An Afflicted One 1853 .214 An Idea for a Wet Day .1863 .215 An Interesting Question .1859 .204 An Old Friend .1853 .257 Another Pretty Little Americanism .1864 .167 Anxious Inquirers .1863 .143 Anxious to Preserve our Figure, take a Turkish Bath1861 .212 Aquatics - When the Bees are Swarming .1858 .059 Aristocratic Hotel Company, The1863 .041 .043 .043 .044 Art Treasures . .1860 .119 At a Rifle Competee-tion in the North1863 .202 At Dieppe .1862 .118 Attempted Fraud on the Railway 1863 .241 Awful Apparition 1861 .171 Awful Tale of an Eel 1858 .208 Awkward for Papa 1863 .022 Badly Hit During the Recent Engagement with the Guards.1863 .236 Ball, The .1862 .191 Battue, The .1862 .125 Beach, The - A Sketch for Warm Weather.1862 .161 .162 .163 .164 Bear Baiting 1862 .211 Benevolence .1860 .061 Beware of Artillery Whiskers.1861 .011 Billiards1864 .169 Bit of Household Stuff, A .1862 .238 Biter Bit, The 1864 .243 Black Diamond, The - The Real Mountain of Light1851 .246 Bores of the Beach, The .1860 .101 Bouncer, A.1860 .094 Board and Lodging .1864 .064 Bois de Boulogne-For Cavaliers only1863 .118 Box of Books from London, The .1856 .233 Breaking the Bye-Laws .1852 .220 Brighton Jewels1860 .237 Brilliant Suggestion, A, Presented gratis to the Horse.1858 .261 Broken Country, A .1864 .234 Brook Jump, The1863 .145 By the Fast Train .1861 .115 By your Leave .1859 .049 Cabman Guide, The .1801 .052 Canine.1863 .048 Capillary Attractions .1858 .035 Capital Finish, A1860 .156 Carte de Visite, The 1862 .157 Cause and Effect 1864 057 Caution to the Unwary, A 1859 .014 Chaff .1862 .103 Chamber Practice.1860 .129 Chance for Jeames, A 1860 .053 Channel Passage, The.1862 .206 Chip of the Old Block, A.1862 .190 Christening of Jones's First, The .1803 .142 Clerical Beard Movement, The 1861 .049 Cockney at Dieppe, A.1851 .254 Coincidence, A.1860 .032 Collar Mania, The .1854 .064 Comfortable Quarters 1859 .152 Comforter, A.1862 .019 Complimentary1864 .225 Complimentary to Paterfamilias.1860 .016 Confirmed Bachelor.1861 .159 Connoisseur, A 1859 .135 Considerate Attention .1860 .026 Consolation .1859 .094 Consolation .1861 .130 Consoling from Consols 1862 .096 Consummation devoutly to be wished, A1862 .021 Contemplative Man's Recreation, The1860 .137 Contented Mind, A .1860 .138 Cook's Morning Service, The1863 .220 Costermonger as he is, and as he might be, The 1863 .167 Country Races-Amateur Professionals1855 .215 Courtesies of Travel, The1859 .123 Cricket-The Pride of the Village.1863 .058 Crinoline for Domestic use 1862 .132 Crinoline for Domestic use 1862 .235 Croquet .1863 .106 Crossing-Sweeper Nuisance, The 1856 .008 Cruel .1861 .004 Cruel Joke at a Fete.1859 .193 Cub-Hunting1862 .203 Curious Echo at a Railway Station1861 .127 Curious effect of Relaxing Air.1849 .104 Dabbling.1861 .024 Day at Biarritz, A.1863 .244 .245 Day with the Stag, A 1856 .252 Day's Amusement, A 1864 .203 Day's Pleasure, A. 1860 .025 Deal, A .1863 .152 Debate on the New Ministry 1858 .088 Decidedly .1860 .166 De Gustibus, &c1858 .258 Delicate Hint, A 1863 .018 Dclicious1862 .136 Difference in Opinion, A.1863 .012 Difficult Task, A .1850 .127 Dignity and Impudence .1861 .060 Dignity and Impudence .1858 .150 Dignity of Age, The1856 .015 Diner la Russe 1862 .126 Dining under Difficulties1861 .008 Dinner-Bell, The 1849 .259 Dip in French Waters, A1862 .063 Dissenters in the University.1855 .127 District Telegraph, The .1863 .023 Disturbed Imagination, A 1859 .230 Diving Belles1862 .118 Dog-days, The .1864 .218 Doing a little Business .1864 .247 Doosed aggravating for Cornet Hinders1863 .055 Doubtful Compliment, A.1862 .126 Dramatic.1863 .231 Drawing Room, A .1858 .127 Drawing Room, The .1863 .014 Dried Up 1859 .086 Duet under Difficulties, A 1863 .176 Dust Ilo! The Long Dress Nuisance1863 .184 Effect of Sixpence a Mile1857 .157 Effect of Stopping the Grog .1849 .154 Effects of the "Weather on a Sensitive Plant 1861 .172 Emphatic 1861 .004 End of a Friend of the Family .1862 .116 Engaged Ones, The .1847 .168 English Darlings reflected in a French Mirror1862 .098 English Gold Field, An 1854 .036 English Soldiers according to French Notions 1860 .098 Escort, An.1862 .148 Excess of Cleanliness, An .1860 .023 Exhausted Student, The 1862 .065 Express .1864 .066 Experiment on a Vile Body, An1859 .029 Extravagance.1858 .029 Facetious Inference, A 1861 .007 Fact, A .1860 .018 Fact, A .1860 .153 False Alarm, surely! .1861 .052 Family Box at the Theatre, A.1857 .257 Fancy Fair, The .1864 .214 Fancy Scene, A-Winning the Gloves1860 .224 Fancy Sketch.1860 .033 Farewell.1856 .264 Fashion for next Summer, The 1860 .139 Fashions in Hair 1862 .107 Fatuous Fashion, A 1858 .219 Fellow Martyrs 1864 .193 Feminine Rivalry 1864 .175 Financial Difficulty, A1861 .013 Financial Question, The .1862 .259 Fine Polish, A 1852 .096 First Beginnings 1863 .194 First Day of the Season .1861 .035 First of September 1852 .070 Fitting Hospitality .1863 .176 Flagrant Attempt, A1862 .177 Flattering Proposal .1860 .155 Flunkeiana.1848 .104 Flunkeiana.1864 .205 Flunkey in Trouble, A1864 .199 Fly-Fishing .1863 .170 Fond Delusion .1860 .131 Force of Habit 1864 .146 Force of Habit (for Family People only)1861 .203 Foreign Infliction, A .1859 .222 For-rad,-For-rad-Away! 1861 .209 Freaks of a Pet Dog1852 .210 Freshener on the Downs, A1857 .120 Friendly Prescription .1856 .021 Frivolity1858 .099 Frolic Home after a Blank Day, A 1859 .196 Furniture Removal Agency, A .1860 .214 Gale, The1862 .073 Garotte Effect, A1863 .119 Generous Offer . 1860 .045 Gent at Cost Price, A .1856 .155 Geographical Joke, A 1855 .143 Going North .1862 .081 Going Out of Town .1860 .016 Gold Field in the "Diggins," A.1854 .037 Gone Away! 1861 .030 Good Blacking .1853 .102 Gordian Knot for Robinson, A 1862 .017 Grand National Rose Show.1858 .232 Great Bonnet Question, The 1857 .254 Great Exhibition 1862 .243 Great Whisker Cutting Movement, The .1861 .116 Grievance, A.1863 .141 Ground Swell, A .1S61 .028 Groundless Alarm.1861 .170 Groundless Alarm.1862 .142 Guardian of the Field, The.1855 .131 Harry takes bis Cousins to see the Hounds Meet.1862 .145 Haymarket and Thereabout, The1862 .088 Healthy and Amusing Game 1860 .045 Held in Cheek .1858 .033 Helping Him On 1861 .061 Hero Worship 1850 .221 Hint to the Engaged Ones of England, A.1859 .239 Hint to Travellers.1860 .048 Holidays at Home.1860 .183 Hopeful Prospect, A1863 .010 Horrid Girl1861 .144 Horse Dealer's Logic, A .1863 .140 Hot Chestnut, A, is very Good after Dinner.1862 .217 Household Economy1861 .138 How Not to Do It.1863 .242 How to Bother Cabby1863 .213 How to Clear a Carriage for a Cigar .1864 .182 How to Make a Watering Place Pleasant1861 .024 How Would it be Without Crinoline? 1864 .197 Humour of the Streets, The 1860 .090 Humour of the Streets, The 1861 .139 Hunting from Town1862 .147 Hurrah! .1860 .263 Hush! Hush! .1863 .122 Hygienic Pleasure, A 1863 .200 Idle Servant, The .1863 .099 Immense Treat for the Party Concerned186l .102 Important Matter 1860 .149 Impostor, An.1863 .150 Impudence .1849 .230 In Barracks1860 .094 Incident of Travel, An.1859 .088 Incident of Travel, An.1864 .158 Influence of the Railway on the Rhine1864 .173 In Good Society1851 .249 Injured Brother, An1861 .015 In Search of Excitement .1850 .246 "In the Bay of Biscay, O!" .1862 .115 Innocent Delusions 1863 .139 Inquiring Mind, An.1861 .045 In Search of a Victim .1860 .011 In State 1844 .146 In the Volunteers .1862 .025 Invalid, The 1860 .103 Irresistible 1860 .069 It is Safer to go with your Animal.1862 .147 John Bull la Franaise.1855 .262 John Tomkins and'Arry Bloater .1862 .068 Jolly Anglers1864 .125 Jolly Game, A .1857 .221 Jumping to a Conclusion .1864 .206 Junior Counsel, A .1848 .257 Knowing Animal, A .1857 .187 Ladies' Lap Dog Show, The1862 .254 Lady Audley's Secret 1863 .009 La Mode-The Zouave Jacket .1860 .056 Last Day at the Seaside, The-Packing Up .1861 .027 Last New Thing in Cloaks, The1859 .107 Last Sweet Thing in Hats, The1859 .028 Late from the School-room1860 .012 Latest Fashion, The1857 .111 Latest Fast Thing, The 1863 .039 Latest Improvement, The .1856 .069 Latest from Abroad-Powder and all the Rest of it.1862 .048 Latest Style, The .1856 .106 Legal Solfeggio, The 1846 .116 Le Sport.1862 .256 Lesson in French, A1855 .086 Like unto Like 1862 .211 Likely Bait, A 1860 .178 Likely Case, A.1855 .050 Linguist, The1863 .065 Little Bit of Yorkshire, A 1864 .212 Little Family Breeze, A .1864 .173 Little Farce at a Railway Station, A.1859 .063 Little Railway Drama, A1863 .186 Little Rowlands* Macassar Wanted Somewhere, A .1863 .099 Little Scene at Brussels, A .1864 .209 Little Smoke-Jack, A 1863 .131 London Cream 1864 .146 London Highlanders.1861 .200 Looking at it Pleasantly 1864 .123 "Love's Course Never Did" You Know.1864 .205 Loving Cup, A1858 .104 Lowest Depth, The1864 .211 Lucid Explanation, A 1852 .063 Making it Intelligible.1864 .202 Making the Best of It .1858 .007 Malvern Hills, The 1864 .262 Man of Discrimination, A 1863 .188 Man of Ideas, A .1861 .174 Man's Rooms at the Temple, A.1863 .106 Marriage Question, The 1858 .047 Master and Man-A Pretty State of Things1861 .064 Medium, A1861 .079 Mere Trifle, A 1862 .134 Mermaid, A 1854 .058 Militia Man, A.1854 .076 Mistaking a Title .1860 .065 Moral of it, The 1862 .235 Morning Ride, The .1863 .248 Mossoo Learning to Swim .1862 .118 Most Flattering1861 .216 Most Offensive 1859 .021 Mr, Briggs's Adventuresin the Highlands1861 .081 .083 .085 .087 .089 .091 .093 .095 .097 Mr. Briggs's Horse Taming Experiences1863 .258 .261 Mrs. J. has the Best of It 1860 .055 Muscular Education - The Private Tutor 1860 .110 Natural Impatience.1860 .046 Nature when Unadorned, &c1861 .054 New Leathers, too!.1861 .031 NeW Ride, The, Frightful Scene in Kensington Gardens.1860 .247 New School, The1862 .136 Nicc Game for Two or More, A 1861 .110 Nice Little Dinner, The .1853 .063 Nightmare, A 1862 .250 No Doubt of It.1860 .073 Not a bad Judge .1859 .101 Not a doubtful Race1845 .250 Nothing like doing it Thoroughly 1864 .179 Nothing Eke Mountain Air 1860 .047 Not so Easy .1853 .160 Not such a bad Thing in a Shower 1860 .057 Novel Suggestion 1863 .078 Now I'm Papa 1860 .108 No. 999, Government Transport .1855 .114 Object of Attraction, An 1860 .189 Ocular Demonstration 1857 .157 Office Incident, An .1863 .124 Old School 1862 .023 On Duty .1844 .134 Oh, how Jolly!.1859 .101 Oh, that I were in that Balcony! 1864 .180 On a Parisian Boulevard1861 .109 One Night from Home1861 .006 One of the Right Sort1860 .034 One-sided View, A .1846 .260 On the Racecourse .1852 .109 On the Sands.1860 .074 On the Way to Parade.1860 .068 Opportunity, An .1862 .128 Opposite Opinions .1859 .056 Order we hope to see issued, An .1861 .156 Organ Grinding Nuisance, The 1864 .255 Our Foreign Visitors 1861 .156 Our Indolent Young Man 1859 .079 Our National Defences .1860 .102 Our Volunteers.1860 .019 Out of his Element 1862 .256 Outrage upon a Gallant Tnrk1856 .253 Oysters .1864 .140 Painful Subject, A 1861 .121 Partridge Shooting 1860 .097 Partridge Shooting 1863 .223 Persuasive 1863 .060 Pet-Love.1862 .149 Philosophy in Sport1859 .171 Photograph, The .1861 .132 Pious Public-House, The1855 .112 Pitiable Objects 1862 .053 Pheasant Shooting, A Warm Corner.1858 .117 Pleasant.1863 .148 Tleasant Intelligence .1863 .076 Pleasant Prospect, A 1864 .253 Pleasures of the Country, The1863 .191 Pleasures of the Sea, The1857 .241 Pleasures of Vegetarianism 1852 .086 Pluck! .1863 .104 Polite Attention 1861 .022 Political Prospects .1859 .020 Poor Cousin Charles .1864 .190 Poor Fellow .1863 .108 Poor Little Fellow 1861 .033 Portrait, The,-Finishing Touch to the Dress .1862 .074 Portrait of a certain Student who is Reading so hard.1861 .026 Poser, A.1861 .003 Posing a Customer .1861 .084 Positive Fact, of Course 1862 .013 Practising for a Match 1862 .174 Practising on a Patient1858 .124 Preliminary Canter, A1862 .168 Prepared for Garottcrs.1863 .192 Prevention is Better than Cure 1863 .198 Pretty Exhibition near Bromplon, A.1862 .189 Private Theatricals-The Mouslaches.1860 .066 Probability, A—"Hold your Zebra, Sir?" .1858 .070 Problem for Young Ladies, A1862 .032 Professional 1859 .005 Profligate Pastrycook's, The 1855 .113 Progress of Civilization.1854 .178 Proper Precaution, A 1862 .031 Prudence.1862 .121 Prudential Assurance 1859 .075 Putting his Foot in it 1864 .225 Putting it Blandly.1863 .109 Putting Principle into Practice .1861 .058 Quiet Rebuke, A .1864 .137 Quip Modest, The.1862 .122 Quite Exhausted .1856 .140 Race for a Fare, A 1859 .107 Raillery 1864 .207 Railway Grievance .1864 .233 Railway Morals.1864 .141 Rather a Kitcheny way of Putting it .1863 .143 Rather a Knowing Thing in Nets 1860 .046 Rather Keen .1859 .195 Rather 'Ossy. .1863 .223 Rather Vulgar, but Perfectly True1862 .051 Ready when Wanted, or Militia Volunteers.1854 .228 .229 Real Enjoyment 1861 .076 Reai Independence .1863 .201 Real Tragedy 1864 .134 Recreation for the Horse Guards .1851 .240 Relaxation.1861 .023 Repose 1862 .077 Resources of the Establishment 1860 .050 Retaliation1864 .233 Return from the Races-Bois de Boulogne 1864 .232 Riding-hat Question, The 1861 .100 Rival Barrels, The 1854 .241 Sagacious Cabby, A 1862 .227 Salmon Fishing.1863 .133 Scarborough, At .1862 .227 Scene-A Certain gay Watering Place.1859 .069 Scene at Sandbath .1861 .080 Sccne in a Modern Studio 1856 .029 Sccne on a Bridge at Paris 1863 .226 Scene-The Row1863 .217 School for Old Gentlemen, A1858 .193 Sea-fishing 1863 .005 Sea-side Studies.1860 .025 Sea-side Subject, A, Party in Search of Repose 1862 .054 Secular Pursuit, A. .1857 .092 Self Importance1861 .011 Sensation Ball, The .1862 .088 Sensation Novel, The 1864 .194 Serious Complaint, A 1855 .155 Serious Drawback, A .1861 .009 Scrvantgalisra, No. XIII.1863 .010 Servantgalism, No. XIV.1860 .128 Servantgalism, No. XV1864 .169 Servantgalism, &c., No. XVI1863 .220 Servantgalism in Australia-A Fact .1864 .221 Severe.1860 .012 Serving Him Out .1862 .084 Shocking Incident in Real Life 1864 .251 Shocking Young Lady Indeed, A .1860 .067 Shoeburyncss.1864 .251 Short Cut through the Wood, A1862 .117 Sign of Progress, A .1864 .131 Singular Optical Delusion .1850 .135 Sketch at a Steeple Chacc, A.1863 .145 Sketch from a Study Window.1863 .078 Sketch in St. James's Street, A .1860 .007 Sketch on the Downs, A.1861 .111 Sketch on the Sea-Coast during the Gale1862 .105 Sketches at Brighton 1802 .237 Sketching Master, The1858 .040 Slow Game, A 1863 .105 Snooks has Joined a Rifle Corps .1861 .192 Soap-Bubbles.1857 .186 Social Treadmill, The,—The Wedding Breakfast1857 .063 Some more Foreign Visitors 1862 .182 Something in that1856 .133 Something like a Description.1860 .030 Something like an Inducement 1860 .184 Soothing Explanation 1860 .050 Sou'-Wester in a Sea-side Lodging-House, A 1863 .066 Special Pleader, A 1861 .143 Spirit-Rapping 1860 .232 Spirit Drawing by our own Medium, A1860 .236 Spoon-shaped Bonnet, The.1860 .066 Sporting Intelligence .1859 .097 Sportive Elements, The 1860 .246 Spread of the Volunteer Movement-Scene, the Schoolroom.1860 .074 Startling Result.1857 .152 Steeple-Chacc Study, A 1860 .185 Stolen Pleasures are Sweet 1863 .051 Stont Assertion, A 1863 .123 Street Fight, A .1864 .211 Study of Crinoline, A .1858 .216 Studies of Crinoline during an Equinoctial Gale .1863 .221 Subject for a Picture1861 .047 Submissive Husband, The . .1862 .233 Suburban Flyman, The 1864 .207 Successful Angling.1849 .254 Summer Visitors .1855 .022 Superfluous Advice 1847 .213 Table d'hote Paris, A .1864 .219 Taking it Manfully 1860 .195 Taking the Risks 1861 .120 Terrible Threat, A 1862 .034 The Very Thing 1860 .133 Those Horrid Boys Again . .1860 .015 Tit Bit, A 1861 .082 To be Pitied .1863 .181 Tolerably Broad Hint, A1859 .130 Toll-Bar Nuisance, The 1864 .154 Too Pad1862 .116 Too Bad, by Jove You Know .1860 .053 Too Clever by Half 1863 .008 Towards the Close of the Season1856 .092 Travellers' Luggage1860 .020 True Tale, A 1863 .126 Truly Delightful .1856 .077 Tu Quoque .1858 .226 Tu Quoque, A 1861 .009 Turning the Tables ; or a Little Sauce for the Gander1862 .108 Tyrant, A .1859 .058 Unexpected Always Happens, The.1860 .109 Unexpected Arrival, An 1863 .153 Unexpected Bliss 1861 .008 Unexpected Change, An1860 .017 Unfeeling Husband, An .1856 .131 Unwelcome Pleasantry.1861 .062 Useful and Ornamental .1861 .149 Useful Appliances1862 .067 Useful at Last.1861 .008 Valuable Addition to the Aquarium1860 .075 Vaulting Ambition1856 .065 Very Careful 1860 .158 Very Considerate 1864 .240 Very Cruel Satire .1860 .151 Very Much Alive 1856 .177 Very Much at Sea.1860 .210 Very Rude Indeed.1847 .053 Very Slangy .1855 .144 Very Thing, The .1860 .183 Very Vulgar Subject, A 1859 .132 Victim to Over Exertion, A.1859 .061 Visit to the Studio, A 1860 .188 Vive le Sport Again1862 .194 Volunteer Review, The . .1860 .006 Vulpecide, The Base Indeed 1862 .185 Waltzing of the Period 1861 .165 Watering-Place Pleasure, A 1864 .186 Weight for Age. .1855 .114 Well (?) Brought Up1863 .076 Well Over! Anyhow .1863 .100 Well! The Boldness of some People1861 .027 Well Timed 1864 .135 We should Think it Did 1860 .082 What is it?1856 .121 What Next? 1854 .178 What our Volunteers Ought Not to Do1862 .231 What's the Matter with Him?1859 .114 What's to be Done in July?.1861 .020 What we could Bear a Good Deal of1863 .204 What we Want to Know.1863 .250 When Doctors Disagree, &c., &c.1844 .234 Which is the Brute?1858 .234 Who would have Thought it ?1860 .038 Wicket Proceeding, A.1863 .057 Wind S. W., Fresh .1859 .018 Wire Fence, The .1863 .218 Word to the Wise, A .1860 .003 X-Cellent Notion, An 1855 .158 Yeomanry Service, The1856 .062 Yes, on Some People .1859 .016 Yet another Americanism1864 .179 Young England1862 .033 Young Northamptonshire.1859 .151

THE BOOK OF BALLADS By Various Illustrated By Doyle, Leech, Cromquill

CONTENTS THE BROKEN PITCHER DON FERNANDO GOMERSALEZ THE COURTSHIP OF OUR CID AMERICAN BALLADS THE FIGHT WITH THE SNAPPING TURTLE FYTTE FIRST FYTTE SECOND. THE LAY OF MR COLT. STREAK THE FIRST. STREAK THE SECOND. THE DEATH OF JABEZ DOLLAR THE ALABAMA DUEL THE AMERICAN'S APOSTROPHE TO BOZ MISCELLANEOUS BALLADS THE STUDENT OF JENA THE LAY OF THE JEBITE BURSCH GROGGNEBURG NIGHT AND MORNING THE BITTER BIT THE MEETING THE CONVICT AND THE AUSTRALIAN LADY DOLEFUL LAY OF THE HONORABLE J. O. UWINS THE KNYGHTE AND THE TAYLZEOUR'S DAUGHTER THE MIDNIGHT VISIT THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN. MY WIFE'S COUSIN THE QUEEN IN FRANCE