Punch
SCENE--_The Elysian Fields, a flower-gemmed bank, by a flowing stream, beneath the sylvan shade of unfading foliage._ Mr. PUNCH--_who is free of all places, from Fleet Street to Parnassus--discovered, in Arcadian attire, attempting "numerous verse" on a subject of National imp...
_Librarian._ Got it! Why, the whole place is full of them! To tell you the truth, Sir, it came down by mistake. We ordered books by BLACK, MEREDITH, STEVENSON, and the rest of t...
2. Chapter 2"Were not the pictures good?" Well, we confess We know not, neither do we greatly care; As writers for the fashionable Press, Artistic knowledge falls not to our share; We saw n...
1. Chapter 1SCENE--_The Elysian Fields, a flower-gemmed bank, by a flowing stream, beneath the sylvan shade of unfading foliage._ Mr. PUNCH--_who is free of all places, from Fleet Street to...
4. Chapter 4_Publisher (more cheerfully)._ Yes, my dear Sir, but do not be distressed. Thanks to my foresight, and your acquiescence in a business-like arrangement, my firm has lost nothing...
3. Chapter 3_Ent. Publisher._ Why no, my dear Sir. I do not see how _An Oppressed Ophelia_ can be made a safe investment without your entire assistance. Possibly we may treat about your nex...