Punch
On Christmas Eve, MR. PUNCH, on the strength--or, rather, length--of a Message from PRESIDENT PIERCE, visited her Majesty QUEEN MAB. He was received by a most courteous Dream-in-Waiting, who introduced him through the Gate of Horn, whence, as COLONEL SIBTHORP beautifully remarks,
On Christmas Eve, MR. PUNCH, on the strength--or, rather, length--of a Message from PRESIDENT PIERCE, visited her Majesty QUEEN MAB. He was received by a most courteous Dream-in...
2. Chapter 2First Lord of the Treasury EARL OF ABERDEEN. Lord Chancellor LORD CRANWORTH. Chancellor of the Exchequer RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE. President of the Council EARL GRANVILLE. Lor...
3. Chapter 3"In my last letter to you, I mentioned a few of the _Statutum ests_ of '_Tit._ XIV.' of the Oxford Statutes; and I now come to consider '_Tit._ XV.' of the same amusing work, pr...
4. Chapter 4Clank of the steampress heard amid the silence, and distant plash of the river. Coronetted carriage driven hastily in. Beautiful and fashionable lady, in opera costume, alights....
5. Chapter 5House of Commons, the other going down. "_Likely to sit?_" "_Another hour--Irish row._" "_Bless those Irish!_" "_Amen._" They part--_exit_ Reporter to the House. The other light...
6. Chapter 6most courteous, but firm as the monumental adamant._" She enters the carriage, and throws herself sobbing on the cushion. Policeman springs in after her, and seating himself opp...
7. Chapter 7The House of Commons. Very full. Cries of "_Order, order!_" Clamour increases, and no one can be heard. Fifty Members on their legs, trying to speak. LORD JOHN RUSSELL springs u...
8. Chapter 8The Editor's Ante-Chamber. Several of the Ministers waiting to see him; some with glittering stars, blue ribbons, &c. A door opens (centre), and an eminent Stockjobber is kicked...
9. Chapter 9While I am on the Continent I feel quite different to what I do when I am on an island. The sensation that if you leave one country you can immediately go into another, without...