[Illustration: _FANCY DRESS BALL._ "SIR!--PLEASE, MR.!--SIR! YOU'VE FORGOT THE DOOR-KEY!"] [Illustration: _HOW TO DRESS A LOBSTER._ _Rude Boy._ "OH, LOOK 'ERE, JIM!--IF 'ERE AIN'T A LOBSTER BIN AND OUTGROWED HIS CLOAK!"] [Illustration: _ADVICE GRATIS._ _Ellen._ "OH, DON'T TEASE ME TO-DAY, CHARLEY; I'M NOT AT ALL WELL!" _Charley (a Man of the World)._ "I TELL YOU WHAT IT IS, COUSIN--THE FACT IS, YOU ARE IN LOVE! NOW, YOU TAKE THE ADVICE OF A FELLOW WHO HAS SEEN A GOOD DEAL OF THAT SORT OF THING, AND DON'T GIVE WAY TO IT."] [Illustration: _VERY PROPER DIET FOR HOT WEATHER._ _Mrs. Turtledove._ "DEAREST ALFRED! WILL YOU DECIDE NOW WHAT WE SHALL HAVE FOR DINNER?" _Mr. Turtledove._ "LET ME SEE, POPPET. WE HAD A WAFER YESTERDAY--SUPPOSE WE HAVE A ROAST BUTTERFLY TO-DAY?"] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING. [Illustration: No. II. _PREPARATIONS FOR HUNTING._ MR BRIGGS'S HUNTING CAP COMES HOME, BUT THAT IS REALLY A THING MRS. BRIGGS CAN NOT AND WILL NOT PUT UP WITH.] [Illustration: _A FINE DISPOSITION._ _Affectionate Husband._ "COME, POLLY, IF I AM A LITTLE IRRITABLE, IT'S OVER IN A MINUTE!!"] [Illustration: _THE PROBABLE EFFECT OF CHEAP FURNITURE HUMBUG._ "OH! IF YOU PLEASE, MISTER, ME AND THIS YOUNG AW-AW-INDIVIDUAL IS ABOUT TO MARRY; AND WE WANT TO LOOK OVER YOUR CHEAP FURNITURE MART."] [Illustration: _A JOLLY DOG._ "LOOK HERE, JAMES!--OLD MISSUS IS GONE OUT OF TOWN, AND I'VE GOT HER BEAST OF A DOG WOT'S FED UPON CHICKINGS TO TAKE CARE OF.--WON'T I TEACH HIM TO SWIM, NEETHER!"] [Illustration: _AN IMPUDENT MINX._ _Lady of the House._ "HOITY TOITY, INDEED! GO AND PUT UP THOSE CURLS DIRECTLY, IF YOU PLEASE. HOW DARE YOU IMITATE ME IN THAT MANNER? IMPERTINENCE!"] [Illustration: _THE CHATELAINE; A REALLY USEFUL PRESENT._ _Laura._ "OH. LOOK, MA' DEAR; SEE WHAT A _LOVE_ OF A CHATELAINE EDWARD HAS GIVEN ME."] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING. [Illustration: No. III. MR. BRIGGS, ON HIS WAY TO THE "METROPOLITAN STEEPLE CHASE," TRIES WHETHER HIS HORSE IS A GOOD ONE ACROSS COUNTRY. HE IS REPRESENTED RIDING AT A BROOK(!).] [Illustration: _COMPLIMENTARY._ "'OLD 'ARD, BILL! HERE'S ANOTHER HIPPERPOTAMUS."] [Illustration: _THE GOLD FISH AT HAMPTON COURT._] [Illustration: _LAYING THE DUST._] [Illustration: _A SKETCH FROM NATURE, TAKEN NEAR THE FREEMASONS' TAVERN._ _Old Gentleman._ "GOOD GRACIOUS! IT'S STRIKING, AND THEY'LL HAVE BEGUN DINNER."] [Illustration: _THE RISING GENERATION._ _Juvenile Oxford Man (who does not think Vin Ordinaire of himself)._ "A--WERE YOU AT EITHER UNIVERSITY?" _Awful Swell._ "YA-AS--WHEN I WAS A--BOY!" [OXFORD MAN _departs in a Hansom_.] [Illustration: _DISTWESSING--VEWY._ _X. 42._ "DID YOU CALL THE POLICE, SIR?" _Swell (who would perish rather than disturb his shirt-collar)._ "YA-AS, A--I'VE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO DWOP MY UMBRELLAW, AND THERE ISN'T A BOY WITHIN A MILE TO PICK IT UP--A--WILL YOU HAVE THE GOODNESS?"] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING. [Illustration: No. IV.