[Illustration: _STARTLING EFFECT OF THE "GOLD DIGGINS."_ Reduced Goldsmith (_loq._). "NOW THEN, HERE YOU ARE!--A HANDSOME GOLD SNUFFBOX AND A HA'PORTH OF SNUFF FOR A PENNY!"] [Illustration: _A TEST OF STRENGTH._ _First Languid Party._ "DON'T YOU FIND SEA-AIR VERY STRENGTHENING, JACK?" _Second Ditto, Ditto._ "AH, VEWY! I COULD THROW STONES IN THE WATER ALL DAY!"] [Illustration: _ELEGANT AND RATIONAL DINNER COSTUME FOR CLOSE WEATHER._] [Illustration: _HOW DO =YOU= LIKE IT?_] [Illustration: _A HEAVY BLOW._ _Alderman Gobble._ "WHAW-T; PULL DOWN TEMPLE BAR? OH DEAR! RING FOR THE SHERRY. THEY'LL BE FOR DESTROYING GOG AND MAGOG NEXT.]" [Illustration: _OYSTERS IN JUNE--DELICIOUS!_ "NOW, MY LITTLE MAN--HERE'S YOUR FINE NATIVES! ONLY A PENNY A LOT."] [Illustration: _A PRODIGIOUS NUISANCE._ _Learned (but otherwise highly objectionable) Child (loq.)._ "OH, MAMMA, DEAR! WHAT DO YOU THINK? I ASKED MR. ---- AND MISS ---- TO NAME SOME OF THE REMARKABLE EVENTS FROM THE YEAR 700 TO THE YEAR 600 B.C., AND THEY COULDN'T. BUT _I_ CAN--AND--THE SECOND MESSINIAN WAR COMMENCED; AND--THE POET TYRTÆUS FLOURISHED; BYZANTIUM WAS FOUNDED BY THE INHABITANTS OF MEGARA; DRACO GAVE LAWS TO ATHENS; TERPANDER OF LESBOS, THE MUSICIAN AND POET; THALES OF MILETUS, THE PHILOSOPHER; ALCÆUS AND SAPPHO, THE POETS, FLOURISHED; AND NEBUCHADNEZ----" [_Sensation from right and left, during which the voice of Child is happily drowned._ ] [Illustration: LITTLE BOY HAS A PENN'ORTH-- _ALARMING RESULT!_] [Illustration: _HOW TO MAKE CULPRITS COMFORTABLE; OR, HINTS FOR PRISON DISCIPLINE._] [Illustration: _SAILORS ON SHORE CAROUSING--AS IT WILL BE WHEN THE GROG IS STOPPED._] [Illustration: _SUBURBAN FELICITY. GRATIFYING DOMESTIC (POULTRY) INCIDENT._ _Buttons._ "OH! PLEASE'M! BE QUICK'M! HERE'S THE COACHING CHINA A CLUCKING LIKE ANYTHINK. HE'VE BEEN AND LAID A HEGG!!!"] [Illustration: _DURING THE FROST A CERTAIN FOX-HUNTER INCREASES IN WEIGHT, AND GETS TOO BIG FOR HIS CLOTHES._] MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF SHOOTING. [Illustration: No. IX. _TABLEAU--REPRESENTING MR. BRIGGS OUT FOR A DAY'S RABBIT-SHOOTING._] [Illustration: _COLD COMFORT._ _Country Friend to Sporting Gent from Town._ "WELL, JACK, I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD HAVE A CAPITAL DAY. YOU SEE THE FROST IS QUITE GONE."] [Illustration: _THE BEARD AND MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT._ _Railway Guard._ "NOW, MA'AM, IS THIS YOUR LUGGAGE?" _Old Lady (who concludes she is attacked by Brigands)._ "OH, YES! GENTLEMEN, IT'S MINE. TAKE IT--TAKE ALL I HAVE--BUT SPARE, OH SPARE OUR LIVES!!"] [Illustration: _TRUE POLITENESS._ _Alderman Gobble._ "NOW, THEN, GALS! I'VE QUITE DONE. CAN I GET YOU ANY GRUB?"] MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF SHOOTING. [Illustration: No. X _A FRIEND HAS GIVEN MR. BRIGGS A DAY'S SHOOTING._ A COCK PHEASANT GETS UP, AND MR. BRIGGS'S IMPRESSION IS, THAT A VERY LARGE FIREWORK HAS BEEN LET OFF CLOSE TO TO HIM. HE IS ALMOST FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.] [Illustration: _FISHING--WITH FLIES._]