_Young Mother (joyously)._ "THE DEAR LITTLE CREATURE IS GETTING ON SO NICELY; ITS BEGINNING QUITE TO TAKE NOTICE."--_First Mother of a Family (blandly)._ "OH! MY DEAR! THAT IS NOT TAKING NOTICE; ITS ONLY THE WIND."--_Second Ditto._ "YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A LITTLE DILL-WATER, DEAR, YOU WOULD FIND," &c. &c.--_Third Ditto._ "WELL, IF IT WAS MY CHILD, I SHOULD," &c. &c.--_Fourth Ditto._ "NOW, WHEN I WAS NURSING MY LITTLE GREGORY, I USED," &c. &c.--_Fifth Ditto._ "WELL, NOW, I WOULD NOT FOR THE WORLD THAT A BABY OF MINE," &c. &c.--_Sixth Ditto._ "INDEED, I HAVE KNOWN CHILDREN OBLIGED TO ENDURE THE MOST HORRIBLE AGONY," &c. &c.--_Seventh Ditto._ "DEPEND UPON IT, LOVE; AND YOU KNOW I HAVE HAD A LARGE FAMILY--AND IF YOU WILL BE ADVISED BY ME," &c. &c. [_Young Mother becomes quite bewildered, and gives herself up to despair._] [Illustration: _SEA-SIDE LITERATURE FOR YOUNG LADIES; OR, DELIGHTS OF CROCHET._ _First Young Lady (reads)._ "10TH ROW--3 LONG WITH THREE CHAIN AFTER EACH INTO THIRD SMALL SPACE, 1 LONG INTO SAME SPACE, 5 LONG WITH THREE CHAIN AFTER EACH INTO MIDDLE SPACE, 1 LONG INTO SAME SPACE, 3 LONG WITH 3 CHAIN AFTER EACH INTO NEXT SPACE, 1 LONG IN SAME SPACE, 5 CHAIN, DITTO IN MIDDLE OF LARGE SPACE, 5 CHAIN; REPEAT." _Second and Third Young Ladies (in ecstacies)._ "OH, HOW SWEETLY PRETTY!!!"] [Illustration: _FRIGHTFUL UPSET OF DIGNITY._ _Conductor._ "NOW, MARM! WITE-CHAPEL, OR MILE-END?--ONLY A PENNY"] [Illustration: _INTERESTING._ "I HAVE CALLED, MR. SQUILLS, TO SAY THAT MY DARLING LITTLE DOG (!) HAS TAKEN ALL HIS MIXTURE, BUT HIS COUGH IS NO BETTER."] [Illustration: _SUMMER IN ELYSIUM._ AND _THE LONG VACATION IN ARCADIA._] [Illustration: _A SAVAGE REPROOF._ _Indignant Master of Hounds._ "NOW, YOU SIR! MIND THE HOUND! HE'S WORTH FORTY TIMES AS MUCH AS YOUR HORSE!"] [Illustration: _WHAT A DREADFUL STORY!_ _Stout Party._ "STOP! HERE! CABMAN! WE WANT TO GO AS FAR TER-WARDS WHITECHAPEL AS WE CAN FOR SIXPENCE!" _Cabman._ "VERY SORRY, MUM! BUT THE OSS HAS BIN OUT ALL DAY--DEAD BEAT, MUM--GOING HOME, MUM."] [Illustration: _IS IT SO?_ _Old Lady (loq.)._ "BLESS MY HEART! HOW RIDICULOUSLY SMALL THEY DO MAKE THE EYES OF THE NEEDLES NOW-A-DAYS, TO BE SURE!"] [Illustration: _A SELL._ _Enter_ SPORTING YOUTH, _who has lost the hounds_. _Youth._ "SEEN THE HOUNDS GO THROUGH HERE, PIKEY?" _Pikey._ "E-AS, A HAVE--TUPPENSE!" _A lapse of twenty minutes is supposed to have taken place, when Youth pays the twopence and gallops on._ [Illustration: _Re-enter_ SPORTING YOUTH. _Youth (in a high state of excitement)._ "WHY, CONFOUND YOU! I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD SEEN THE HOUNDS GO THROUGH HERE?" _Pikey._ "E-AS, SO A DID; SEED 'EM YESTERDAY!"] [Illustration: _PRIDE._ _Page._ "THAT POOR DEVIL AIN'T MIXED MUCH IN SOCIETY."] [Illustration: _A BOAT FOR AN HOUR._ _Stout Gentleman._ "WHAT! IS THAT THE ONLY BOAT YOU HAVE IN?"] [Illustration: _FISHING OFF BRIGHTON._ "OH, YES! IT'S VERY EASY TO SAY 'CATCH HOLD OF HIM!'"]