_Gentleman._ "BLESS ME! OH DEAR, NO! THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE; I ALWAYS CLEAN THEM MYSELF--AND IF YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR SHOES OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR, I WILL GIVE THEM A POLISH AT THE SAME TIME."] [Illustration: _ONLY A PENNY! A SENSIBLE AND INGENIOUS TOY FOR CHILDREN._ (_See London Streets._)] [Illustration: _TOPSY-TURVEYDOM._] THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER. [Illustration: No. VI. HAVING BEEN DRUNK AND DISORDERLY, IS ORDERED BY HIS "DASHING WHITE SERJEANT" TO DO DOUBLE DUTY.] [Illustration: No. VII. THE NIGHTS ARE STILL CHILLY; THEREFORE OUR FRIEND WARMS THE BED FOR HIS FAMILY PREVIOUS TO HIS GOING ON GUARD.] [Illustration: _AN ORNAMENT TO SOCIETY._ _Equestrian._ "NO, I SHAN'T STOP FOR THE LAST RACE; I MUST GET TO TOWN TO GO TO AN EVENING PARTY."] [Illustration: _MIGHT IS RIGHT._ _Van Driver._ "I DON'T KNOW NUTHUN ABOUT NO RIGHT SIDES NOR WRONG SIDES. YOU GET OUT OF THE WAY, IF YER DON'T WANT TO BE MADE A WAFER OF!" [_Where are the Police?_] [Illustration: _LONG VACATION._ "NOW THEN, LATITAT, TUCK IN YOUR SIX-AND-EIGHTPENNY!"] [Illustration: _THE TRIAL-FOR-MURDER MANIA._ "ALL IN! ALL IN! WALK UP, LADIES! JUST A GOING TO BEGIN! NONE OF YOUR SHAMS HERE, BUT REAL BULLET-HEADED MURDERERS! ALL IN! ALL IN!"] [Illustration: _THE SILVER AGE._ _Emma._ "WHAT DO YOU THINK, DEAR GRAN'MA? THE LADIES IN PARIS WEAR THEIR HAIR TAKEN OFF THE FOREHEAD AND SPRINKLED WITH SILVER!" _Grandma._ "DO THEY, INDEED! WELL, MY DARLING, SO LONG AS THEY ARE RESPECTABLE, THERE CAN BE NO HARM IN GREY LOCKS."] [Illustration: _DELIGHTS OF TRAVEL._ "DEAR! DEAR! DEAR! HOW VERY PROVOKING! HERE'S ONE END OF THE BARREL COME OUT, AND ALL THE OYSTERS MIXED WITH MY CLEAN COLLARS!"] [Illustration: _A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR._ _Domestic._ "HERE'S MISS BRADSHAW, MUM, HAS JUST COME; SHE'S GONE UP-STAIRS, MUM." _Angelina._ "OH, VERY WELL--I WILL--" _Edwin._ "BRADSHAW!! WHO THE DEUCE IS MISS BRADSHAW?" _Angelina._ "OH, IT'S NOTHING OF CONSEQUENCE, DEAR--SHALL I GIVE YOU SOME MORE TEA, DEAR?" _Edwin._ "YES; BUT WHO IS MISS BRADSHAW? WHY CAN'T YOU TELL ME WHO MISS BRADSHAW IS?" _Angelina._ "LAW! EDWIN! IF YOU MUST KNOW, IT'S--IT'S--TH'--THE _DRESSMAKER_."] [Illustration: _YOUNG AFFECTION._] _THE BEST PREVENTIVE AGAINST SEA-SICKNESS._ [Illustration: No. I. WHEN YOU CROSS THE CHANNEL, ESPECIALLY IF IT SHOULD BE BLOWING HARD, "KEEP YOUR PECKER UP" (AS THAT AGREEABLE RATTLE, YOUNG FIPPSON, CALLS IT) BY MAKING A HEARTY MEAL AT THE "SHIP" OR "PAVILION."] [Illustration: No. III. _THE RESULT._] [Illustration: No. II. AND ONCE ON BOARD, FIX YOUR EYES UPON SOME DISTANT OBJECT, AND ADAPT THE MOVEMENTS OF YOUR BODY TO THE ROLLING OF THE VESSEL, AND THE RESULT WILL PROBABLY BE, AS SHOWN ABOVE IN NO. III.] [Illustration: _ALARMING EFFECT PRODUCED BY IMPRUDENTLY TRYING THE HAT AND TABLE-MOVING EXPERIMENT._] [Illustration: _VERY KIND._