_Head of the Family._ "FOR WHAT WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE, MAKE US TRULY THANKFUL.--HEM! COLD MUTTON AGAIN!" _Wife of his Bussum._ "AND A VERY GOOD DINNER TOO, ALEXANDER, _SOMEBODY_ MUST BE ECONOMICAL. _PEOPLE_ CAN'T EXPECT TO HAVE _RICHMOND_ AND _GREENWICH_ DINNERS OUT OF THE LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING MONEY I HAVE."] [Illustration: _WHOLESOME PREJUDICE._ "RAILROADS, SIR? I HATE RAILROADS, AND I SHALL BE VERY GLAD WHEN THEY'RE DONE AWAY WITH, AND WE'VE GOT THE COACHES AGAIN."] [Illustration: _PREPARING FOR THE DERBY._ "I SAY, MISTER, JUST PUT US UP A COUPLE OF GREEN WEILS, WILL YER? THE DUST IS SO UNCOMMON DISAGREEABLE A-DRIVING DOWN TO HEPSOM!"] [Illustration: _ALL IS VANITY._] THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER. [Illustration: NO. XIII. HAVING GIVEN HIMSELF LEAVE OF ABSENCE, HE ENJOYS A LITTLE DOMESTIC FELICITY.] [Illustration: _A YOUNG PATRICIAN._ _First Swell._ "WHAT AN ASTONISHING COAT, GUS!" _Second Do._ "YA-AS! YOU SEE ALL THE SNOBS DWESS SO INFERN'LY LOUD--THAT FWED AND I THOUGHT WE WOULD COME DOWN VEWY QUIET."] [Illustration: _HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN._ A DESIGN, SHOWING HOW THE PRETTY HOODS WORN BY LADIES MIGHT BE MADE USEFUL AS WELL AS ORNAMENTAL.] [Illustration: _THE END OF A FIVE MINUTES' BURST._ _Stout Gentleman._ "THAT'S THE WAY TO GO OVER A GATE! I DON'T THINK YOU LEFT ME SO FAR BEHIND THAT TIME."] [Illustration: _REMOVING._--No. I. _Father of the Family._ "OH, IT'S ALL STUFF AND NONSENSE, MRS. G., IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MANAGED OVER AND OVER AGAIN BY THIS TIME." _Mrs. G._ "LAW, MY DEAR, HOW YOU TALK! AND I'M SURE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PUT TO MUCH INCONVENIENCE." _Mother-in-Law._ "THERE, THERE, JEMIMA. DON'T ANSWER HIM; IT'S QUITE RIDICULOUS."] [Illustration: _GROUSE SHOOTING LATE IN THE SEASON. JOLLY, VERY._ "COME ALONG, OLD FELLOW! HERE'S A POINT!"] [Illustration: _REMOVING._--No. II. FIRST NIGHT IN THE NEW HOUSE--AWFUL DISCOVERY OF BLACK BEETLES.] [Illustration: _PERFECT SINCERITY; OR, THINKINGS ALOUD._ NO. I. _Mamma._ "YOU ARE A DISAGREEABLE OLD BACHELOR, AND GENERALLY HATE CHILDREN, I KNOW--BUT ISN'T DEAR LITTLE WORMWOOD A FINE, NOBLE LITTLE FELLOW?" _Old Gent._ "WELL, IF YOU WANT MY CANDID OPINION, I MAY AS WELL TELL YOU AT ONCE--THAT I THINK HIM THE MOST DETESTABLE LITTLE BEAST I EVER SAW--AND IF YOU IMAGINE I AM GOING TO LEAVE HIM ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU HAVE NAMED HIM AFTER ME, YOU ARE MIGHTILY MISTAKEN."] [Illustration: SPELLING A NEWSPAPER.] [Illustration: _PERFECT SINCERITY; OR, THINKINGS ALOUD._ NO. II. _Artist No. 1._ "THERE, MASTER OKER, I FLATTER MYSELF THAT WILL TAKE THE SHINE OUT OF YOUR PRECIOUS PRODUCTION, ALTHOUGH YOU DO THINK NOBODY CAN PAINT BUT YOURSELF." _Artist No. 2._ "HEY! DEAR, DEAR, DEAR! THAT'S VERY BAD. BY JOVE, MY BOY, IT'S A DREADFUL FALLING-OFF FROM LAST YEAR. IF I WERE YOU, I SHOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE I SENT IT IN." _Artist No. 1._ "MERE ENVY.--ILLIBERAL HUMBUG."] [Illustration: _STUDY OF AN ELDERLY FEMALE HAILING THE LAST OMBLEBUS._]