[Illustration: _A DUMB WAITER._ _Old Gentleman._ "WHAT THE DEUCE IS THE REASON, SIR, YOU DON'T ANSWER WHEN YOU ARE CALLED?" (The reason is obvious. The poor child has his mouth full of green peas and jam tart.)] [Illustration: _THE LOST ONE._ _Boy._ "IF YOU PLEASE, M', WAS YOU A LOOKING FOR A LITTLE DOG?" _Young Ladies._ "YES! OH, YES!" _Boy._ "WAS IT A SPANNEL, MUM?" _Young Ladies_. "OH, YES! A MOST BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SPANIEL, WITH VERY LONG EARS." _Boy._ "AH, THEN, MUM, IT'S THE SAME AS FLEW AT MASTER'S BIG DOG HERE, WOT'S BIN AND SWALLERED OF IT."] [Illustration: _POP._ APPALLING RESULT OF INCAUTIOUSLY TAKING TOO MUCH SODA TO CORRECT ACIDITY.] [Illustration: _REAL ENJOYMENT_. _Annie._ "GOOD-BYE, DEAR, YOU MUST COME AGAIN SOON, AND SPEND A GOOD LONG DAY, AND THEN I CAN SHOW YOU ALL MY NEW THINGS." _Clara._ "OH! THAT WILL BE NICE! GOOD-BYE, DEAR." (_Kiss and exit._)] [Illustration: _FROM A BEAUTIFUL MINIATURE._] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING. [Illustration: No. I. _Dealer._ "I SHOULD SAY IT WAS JUST THE HOSS YOU WANT, SIR; ONLY YOU MUST DECIDE AT ONCE, BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL PARTIES VERY SWEET UPON HIM. HE'S A GENTLEMAN'S HOSS, SIR, AND CARRIES HIS OWN HEAD, SIR!" _Mr. Briggs._ "BLESS MY HEART!" (_Buys him._)] [Illustration: _THE RISING GENERATION._ _Clever Juvenile (loq.)._ "SHAKSPEARE? POOH! FOR MY PART I CONSIDER SHAKSPEARE A MUCH OVER-RATED MAN."] [Illustration: _AN EXCELLENT WINE._ "THE BEST OF CLARET IS, THAT YOU MAY DRINK ANY (_hic_) QUANTITY YOU LIKE, WITHOUT FEELING ILL."] [Illustration: _WHAT IS THIS?_ QUITE A NEW SENSATION FOR THE LUXURIOUS, ON COLD MORNINGS. "USE HOT WATER, AND LOOK AT YOUR SHOWER-BATH!"] [Illustration: _DOMESTIC BLISS._ _Time, half-past three; thermometer 30°._ _William._ "WHAT A VIOLENT RINGING THERE IS AT THE STREET-DOOR BELL!" _Maria._ "OH! I KNOW WHAT IT IS, DEAR. IT'S THE SWEEPS· AND I DARE SAY THE GIRLS DON'T HEAR. JUST RUN UP AND KNOCK AT THEIR ROOM DOOR."] [Illustration: _MEN OF BUSINESS._ MONEY.--WANTED FROM £300 TO £400 TO BRING FORWARD AN ARTICLE THAT MUST IN A FEW YEARS REALISE A HANDSOME FORTUNE TO THE PROPRIETORS. TO ANY YOUNG MAN WHO IS NOT OF BUSINESS HABITS, WITH THE ABOVE SUM AT COMMAND, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTMENT SELDOM MET WITH. REFERENCES EXCHANGED.--NO PROFESSED MONEY-LENDER NEED APPLY.] [Illustration: _ANGLERS HEAR STRANGE THINGS._ _Piscator._ "ARE THERE ANY BARBEL ABOUT HERE, GOV'NOR?" _Host._ "ANY BARBEL ABOUT HERE!! I SHOULD RAYTHER THINK THERE WAS A FEW; HERE'S THE PICTUR O' WUN MY LITTLE BOY KETCHED JUST HOPPOSIT."] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING. [Illustration: No. II. _MR. BRIGGS TRIES HIS HORSE._ STRIKING EFFECT ON MEETING ONE OF THOSE NASTY OMNIBUSSES.] [Illustration: _THE ALDERMAN'S ADVICE TO HIS SON._