_Mr. Gobble._ "YOU SEE, SAM, YOU ARE A WERRY YOUNG MAN: AND WHEN I AM TOOK AWAY (WHICH, IN THE COMMON COURSE OF EWENTS, CAN'T BE WERRY LONG FUST), YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF PROPERTY. NOW, I'VE ONLY ONE PIECE OF ADWICE TO GIVE YOU. IT'S THIS--AND BY ALL MEANS ACT UPON IT:--LAY DOWN PLENTY OF PORT IN YOUR YOUTH THAT YOU MAY HAVE A GOOD BOTTLE OF WINE IN YOUR OLD AGE."] [Illustration: _A JACK TAR._ BACK VIEW OF THE ELEPHANT AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS] [Illustration: _MAY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION NEVER ALTER FRIENDSHIP._ _Dumpy Young Lady._ "WELL, FOR MY PART, MATILDA, I LIKE LONG WAISTS AND FLOUNCES."] [Illustration: _THE PROGRESS OF SLANG._ "WHY, WHAT A PRETTY NEW FROCK ALFRED HAS!" _Prodigy (who picks up everything so readily)._ "AH, AIN'T IT A STUNNER?"] [Illustration: _AWFUL OCCURRENCE AT AN EVENING PARTY._ "MY GOODNESS, EMILY! THEY'RE BEGINNING THE QUADRILLE, AND HERE'S ALL MY 'BACK HAIR' COMING DOWN!! WHATEVER SHALL I DO?"] [Illustration: _SKETCH NEAR BURTON CRESCENT._ "OH! WOT A SHAME! THEY'VE BEEN AND SPIKED ALL THE POSTES."] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING. [Illustration: No. III. MR. BRIGGS HAVING PARTED WITH HIS LAD FOR MISCONDUCT, SOME YOUNG MEN WITHOUT ENCUMBRANCE APPLY TO "LOOK AFTER" HIS HORSE.] [Illustration: _NEVER SATISFIED._ _Old Gent._ "GOOD GRACIOUS ME! WHAT WITH ORANGE-PEEL AND SLIDES, THERE'S NO PEACE IN THIS LIFE."] [Illustration: _A VERY OLD SOLDIER._ "SPARE A COPPER FOR A POOR OLD SOLDIER, MY NOBLE CAPTAIN! SURE IT'S YER HONOURS FACE I RECOLLECT IN THE PENINSULAR?"] MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING. [Illustration: No. IV. MR. BRIGGS, PERSUADED THAT "A GOOD HORSE CAN'T BE A BAD COLOUR," HAS PURCHASED A SPOTTED AND HIGHLY TRAINED STEED FROM A CIRCUS; BUT THE WORST OF HIM IS, THAT AMONGST OTHER THINGS, HE HAS BEEN TRAINED TO SIT DOWN ON HIS HAUNCHES WHEN HE HEARS A BAND PLAY, AND YOU MAY IMAGINE HOW DISCONCERTED POOR OLD BRIGGS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE DID SO.] [Illustration: _A PLEASANT STATE OF THINGS._ _Piscator (at the top of his voice)._ "HI--TOM! BRING THE LANDING-NET; HE'S PULLED ME IN, AND GOT ROUND A POST."] [Illustration: HORACE MAYHEW. PERCIVAL LEIGH. RICHD. DOYLE. GILBERT A. A'BECKETT. JOHN LEECH. RICHD. COBDEN. SIR R. PEEL. PRINCE DE JOINVILLE. SIR JAMES GRAHAM. LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. DAN. O'CONNELL. GEORGE HUDSON. SHAW LEFEVRE. (_Speaker._) JENNY LIND. GEN. TOM THUMB. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. PRINCE ALBERT. GEN. TOM THE QUEEN MARK LEMON. TOM TAYLOR. W. M. THACKERAY. DOUGLAS JERROLD. DISRAELI. MR. PUNCH. LOUIS PHILIPPE. COL. SIBTHORP. LORD NORMANBY. LORD BROUGHAM. MEHEMET ALI. EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. DUKE OF WELLINGTON. MR. PUNCH'S FANCY BALL.] [Illustration: _SUBJECT FOR A PICTURE.--IRRITABLE GENTLEMAN DISTURBED BY A BLUEBOTTLE._] [Illustration: _RAILWAY LITERATURE._