_Juvenile._ "I WONDER WHETHER THAT GURL HAS GOT ANY TIN--FOR I FEEL MOST OWDACIOUSLY INCLINED TO GO AND CUT THAT FELLOW OUT."] [Illustration: _A VISIT TO A DOG-FANCIER._] [Illustration: _TRIUMPH OF MIND OVER MATTER._ _Old Gent._ "AND PRAY WHO IS YOUR FRIEND WITH THE COFFEE POT?" _Small Boy._ "THAT? OH! HE'S MY FAG--HE GETS ME MY BREAKFAST AND SUCH LIKE, BUT I ALWAYS LEAVE HIM SOME CRUMPETS--AND _NEVER BULLY HIM_!"] [Illustration: _WHAT, INDEED?_ _Stern Parent._ "I TELL YOU, SIR, I WILL NOT ALLOW IT--AND DON'T LET ME SEE ANY MORE NASTY PIPES OR TOBACCO IN THIS HOUSE." _Young Williams._ "BOO-HOO--AND WHAT'S A FELLOW TO DO WHEN ALL THE MEN OF HIS OWN AGE SMOKE?"] [Illustration: _DID YOU EVER!_ _Friend._ "WELL, SPRAT, MY BOY--AND HOW DO YOU GET ON, NOW YOU'RE MARRIED?" _Sprat._ "H'M! PRETTY BOBBISH--BUT THERE'S ONE THING MAKES IT DOOCID UNCOMFORTABLE SOMETIMES--ENTRE NOUS--MRS. S. IS _SO CONFOUNDEDLY JEALOUS OF ME_."] [Illustration: _MORAL INFLUENCE OF EXECUTIONS._ "WHERE 'AVE WE B'N? WHY, TO SEE THE COVE 'UNG, TO BE SURE!"] ADVENTURES OF MR. TOM NODDY. [Illustration: No. I. OUR LITTLE FRIEND, TOM NODDY, THINKS THE SEA-WATER WILL DO HIS MARE'S LEGS A WORLD OF GOOD] [Illustration: No. II. THE PLAYFUL CREATURE OBJECTS AT FIRST, BUT FINDING THE PROCESS AGREEABLE, DETERMINES TO HAVE A COMPLETE BATH.] ADVENTURES OF MR. TOM NODDY. [Illustration: No. III. LANDING OF TOM NODDY. HIS HORSE HAVING HAD ENOUGH OF IT, RETURNS TO HIS STABLE.] [Illustration: _ADVENTURES OF MR. TOM NODDY._--No. IV. OUR FRIEND HAS A DAY WITH THE BROOKSIDE HARRIERS.--WITH HIS USUAL PRUDENCE HE GETS A HORSE ACCUSTOMED TO THE HILLS.] [Illustration: _DOMESTIC ECONOMY._ _Newly Married Daughter_ (_whose husband's income is, if anything, decidedly limited_). "--AND SEE HERE, PAPA, DEAR, WE ARE GETTING ON SO BEAUTIFULLY WITH OUR FURNISHING! WE BOUGHT THESE LOVELY GOLD AND SILVER INDIAN ELEPHANTS AT A SALE THE OTHER DAY, AND ONLY GAVE FIFTY POUNDS FOR THEM; WASN'T IT CHEAP? WE ONLY WANT A LITTLE CRACKED CHINA TO MAKE THE ROOM QUITE COMFORTABLE!"] [Illustration: _A CAUTIOUS BIRD._ _Lobkins._ "WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MARRYIN'--FOR YER SEE, AFTER THE KNOT WAS TIED, SOME OTHER GAL MIGHT BE FALLIN' IN LOVE WITH ONE--AND THAT WOULD BE SO DOOCED AWKWARD!"] [Illustration: _FORTUNE'S FAVOURITE._ _First Snob._ "YOU KNOW THAT JOLLY LITTLE GIRL, JULIA BINKS?" _Second Snob._ "ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD." _First Snob._ "WELL! SHE'S BEEN STICKING UP TO ME LIKE BRICKS, BUT I CAN'T RETURN HER AFFECTION, BECAUSE I'M SO DEUCED SWEET WITH THE PLANTAGENET GALS."] [Illustration: _WANTING IN REVERENCE._ _Coster_ (_to extremely genteel person_). "I SAY, GUVNER, GIVE US A HIST WITH THIS 'ERE BILIN' O' GREENS!"] [Illustration: _JEW D'ESPRIT._ _Young Sholomunsh_ (_to Young_ SNOBLEY, _who is attired in his very best_). "NOW, SIR! LET ME SHELL YOU A NISH SHUIT OF CLOSHE, MAKE YER GOOD ALLOWANCE FOR THE OLD UNS YER'VE GOT ON!" [SNOBLEY'S _feelings may be imagined_. ]