_Stout Equestrian._ "DO YOU KNOW, LOVE, I'M RATHER SORRY I GOT THIS HAT; FOR SUPPOSE I SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR A PRETTY HORSEBREAKER!"] [Illustration: _FLY-FISHING._ _Piscator._ "NOW THEN! I THINK I SHALL GET A _RISE_ HERE!"] [Illustration: _AWFUL APPARITION!_ _Mrs. T. (to T., who has been reading the popular novel)._ "PRAY, MR. TOMKINS, ARE YOU NEVER COMING UP-STAIRS? HOW MUCH LONGER ARE YOU GOING TO SIT UP WITH THAT 'WOMAN IN WHITE'?"] [Illustration: _PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT._ _Noble Swell (in scarlet)._ "HARK! BY JOVE, THAT'S A FIND!" _Party (in black)._ "'COURSE IT IS, MY LORD! JUST THE WAY WITH THEM 'OUNDS. DRAW--DRAW--DRAW--ALL THE MORNING, AND THEN DROP ON A FOX JUST AS VUN'S 'AVIN' VUN'S LUNCH!"] [Illustration: _EFFECTS OF THE WEATHER ON A SENSITIVE PLANT._--No. I. YOUNG NIMROD AS HE APPEARED BEFORE THE FROST--PERFECTLY DISENGAGED!] [Illustration: No. II. YOUNG DITTO, AFTER FOUR WEEKS' FROST IN A COUNTRY HOUSE--MOST PARTICULARLY ENGAGED!] [Illustration: _A LITTLE FAMILY BREEZE._ _Mrs. T._ "WHAT A WRETCH YOU MUST BE, T.! WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ME OFF? DON'T YOU SEE I'M OVERTOOK WITH THE TIDE, AND I SHALL BE DROWNDED!" _T._ "WELL, THEN--WILL YOU PROMISE NOT TO KICK UP SUCH A ROW WHEN I STOP OUT LATE OF A SATURDAY?"] [Illustration: _INFLUENCE OF THE RAILWAY ON THE RHINE._ _Emily._ "DO LOOK HERE, ARTHUR DEAR--SUCH A LOVELY VIEW, AND SOME MORE SUCH BEAUTIFUL CASTLES!" (_Arthur gives a prolonged grunt and snore._)] [Illustration: _A MAN OF IDEAS._ _Augustus._ "HAW! NEAT STYLE OF COB THAT, CHARLES!" _Charles._ "YAAS! SEVERE AIN'T IT? YOU SEE I'M WEADING FOR EXAMINATION. A'VE GOT A DOOCED GOOD COACH, AND WITH CLASSICAL PONY THINK A SHALL PULL THROUGH!"] [Illustration: _PRACTISING FOR A MATCH._ _Leonora._ "DEAR, DEAR! HOW THE ARROW STICKS!" _Captain Blank (with a sigh of the deepest)._ "IT DOES, INDEED!"] [Illustration: _HAIR-DRESSING NOW-A-DAYS._ _Lady (looking at her watch)._ "DEAR ME, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SO LATE. I THINK, PERHAPS, PARKER, YOU HAD BETTER GO AND DRESS THE YOUNG LADIES' HAIR." _Parker._ "OH, MAM, I DID THAT THIS MORNING, AND IT'S ON THE DRESSING-TABLE READY TO BE PINNED ON!"] [Illustration: _FEMININE RIVALRY._ _Hard-riding Young Lady._ "CUT MISS GEORGINA DOWN THAT TIME, I FANCY, AND HAVE GOT INTO THE SAME FIELD WITH GUS!"] [Illustration: _FITTING HOSPITALITY._ LITTLE TOM NODDY, WHO IS STILL FOND OF HUNTING, HAS A DAY WITH HIS FRIEND HOLLYOAK, WHO NOT ONLY MOUNTS HIM, BUT RIGS HIM UP IN A SUIT OF CLOTHES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE FOR HIM.] [Illustration: _A DUET UNDER DIFFICULTIES._ _Emily (sotto voce)._ "MY GOODNESS, EDITH, WHAT SHALL I DO?--MY NOSE ITCHES SO DREADFULLY, AND WE ARE COMING TO THE MOST DIFFICULT PART."] [Illustration: _A FLAGRANT ATTEMPT._ JONES PREPARES A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR HIS MARY ANN, AND HAS HIS EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT TAKEN. HE REMARKS, "'ANG IT, YOU KNOW, IF I DO HAVE MY CARTE DONE, I DON'T SEE WHY I SHOULDN'T 'AVE MY 'ORSE!"] [Illustration: _USEFUL AT LAST._