[Illustration: _A STEEPLE-CHACE STUDY._ _Ossy and very talkative Party (who is not going to ride, however)._ "CALL THAT A FENCE! WHY, ME AND MY LITTLE PONY WOULD 'OP OVER IT LIKE A BIRD!"] [Illustration: _A LITTLE RAILWAY DRAMA._ (_Passenger in Train, who naturally objects to having a nasty, odoriferous, useless pet dog in the carriage, suggests to the Guard that the animal should be put in the Van._) _Stupid Old Lady (dashing out of the carriage)._ "DID IT, THEN, A DARLING! A PRETTY SWEET!--DID IT GET INTO A CARRIAGE WITH A BREE-UTE?"] [Illustration: _A WATERING-PLACE PLEASURE._ THIS IS THE EIGHTEENTH OLD FISH-FAG WHO HAS SCREAMED AND SHRIEKED, BUT BY NO MEANS THE LAST WHO WILL SHRIEK AND SCREAM, UNDER POOR OLD MR. TOMKINS'S WINDOW.] [Illustration: _SOAP-BUBBLES!_] [Illustration: _ADVICE GRATIS._ _Young Hopeful (to Old Indian, whose digestion isn't first-rate)._ "I TELL YOU WHAT, UNCLE, I'D RECOMMEND YOU TO GO WITH ME ACROSS COUNTRY THREE TIMES A WEEK. IT WOULD SOON PUT YOU TO-RIGHTS!"] [Illustration: _A KNOWING ANIMAL._ "THE CHESTNUT HAS SURELY BOLTED, JOE?" "AY! AY! SIR, HE B'LONGED TO A COSSACK IN THE CRIMEA, AND THERE AIN'T NO HOLDING OF HIM WITH BRITISH CAVALRY IN HIS REAR."] [Illustration: _A MAN OF DISCRIMINATION._ _First Juvenile._ "MY WORD, FRED! ISN'T BESSIE TRAVERS A STUNNING GIRL?" _Second Ditto._ "WELL, FOR MY PART, I DON'T CARE MUCH ABOUT CHITS. NOW THE MOTHER'S A FINE WOMAN, IF YOU LIKE. SHE'S MORE IN MY WAY!"] [Illustration: _A VISIT TO THE STUDIO._ _Mr. Ochre (through whose frame a thrill of horror is supposed to be passing)._ "UGH! MIND WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT, CHARLEY. MIND MY OPHELIA; MIND MY OPHELIA! YOU'LL KNOCK HER OVER, AND SPOIL ALL HER FOLDS!"] [Illustration: _A PRETTY EXHIBITION NEAR BROMPTON._ THIS IS THE WAY THOSE POOR YOUNG SWELLS, HIPPS AND FIPPS, ARE OBLIGED TO GO OUT TO DINNER, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE SCARCITY OF THE CABS.] [Illustration: _AN OBJECT OF ATTRACTION._ _First Elegant Creature._ "A--DON'T YOU DANCE, CHARLES!" _Second Ditto, Ditto._ "A--NO--NOT AT PWESENT! I ALWAYS LET THE GIRLS LOOK AND LONG FOR ME FIRST!"] [Illustration: _A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK._ _Grandpapa._ "BLESS HIS HEART--JUST LIKE ME!--SPARE THE _NIM_ROD--SPOIL THE CHILD, I SAY."] [Illustration: _POOR COUSIN CHARLES!_ _Juvenile._ "WHY DO THEY CALL THOSE THINGS COUSIN CHARLES SMOKES CIGARETTES? EH, POLLY?" _Polly._ "WELL, DEAR; BECAUSE THEY ARE LITTLE CIGARS, I SUPPOSE!" _Juvenile._ "OH THEN, WOULD COUSIN CHARLES BE CALLED A CAPTAINETTE, BECAUSE HE'S A LITTLE CAPTAIN?" (JONES, _who is a Volunteer, but is six feet high, twirls his moustachios with mild complacency._)] [Illustration: _THE BALL._ HARRY BULLFINCHER, WHO IS EVER SO MUCH BETTER ACROSS COUNTRY THAN WHEN HE MIXES IN THE MERRY DANCE (ESPECIALLY AFTER SUPPER) HAS COME TO GRIEF OVER A STOOL DURING A POLKA, AND IS SHOUTING FOR SOME ONE TO "_CATCH HIS HORSE!_"] [Illustration: _THE PLEASURES OF THE COUNTRY._