HOORAY! MOSSOO GOES TO THE DERBY, AND IN HIS FAVOURITE COSTUME OF "BRITISH SPORTMAN!"] [Illustration: _AN OLD FRIEND._ OH DEAR NO! OLD BR--GGS IS _NOT_ DEAD--HE HAS TAKEN TO YACHTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF HIS HEALTH.] [Illustration: _A JUNIOR COUNSEL._] [Illustration: _A FAMILY BOX AT THE THEATRE._] MR. BRIGGS'S HORSE-TAMING EXPERIENCES. [Illustration: No. I. OUR FRIEND B. GOES WITH A PARTY TO SEE THE MECHANICAL HORSE. HE OF COURSE TRIES ITS POWERS. FIRST, THE SLOW AND GENTLE MOVEMENT!----] [Illustration: _DE GUSTIBUS, &c., &c._ FANCY PORTRAIT OF THE NOBLE LORD WHO FINDS ORGAN-GRINDING AN "AGREEABLE RELIEF."] MR. BRIGGS'S HORSE-TAMING EXPERIENCES. [Illustration: No. II. AND THEN THE QUICK AND STRONG!] [Illustration: _THE FINANCIAL QUESTION._ HORROR OF JOHN THOMAS ON FINDING THAT UPPER SERVANTS ARE TO PAY THE INCOME TAX.] [Illustration: _THE DINNER-BELL._] MR. BRIGGS'S HORSE-TAMING EXPERIENCES. [Illustration: No. III. OUR DEAR OLD FRIEND BR--GGS, WHO HAS BECOME VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT THE HORSE HE RIDES, PURCHASES ONE OF THOSE EXTRAORDINARY COBS, UP TO WEIGHT, WARRANTED NEVER TO TRIP NOR SHY, AND WHICH ARE SO INVALUABLE TO AN ELDERLY OR A TIMID RIDER! THE ANIMAL HAS, HOWEVER, AMONGST A FEW OTHER PLAYFUL PECULIARITIES, A HABIT OF TRYING TO JAM HIS RIDER'S LEG AGAINST THE WALL, TO SAY NOTHING OF WALKING ABOUT ON HIS HIND LEGS, AS IF HE WERE A BIPED! (_Tableau. Mr. B. as he appeared on the pavement._)] [Illustration: _A ONE-SIDED VIEW._ _Sailor (confidentially)._ "I SAY, JACK, ISN'T IT QUITE MELANCHOLY TO SEE THEM POOR FELLOWS DRESSED UP LIKE THAT 'ERE?"] MR. BRIGGS'S HORSE-TAMING EXPERIENCES. [Illustration: No. IV. TO SHOW WHAT PERFECT CONTROL HE HAS OVER HIS ANIMAL, HE SEATS HIMSELF ON ITS BACK WITH HIS FACE TO ITS TAIL, AND--SUDDENLY OPENS AN UMBRELLA.] [Illustration: _A BRILLIANT SUGGESTION, PRESENTED GRATIS TO THE HORSE GUARDS BY MR. PUNCH._] [Illustration: _THE MALVERN HILLS._] [Illustration: _JOHN BULL À LA FRANÇAISE._] [Illustration: _HURRAH!_ THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT--CHAIRING THE BEST SHOT IN ENGLAND.] [Illustration: FAREWELL.] LONDON BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. INDEX. YEAR PAGE ABUSE of the Aspirate, The 1863 21 Accepting a Situation 1856 40 Across Country 1864 181 Advice Gratis 1863 187 After Dundreary 1862 201 After Supper--Strange Admission 1861 198 All the Difference 1863 199 Ambition 1863 39 An Afflicted One 1853 214 An Idea for a Wet Day 1863 215