Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 4 (of 4).—1892-1914Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
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Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 4 (of 4).—1892-1914
Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Humor
Johannesburg gold boom, iii. 210
Johnson, Jack, literary tastes of, iv. 360
Joinville, Prince de, i. 114
Jones, Captain Adrian, his "Quadriga," vi. 207
Jones, Ernest, Chartist, i. 55; ii. 88
Jones, Henry Arthur, iv. 318, 321
Jordan, Mrs., i. 198
Journalism, Victorian, i. 237; ii. 145 _seq._, 172;
and letters, iii. 317-28;
children in, iv. 293;
altered status of, _ibid._;
censorship of war correspondents by Japan, _ibid._;
new, iv. 296;
influence on pastime, _ibid._;
tendency to condense everything, iv. 298
Jowett, Benjamin, Dr., ii. 101, 110 _seq._, 134
Judges. _See_ Lawyers.
Jujitsu, introduced, in 1899, iv. 356
Jullien, Louis Antoine, musician, i. 287 _ill._;
_P.'s_ farewell to, i. 290;
sad end of, i. 291; ii. 306; iii. 369
Juries, women on, iii. 129
Kandahar, Lord Roberts's march to, iii. 26
Karsavina, Mme., iv. 229
Kean, Charles, disparaged, i. 271;
made an F.S.A., i. 276;
his enunciation ridiculed, ii. 283; iii. 350
Keble, Rev. John, ritual attacked, i. 104;
poetry belittled, iii. 151
Keene, Charles, _P._ artist, ii. 16, 104, 126;
draws for _Once a Week_, ii. 269, 312;
death, and estimate of, iii. 342
Kemble, Adelaide and Fanny, i. 276, 278;
Charles, i. 276
Kendal, Mr. and Mrs., ii. 291;
Mrs., on social position of actors, iii. 350
Kenealy, Dr., i. 88;
counsel for the "Claimant," ii. 210;
as M.P., iii. 9
Kensington, joined to Central London, iii. 177
"Kensitite" demonstrations, iv. 158
Kenyon-Slaney, Colonel, and Education Act of 1902, iv. 148
Khartum, iii. 3, 6;
tragedy of, iii. 38 _seq._;
expedition to, iv. 24;
occupied by Kitchener, iv. 30
Khiva, Russian occupation of, ii. 38
Kiel, Germany acquires, ii. 25;
Canal opened, iv. 19
Kikuyu controversy, iv. 160
Kimberley relieved, iv. 39
King Coffee, iv. 19
King, Bp. of Lincoln, trial of, iii. 174
Kingsley, Charles, ii. 102, 269, 336;
historical romances of, iii. 374
Kingsley, Henry, ii. 138
Kingsway Opera House, iv. 201
Kipling, Rudyard, iii. 317;
welcomed by _P._, iii. 323; iv. 51;
varied criticisms of, iv. 281;
_The Jungle Book_, iv. 282;
the "Tommy Atkins business," iv. 282;
_Stalky_ and _The Islanders_ "crabbed" by _P._, _ibid._;
congratulated on gaining Nobel Prize in 1907, _ibid._
Kitchener, 1st Earl, iv. 8;
and Fashoda incident, iv. 28, 30;
success at Omdurman, iv. 28, 30;
takes Khartum, iv. 30;
in Boer war, iv. 40, 46;
returns to England, iv. 47
Knickerbockers, ii. 335 _seq._;
golfers', iv. 263;
for women, iv. 266-7
Knight, Charles, i. 146; ii. 281
Knocker-wrenching, pastime of, i. 220
Kossuth, Louis, i. 314;
and Palmerston, i. 72;
Turkey refuses to surrender, i. 120
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