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
Licensing Act, 1872, ii. 96
Liddon, H. P., Canon, attacked by _P._, iii. 151
Lidgett, Rev. J. S., and L.C.C., iii. 194
Life, the simple, derided by _P._, iv. 248, 249
Lightfoot, Dr., Bp. of Durham, and the stage, ii. 295
Li Hung Chang in England, iv. 24
Limericks, iii. 325 _seq._
Lincoln, Abraham, ii. 19, 21 ill., 67 _ill._;
President of U.S., ii. 17;
_P._ and, ii. 22 _seq._, 66, 71
Lincoln's Inn Fields, i. 147
Lind, Jenny, i. 281, 282; ii. 299, 304;
death, iii. 360
Lipton, Sir Thomas, and America Cup, iv. 346-7
Liquid-fire bombs invented, ii. 139
Liquor Laws, iii. 34
Liszt, Franz, i. 294; ii. 297 _seq._, 307;
visits England, iii. 356, 367
Literature, i. 233 _seq._; ii. 266-81; iii. 317-28; iv. 274-93
Living, cost of, _ill._, ii. 91
Livingstone, David, missionary and explorer, i. 314; ii. 52, 214;
death, ii. 119
Lohmann, George, cricketer, iii. 294
London, i. 141 _seq._; ii. 148-66; iii. 177-97; iv. 194-212;
cabs and paving of, i. 141;
'buses, i. 143;
lighting and police, i. 145;
postmen, i. 146;
churchyards, cholera and typhus, i. 152;
Bill to reform Corporation, i. 154;
mendicants and organ-grinders, i. 159;
State banquet in City, i. 185 _ill._;
Underground, ii. 136, 153 _seq._; iii. 190;
(Electric railways), iv. 198;
bridges, ii. 149 _seq._;
statues, ii. 150 _seq._, 162;
historic buildings demolished, ii. 154 _seq._;
relics, disposal of, ii. 155;
City churches, demolished, ii. 156;
historic buildings, restored, ii. 157;
inns, ii. 157;
parks and commons, ii. 158;
Alexandra Palace, ii. 158 _seq._;
Pantheon, ii. 159;
Tattersall's, ii. 159 _seq._;
National Gallery, ii. 161;
Albert Hall opened, ii. 162;
exhibitions, ii. 162;
restaurants, ii. 162;
Big Ben, ii. 162, 164;
cabs and omnibuses, ii. 164 _seq._; iii. 189 _seq._;
garrotting scare, ii. 165 _seq._;
street processions, iii. 80;
Sunday bands in parks, iii. 108;
School Board, iii. 138 _seq._, 142;
improvements in lighting, iii. 183 _seq._;
restaurants, iii. 186 _seq._;
parks, suggested improvement, iii. 187 _seq._;
fogs and smoke, iii. 190 _seq._; iv. 202-3;
L.C.C., iii. 192 _seq._;
traffic, revolutionized by motor, iv. 194;
Thames, state of, iv. 200;
police, iv. 208-9;
suburbs, iv. 209-10;
London Museum, opened, iv. 210-12
Londonderry, 4th Marquess of, i. 203
Londonderry, Marchioness of, ii. 251
Longfellow, H. W., iii. 319
Lord's Cricket Ground, ii. 345; iii. 294 _seq._
Lorne, Marquis of (afterwards 9th Duke of Argyll), ii. 184, 186 _seq._
Louis Napoleon. _See_ Napoleon III
Louis Philippe, King, i. 54, 191 _ill._
Louise, Princess, betrothal, ii. 184
Louise, Princess Royal, iii. 219;
betrothed to Earl of Fife, 1889, iii. 232
Louise, Mme., iii. 310
Lovett, William, drafts the People's Charter, i. 49
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