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
Stevenson, R. L., iii. 317;
through _P.'s_ eyes, iii. 323, 325;
_Catriona_ reviewed with _Barabbas_, iv. 281;
_P.'s_ obituary verses and reply to W. E. Henley, _ibid._
Stott, Ralph, of Dover, invents flying machine, iii. 201
Stowe, Mrs. Beecher, ii. 20
Strap-hanging, iv. 198
Strathnairn, Baron (Sir Hugh Rose), ii. 8
Strauss, Eduard, visits England, iii. 369 _seq._
Strauss, Johann, i. 294
Strauss, Richard, iv. 332, 338;
_Elektra_, iv. 335;
_Salome_ and _Joseph_, iv. 336;
verses on, iv. 336, 337, 342
Street, G. E., R.A., builds the Law Courts, iii. 179
Strikes, iv. 110-11, 132, 134;
failure of, i. 60; ii. 58;
workmen _v._ butchers, ii. 76;
for higher wages, ii. 92;
dock strike of 1889, iii. 80 _seq._;
gas strike of 1889, iii. 81;
coal strike of 1890, iii. 83;
coal strike of 1892, iii. 84;
omnibus strike of 1891, iii. 84;
of telegraph clerks, iii. 93;
coal strike of 1912, iv. 134
Sturge, Joseph, reformer, i. 29
Submarines, possibilities, iii. 203 _seq._;
improvements in, iv. 181;
invention of, iv. 186-8
Suburbs, growth of, iii. 266 _seq._;
railways to, iv. 198
Suez Canal, ii. 19; iii. 4
Sullivan, Sir Arthur, iv. 305;
_Ivanhoe_, iii. 181, 362;
with Gilbert, iii. 356;
conducts his _Golden Legend_, iii. 370;
_Golden Legend_ and _Prodigal Son_, iii. 372;
memorial verses on, iv. 338.
_See also_ Gilbert, W. S.
Sumner, C. R., Bp. of Winchester, i. 45
Sumner, J. B., Archbp. of Canterbury, i. 93, 95
Surgeons, Army and Navy, disabilities of, i. 120.
_See also_ Doctors.
Sutherland, 2nd Duke of, i. 18, 202;
Duchess of, i. 255;
3rd Duke of, ii. 218
Sweated labour, i. 11, 17, 28; ii. 56 _seq._, 74; iii. 134;
of children, ii. 58 _seq._;
by Jews and others, iii. 94 _seq._
Swimming, for women, iii. 291;
Channel, iv. 355
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, ii. 269 _seq._; iii. 317;
patronizes "the Menken," ii. 289;
through _P.'s_ eyes, iii. 324;
criticized and parodied, iv. 275;
_P.'s_ final tribute to, _ibid._
Syncretics Society, the, i. 274
Syndicalism, attempt at, i. 39
Table-turning mania, i. 226
Taft, President, and England, iv. 75
Taglioni, Maria, i. 274
Taglioni overcoat, i. 265
Tagore, Rabindranath, cult of, iv. 291
Tait, Bp. of London, ii. 102, 106, 120;
(Archbp. of Canterbury) and Sabbatarianism, iii. 102;
death, iii. 320
Talfourd, Sir T. N., i. 233
Tariff Reform, iv. 51, 69, 116
Tattersall's. _See_ London
Taxi-cabs foreshadowed, i. 77
Tay Bridge disaster, iii. 163
Taylor, Miss Helen, stands for Camberwell, iii. 128
Taylor, Tom, editor of _P._, ii. 235;
death, iii. 328;
as playwright, iii. 343
Teck, Duke and Duchess of, iii. 223
Telegraph, electric, i. 72, 79; ii. 138;
inefficiency of, iii. 206
Tel-el-Kebir, battle of, iii. 3, 32
Telephones, introduction of, iii. 205
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