Transcriber’s Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. } } denotes a large curly bracket. MR. PUNCH’S MODEL MUSIC-HALL SONGS & DRAMAS. By F. ANSTEY. MR. PUNCH’S YOUNG RECITER Illustrated. Price 3_s._ 6_d._ MR. PUNCH’S MODEL MUSIC-HALL SONGS & DRAMAS. Collected, Improved, and Re-Arranged FROM “PUNCH.” BY F. ANSTEY, AUTHOR OF “VICE VERSÂ,” “MR. PUNCH’S YOUNG RECITER,” &C With Illustrations. LONDON: BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., 9, BOUVERIE ST., E.C. 1892. LONDON BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION 3 _Illustrations._ SONGS. I.--THE PATRIOTIC 15 _Illustration._ II.--THE TOPICAL-POLITICAL 18 _Illustration._ III.--A DEMOCRATIC DITTY 23 _Illustration._ IV.--THE IDYLLIC 27 _Illustration._ V.--THE AMATORY EPISODIC 31 _Illustration._ VI.--THE CHIVALROUS 37 _Illustration._ VII.--THE FRANKLY CANAILLE 40 _Illustration._ VIII.--THE DRAMATIC SCENA 47 _Illustration._ IX.--THE DUETTISTS 53 _Illustration._ X.--DISINTERESTED PASSION 59 _Illustration._ XI.--THE PANEGYRIC PATTER 63 _Illustration._ XII.--THE PLAINTIVELY PATHETIC 69 _Illustration._ XIII.--THE MILITARY IMPERSONATOR 73 _Illustration._ DRAMAS. I.--THE LITTLE CROSSING-SWEEPER 79 _Illustration._ II.--JOE, THE JAM-EATER 86 _Illustrations._ III.--THE MAN-TRAP 93 _Illustration._ IV.--THE FATAL PIN 99 _Illustration._ V.--BRUNETTE AND BLANCHIDINE 106 _Illustration._ VI.--COMING OF AGE 113 _Illustration._ VII.--RECLAIMED! 120 _Illustrations._ VIII.--JACK PARKER. 132 _Illustration._ IX.--UNDER THE HARROW 139 _Illustrations._ X.--TOMMY AND HIS SISTER JANE 151 _Illustrations._ XI.--THE RIVAL DOLLS 158 _Illustration._ XII.--CONRAD; OR, THE THUMBSUCKER 166 _Illustration._ [_The Illustrations are by Edward T. Reed; with others from “Punch.”_] MODEL MUSIC HALL. INTRODUCTION. [Illustration: MUSIC HALL PROPRIETOR.] INTRODUCTION.