This is the land of Austra-_lia_, These are the mines of silver and gold, That lay in the land of Austra-_lia_. This is the mining captain so bold, Who prospected the mines of silver and gold, etc. This is the gallant Companie, founded eighteen and fifty-three, That sent on the mining captain so bold, etc. These are the lighthearted gentlemen, The worthy Board of Directors ten, to the gallant, etc. This is the gent with his ready pen, Who was “sec” to the light-hearted gentlemen, etc. These are the lawyers with their “little bill,” Messrs. Grab and Snatcher of Diddlegate Hill, Who got up and “rigged” that Companie, etc. These are the venturers rushing up stairs So eager to get an allotment of shares, etc. This is the Court of Chancerie, That swallowed that ill-fated Companie, etc. This is the total dividend, _nil_, Left after paying the lawyers bill, Messrs. Grab and Snatchem of Diddlegate Hill, etc. These are the shareholders, County and Town, Looking all of them “done” most uncommonly brown, As they gaze on the total dividend――_nil_, Left after paying the lawyers bill, etc. EDWARD WALFORD, M.A. _Will-o-the-Wisp_, a satirical paper, had two amusing parodies, both illustrated, the first, which appeared April 17, 1869, entitled _The Protestant House that Jack Built_, the second, May 8, 1869, _The Comic History of a Comical Ship built by John Bull_:―― “This is the Ship that Jack Built.” ―――― THE HOUSE THAT JOHN BUILT. (_Indian Version._) This the House that JOHN[11] built, These are the Taxes that lay on the House that JOHN built, This is the War that eat up the Taxes that lay on the House that JOHN built. This is the Viceroy that made the War that eat up the Taxes that lay on the House that JOHN built. These are the Strings that pulled the Viceroy that made the War that eat up the Taxes that lay on the House that JOHN built. This is Big BEN, with his newspaper horn, who pulled the Strings that pulled the Viceroy that made the War that eat up the Taxes that lay on the House that JOHN built. This is BRITANNIA, Jingo-borne, who was witched by Big BEN with his newspaper horn, who pulled the Strings that pulled the Viceroy that made the War that eat up the Taxes that lay on the House that JOHN built. This is the AMEER, all sulks and scorn, who said “No” to BRITANNIA Jingo-borne, who was witched by BIG BEN with his newspaper horn, who pulled the Strings that pulled the Viceroy that made the War that eat up the Taxes that lay on the House that JOHN built. _Punch_, 1878. ―――― THIS IS THE RADICAL BRADLAUGH.