[Illustration: A HOWLING SWELL] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: ON THE BRAIN THE RT. HON. A. J. BALFOUR, M.P.] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: AN IDLE FELLOW VISITOR: "I hear you've had the celebrated Mr. Abbey, the artist, staying with you down here." PROPRIETOR OF OLD-FASHIONED INN: "Yes, sir, an' he be the _laziest_ man I ever came across. He do nothing but dror and paint all day!"] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: ON THE BRAIN THE £1,000 PER NIGHT-INGALE] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: GRANDPAPA (_to Tommy, who has just come home from school_): "And did you get a good place in your class at the last examination?" TOMMY: "Yes; next to the stove."] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: POODLES] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: A PLEASANT PROSPECT "Grandma, shall I have a face like you when I get old?" "Yes, my dear, if you're good."] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: ON THE BRAIN THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: ON THE SANDS "Lor', 'Arry, ain't it 'ot?" "Well, sit down, an' I'll blow yer."] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: ON THE BRAIN MR. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: REALISM COMEDIAN: "The critic of the _Back Alley Chronicle_ described me as giving a very 'saponaceous' rendering to my part. What does 'saponaceous' mean, dear boy?" TRAGEDIAN (_with learned dignity_): "Cudgel not thy brains with words higher than thy bloomin' salary."] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: ON THE BRAIN MONSIEUR EMILE ZOLA] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: AT THE RIDING SCHOOL NERVOUS PUPIL: "When do you think I shall go on the road?" RIDING MASTER: "Very soon, if you don't sit better than that."] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: ON THE BRAIN LORD TENNYSON] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: NO CHANCE "Always take care of your money, my son." "I can't, you never give me any."] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: SHE: "But I really thought you were much taller than you are, Mr. Smith." HE: "Oh, no! Not a bit, I assure you!"] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: A PROMINENT FEATURE "Hillo, Bill! What's the matter with your nose?" "I don't know. Think my conscience must have pricked it."] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: ON THE BRAIN SIR BLUNDELL MAPLE, M.P.] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: FORCE OF HABIT PRISON PHOTOGRAPHER (_who has just obtained the post, to sitter, who is about to undergo twenty years' penal servitude_): "Now sir, look pleasant!"] --------------------------------------- [Illustration: ON THE BRAIN MR. ALBERT CHEVALIER]