PUNCH AND JUDY. [Illustration: MR. PUNCH. FROM THE ORIGINAL BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.] THE TRAGICAL ACTS, OR COMICAL TRAGEDIES OF PUNCH AND JUDY, WITH TWENTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS, FROM ORIGINALS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. AND OTHER PLATES, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIALOGUE OF THE PUPPET-SHOW, AN ACCOUNT OF ITS ORIGIN, AND OF PUPPET-PLAYS IN ITALY, ENGLAND AND AMERICA, WITH INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE CHOICE, SELECTION AND ACTING OF THE PUPPETS. BY PROF. W.J. JUDD. [Illustration] NEW YORK: HAPPY HOURS COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, NO. 5 BEEKMAN STREET. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by HAPPY HOURS COMPANY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. LIST OF ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINALS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. PAGE. Portrait of Mr. Punch _Frontispiece._ Behind the Scenes 10 Punch and his Dog Toby 26 Punch with his Horse Hector 27 Judy Beats Punch 32 The Doctor Physics Mr. Punch 34 Scaramouch and his Fiddle 49 Punch and his Pretty Polly 50 Punch and his Music 52 Punch teaches Jack Ketch how to hang a man 57 Punch fights Old Nick 60 Punch Victorious 61 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS NOT BY MR. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. PAGE. The Performance of the Tragedy _Title._ The new Water Scene, and the Sinking Ship 17 Side view of a large Punch and Judy Theatre 17 The Spirit of Fun gives the Baby back to Judy 29 Mrs. Barrisnobe and the Dutchman 38 The Dutchman and Mary struggle for the bed 47 The Dutchman sees a Ship 63 Trial Scene by the Black Judge 65 The Snake swallows Mr. Punch 69 The Ventriloquial Champions 72 The Royal Marionettes 79 CONTENTS. PAGE. Introduction, 9 Chapter I.--Origin of Punch in Italy, 11