Wisdom while you wait : $b Being a foretaste of the glories of the 'Insidecompletuar Britanniaware' ...Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
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Wisdom while you wait : $b Being a foretaste of the glories of the 'Insidecompletuar Britanniaware' ...
Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
Encyclopaedia Britannica -- Humor; English wit and humor
THE GENIUS OF ADVERTISEMENT BARNUM’S GHOST.
THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE DR. GARNETT.
THE DEMON OF UNREST ALFRED HARMSWORTH, O.M.
CUPID MR. ARCHER.
_Chorus of Subscribers._
SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY.
ACT I.--A subterranean chamber in Carmelite Street.
ACT II.--The Reading Room of the British Museum.
ACT III.--Scene 1. The Banks of the Lackawanna River.
Scene 2. Sunrise in the Plain of Universal Knowledge.
Triumph of the Supplement Girl.
_Stage Managers_ MESSRS. KLAW AND ERLANGER.
_Musical Conductor_ J. A. FULLER MAITLAND, ESQ.
Costumes by Messrs. Hatchard. Wigs by G. R. Sims.
Ices by Lieutenant Peary. Zero whisky by Professor Dewar.
The Latest Invention.
NOVELETTES and
HAIR CURLERS.
No more Mechanical Contrivances. Pleasure
combined with Business.
Read No. 1 of our Tombstone Series, ‘THE BONELESS SKELETON,’ and it
will make your hair curl.
* * * * *
MOKO.
INTIMIDATES INFLUENZA.
EXPELS ELEPHANTIASIS.
CURES CLUB FEET.
The VICAR OF BRAY writes: ‘Since using MOKO I have trebled my
congregation.’
_Recommended by the British Association._
MOKO IS _NOT_ MADE IN GERMANY.
TRADE MARK: An Ass in an Egg-cup.
_The NEW EDITION of the
INSIDECOMPLETUAR
BRITANNIAWARE_
_not only gives a succinct birds-eye view of the_ dernier cri _in
every field of mental activity, but retells anew, in crisp and
chatty fashion, the story of such departments of human knowledge as
have been revolutionised under the searchlight of the Bell’s Eye
Lantern. A glance at the margin of this cover will convince the reader
how completely the Supplement fills any gaps in existing works of
reference._
=HORTICULTURE=
since
Grape Nuts.
=SCIENCE=
since
Maskelyne & Cook
=LITERATURE=
since
T. P.
=HISTORY=
since
Mr. Markham
=TRADE=
since
J. P. Morgan
=SPORT=
since
Ping-Pong
=MUSIC=
since
Dolly Gray
=RELIGION=
since
Mrs. Eddy
=ADVERTISING=
since
Bell
=WAR=
since
Major Pond
=MEDICINE=
since
Pink Pills
=ART=
since
‘I hear they want more’
=CUISINE=
since
Newnham Davis
=BIOGRAPHY=
since
M. A. P.
=MONARCHY=
since
Roosevelt
=JOURNALISM=
since
C. B. Fry
=HORSEFLESH=
since
Petrol
=POLITICS=
since
Winston Churchill
Transcriber’s Notes
Italics are indicated as _italics_.
Bold words are indicated as =bold=.
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