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| Start of eBook | 1 |
| VOLUME THE FIRST. | 1 |
| THE FACETIAE | 1 |
| INTRODUCTION. | 2 |
| POLITICAL SUMMARY. | 2 |
| NOTES. | 6 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 10 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 17, 1841. | 10 |
| COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. | 12 |
| SOMETHING WARLIKE. | 12 |
| HUME’S TERMINOLOGY. | 12 |
| NATIVE SWALLOWS. | 13 |
| LORD MELBOURNE TO “PUNCH.” | 13 |
| A RAILROAD NOVEL | 13 |
| SPECIMEN. | 14 |
| VOL. I. | 14 |
| VOL. II. | 14 |
| VOL. III. | 15 |
| LESSONS IN PUNMANSHIP. | 15 |
| A SYNOPSIS OF VOTING, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE CATEGORIES OF “CANT.” | 15 |
| VOTING MAY BE CONSIDERED AS | 16 |
| THE PROFESSIONAL SINGER | 19 |
| AN AN-TEA ANACREONTIC. | 23 |
| COURT CIRCULAR. | 26 |
| A QUARTER-DAY COGITATION. | 27 |
| STREET POLITICS. | 27 |
| SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL. | 29 |
| A PUBLIC CONVENIENCE. | 30 |
| CANDIDATES UNDER DIFFERENT PHASES | 30 |
| FINE ARTS. | 30 |
| FOR THE HALF CONDEMNED: | 32 |
| THE TOTALLY CONDEMNED: | 32 |
| A COMMENTARY ON THE ELECTIONS. | 32 |
| TO THE BLACK-BALLED OF THE UNITED SERVICE. | 33 |
| AN ALLIGATOR CHAIRMAN. | 36 |
| AN ODE. | 37 |
| MR. HUME. | 39 |
| THE DRAMA. | 39 |
| A CARD. | 41 |
| FOR MELO-DRAMA. | 41 |
| FOR FARCES. | 42 |
| FOR COMEDIES. | 42 |
| WHY AND BECAUSE. | 42 |
| THE REAL AND THE IDEAL; OR, THE CATASTROPHE OF A VICTORIA MELO-DRAMA. | 42 |
| QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN M.P. | 42 |
| THE ENTIRE ANIMAL. | 43 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 43 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 24, 1841. | 43 |
| WHIG-WAGGERIES. | 45 |
| SPORTING. | 46 |
| STENOTYPOGRAPHY. | 48 |
| NEWS OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST. | 49 |
| A CON. BY TOM COOKE. | 50 |
| CLAR’ DE KITCHEN. | 50 |
| A PARTY OF MEDALLERS. | 51 |
| A CHAPTER ON BOOTS. | 51 |
| HINTS ON MELO-DRAMATIC MUSIC. | 55 |
| THE RISING SUN. | 56 |
| THE PUNCH CORRESPONDENCE. | 57 |
| CHARACTERISTIC CORRESPONDENCE. | 58 |
| PUNCH AND PEEL. | 59 |
| THE ELECTION OF BALLINAFAD. | 62 |
| EPIGRAM. | 64 |
| EPIGRAM ON SEEING AN EXECUTION. | 64 |
| THE POET FOILED. | 64 |
| ECCLESIASTICAL TRANSPORTATION. | 65 |
| CONSISTENCY. | 65 |
| THE SAILOR’S SECRET. | 65 |
| SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL. | 68 |
| MARRIAGE AND CHRISTENING EXTRAORDINARY. | 68 |
| OMINOUS. | 68 |
| CROSS READINGS. | 68 |
| A WOOD CUT. | 69 |
| REVENGE IS SWEET. | 69 |
| QUESTION BY THE DISOWNED OF NOTTINGHAM. | 70 |
| ANSWER BY COLONEL SIBTHORP. | 70 |
| REVIEW. | 70 |
| TO THE LAUGHTER-LOVING PUBLIC. | 70 |
| CHANT. | 71 |
| THE DRAMA | 71 |
| MY FRIEND THE CAPTAIN. | 72 |
| LITERARY QUERIES AND REPLIES | 74 |
| QUESTION BY SIR EDWARD LYTTON BULWER, BART, | 74 |
| QUESTION BY LADY BLESSINGTON, | 74 |
| A SPEECH FROM THE HUSTINGS. | 74 |
| FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. | 75 |
| EPIGRAM ON A VERY LARGE WOMAN. | 75 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 75 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 31, 1841. | 75 |
| TO JOBBING PATRIOTS. | 77 |
| THE DIARY OF A LORD MAYOR. | 78 |
| THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS. | 80 |
| MODERN WAT TYLERS. | 81 |
| CIVILISATION. | 81 |
| NOUVEAU MANUEL DU VOYAGEUR. | 84 |
| THE OMNIBUS | 85 |
| PRAY DON’T TELL THE GOVERNOR. | 85 |
| THE EXPLOSIVE BOX. | 86 |
| EXCLUSIVE INTELLIGENCE. | 86 |
| ANIMAL MAGNETISM. | 86 |
| THE NEW HOUSE. | 87 |
| WATERFORD ELECTION. | 88 |
| THE NORMANDIE “NO GO.” | 89 |
| A CONUNDRUM BY COL. SIBTHORP. | 89 |
| A CLASSICAL INSCRIPTION FOR A CIGAR CASE. | 90 |
| FREE TRANSLATION. | 90 |
| FASHIONS FOR THE PRESENT WEEK. | 90 |
| BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. | 90 |
| SHOCKING WANT OF SYMPATHY. | 90 |
| PUNCH AND PEEL | 90 |
| A FAIR OFFER | 93 |
| FINE ARTS. | 96 |
| A BARRISTER’S CARD. | 96 |
| THE WIFE CATCHERS. | 97 |
| CHAPTER I. | 97 |
| POOR JOHN BULL. | 100 |
| A STRONG RESEMBLANCE. | 100 |
| A PRUDENT CHANGE. | 100 |
| THE ABOVE-BRIDGE NAVY. | 100 |
| CORRESPONDENCE. | 102 |
| A MOVING SCENE. | 103 |
| THE DRAMA | 103 |
| MACBETH AT THE SURREY. | 105 |
| HOP INTELLIGENCE | 106 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 107 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 7, 1841. | 107 |
| CHAPTER II. | 107 |
| SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL, NO. 3. | 110 |
| A NATURAL DEDUCTION | 110 |
| THE POLITICAL QUACK. | 113 |
| TO FANCY BUILDERS AND CAPITALISTS. | 113 |
| LITERARY RECIPES. | 114 |
| HOW TO COOK UP A FASHIONABLE NOVEL. | 114 |
| A SENTIMENTAL DITTO. | 114 |
| A STARTLING ROMANCE. | 114 |
| AN HISTORICAL DITTO. | 115 |
| A NARRATIVE. | 115 |
| BIOGRAPHY OF KINGS. | 115 |
| DRAMATIC RECIPES. | 115 |
| FOR MESSRS. MACREADY AND CHARLES KEAN. | 115 |
| FOR THE ROYAL VIC. | 116 |
| FOR THE SURREY NAUTICAL. | 116 |
| OUR CITY ARTICLE. | 116 |
| SUPREME: COURT OF THE LORD HIGH INQUISITOR PUNCH. | 117 |
| TO BAD JOKERS. | 119 |
| “MY NAME’S THE DOCTOR”—(vide Peel’s Speech at Tamworth.) | 120 |
| PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.—NO. 1. | 120 |
| NEW STUFFING FOR THE SPEAKER’S CHAIR. | 122 |
| OLD BAILEY. | 123 |
| LEGAL PUGILISM. | 123 |
| INQUEST. | 123 |
| RUMBALL THE COMEDIAN. | 123 |
| FOREIGN AFFAIRS. | 123 |
| THE MINTO-HOUSE MANIFESTO | 126 |
| PUNCH AND SIR JOHN POLLEN. | 128 |
| PUNCH | 129 |
| HUMFERY CHEAT-’EM.—(Vide Ainsworth’s “Guy Fawkes.”) | 129 |
| THE BOY JONES’S LOG. | 130 |
| THE ADVANTAGES OF ANIMAL MAGNETISM. | 133 |
| FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. | 134 |
| A BITTER DRAUGHT. | 135 |
| A HINT TO THE UGLY. | 135 |
| ON THE POPULARITY OF MR. CH—S K—N. | 136 |
| THE DRAMA. | 137 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 139 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 14, 1841. | 139 |
| CHAPTER III. | 139 |
| SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL. | 142 |
| LADY MORGAN’S LITTLE ONE. | 142 |
| THE ROYAL LION AND UNICORN | 142 |
| UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. | 145 |
| SELECTIONS FROM THE EXAMINATION PAPERS. | 146 |
| MEDICINE. | 146 |
| CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. | 147 |
| ANIMAL ECONOMY. | 147 |
| HARVEST PROSPECTS. | 147 |
| PUNCH’S RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. | 148 |
| EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION. | 150 |
| EXTRAORDINARY ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. | 150 |
| A SPOKE IN S—Y’S WHEEL! | 151 |
| A NATURAL INFERENCE. | 151 |
| BLACK AND WHITE. | 151 |
| IRISH PARTICULAR. | 151 |
| HITTING THE RIGHT NAIL ON THE HEAD. | 152 |
| CHARLES KEAN’S “CHEEK.” | 152 |
| THE STATE DOCTOR. | 153 |
| ON DITS OF THE CLUBS. | 155 |
| THE REJECTED ADDRESS OF THE MELANCHOLY WHIGS. | 155 |
| LORD JOHNNY “LICKING THE BIRSE.” | 156 |
| A QUERY. | 156 |
| NURSERY EDUCATION REPORT. | 157 |
| INJURED INNOCENCE. | 157 |
| PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON PHRENOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES. | 158 |
| JOCKY JASON. | 159 |
| NEW CODE OF SIGNALS. | 159 |
| LABOURS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. | 161 |
| A GOOD REASON. | 161 |
| THE SPEAKERSHIP. | 163 |
| AN INQUIRY FROM DEAF BURKE, ESQ. | 164 |
| THE MANSION-HOUSE PARROT. | 164 |
| MATRIMONIAL AGENCY. | 164 |
| A DRESS REHEARSAL. | 166 |
| THE DRAMA. | 166 |
| A LADY AND GENTLEMAN | 168 |
| LATEST FOREIGN. | 170 |
| AN USEFUL ALLY. | 170 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 170 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1841. | 170 |
| CHAPTER IV. | 170 |
| CORRESPONDENCE EXTRAORDINARY. | 173 |
| ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PRODUCE. | 174 |
| THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK. | 175 |
| INTRODUCTION. | 175 |
| IF I HAD A THOUSAND A-YEAR. | 177 |
| MY UNCLE BUCKET. | 177 |
| IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. | 181 |
| A THING UNFIT TO A(P)PEAR. | 181 |
| CURIOUS COINCIDENCE. | 184 |
| THEATRE ROYAL | 184 |
| ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. | 184 |
| VIVANT KANT ET TOMFOOLERIE. | 185 |
| THE WHIGS’ LAST DYING SPEECH, AS DELIVERED BY THE QUEEN | 186 |
| THE QUEEN’S SPEECH. | 186 |
| A NEW VERSION OF BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST. | 188 |
| SUPREME COURT OF THE LORD HIGH INQUISITOR PUNCH. | 188 |
| THE ADVANTAGES OF STYLE. | 189 |
| SPORTING IN DOWNING STREET. | 190 |
| PUNCH’S EXTRA DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCE | 191 |
| THE MONEY MARKET | 191 |
| SIGNS OF THE TIMES. | 191 |
| TO BAKERS AND FISHMONGERS. | 191 |
| CLEVER ROGUES. | 192 |
| MUNTZ ON THE STATE OF THE CROPS. | 192 |
| LORD MELBOURNE’S LETTER-BAG. | 192 |
| LAYS OF THE LAZY. | 194 |
| WIT WITHOUT MONEY: | 195 |
| BY VAMPYRE HORSELEECH, ESQ | 195 |
| CHAPTER II. | 195 |
| LAM(B)ENTATIONS. | 197 |
| THE DRAMA. | 198 |
| MARY CLIFFORD. | 199 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 202 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 28, 1841. | 202 |
| CHAPTER I. | 202 |
| AN ACUTE ANGLE. | 205 |
| LEVANT MAIL. | 207 |
| TO MR GREEN, THE INSPECTOR OF HIGHWAYS. | 207 |
| FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. | 207 |
| ADVICE GRATIS. | 208 |
| PLEASANT CROPS ABROAD.—A GOOD LOOK OUT FOR THE SYRIANS. | 208 |
| THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK. | 208 |
| THE QUALITY | 208 |
| BEGINNING EARLY. | 210 |
| SIBTHORP’S VERY BEST. | 210 |
| BEAUTIFUL COINCIDENCE!—A PAIR OF TOOLS. | 210 |
| THE CURRAH CUT; | 211 |
| BAD EITHER WAY. | 214 |
| A CONSTANT PAIR. | 214 |
| NARRATIVE OF AN AWFUL CASE OF EXTREME DISTRESS. | 214 |
| THE RICH OLD BUFFER. | 217 |
| PHILANTHROPY, FINE WRITING, AND FIREWORKS. | 218 |
| IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. | 218 |
| THE DINNEROLOGY OF ENGLAND. | 219 |
| INQUEST—NOT EXTRAORDINARY. | 221 |
| NAPOLEON’S STATUE AT BOULOGNE. | 222 |
| TO POLITICAL WRITERS, | 222 |
| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR OF THE “TIMES.” | 223 |
| CON. BY THEODORE HOOK. | 223 |
| A CRUEL DISAPPOINTMENT. | 223 |
| UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION OF FOREIGN BEEF—(CAUTION TO GOURMANDS). | 223 |
| A TRIFLE FROM LITTLE TOMMY. | 223 |
| PROSPECTUS FOR A PROVIDENT ANNUITY COMPANY. | 224 |
| AWFUL ACCIDENT. | 224 |
| HINTS TO NEW MEMBERS. | 225 |
| RATHER SUICIDAL. | 226 |
| NOVEL EXPERIMENT.—GREAT SCREW. | 226 |
| PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.—NO. 3. | 226 |
| CHAPTER 1. | 227 |
| AN IMMINENT BREACH. | 228 |
| SCHOOL OF DESIGN. | 228 |
| A HINT TO THE NEW LORD CHAMBERLAIN. | 229 |
| VOCAL EVASION. | 229 |
| A PUN FROM THE ROW. | 230 |
| PLEASURES OF HOPE (RATHER EXPENSIVE). | 230 |
| FASHIONS FOR THE MONTH. | 230 |
| ARTISTIC EXECUTION. | 230 |
| NEW PARLIAMENTARY RETURNS. | 230 |
| RATHER OMINOUS! | 231 |
| HEAVY LIGHTNESS. | 231 |
| THE DRAMA. | 231 |
| THE GREAT UNACTABLES. | 234 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 236 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 5, 1841. | 236 |
| THE CUT | 236 |
| SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL. — NO. 6. | 238 |
| GENERAL SATISFACTION. | 239 |
| ADVERTISEMENT. | 239 |
| INQUEST EXTRAORDINARY. | 243 |
| THE GREAT CRICKET MATCH AT ST. STEPHEN’S. | 243 |
| DECIDEDLY UNPLEASANT. | 245 |
| CURIOUS COINCIDENCE. | 245 |
| THE BARTHOLOMEW FAIR SHOW-FOLKS. | 245 |
| TO THE GULLIBLE PUBLIC. | 247 |
| CAPITAL ILLUSTRATION. | 248 |
| THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE. | 248 |
| CHAPTER II. | 248 |
| EPIGRAM. | 251 |
| SHALL GREAT OLYMPUS TO A MOLEHILL STOOP? | 251 |
| THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. | 251 |
| PARLIAMENTARY INTENTIONS. | 253 |
| EXTRA FASHIONABLE NEWS. | 254 |
| A SINGULAR INADVERTENCE. | 254 |
| THE MINISTRY’S ODE TO THE PASSIONS. | 254 |
| SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE QUEEN. | 256 |
| SONGS OF THE SEEDY.—NO. 2. | 256 |
| THE LOST MEDICAL PAPERS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. | 257 |
| FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. | 260 |
| FANCIED FAIR. | 261 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 262 |
| CONCERTS D’ETE. | 265 |
| MADAME TUSSAUD’S, | 266 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 268 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 12, 1841. | 268 |
| CHAPTER III. | 268 |
| TO CAPITALISTS. | 271 |
| REASON’S NE PLUS ULTRA. | 271 |
| CAUTION TO SPORTSMEN. | 271 |
| OUT OF SEASON. | 271 |
| THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK. | 272 |
| THE GOLDEN-SQUARE REVOLUTION. | 273 |
| RECOLLECTIONS OF A TRIP IN MR HAMPTON’S BALLOON. | 274 |
| FEARFUL STATE OF LONDON! | 276 |
| LOOKING ON THE BLACK SIDE OF THINGS. | 276 |
| AWFUL CASE OF SMASHING!—FRIGHTFUL NEGLIGENCE OF THE POLICE | 276 |
| NEW SWIMMING APPARATUS. | 276 |
| SYNCRETIC LITERATURE. | 277 |
| THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. | 279 |
| A VOICE FROM THE AREA. | 280 |
| MY FRIEND TOM. | 280 |
| A HINT FOR POLITICIANS. | 284 |
| A PRO AND CON. | 284 |
| GALVANISM OUTDONE. | 284 |
| NEWS FOR THE SYNCRETICS. | 284 |
| PEEL “REGULARLY CALLED IN.” | 284 |
| ROYAL NURSERY EDUCATION REPORT—NO. 3. | 288 |
| 289 |
| INAUGURATION OF THE IMAGE OF SHAKSPERE. | 291 |
| A CARD. | 293 |
| THE MONEY MARKET. | 293 |
| THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE. | 294 |
| THE AMENDE HONORABLE. | 294 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 295 |
| THE BOARDING SCHOOL. | 296 |
| ENJOYMENT. | 298 |
| FINE ARTS. | 299 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 301 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1841. | 301 |
| CHAPTER IV. | 301 |
| SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. | 304 |
| ON THE SCIENCE OF ELECTIONEERING. | 304 |
| THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY. | 306 |
| A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT. | 306 |
| DONE AGAIN. | 307 |
| ASSERTION OF THE UNINTELLIGIBLE. | 307 |
| FLIGHT THE FIRST. | 307 |
| HUMANE SUGGESTION. | 308 |
| DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE STATUE OF GEORGE CANNING AND SIR ROBERT PEEL. | 308 |
| THE BEAUTY OF BRASS. | 310 |
| PUNCH AT THE ART-UNION EXHIBITION AGAIN | 310 |
| SYNCRETIC LITERATURE | 312 |
| A NEW THEORY OF POCKETS. | 314 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 316 |
| THE CORN LAWS AND CHRISTIANITY. | 318 |
| ENCOURAGEMENT OF NATIVE TALENT. | 321 |
| PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS—NO. X. | 322 |
| THE OMEN OUTWITTED: | 322 |
| 326 |
| OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. | 328 |
| SIBTHORP ON THE CORN LAW. | 328 |
| FISH SAUCE. | 328 |
| PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE. | 328 |
| A LECTURE ON MORALITY.—BY PUNCH. | 330 |
| A BOWER OF BLISS IN STANGATE. | 334 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 336 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 25, 1841. | 336 |
| CHAPTER V. | 336 |
| GRAVESEND. | 339 |
| SCRUPULOUSLY PREPARED FROM THE RECIPE OF THE LATE | 339 |
| AND PATRONISED BY | 339 |
| ALSO BY THE | 339 |
| AND THE | 340 |
| TESTIMONIALS. | 340 |
| W(H)AT TYLER. | 341 |
| A MESMERIC ADVERTISEMENT. | 341 |
| AN ALARMING STRIKE. | 342 |
| SIR RHUBARB PILL, M.P. & M.D. | 342 |
| NOVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS. | 343 |
| SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL.—NO. 7. | 343 |
| THE MINISTERIAL TOP. | 344 |
| BERNARD CAVANAGH | 344 |
| SYNCRETIC LITERATURE. | 346 |
| FATHER O’FLYNN AND HIS CONGREGATION. | 348 |
| X. | 351 |
| DOCTOR PEEL TAKING TIME TO CONSULT. | 351 |
| BUNKS’S DISCOVERIES IN THE THAMES. | 354 |
| A NEW CONJURING COMPANY. | 356 |
| AN EXTENSIVE SACRIFICE. | 358 |
| FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. | 358 |
| IMPORTANT INVENTION. | 359 |
| THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE. | 359 |
| THE FASTING PHENOMENON. | 359 |
| TORY BOONS. | 359 |
| RECREATION FOR THE PUBLIC. | 360 |
| A SHORT TREATISE OF DRAMATIC CASUALTIES. | 360 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 362 |
| PUNCH AT THE NEW STRAND. | 367 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 369 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2, 1841. | 369 |
| CONDENSED PARLIAMENTARY REPORT ON THE MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. | 372 |
| Q.E.D. | 372 |
| EXPRESS FROM WINDSOR. | 374 |
| A ROYAL DUCK. | 374 |
| HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. | 375 |
| GREAT ANNUAL MICHAELMAS JUBILEE. | 375 |
| FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. | 375 |
| ORDER OF PROCESSION. | 375 |
| DYER IGNORANCE. | 377 |
| MAKING A COMPOSITION WITH ONE’S ANCESTORS. | 377 |
| PUNCH’S HISTRIONIC READINGS IN HISTORY. | 377 |
| WAR TO THE NAIL. | 379 |
| MOLAR AND INCISOR. | 379 |
| TWENTY POUNDS. | 379 |
| CURIOSITY HUNTERS | 381 |
| X. | 384 |
| THE “WELL-DRESSED” AND THE “WELL-TO-DO.” | 385 |
| TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF HOOKHAM-CUM-SNIVEY. | 388 |
| LAYS OF THE “BEAU MONDE.” | 390 |
| METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. | 391 |
| ERRATA IN THE “TIMES.” | 391 |
| THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT | 391 |
| MICHAELMAS DAY | 393 |
| LIST OF OUTRAGES. | 394 |
| ROOT AND BRANCH. | 394 |
| SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL.—NO. 8. | 394 |
| POACHED EGOTISM. | 396 |
| THE POLITICAL NATURALIST’S LIBRARY | 396 |
| THE SUPER-NATURAL HISTORY OF— | 396 |
| A GREAT CARD. | 397 |
| THE POETICAL JUSTICE. | 397 |
| THE EVIL MOST TO BE DREADED. | 397 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 397 |
| SIBTHORPIANA. | 400 |
| CURIOUS AMBIGUITY. | 401 |
| THE THORNY PREMIER. | 401 |
| TO PROFESSORS OF LANGUAGES WHO GIVE LONG CREDIT AND TAKE SMALL PAY. | 401 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 401 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 9, 1841. | 401 |
| SPORTING FACE. | 403 |
| BRIGHTON | 403 |
| CUSTOM-HOUSE SALE. LOT 1.—A PORT. | 404 |
| CHAPTER VI. | 404 |
| L’ETE | 407 |
| LA TRENISE | 407 |
| LA PASTORALE | 407 |
| LA FINALE | 407 |
| THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK. | 408 |
| THE ORNAMENTS | 408 |
| FUSBOS | 413 |
| WHEREIN ARE CONSIDERED | 413 |
| OR | 413 |
| THE WHOLE ADAPTED TO | 413 |
| BY | 413 |
| BOOK I.—DEFINITIONS. | 413 |
| MAJOR BENIOWSKY’S NEW ART OF MEMORY | 414 |
| SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL.—NO. 9. | 415 |
| TO SIR ROBERT. | 416 |
| CHRISTIANITY.—PRICE FIFTEEN SHILLINGS. | 416 |
| SWEET AUTUMN DAYS. | 419 |
| THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT. | 423 |
| LIKE MASTER LIKE MAN. | 425 |
| INQUEST EXTRAORDINARY ON A CORONER. | 425 |
| A CURIOUS ERROR. | 426 |
| PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. | 427 |
| CONS BY OUR OWN COLONEL. | 427 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 427 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 431 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1841. | 431 |
| THE GEOLOGY OF SOCIETY. | 432 |
| COVENTRY’S WISE PRECAUTION. | 434 |
| CONTINUATIONS FROM CHINA. | 434 |
| THE VERY “NEXT” JONATHAN. | 434 |
| THOSE DIVING BELLES! THOSE DIVING BELLES! | 436 |
| PROSPECTUS | 437 |
| THE DIRECTORS | 437 |
| ACTING SECRETARIES, | 437 |
| NOTHING NEW. | 438 |
| THE LABOURS OF THE SESSION. | 438 |
| SO MUCH FOR BUCKINGHAM! | 439 |
| PUNCH’S NEW GENERAL LETTER-WRITER. | 440 |
| THE ANSWER TO THE SAME. | 440 |
| (Secondly.) | 441 |
| ANSWER TO THE SAME | 441 |
| (Thirdly.) | 441 |
| (Fourthly.) | 441 |
| (Fifthly.) | 441 |
| FUNK FLAT | 442 |
| (Sixthly.) | 442 |
| (Seventhly.) | 442 |
| (Eighthly.) | 442 |
| (Ninthly.) | 442 |
| (Tenthly.) | 443 |
| THE BARBER OF STOCKSBAWLER. | 443 |
| LAURIE ON GEOGRAPHY. | 446 |
| COOMBE’S LUNGS AND LEARNING. | 447 |
| PARLIAMENTARY MASONS.—PARLIAMENTARY PICTURES. | 447 |
| THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT. | 451 |
| RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. | 454 |
| THE POLITICAL EUCLID.—NO. 2. | 455 |
| PROP. II.—PROBLEM. | 455 |
| PROP. III.—PROBLEM | 456 |
| THE VALUE OF STOCKS—LAST QUOTATION. | 456 |
| THE SHOPMEN—POOR DEVILS | 457 |
| (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) | 457 |
| CONS. BY O CONNELL. | 458 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 458 |
| PROMENADE CONCERTS. | 461 |
| THE WAR WITH CHINA. | 462 |
| TO BENEVOLENT AND HUMANE JOKERS. | 463 |
| LAURIE’S ESSAY ON THE PHARMACOPOEIA. | 463 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 464 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 23, 1841. | 464 |
| ATRY-ANGLE. | 468 |
| PUNCH’S COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE GENERAL DISTRESS. | 468 |
| HORATIO FITZ-SPOONY | 468 |
| THE TEA SERVICE ON SEA SERVICE. | 470 |
| THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE. | 470 |
| CHAPTER VII. | 470 |
| NEW WORKS NOW IN THE PRESS. | 472 |
| AMERICAN CONGRESS. | 472 |
| EPITAPH ON A CANDLE. | 475 |
| FIRE! FIRE! | 476 |
| AN APPROPRIATE GIFT. | 477 |
| A MALE DUE. | 478 |
| CURIOUS SYNONYMS. | 478 |
| HAPPY LAND! | 478 |
| THE NEW STATE STRETCHER. | 478 |
| ARRIVED AT LAST. | 479 |
| EPIGRAM. | 479 |
| THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT. | 482 |
| LETTER No. II.—(Copy.) | 484 |
| SOME THINGS TO WHICH THE IRISH WOULD NOT SWEAR. | 485 |
| COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE THEM. | 485 |
| HOSTILITIES IN PRIVATE LIFE. | 485 |
| GEOLOGY OF SOCIETY. | 487 |
| THE WAPPING DELUGE. | 488 |
| SAVORY CON. BY COX. | 488 |
| A PAIR OF DUCKS. | 491 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 491 |
| THE TWO LAST IMPORTANT SITTINGS. | 493 |
| SIBTHORPIAN PROBLEMS. | 493 |
| A SLAP AT JOHN CHINAMAN’S CHOPS. | 494 |
| HUME LEEDS—WAKLEY FOLLOWS. | 494 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 494 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 30, 1841. | 494 |
| THE DESIRE OF PLEASING. | 498 |
| THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE. | 498 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | 498 |
| BURKE’S HERALDRY. | 501 |
| A SUGGESTION | 501 |
| THE GOLD SNUFF-BOX. | 501 |
| THE PENSIVE PEEL. | 504 |
| DOMESTIC ECONOMY. | 504 |
| A MAYOR’S NEST. | 507 |
| THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT. | 507 |
| EXPRESS FROM AMERICA. | 510 |
| POLITICS OF THE OUTWARD MAN! | 510 |
| LIST OF THE PREMIUMS | 514 |
| FIRST PREMIUM. | 514 |
| SECOND PREMIUM. | 514 |
| THIRD PREMIUM. | 514 |
| FOURTH PREMIUM. | 514 |
| FIFTH PREMIUM. | 515 |
| SIXTH PREMIUM. | 515 |
| PUNCH’S REVIEW. | 515 |
| OUR TRADE REPORT. | 517 |
| RELATIVE GENTILITY. | 517 |
| KEEPING IT DARK. | 517 |
| THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK. | 517 |
| HAMLET’S SOLILOQUY. | 519 |
| THE MAN OF HABIT. | 519 |
| PUNCH’S POLITICAL ECONOMY. | 520 |
| ON THE KEY-VIVE. | 522 |
| LAST NEW SAYINGS. | 522 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 522 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 526 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 6, 1841. | 526 |
| THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE. | 529 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | 529 |
| A SCANDALOUS REPORT. | 531 |
| THE FIRE AT THE TOWER. | 532 |
| PLEASE TO REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. | 533 |
| THE RIVAL CANDIDATES. | 534 |
| SIR FRANCIS BURDETT’S VISIT TO THE TOWER. | 539 |
| REFORM YOUR LAWYERS’ BILLS. | 539 |
| PEEL’S PRE-EXISTENCE! | 541 |
| EPIGRAMS ON A LOUD AND SILLY TALKER. | 545 |
| THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT. | 545 |
| THE LORD MAYORS AND THE QUEEN. | 548 |
| THE TWO NEW EQUITY JUDGES. | 549 |
| MR. PUNCH, | 549 |
| BEGS TO INFORM THE | 549 |
| AN EXTRACT FROM THE SPECTATOR. | 549 |
| SHIP NEWS. | 550 |
| CAUSE AND EFFECT. | 550 |
| SHOULD THIS MEET THE EYE— | 550 |
| HARD AND FAST. | 550 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 551 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 557 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 13, 1841. | 557 |
| FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. | 558 |
| SONGS FOR CATARRHS. | 559 |
| A SONG FOR A CATARRH. | 559 |
| AN UNDIVIDED MOIETY. | 560 |
| THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE. | 560 |
| CHAPTER IX. | 560 |
| FALSE ALARM. | 562 |
| DOING THE STATE SOME SERVICE. | 562 |
| THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK. | 562 |
| TREMENDOUS FAILURE. | 564 |
| A THOROUGH DRAUGHT. | 564 |
| THE O’CONNELL PAPERS. | 564 |
| LETTER I. | 565 |
| SCENERY MOVED BY | 566 |
| FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE | 566 |
| A PAEAN FOR DAN. | 567 |
| PUNCH’S PAEAN TO THE PRINCELET. | 567 |
| HARD TO REMEMBER. | 568 |
| THE CROPS. | 568 |
| ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS!—SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY!—UNRIVALLED BARGAINS! | 569 |
| LOT I. | 569 |
| LOT II. | 570 |
| LOT III. | 570 |
| LOT IV. | 570 |
| LOT V. | 570 |
| LOT VI. | 570 |
| SIR PETER LAURIE ON HUMAN LIFE. | 570 |
| THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT. | 574 |
| HAEMATEMESIS. | 574 |
| TRUE ECONOMY. | 576 |
| THE LORD MAYOR’S FOOL. | 577 |
| PUNCH’S CATECHISM OF GEOGRAPHY. | 577 |
| CHAPTER I. | 578 |
| SPARKS FROM THE FIRE. | 579 |
| DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. | 579 |
| THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALDERMEN. | 582 |
| A CHAPTER ON POLITICS. | 582 |
| THE PRINCE’S EXTRA. | 583 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 584 |
| THE MASONS AND THE STONE JUG. | 586 |
| CONUNDRUM BY THE LORD MAYOR. | 586 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 586 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 20, 1841. | 586 |
| A DOSE OF CASTOR. | 590 |
| CUTTING AT THE ROOT OF THE EVIL. | 590 |
| TO PUNCH. | 590 |
| MY DEAR PUNCH, | 591 |
| ASCITES. | 591 |
| ALARMING PROSPECTS FOR THE COUNTRY. | 591 |
| THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE. | 592 |
| CHAPTER X. | 592 |
| THE LAMBETH DEMOSTHENES. | 593 |
| A LEGEND OF THE TOWER (NOT LONDON). | 594 |
| IRISH INTELLIGENCE. | 596 |
| TAKING A SIGHT AT THE FIRE. | 597 |
| JOE HUME’S FORTHCOMING WORK. | 597 |
| THE ROMANCE OF A TEACUP. | 598 |
| FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. | 599 |
| THE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL. | 600 |
| A CELESTIAL CON. | 600 |
| THE PRINCE OF WALES.—HIS FUTURE TIMES. | 600 |
| PROPER PRECAUTION. | 603 |
| THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT. | 604 |
| (Copy.) | 604 |
| CODE OF INSTRUCTIONS | 604 |
| REGULARLY CALLED IN—AND BOWLED OUT. | 606 |
| THE PRINCE OF WALES. | 607 |
| A BARROWKNIGHT. | 608 |
| MAGISTERIAL AXIOMS. | 608 |
| THE ROYAL BULLETINS. | 608 |
| DEVILLED DRUMSTICKS. | 608 |
| BRANDY AND WATERFORD. (A GO!) | 608 |
| THE WHEELS OF FORTUNE. | 609 |
| SEEING NOTHING | 609 |
| MORE FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. | 609 |
| CONS. WORTH CONNING. | 609 |
| MORBID SYMPATHY FOR CRIMINALS. | 610 |
| THE MALE DALILAH. | 610 |
| A “PUNCH” TESTIMONIAL. | 611 |
| THE RAPE OF THE LOCK-UP; | 612 |
| BARBER-OUS ANNOUNCEMENT. | 615 |
| A NEW MILKY WAY. | 615 |
| OH GEMINI! | 616 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 616 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27, 1841. | 616 |
| THE “PUFF PAPERS.” | 619 |
| THE STAR SYSTEM. | 623 |
| THE LIMERICK MARES. | 623 |
| MORE SKETCHES OF LONDON LIFE. | 623 |
| ACTIVE BENEVOLENCE. | 624 |
| PUNCH’S STOMACHOLOGY. | 625 |
| FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. | 626 |
| FRENCH LIVING. | 627 |
| HINTS ON POPPING THE QUESTION. | 627 |
| THE ROMANCE OF A TEACUP. | 628 |
| SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL.—No. 11 | 630 |
| KINGS AND CARPENTERS.—ROYAL AND VULGAR CONSPIRATORS. | 630 |
| HIS TURN NOW. | 634 |
| A FAMILIAR EPISTLE | 635 |
| TO | 635 |
| DEAR SIMON, | 636 |
| VERSES | 639 |
| CAUSE AND EFFECT. | 639 |
| NEW ANNUALS AND REPUBLICATIONS. | 639 |
| DISCOVERY OF VALUABLE JEWELS. | 640 |
| SAYINGS & DOINGS IN THE ROYAL NURSERY. | 640 |
| THE REWARD OF VIRTUE. | 640 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 641 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 647 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 4, 1841. | 647 |
| A CON-CERTED CON. | 648 |
| RECONCILING A DIFFERENCE. | 648 |
| OUR WEATHERCOCK. | 648 |
| THE BANE AND ANTIDOTE. | 649 |
| THE CORSAIR. | 649 |
| THE “PUFF PAPERS.” | 650 |
| CHAPTER I. | 650 |
| THE KNATCHBULL TESTIMONIAL. | 654 |
| MUSICAL NEWS (NOOSE). | 655 |
| THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT. | 655 |
| OUR CITY ARTICLE. | 658 |
| CON. BY SIBTHORP AND STULTZ. | 659 |
| THE ROMANCE OF A TEACUP. | 659 |
| THE FETES FOR THE POLISH—AND FATE OF THE BRITISH POOR. | 665 |
| THE FIRE AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE. | 668 |
| THE CRIMES OF EATING. | 669 |
| NOBODY CARES AND* | 670 |
| HINTS HOW TO ENJOY AN OMNIBUS. | 670 |
| PETER THE GREAT (FOOL?) | 671 |
| THE WISE MAN OF THE EAST. | 671 |
| POPISH RED-DRESS. | 672 |
| A SPOON CASE. | 672 |
| A DAB FOR LAURIE. | 673 |
| SIBTHORPS CORNER. | 673 |
| CUTTING IT RATHER SHORT. | 673 |
| NATIONAL DISTRESS. | 674 |
| LAURIE’S RAILLERY. | 674 |
| A MEETING OF OLD ACQUAINTANCES. | 674 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 674 |
| A PERFECT VACUUM PROVED. | 677 |
| A CON BY O’CONNER. | 677 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 677 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1841. | 677 |
| SIGNS OF THE TIMES. | 680 |
| THE “PUFF PAPERS.” | 680 |
| CHAPTER II. | 680 |
| DRAW IT GENTLY. | 683 |
| FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. | 683 |
| LINES ON MISS ADELAIDE KEMBLE. | 684 |
| PUNCH’S LETTER-WRITER. | 684 |
| CUPID’S BOW. | 685 |
| CERTAINLY NOT “BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.” | 685 |
| A SLIGHT CONTRAST! | 685 |
| THE COUNTERFEIT PRESENTMENT OF | 685 |
| ON SNUFF, AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF TAKING IT. | 686 |
| BUFFOON’S NATURAL HISTORY. | 688 |
| FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. | 688 |
| MON JOVIAL ANCIEN COQ. | 688 |
| FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. | 689 |
| THE HIGH-ROAD TO GENTILITY; | 689 |
| A NEW WINE. | 690 |
| LOYALTY AND INSANITY. | 690 |
| PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE. | 694 |
| ELEGANT PHRASES. | 696 |
| PEN AND PALETTE PORTRAITS. | 697 |
| CHAPTER I. | 698 |
| WHAT IS LOVE? | 698 |
| A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUNG LADIES. | 698 |
| THE AUTHOR’S DIVISION OF HIS SYSTEM. | 699 |
| WITNESS MY | 699 |
| GRANT’S MEDITATIONS AMONG THE COFFEE-CUPS. | 699 |
| THE MONEY MARKET. | 701 |
| A DICTIONARY FOR THE LADIES. | 701 |
| SOUP, A LA JULIEN. | 702 |
| POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. | 702 |
| THE LATE PROMOTIONS. | 703 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 703 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 704 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1841. | 704 |
| A CON. THAT OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THE COLONEL’S. | 707 |
| THE “PUFF PAPERS.” | 707 |
| CHAPTER III. | 707 |
| A FATAL REMEMBRANCE. | 707 |
| STARVATION STATISTICS FOR SIR ROBERT PEEL | 711 |
| THE FASTEST MAN. | 712 |
| SIBTHORPS CON. CORNER. | 712 |
| THE COPPER CAPTAIN. | 712 |
| PUNCHLIED. SONG FOR PUNCH DRINKERS. | 715 |
| THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN AT HOOKAM-CUM-SNIVERY. | 716 |
| QUEER QUERIES. | 717 |
| IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE. | 717 |
| THE BROTH OF A BOY. | 717 |
| THE “WEIGHT” OF ROYALTY.—THE SOCIAL “SCALE.” | 718 |
| FASHIONS FOR THE MONTH. | 721 |
| THE CHEROOT. | 721 |
| BALLADS OF THE BRIEFLESS. | 722 |
| A CUT BY SIR PETER. | 723 |
| A CLIMAX BY “PUNCH.” | 724 |
| ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. | 724 |
| TO THE LADIES EXCLUSIVELY. | 724 |
| PEN AND PALETTE PORTRAITS. | 725 |
| PORTRAIT OF THE LOVER. | 725 |
| CHAPTER II. | 725 |
| THE LOVER AT DIFFERENT AGES. | 726 |
| A DEER BARGAIN. | 728 |
| OUT OF SCHOOL. | 728 |
| PUNCH’S LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. | 728 |
| PUNCH’S THEATRE. | 729 |
| PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. | 731 |
| FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 25, 1841. | 731 |
| COMMERCIAL PANIC.—RUMOURED STOPPAGE IN THE CITY. | 734 |
| FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. | 735 |
| A LETTER FROM AN OLD FRIEND, | 735 |
| THE SECRET SORROW. | 738 |
| INDEX. | 739 |
| END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. | 747 |