[Illustration: _A YOUTHFUL SAGE._
_Studious Boy._ "JOHNNY!--I ADVISE YOU NOT TO BE A GOOD BOY!"
_Johnny._ "WHY?"
_Studious Boy._ "BECAUSE IN BOOKS ALL GOOD BOYS DIE, YOU KNOW!"]
[Illustration: _ASTONISHING A YOUNG ONE._
_Dick_ (_to little Brother_). "HAH! THIS IS ONE OF THE DISAGREEABLES IN
BEING GROWN UP. WHY, BLESS YOU, IF I DIDN'T SHAVE TWICE A DAY THIS WARM
WEATHER, I SHOULD NOT BE FIT TO BE SEEN!"]
[Illustration: _MONSTERS OF THE POOL._
MASTER GEORGE AND THE DRAGON-FLIES. AS THEY APPEARED TO HIS EXCITED
IMAGINATION WHEN HE WAS OUT FISHING THE OTHER DAY.]
[Illustration: _THE HUMOURS OF THE STREET._
_Delightful Boy._ "OH! LOOK 'ERE, JIM! HERE'S A SWELL--LET'S FRIGHTEN
'IS 'ORSE!"]
[Illustration: _CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS._
NEVER GO TO SLEEP WHILE YOU ARE HAVING YOUR HAIR CUT IN PARIS, OR IT
MAY BE CUT IN THE FIRST STYLE OF FASHION!]
[Illustration: _EXCURSION BOAT, AFTER A RATHER BOISTEROUS PASSAGE,
ARRIVES AT 2.30 P.M._
_Ticket Collector_ (_without any feeling_). "TICKETS, SIR! THANKYE,
SIR! BOAT RETURNS AT 3!"]
[Illustration: "_TICKLED WITH A STRAW._"
_Advertising Medium._ "COME, NOW, YOU LEAVE ORF! OR I'LL CALL THE
PERLICE!"]
[Illustration: _IMPERTINENT CURIOSITY._
_Military Man._ "WELL! WHAT ARE YER A STARIN' AT?--AIN'T YER NEVER SEED
A SODGER BEFORE?"]
[Illustration: _IN CAMP._
_Juvenile_ (_à propos of Highlander in sentry-box_). "OH! MY WIG,
CHARLEY, WHAT A JOLLY JACK-IN-THE-GREEN HE'D MAKE!"]
[Illustration: _SANITAS._
"HEY, COLIN! DINNA YE KEN THE WATTER'S FOR DRINK, AND NAE FOR
BATHIN'?"]
[Illustration: _THE QUADRILLE IN HOT WEATHER._
_Stout Party_ (_who suffers much from heat, and has in vain
attempted to conceal himself_). "OH, I BELIEVE WE ARE ENGAGED FOR
THIS DANCE. I'VE BEEN--THAT IS--I'VE--EH?--I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR
YOU--A--A--EVERYWHERE--PHEW!"]
[Illustration: _OH YES, OF COURSE._
_Lizzie._ "OH, MR. POFFLES, I FIND I HAVE MADE A MISTAKE--I SEE I WAS
ENGAGED FOR THIS DANCE."]
[Illustration: _FEMININE AMENITIES._
_Sensitive Party._ "WHO IS THAT GIRL WITH THE NEZ RETROUSSÉ?"
_Amiable Party_ (_who has rather a prominent beak_). "NEZ RETROUSSÉ! DO
YOU MEAN THAT GIRL WITH THE PUG NOSE?"]
[Illustration: _A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR MUGGINS._
"LARK! I SAY! WHAT'LL MY OLD MAN THINK WHEN HE SEE ME IN THIS 'ERE
'AT?"]
[Illustration: _HUSBAND-TAMING._]
[Illustration: _RESULT OF ALLOWING LADIES TO WITNESS RAREY'S
HORSE-TAMING EXHIBITION._
_Mrs. Blanch._ "I ASSURE YOU, MY LOVE, HE IS COMPLETELY UNDER MY
CONTROL. HE NEVER TALKS NOW OF SUCH A THING AS GOING TO HIS CLUB OR
DINING AT GREENWICH WITH HIS BACHELOR FRIENDS, AND HE WILL READ TO ME
WHILE I WORK FOR THE HOUR TOGETHER."
_Mrs. Catherine._ "OH, I MUST CERTAINLY LEARN THE ART. FOR MY AUGUSTUS
IS REALLY DREADFUL!"]
[Illustration: _THE LOVERS' QUARREL._
_Frederick._ "BUT I ASSURE YOU, DEAREST----"
_Emily._ "OH, NONSENSE, FREDERICK!--DON'T TELL ME! I JUDGE BY DEEDS,
NOT WORDS; AND I AM SURE YOU CANNOT REALLY LOVE ME, OR YOU NEVER WOULD
HAVE GIVEN THAT HORRID MISS CLAPPERTON THE WING OF THE CHICKEN, AND ME
THE LEG. BESIDES, YOU HANDED THE STRAWBERRIES FIRST TO FLORA GIGGLES,
AND YOU KNOW HOW I HATE HER."]
[Illustration: _A SKETCH DURING THE RECENT GALE._]
[Illustration: _TERRIFIC ACCIDENT._
BURSTING OF OLD MRS. TWADDLE'S AQUA-VIVARIUM. THE OLD LADY MAY BE
OBSERVED ENDEAVOURING TO PICK UP HER FAVOURITE EEL WITH THE TONGS, A
WORK REQUIRING SOME ADDRESS.]
[Illustration: _THE MARRIAGE QUESTION._
_Lady Flora._ "FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB, INDEED! FOR MY PART, I THINK YOUNG
MEN OF FORTUNE MIGHT EMPLOY THEIR TIME MUCH BETTER THAN DRIVING HORSES
TO GREENWICH! DON'T YOU, ALICE?"
_Alice_ (_with a tremendous sigh_). "OH, YES! DEAR!"
]