[Illustration: _A HORRID BOY._
_Frank._ "OH, I SAY, EMILY! AIN'T THE SEA-SIDE JOLLY?"
_Emily_ (_who is reading The Corsair to Kate_). "I DO NOT KNOW, FRANK,
WHAT YOU MEAN BY JOLLY.--IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL!--IT IS VERY LOVELY!"
_Frank._ "HAH! AND DON'T IT MAKE YOU ALWAYS READY FOR YOUR GRUB,
NEITHER?"
[_Exit Young Ladies, very properly disgusted._
]
[Illustration: _VERY ARTFUL CONTRIVANCE._
_Clara._ "WHY, DEAR ME! WHAT DO YOU WEAR YOUR HAT IN THE WATER FOR?"
_Mrs. Walrus._ "OH, I ALWAYS WEAR IT WHEN I BATHE; FOR THEN, YOU SEE,
DEAR, NO ONE CAN RECOGNISE ME FROM THE BEACH!"]
[Illustration: _AT THE PLAY._]
[Illustration: _IN A HURRY._
_Boy._ "NOW THEN, SIR!--THE MORE YOU LOOK THE LESS YOU'LL LOIKE
IT!--GET OVER, OR ELSE LET US COME!"]
[Illustration: _ANGLING DELIGHTS._
ON ARRIVING AT THE BEST PART OF YOUR FISHING, YOU ARE OF COURSE CHARMED
TO FIND THAT OLD MUFFINS AND HIS LITTLE BOY HAVE BEEN WHIPPING THE
STREAM ALL THE AFTERNOON.]
[Illustration: _THE BEARD MOVEMENT._
_Young Snobley_ (_a regular Lady-killer_). "HOW THE GIRLS DO STARE AT
ONE'S BEARD! I SUPPOSE THEY THINK I'M A HORFICER JUST COME FROM THE
CRIMEAR!"]
[Illustration: _CONSOLATION._
_Young Snobley._ "AH, JIM! NOBLE BIRTH MUST BE A GREAT ADVANTAGE TO A
COVE."
_Jim_ (_one of Nature's nobility_). "H'M! P'RAPS!--BUT EGAD! PERSONAL
BEAUTY AIN'T A BAD SUBSTITUTE!"]
[Illustration: _AN UNDESIGNED COINCIDENCE._
TOMKINS RETIRES TO A SECLUDED VILLAGE, THAT HE MAY GROW HIS MOUSTACHES,
AND SO CUT OUT HIS ODIOUS RIVAL, JONES. JONES, IT SO HAPPENS, HAS COME
TO THE SAME PLACE WITH THE SAME OBJECT.--FRIGHTFUL MEETING!]
[Illustration: _GOING TO THE PARK._]
[Illustration: _A LITTLE SHOOTING IN IRELAND._
"NO HIT AGAIN, I'M AFRAID, TIM!"
"O, NIVER MIND, YER 'ONOR! SURE, YE DO IT VERY NIST. THERE'S SOME
JINTLEMEN NOW COMES, AND THEY BLAZE AWAY, AND THEY WOWNDES THE POOR
BIRRDS IN THE LIGS AND THE WINGS, AND SUCH LIKE; BUT YER 'ONOR! O, YE
FIRES, AND FIRES, AND _ALWAYS_ MISSES 'EM _CLANE_ AND _CLEVER_!"]
[Illustration: _LITTLE DINNER AT GREENWICH._
_Fish Swell._ "HERE, WAITAW!--ARE THE WHITEMEN PRETTY GOOD?"]
[Illustration: _AFTER THE BATH._]
[Illustration: _POETRY AND PROSE._
_Blanche._ "OH, IS THERE NOT, DEAR EMILY, SOMETHING, DELICIOUS ABOUT
SPRING?--WE SHALL SOON HAVE ALL THE DEAR LITTLE BIRDS SINGING, AND THE
BANKS AND THE GREEN FIELDS COVERED WITH BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS!"
_Emily._ "OH, YES!--AND WITH IT WILL COME ALL THE NEW BONNET SHAPES
FROM PARIS, AND THE LOVELY NEW PATTERNS FOR MORNING DRESSES!"]
[Illustration: _A HAPPY NOTION._
_Johnny._ "OH, I SAY, GRANMA! S'POSE YOU PRETEND BEING A LITTLE PONY,
AND I RIDE ABOUT ON YOUR BACK ROUND THE SQUARE!"--(_N.B. Granma feels
the heat a good deal._)]
[Illustration: _CRICKET.--CAPITAL PRACTICE FOR THE ROUND BOWLING OF THE
PERIOD._]
[Illustration: _A NICE BRACING DAY AT THE SEA-SIDE_.]
[Illustration: _THE MERMAIDS' HAUNT._]
[Illustration: _QUITE A NEW SENSATION._
_Swell_ (_on top of Omnibus_). "LOOK HERE, GUS, MY BOY! SUCH A CAPITAL
I-DEAW! I RIDE UP AND DOWN FROM BAYSWATER TO THE WHITE CHAPEL AND EAT
PERIWINKLES WITH A PIN!"]
[Illustration: _SPORTING INTELLIGENCE._
MASTER OF FOX HOUNDS PUNCH TAKES COMMAND OF HIS FIELD IN DEFENCE OF HIS
COUNTRY.]
[Illustration: _A CAREFUL RIDER._
"A STILE, EH? AHEM! THAT'S A SORT OF THING THAT REQUIRES A GOOD DEAL OF
JUDGMENT."]
[Illustration: _AT ALDERSHOT--A RATHER DIFFICULT MANOEUVRE._
CLARA AND HARRIET, AND THE TWO NICE GIRLS WHO ARE STAYING WITH THEM,
LED BY MAMMA, GET INTO COUSIN HERBERT'S HUT AND HAVE LUNCH.]
[Illustration: _FANCY SKETCH._