"There is a journal in London which has the impertinence to
call itself _The Nation_, but ... it does not represent the
merest fraction of our countrymen."
Mr. SHORTER's own paper is called, more modestly, _The Sphere_.
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[Illustration: THE FUTURE OF BRITISH BOXING.
_Rough_ (_to policeman who has knocked him down_). "WELL, IT'S WORF
IT. TO ME BELONGS THE CREDIT OF 'AVIN' DISCOVERED A BLOOMIN' WHITE
'OPE."]
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[Illustration: GETTING USED TO THE "SMILING EXPRESSION."
OUR SUGGESTION FOR A SYSTEM OF ADVANCED PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR PRUSSIAN
OFFICERS BEFORE TAKING UP COMMANDS IN THE ALSATIAN DISTRICT, WHERE THE
POPULACE IS SAID TO BE ADDICTED TO HUMOUR.]
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