DOI Heft:
December 4, 1886
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December 4, 1886.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 261
"THE OLD ADAM."
The Minister [coming on them unawares). "E-e-h! Sandy McDougal ! Ah'm sorry to see this ! And you too, Wully ! Fishtn'
o' the Sawbath! Ah thoucht ah'd enstellet better Prenciples-" (A Rise.) " E-e-eh ! Wully, Man!—ye hae 'm !—it's
ENTIL'm ! Haud up yer R-rod, Man—or ye'll lose 'm—tak' oar-r-re !-" [Recollects himself, and walks off.
MR. PUNCH'S REVIEAV.
Mr. Punch's table groans, not under all the
delicacies of the season, but under a pile of
books, which never seems to diminish. Big
Mr. Punch Eeviewing Books,
books and little, heavy literature and light,
all await his notice. No wonder the table
groans, no wonder Mr. Punch groans. He
thinks nothing of reviewing an army; but
when he comes to review books, he puts it off
as long as possible. Tax on books would
doubtless be a good thing. But should know-
ledge be taxed? Are books knowledge?
ihis opens a wide question, so Mr. Punch
? ■Liop?n a ^e book—which is, without
doubt, full of knowledge— The Cruise of the
JUand Yacht, Wanderer, by Dr. Gordon
Stables. There we have the account of thir-
teen hundred miles' travelling in his caravan.
A most delightful way of voyaging, and a
method of living which can never become
vulgarised, as the house-boat stands a very
good chance of. Endless variety, no incon-
siderable amount of adventure, and frequent
change of scene, are the great features of this
book. It abounds in illustrations, and it is
the best book of the kind that has appeared
since Chables Allston Collins's incompar-
able volume, A Cruise upon Wheels._ It was
Collins who may be said to have invented
this system of cruising, more than five-and-
twenty years ago.
Hereis another large volume, The Dogaressa,
by Melmonti—translated by Clare Brune.
It is full of interesting details concerning
the Venice of the past, and Venice past and
present is perhaps the most interesting city
in the world. It also contains a most delight-
ful preface by George Augustus Sala. It
is said prefaces are never read. This will
most assuredly prove a notable exception to
the rule. A capital number is the Century
for December. Notable amid the contents are
the papers relating to Henry Clay, "An
American Beauty," " The Hundredth Man,"
by Prank B. Stockton, and "Old Chelsea"
by Dr. Mabtin. The whole of the illustra-
tions are of unusual excellence. Especially
good are those to the last-named paper by
Mr. Joseph Pennell. '' The Girl in the Brown
Habit," by Mrs. Edwaed Kennard—albeit it
has a little too much "horse" in it—is a
wholesome love-story well told. It would
have been better if it had been shorter.
The Senior Major is another story which
would doubtless gain by being in two volumes
instead of three. However, it is amusing
enough. It is announced as being written by
Philip Gaskell. _ But certain evidences lead
one to imagine it is the work of a lady. It is
quite a new thing^ this strange mania for
Ladies writing stories of military life. Pos-
sibly it has been inspired by the success of
the Author of Booth's Baby. That lady has
just brought out a clever little story called
Mignoris Secret, in which some of the cha-
racters in her former work reappear. It is
lightly touched, and has somewhat a tragic
termination. It is easy to imagine we have
not seen the last of Mignon yet, by a long
way. Regimental infants promise to be as
profitable as Helen's Babies. Manners
Makyth Man is not a book on etiquette. It
is a series of Essays by the Author of Sow
to be Happy though Married. By its study
it will doubless contribute to happiness, even
though the reader may be wedded either to
his own opinions or somebody else's. It will
also he read with considerable pleasure and
profit by the single, and ought to become as
popular as its predecessor. Spoilt by Matri-
mony, by E. Jahn, is another view of a
popular institution which those desiring to view
both sides of the question should not neglect
to peruse.
When Mr. Toole reappears at his own little
House of Entertainment, his first piece will be
The Butler ; to which performance it is pro-
bable Mr. Punch will devote one of his Pages.
"What celebrated ruin does an irritable
French clergyman represent ? Kettley Abbe.
"THE OLD ADAM."
The Minister [coming on them unawares). "E-e-h! Sandy McDougal ! Ah'm sorry to see this ! And you too, Wully ! Fishtn'
o' the Sawbath! Ah thoucht ah'd enstellet better Prenciples-" (A Rise.) " E-e-eh ! Wully, Man!—ye hae 'm !—it's
ENTIL'm ! Haud up yer R-rod, Man—or ye'll lose 'm—tak' oar-r-re !-" [Recollects himself, and walks off.
MR. PUNCH'S REVIEAV.
Mr. Punch's table groans, not under all the
delicacies of the season, but under a pile of
books, which never seems to diminish. Big
Mr. Punch Eeviewing Books,
books and little, heavy literature and light,
all await his notice. No wonder the table
groans, no wonder Mr. Punch groans. He
thinks nothing of reviewing an army; but
when he comes to review books, he puts it off
as long as possible. Tax on books would
doubtless be a good thing. But should know-
ledge be taxed? Are books knowledge?
ihis opens a wide question, so Mr. Punch
? ■Liop?n a ^e book—which is, without
doubt, full of knowledge— The Cruise of the
JUand Yacht, Wanderer, by Dr. Gordon
Stables. There we have the account of thir-
teen hundred miles' travelling in his caravan.
A most delightful way of voyaging, and a
method of living which can never become
vulgarised, as the house-boat stands a very
good chance of. Endless variety, no incon-
siderable amount of adventure, and frequent
change of scene, are the great features of this
book. It abounds in illustrations, and it is
the best book of the kind that has appeared
since Chables Allston Collins's incompar-
able volume, A Cruise upon Wheels._ It was
Collins who may be said to have invented
this system of cruising, more than five-and-
twenty years ago.
Hereis another large volume, The Dogaressa,
by Melmonti—translated by Clare Brune.
It is full of interesting details concerning
the Venice of the past, and Venice past and
present is perhaps the most interesting city
in the world. It also contains a most delight-
ful preface by George Augustus Sala. It
is said prefaces are never read. This will
most assuredly prove a notable exception to
the rule. A capital number is the Century
for December. Notable amid the contents are
the papers relating to Henry Clay, "An
American Beauty," " The Hundredth Man,"
by Prank B. Stockton, and "Old Chelsea"
by Dr. Mabtin. The whole of the illustra-
tions are of unusual excellence. Especially
good are those to the last-named paper by
Mr. Joseph Pennell. '' The Girl in the Brown
Habit," by Mrs. Edwaed Kennard—albeit it
has a little too much "horse" in it—is a
wholesome love-story well told. It would
have been better if it had been shorter.
The Senior Major is another story which
would doubtless gain by being in two volumes
instead of three. However, it is amusing
enough. It is announced as being written by
Philip Gaskell. _ But certain evidences lead
one to imagine it is the work of a lady. It is
quite a new thing^ this strange mania for
Ladies writing stories of military life. Pos-
sibly it has been inspired by the success of
the Author of Booth's Baby. That lady has
just brought out a clever little story called
Mignoris Secret, in which some of the cha-
racters in her former work reappear. It is
lightly touched, and has somewhat a tragic
termination. It is easy to imagine we have
not seen the last of Mignon yet, by a long
way. Regimental infants promise to be as
profitable as Helen's Babies. Manners
Makyth Man is not a book on etiquette. It
is a series of Essays by the Author of Sow
to be Happy though Married. By its study
it will doubless contribute to happiness, even
though the reader may be wedded either to
his own opinions or somebody else's. It will
also he read with considerable pleasure and
profit by the single, and ought to become as
popular as its predecessor. Spoilt by Matri-
mony, by E. Jahn, is another view of a
popular institution which those desiring to view
both sides of the question should not neglect
to peruse.
When Mr. Toole reappears at his own little
House of Entertainment, his first piece will be
The Butler ; to which performance it is pro-
bable Mr. Punch will devote one of his Pages.
"What celebrated ruin does an irritable
French clergyman represent ? Kettley Abbe.