Punch Volume 70 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...no longer by his side; the white, warm, round arms have disappeared. Where is she P" he cries hoarsely, while big, heavy tears temper the blaze of his agonised eyes. A deep groan from below the cliff falls on his ear, and stabs him to the very heart. Is she lost to him--for ever? (To be continued.) - What the Editor lays.--" The suggestion may be feeble, and if so you will forgive it; but haven't we read something like the events of this chapter in an old Nursery book of Rhymes, commencing ' Hi diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle' (which are realised in your old toll-keeper amusing himself in happens to a soup-plate in your novel). We of course see that it might have been a pure accident, and accidents will happen in the best-regulated novels. Don't forget the moral."--Ed. What the Authoress says.--"What are you talking about? Nursery rhyme Nonsense. I never was in the Nursery, and don't suppose I ever read it. Why don't you felicitate me on the 'go-bang' of the whole thing? Unexceptionable Moral coming."--R. D. TALES OF MY LANDLORD. Hit the" House I think of taking is a model and a marvel of domestic modern.-irchitecture, and has been built and fitted up under his own personal and experienced inspection, and with a complete regardlessness of cost. That, to his certain knowlodge, none but the very best materials have been used, and the best workmanship employed in the construction of the dwelling, and that wellnigh every penny expended on the premises has been spent with an eye to durability, convenience and comfort, and not for tricky showiness or deceptive display. That, although my Lease may bind me to pay for all repairs, none can possibly be needed for fourteen years at least; so a moderate calculation of the money...