rather from earnestness, straightforwardness, and
elevation of sentiment, than from sparkling or elaborate rhetoric, give
a man a position in the House of Commons which leaves him little in
need of such other gifts as we have mentioned."--_Standard, Dec. 30._

[Illustration:
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
"10 TO 1 ON URGENCY!"]

[Illustration:
SIR P. O'BRIEN.
"SIR P. O'BRIEN INVOKES THE DIVINE SARAH."]

[Illustration:
WM. WOODALL.
"NINE TIMES BEFORE IT BURST!"]

[Illustration:
SIR G. O. TREVELYAN.
"TEMPORARY RETIREMENT."]

[Illustration:
W. H. SMITH.
"FANCY GERMAN PORTRAIT OF GENERAL SIR SMITH,
THE BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR."

THE REALITY--
"W. H. SMITH, ESQ., WAR OFFICE."]

[Illustration:
DR. TANNER.
"IT'S NO PLACE FOR IRISHMEN!"]

[Illustration:
J. J. O'KELLY.
"THE O'KELLY!"]

[Illustration:
C. A. V. CONYBEARE.
"CONNYBEARE HIM!"
(SCOTCH JOKE.)]

[Illustration:
SIR ROBERT PEEL.
"WENT WRONG ON THE HOME-RULE QUESTION."]

[Illustration:
E. HENEAGE.
"ANY AGE YOU LIKE."]

[Illustration:
G. O. MORGAN.
"A BARD."]

[Illustration:
BARON DE WORMS.
"THAT'S THE DIET FOR WORMS."]

[Illustration:
H. CECIL RAIKES AND SIR LYON PLAYFAIR.
"MEMBERS WHO HAVE PASSED THE CHAIR."]

[Illustration:
PROFESSOR ROGERS.
"A CLASSIC TONE TO CONVERSATION."]

[Illustration:
J. G. BIGGAR.
"I'M AGIN REPRESSION ANYWHERE."]

[Illustration:
G. J. GOSCHEN.
"A PUZZLE TO HIMSELF."]

[Illustration:
W. V. HARCOURT. J. CHAMBERLAIN.
THE ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE.
(From a report by _Our Young Man_.)]

[Illustration:
G. HOWELL.
"URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE."]

[Illustration:
W. R. CREMER.
"AMENDMENT REJECTED."]

[Illustration:
J. LEICESTER.
"SO EXCITED."]

[Illustration:
E. H. PICKERSGILL.
"HAS HIS EYE UPON HIM."]

[Illustration:
JOSEPH ARCH.
"BUT SICK IN THE SOWL."]

[Illustration:
C. FENWICK AND T. BURT.
"THE WAIL OF MESSRS. FENWICK AND BURT."]

[Illustration:
J. A. PICTON.
[TOBY HAS MANY SELECT PORTRAITS IN HIS ALBUM,
BUT THIS IS A PICTON.]]

[Illustration:
J. O'CONNOR.
"A NOTE OF ADMIRATION!"]

[Illustration:
J. A. JACOBY.
"CAN'T HELP SMILING."]

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