Bart., R.A.

No. 122. _Question of taste_. "Do these trousers go well with my
Academicals? No. So I'll only show just a little bit of 'em, _knee plus
ultra_. That'll please the artist." J. J. SHANNON.

No. 144. "_When Earthly Shapes are wrapped in Gloom._" Miss A.
ALMA-TADEMA.

No. 160. "I blacked my face last night to play the part of a female
Christy Ministrel, and I haven't quite succeeded in getting it off this
morning. Isn't it a pity, eh, Mr. EDWIN WARD?"

No. 162. _The Playful Monster._ C. N. KENNEDY.

No. 164. "_Coming a Quiet Chuckle._" Old Gentleman thinking over a good
story, on which he calculates being asked out for the entire season.
PERCY BIGLAND.

No. 185. _The Ferry._ Charming! Ferry much so. G. H. BOUGHTON, A.R.A.

No. 186. Dialogue overheard in front of this:--

_He._ Is that a portrait?

_She._ Yes; I think so.

_He._ Whose?

_She (after referring to catalogue)._ GEORGE LEWIS.

_He (suddenly, after a pause)._ Who's GEORGE LEWIS?!!!!!

What the reply was we don't know,--the question was too much for us, and
we were caught in an attendant's arms, taken upstairs tenderly, and
treated with care in the refreshment room. Who could imagine such
ignorance possible in this "so-called Nineteenth Century!" "Who is
GEORGE LEWIS!" ... "Ask a policeman."

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MR. PUNCH'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASES.

JOURNALISTIC CRITICISM.

"_This piece must come off at once_;" _i.e._, "I've got one which would
just come in nicely, and could let 'em have it cheap."

"_The dialogue is poor, the plot badly constructed_;" _i.e._, "These are
the two things for which everybody is going to praise this dramatic
author. So I'll have my knife into him."

"_The music is pretty enough, though some of the principal melodies
irresistibly call to mind the popular works of other composers_;"
_i.e._, "He'll be praised for his originality. Bah! I've written things
just as good as these."

"_A most amusing Article, but a little of it goes a long way_;" _i.e._,
Is tired of his subject, and wants to turn his attention to something
else.

SOCIAL.

"_It's a very curious fact_;" _i.e._, "Now to pile on the embroidery."

"_Now, do drop all formality, and look in to dinner quite in a friendly
way. But you must take us just as you find us_;" _i.e._, "It counts as a
formal invitation, and he's sure not to come."

"_You can't come! Oh, I'm so sorry!_" _i.e._, "Didn't even know I'd
asked her."