ds from his open window, and go out for a
cruise? He looks happy, but puzzled.

[Illustration: No. 543. _The_ Picture of the Year. Lamp-light reading;
or, Mr. Punch among the Pretty Pets. "_Dulce est dissipere in joco_."
H. H. La Thangue.]

No. 167. _The Right Hon. H. H. Fowler, M.P._ "Presentation Portrait,"
painted by ARTHUR S. COPE. "When the Right Hon. Gentleman rose to
speak, the House, with the exception of a clerk at the table and
two small boys (whose presence within the precincts has never been
satisfactorily accounted for) was empty."--_Extract from The Imaginary
Times Parliamentary Report of that date._

No. 350. _Mrs. Keeley at the age of Eighty-six._ Looking so well and
sprightly, that the Artist must have been at considerable pains to
induce her to sit still just one moment for her portrait. Long may she
remain with us! Our compliments to the Artist, JULIA B. FOLKARD.

No. 434. Mr. SOMERSCALES has given us the best sea-piece of the year.
It shows a "_Corvette shortening sail to pick up a shipwrecked crew_."
"A sale in sight appeared!"--and as the picture, so it is said, was
immediately sold, so also were those who came too late to make a bid.

No. 524. _Gentleman writing._ "A nice quiet corner for a little
composition away from all those speaking likenesses." J. W. FORSTER.

No. 533. This is a sad-looking little girl, painted by WILLIAM CARTER.
She has an unsettled expression. Is she suffering from what the Clown
calls "teezy-weezies-in-the-pandenoodles," and, as Sir JOHN MILLAIS'S
"_Bubbles_" served P**RS for an advertisement, is it beyond the range
of probability that this, being associated with the name of "CARTER,"
should be intended as a pictorial advertisement for the well-known
"L-ttle L-v-r P-lls"?

No. 535. Portrait (presumably) of _C. R. Fletcher Lutwidge, Esq._ By
ST. GEORGE HARE. Ha! Ha! Ha! By St. George you Ha're bound to laugh
directly you look at it. You can't help it. "C. R. F. L." is chuckling
to himself and saying, "Ha! Ha! I've just thought of _such_ a funny
thing! Ha! Ha! Ha!" And he _is_ enjoying it so! As the song says, "O
Mister (I forget the name), what a funny little man you are!"

No. 553. This, by Mr. MARKHAM SKIPWORTH, is a portrait of _Dr. E. Ker
Gray, LL.D_ of St. George's Chapel, Mayfair. "KER GRAY!" it ought to
be "Ker Scarlet."

No. 862. _Portrait of a Gentleman_, by PHIL R. MORRIS, A. The
Portrait, annoyed at being next to SIDNEY COOPER'S, R A., "_Be it ever
so