times "Buttons."_

Mrs. BENIGMA BROWN.-- _Rib of John Brown, Esq.-- Ruler of his roast
and boiled._

Miss JEMIMA BROWN. } _Eligible Young Ladies-- very so--
to any one inclined to a
Miss ANGELINA BROWN. } matter-o'-money-all alliance._

Lady LUCRETIA DE CAMP.-- _Spouse of "the Captain;" Lady in her own
right (and wrong)._

DEBORAH STRAP.-- _(Consort of T. S. above) Pue-packer at St. Stiff's
the Martyr._

_Guests, Cooks, Maids, Lanthorn-bearers, extra Flunkeys, Police,
&c., &c., &c., &c._

SCENE.-- _Victoria and Albert Villas, Mizzlington, near London._

TIME.-- _Christmas._

List of Plates.
PAGE

John Brown, Esq., as he appeared every Evening _Frontispiece._

The Carol--"Tidings of Comfort and Joy!" 1

The Waits serenading Victoria and Albert Villas 5

Christmas Eve--The Market--Brown buying Holly 13

Christmas Dinners--Good Living, at least, Once a Year 18

The Pudding, as it ought to have appeared 23

Bringing in the Yule-log 25

Boxing-day--The Beadle offended 28

The Pantomime--"Here we are again!" 34

The Compliments of the Season (a cold) 40

The Quadrille--Cavalier seul 57

The Stair-case--Captain de Camp and the Wall-flower 63

Forfeits--The Double Toilet 80

The Christmas Tree--Presentation of Fruit 83

Mummery--Trick of the Old Dame 84

Kitchen Conversation 92

[Illustration: THE CAROL.
"TIDINGS OF COMFORT & JOY."]

[Illustration: CHRISTMAS
COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR]

Very cold, very bleak; the thermometer and snow are falling fast; eggs
and suet are rising faster; everything at this season is "prized," and
everybody apprizes everybody else of the good they wish them,--"A MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Even the shivering caroller, for "it is
a poor heart that never rejoices," is yelling forth the "tidings of
comfort and joy." The snow that descends, making park and common
alike--topping palace and pigsty, now crowns the semi-detached villas,
Victoria a