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    Mr. Punch in Bohemia
    Mr. Punch in Bohemia
    Mr. Punch in Bohemia
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    Mr. Punch in Bohemia

    By John Alexander Hammerton

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Mr. Punch in Bohemia - John Alexander Hammerton

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mr. Punch in Bohemia, by Various

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      Title: Mr. Punch in Bohemia

      Author: Various

      Editor: J. A. Hammerton

      Illustrator: Various

      Release Date: April 14, 2011 [EBook #35874]

      Language: English

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      TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.

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      MR. PUNCH IN BOHEMIA

      PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR

      Edited by J. A. Hammerton

      Designed to provide in a series of volumes, each complete in itself, the cream of our national humour, contributed by the masters of comic draughtsmanship and the leading wits of the age to Punch, from its beginning in 1841 to the present day.

      SHAKSPEARE ILLUSTRATED

      "Tedious as a twice-told tale,

      Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man."

      King John. Act III., Sc. 4.

      MR. PUNCH IN BOHEMIA

      OR THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LITERARY, ARTISTIC

      AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE

      AS PICTURED BY

      PHIL MAY,

      CHARLES KEENE,

      GEORGE DU MAURIER,

      DUDLEY HARDY,

      FRED PEGRAM,

      F. H. TOWNSEND,

      LEWIS

      BAUMER,

      L. RAVEN-HILL,

      J. BERNARD PARTRIDGE,

      E. T. REED,

      H. M. BROCK,

      C. E. BROCK,

      TOM BROWNE,

      GUNNING KING,

      HARRY FURNISS,

      A. WALLIS MILLS,

      G. L. STAMPA,

      AND OTHERS

      156 ILLUSTRATIONS

      PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PROPRIETORS OF PUNCH

      THE EDUCATIONAL BOOK CO. LTD.

      The Punch library of Humour

      Twenty-five Volumes, crown 8vo, 192 pages fully illustrated

      LIFE IN LONDON

      COUNTRY LIFE

      IN THE HIGHLANDS

      SCOTTISH HUMOUR

      IRISH HUMOUR

      COCKNEY HUMOUR

      IN SOCIETY

      AFTER DINNER STORIES

      IN BOHEMIA

      AT THE PLAY

      MR. PUNCH AT HOME

      ON THE CONTINONG

      RAILWAY BOOK

      AT THE SEASIDE

      MR. PUNCH AFLOAT

      IN THE HUNTING FIELD

      MR. PUNCH ON TOUR

      WITH ROD AND GUN

      MR. PUNCH AWHEEL

      BOOK OF SPORTS

      GOLF STORIES

      IN WIG AND GOWN

      ON THE WARPATH

      BOOK OF LOVE

      WITH THE CHILDREN

      THE WAY TO BOHEMIA

      Time was when Bohemianism was synonymous with soiled linen and unkempt locks. But those days of the ragged Bohemia have happily passed away, and that land of unconventional life—which had finally grown conventional in its characteristics—has now become a sphere of influence of Modern Society! In a word, it is now respectable. There are those who firmly believe it has been wiped off the social map. The dress suit and the proprieties are thought by some to be incompatible with its existence. But it is not so; the new Bohemia is surely no less delightful than the old. The way to it is through the doors of almost any of the well-known literary and art clubs of London. Its inhabitants are our artists, our men of letters, our musicians, and, above all, our actors.

      In the present volume we are under the guidance of Mr. Punch, himself the very flower of London's Bohemia, into this land of light-hearted laughter and the free-and-easy manner of living. We shall follow him chiefly through the haunts of the knights of the pen and pencil, as we have another engagement to spend some agreeable hours with him in the theatrical and musical world. It should be noted, however, that we shall not be limited to what has been called Upper Bohemia, but that we shall, thanks to his vast experience, be able to peep both at the old and new.

      Easily first amongst the artists who have depicted the humours of Bohemia is Phil May. Keene and Du Maurier run him close, but their Bohemia is on the whole more artistic, less breezily, raggedly, hungrily unconventional than his. It is a subject that has inspired him with some of his best jokes, and some of his finest drawings.

      MR. PUNCH IN BOHEMIA

      The Invalid Author.—Wife. Why, nurse is reading a book, darling! Who gave it her? Husband. "I did, my dear." Wife. What book is it? Husband. It's my last. Wife. "Darling! When you knew how important it is that she shouldn't go to sleep!"

      A Bookworm's Observation.—When a man has got turned of 70, he is in the appendix of life.

      Table of Contents.—The dinner table.

      THE GRUB AND THE BUTTERFLY

      I.

      "All right, sir. I'll just wash 'er

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