tailieunhanh - The History of "Punch"

The prevailing idea of the origin and history of Punch has hitherto rested mainly on three productions: the "Memories" of George Hodder, "Mr. Punch's Origin and Career," and Mr. Joseph Hatton's delightful but fragmentary papers, entitled "The True Story of Punch." So far as the last-named is based upon the others, it is untrustworthy in its details; but the statements founded on the writer's own knowledge and on the documentary matter in his hands, as well as upon his intimacy with Mark Lemon, possess a distinct and individual value, and I have not failed to avail myself in the following pages of Mr. Hatton's courteous permission. | 1 CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. The History of Punch by M. H. Spielmann 2 CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. The History of Punch by M. H. Spielmann The Project Gutenberg eBook The History of Punch by M. H. Spielmann This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The History of Punch Author M. H. Spielmann Release Date December 17 2007 eBook 23881 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY OF PUNCH E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer Janet Blenkinship and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team http Note Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See or http dirs 2 3 8 8 23881 23881-h or http dirs 2 3 8 8 23881 Transcriber s note An equal sign and a letter enclosed within square brackets indicates the letter has a macron. For example i indicates i-macron. Text enclosed between equal signs was in bold face in the original. The History of Punch by M. H. Spielmann THE HISTORY OF PUNCH 3 by M. H. SPIELMANN With Numerous Illustrations Cassell and Company Limited London Paris Melbourne 1895 All Rights Reserved Illustration THE .