The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104,April 22, 1893, by VariousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893Author: VariousRelease Date: January 22, 2008 [EBook #24398]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH ***Produced by Lesley Halamek, Juliet Sutherland and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netPunch, or the London CharivariVolume 104, April 22nd 1893edited by Sir Francis BurnandOUR BOOKING-OFFICE.Two gentlemen of artistic and literary attainments, having'The strange sea-creatures which made their appearance.'studied the romances of Victor Hugo for the sake ofbeing inspired by that Grand Old Master's style, "The strange sea-creatures which made their appearance."determined to essay a "thriller" of most tragic type. Thesetwo single authors, Messrs. Wyatt and Ross, being rolledinto one, wanted, like the Pickwickian Fat Boy, "to make our flesh creep." In their one-volume Hugoesque romance, TheEarth Girl, bound in pale grass-green, with blood-red title, they have most unequivocally succeeded. The heroine, TheEarth Girl, who, at the last, is sent back whence she came, and so ends by being the ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893, by Various
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 www.gutenberg.org
Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893
Author: Various
Release Date: January 22, 2008 [EBook #24398]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH ***
Produced by Lesley Halamek, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Edwin Tails-lose, C.B. P.S.—"C.B." is not "Commander of the Bath," but stands for " Cox and Box ," in which piece (have you ever played it? I forget—but how perfect you would be as Sergeant or Corporal Bouncer! ) you will find the immortal quotation which precedes these descriptive initial letters.
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My Dear Mr. Dacre, I have seen your Play, and, since then, I have not seen any other like it. "When will I come again?" To see it twice within a week would be too ecstatic a joy for a dweller—may I say a Liver—in London, who is more at home as one of the Lights of Asia. So, for the present—to paraphrase what I believe were the words of a popular poet whose name has passed from my memory—such, alas! is popularity—I will say to you, "Not to-day. Dacre"—(I fancy the last word was "Baker" in the original Syriac)—but, some other day, when, as one of the Lights aforementioned, I shall, at a Matinée be day-lighted to re-witness your admirable performance. Yours ever most sincerely sincere,