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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.

PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR

MR. PUNCH'S AFTER-DINNER STORIES MR. PUNCH'S AFTER-DINNER STORIES

WITH 155 ILLUSTRATIONS

THE PROPRIETORS OF "PUNCH"

THE EDUCATIONAL BOOK CO. LTD. The Punch Library of Humour

POST-PRANDIAL WIT MR. PUNCH'S AFTER-DINNER STORIES RICE AND PRUNES

Never Speak in a Hurry "WHO PAYS THE PIPER CALLS THE TUNE"

EFFECT OF GOOD CHEER ON OPPOSITE TEMPERAMENTS At the Celestial Restaurant

THE VERB TO DINE

Present Tense

Imperfect Tense Future Tense Perfect Tense Subjunctive Present Subjunctive Imperfect Imperative Infinitive

DISCUSSING AN ABSENT FRIEND "IN CONFIDENCE"

SPECIMENS OF MR. PUNCH'S SIGNATURES!

A SALVE FOR THE CONSCIENCE FELICITOUS QUOTATION PRICE FOR AGE FLUNKEIANA CONCLUSIVE

RAMBLING RONDEAUX

Sufficient Excuse CANDID!

Guests to be Avoided Sectarian

"TO PUT IT BROADLY" THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE LEFT UNSAID A DILEMMA THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE LEFT UNSAID THE RULING PASSION STRONG AT DINNER

CAUSE AND EFFECT A LITTLE DINNER OF THE FUTURE

A BIG ORDER THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE EXPRESSED OTHERWISE

PROVERBS FOR BALL AND DINNER GIVERS THE SIGH OF THE SEASON DINNER PLATITUDES ODE TO A DINNER-GONG

A PIOUS FRAUD! IN THE DAYS OF THE CRINOLINE—DINING UNDER DIFFICULTIES INNOCENTS IN THE CITY

DINNERS AND DINERS

II.

The Business of Pleasure

SYMPATHETIC TRIUMPHS OF THE FUNNY MAN OVERHEARD AT A CITY RESTAURANT IRRESISTIBLE SONGS AND THEIR SINGERS SONGS AND THEIR SINGERS SONGS AND THEIR SINGERS SONGS AND THEIR SINGERS SONGS AND THEIR SINGERS SONGS AND THEIR SINGERS SONGS AND THEIR SINGERS

AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES

SCENE—CHOP-HOUSE

At the Cric-Crac Restaurant An Oversight!

A REBUKE CAUTION A BORN ORATOR (IN THE EAST)

THE DINNER CHAIRMAN'S VADE MECUM

REASSURING BREAKING THE ICE THE WAY WE LIVE NOW THE FIRST ASPARAGUS OF THE SEASON THE GENIAL SEASON

A WAITER'S WARNING

THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE LEFT UNSAID THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE LEFT UNSAID FREAKS OF NATURE A NEW DISH ALARMING SYMPTOMS AFTER EATING BOILED BEEF AND GOOSEBERRY PIE BROWN AND JONES OVER THEIR WINE HEAVY HORRIBLE SUSPICION SELF-EXAMINATION "MELTING!" "PLEASE TO REMEMBER THE WAITER"

DRINKING SCENE OF THE FUTURE

A PERSONAL GRIEVANCE STUDIES IN ANIMAL LIFE

DINING AL FRESCO THE MENU A LA MODE

SMALL SOCIAL AGONIES

THE DIRGE OF THE DINER THE ECONOMICS OF SMOKING PROVERBS FOR TABLE

THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE LEFT UNSAID

SPRING-CLEANING.

GRAND BURNS' FESTIVAL—BROWN ENTERTAINS HIS FRIEND WI' A HAGGIS!

DISCLAIMER BY A DINER-OUT Sympathy

"CRAMMING" SEASONABLE LUXURY COMING OUT AS A CONVERSATIONALIST AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND AN AWFUL CRAMMER THE BETTING EVIL. NOT VERY LIKELY FIGURATIVE BEWILDERING "ON THE FACE OF IT" "ALL THE DIFFERENCE" THE NICE LITTLE DINNER TOO LITERAL BY HALF SAFEST WAY OF TAKING A LADY DOWN TO DINNER SAT UPON IN DESPERATE STRAITS THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE LEFT UNSAID "NOT QUITE THE CHEESE!" THE END