THE IMPERIAL INFANTICIDE.

Yours, etc.,An Ordinary Englishman.

Yours, etc.,

An Ordinary Englishman.

instructing recruits in signallingOfficer (instructing recruits in signalling)."Didn't you get that message?"Recruit."Yes, Sir: 'Three Taubs and a Zeplin comin' over the 'ill.'"Officer."Then why the deuce didn't you send it on?"Recruit."Well, Sir, I couldn't 'ardly believe it."

Officer (instructing recruits in signalling)."Didn't you get that message?"

Recruit."Yes, Sir: 'Three Taubs and a Zeplin comin' over the 'ill.'"

Officer."Then why the deuce didn't you send it on?"

Recruit."Well, Sir, I couldn't 'ardly believe it."

"The Surveyor reported that the owners of the manure heaps by the Recreation Ground Tennis Courts had by now been covered over with seaweed, etc., thus complying with the Council's wishes."—Barmouth Advertiser.

We hope this will be a lesson to them.

The usual formula for beginning a letter is thus neatly rendered by a Hottentot Boy:—

"As I have a line to state just to let you know that I am still soluberious under the superiority of the Supreme-Being, hoping to hear the same likewise from you."

We recommend it very heartily as a good opening for New Year's Eve correspondence.

It was a mighty EmperorOf ancient pedigreeWho said, "The future of our raceLies on the rolling sea!"And straightway laboured to fulfilHis royal guarantee.And when the Day had dawned, for whichHe long had toiled and planned,Unto his Grand High AdmiralHe issued his command:"Go forth, and smite the enemyUpon his native strand."Sailing by night and veiled in mist,His swiftest ships of warRained death on two defenceless townsFor half an hour or more,Till they had slain and wounded babesAnd women by the score.The Fatherland was filled with joyBy this heroic deed;It gloated o'er the slaughtered babesOf Albion's hated breed;And Iron Crosses fell in showersOn those who'd made them bleed.But honest neutrals everywhereWere sickened and dismayed;The Turk, not squeamish as a rule,No special glee betrayed;And even Mr.Bernard ShawFailed to defend the raid!Then more in sorrow than in wrathTheEmperormade moan:"Though martyred and misunderstoodI tread my way alone,At least I have the sympathyOf God on His high throne."Then from the pillar and the cloudCame accents clear and plain:"The Massacre of InnocentsPasses the guilt ofCain;And those who sin withHerodearnHis everlasting stain."

It was a mighty EmperorOf ancient pedigreeWho said, "The future of our raceLies on the rolling sea!"And straightway laboured to fulfilHis royal guarantee.

It was a mighty Emperor

Of ancient pedigree

Who said, "The future of our race

Lies on the rolling sea!"

And straightway laboured to fulfil

His royal guarantee.

And when the Day had dawned, for whichHe long had toiled and planned,Unto his Grand High AdmiralHe issued his command:"Go forth, and smite the enemyUpon his native strand."

And when the Day had dawned, for which

He long had toiled and planned,

Unto his Grand High Admiral

He issued his command:

"Go forth, and smite the enemy

Upon his native strand."

Sailing by night and veiled in mist,His swiftest ships of warRained death on two defenceless townsFor half an hour or more,Till they had slain and wounded babesAnd women by the score.

Sailing by night and veiled in mist,

His swiftest ships of war

Rained death on two defenceless towns

For half an hour or more,

Till they had slain and wounded babes

And women by the score.

The Fatherland was filled with joyBy this heroic deed;It gloated o'er the slaughtered babesOf Albion's hated breed;And Iron Crosses fell in showersOn those who'd made them bleed.

The Fatherland was filled with joy

By this heroic deed;

It gloated o'er the slaughtered babes

Of Albion's hated breed;

And Iron Crosses fell in showers

On those who'd made them bleed.

But honest neutrals everywhereWere sickened and dismayed;The Turk, not squeamish as a rule,No special glee betrayed;And even Mr.Bernard ShawFailed to defend the raid!

But honest neutrals everywhere

Were sickened and dismayed;

The Turk, not squeamish as a rule,

No special glee betrayed;

And even Mr.Bernard Shaw

Failed to defend the raid!

Then more in sorrow than in wrathTheEmperormade moan:"Though martyred and misunderstoodI tread my way alone,At least I have the sympathyOf God on His high throne."

Then more in sorrow than in wrath

TheEmperormade moan:

"Though martyred and misunderstood

I tread my way alone,

At least I have the sympathy

Of God on His high throne."

Then from the pillar and the cloudCame accents clear and plain:"The Massacre of InnocentsPasses the guilt ofCain;And those who sin withHerodearnHis everlasting stain."

Then from the pillar and the cloud

Came accents clear and plain:

"The Massacre of Innocents

Passes the guilt ofCain;

And those who sin withHerodearn

His everlasting stain."

Two announcements at Hereford:—

"Cathedral Service, Sunday, Dec. 13th.Preacher: Rev. H. M. Spooner.Baptist Chapel.Lecture: 'Slips of Speech and Trips in Type.'"

"Cathedral Service, Sunday, Dec. 13th.Preacher: Rev. H. M. Spooner.

"Cathedral Service, Sunday, Dec. 13th.

Preacher: Rev. H. M. Spooner.

Baptist Chapel.Lecture: 'Slips of Speech and Trips in Type.'"

Baptist Chapel.

Lecture: 'Slips of Speech and Trips in Type.'"

"Yes," said the President of New College on his way to the Cathedral, "I know something about slips of speech, but whataretips in tripe?"

THE NEW ARMY TO THE FRONTTHE NEW ARMY TO THE FRONT.

(Extract from a Report by the German Admiral.)

Battle-cruiser"Von Herod."

Sir,—With regard to the recent magnificent and hoch-compelling exploit of the Imperial Squadron I have the honour to report as follows:—

Our battle-cruisers sighted the strongly-fortified sea-coast town of Little Shrimpington about 12.45, and at once opened a devastating fire. A hostile abbey, situated in a commanding position at the cliff top, and quite unmistakable (as at Whitby), was the first to fall. The shelling of this edifice, to which I learn that the Christians attach considerable importance, for some reason that I am unable to comprehend, cannot fail to produce lively satisfaction among our brave allies at Constantinople.

Next turning our guns upon the golf links, in fifteen rounds we put out of action a nine-hole course for ladies. Much confusion was observed here amongst the enemy; the presence of troops being proved by the movement of several bodies in bright scarlet. It is conjectured from this that the supply of khaki is already exhausted.

Magnificent execution was done upon the extensive sand castles with which the foreshore was covered, and for which indeed it is renowned throughout the island. Our heavy armament was in every case enabled to demolish these, at the same time slaughtering the children and nurses responsible for them. It is to be admitted however that at a more favourable season of the year the execution here, good as it was, would have been considerably better.

Altogether some five hundred shells were fired, as recently at Scarborough, and there can be no doubt that the enemy's casualties, in women especially, must be very considerable. In addition, he is known to have lost heavily in bathing-machines, and several super-rowing boats were seen to sink at their moorings.

Throughout the action the entire absence of any return fire had a most heartening effect upon the personnel of the Imperial fleet, who were thus enabled to work under what may be called conditions ideal to the German fighting spirit. I cannot refrain from expressing my sense of how greatly the magnificent result of the action was due to the patriotic foresight of my chief officer, Fire-direktor Von Ketch, who, having met with a motor accident when touring in England so lately as last spring at the gates of Shrimpington Hall, had the good fortune to be the guest for several weeks of the Frau Squire and her daughters. Not only was the information thus obtained of the greatest assistance in the general conduct of the operations, but we were enabled to place our first six-inch shell exactly on the dining-room of the Hall at an hour when the occupants were almost certainly assembled for lunch.

The entire action occupied twenty-five minutes, and concluded with the approach of the British patrol, when, acting in accordance with the dictates of Imperial policy, we ran like hares. So satisfactory has been this glorious and civilian-sanguinary encounter that our brave fellows are now eager to try conclusions with the bath-chairs of Bournemouth or the lobster-pots of Llandudno. It is indeed with true sentiments of fraternal pride that the Imperial Navy is now able to place the torn fragments of the Hague Convention beside those of the Treaties so gloriously deleted by our brothers of the Imperial Army.

I have the honour to be, Sir, etc., etc.

to Captain who has just bought a new motor-hornFirst Urchin (to Captain who has just bought a new motor-horn)."Carry yer parcel, Colonel?"Second ditto (in a hoarse whisper)."Garn! Can't yer see 'e's a bugler?"

First Urchin (to Captain who has just bought a new motor-horn)."Carry yer parcel, Colonel?"

Second ditto (in a hoarse whisper)."Garn! Can't yer see 'e's a bugler?"

"Note.—A kilometre is, roughly, five-fifths of a mile."—Newcastle Evening Chronicle.

The Press Bureau, while not objecting....

Victorine, our new general, is a Belgian refugee. She was naturally somewhat broken in spirit on first entering our establishment, but as the days went by she became happier, and so enterprising and ingratiating that we hastened to smother in its infancy a shameful doubt as to whether or not we had introduced into our sympathetic bosoms a potential viper. Morning, noon and night there was continuous scrubbing, polishing and beeswaxing; at all moments one was meeting a pink and breathless Victorine, and the house echoed to an interminable stream of information in the French tongue.

At mealtime, the verdict having been duly pronounced on each successive dish, Victorine would stand by while we ate, and unburden herself confidentially. 'Mon mari' (Jean Baptiste, a co-refugee who had searched all London for a place asvalet de chambre) was lightly touched upon. Belgium was described in glowing terms, a land of wonders we had not dreamt of.

"Miss will not believe me, but when first we arrive in England all the world cries, 'Oh! regard then the little sheep!' For Mademoiselle must know that in Belgium the sheep are high and big as that" (Victorine sketches in the air the dimensions of a good-sized donkey). "Monsieur mocks himself of me? Monsieur should visit mypayswhere dwell the sheep of a bigness and a fatness to rejoice the heart, and whose wool is of a softness incredible; Monsieur would not then smile thus in his beard." Victorine assumes an attitude of virtuous indignation, disturbed by the ringing of the telephone bell.

"I save myself," she murmurs.

Through the half-open door we hear as usual only scraps of dialogue, all on one side, and very unsatisfying.

"Alloa! J'écoute! Madame, je ne parle que le français—hein?" Long pause. "Alloa! Alloa!" Victorine rattles the instrument impatiently. "Ah! ça y est! Si Madame désire que j'appelle Miss——? Quel nom? Hein? Meesus Tsch—arch—kott. Mon Dieu——"

Victorine lays down the receiver and comes back flushed into the room.

"C'est Meesus Arch-tsch-kott qui demande Miss au téléphone. She desire to know if Miss will take the dinner with her. Are they difficult these English names!"

But English names are not Victorine's sole difficulty. She wrestles (mentally) from time to time with the butcher and the baker and the milkman. The milkman, it seems, is "un peu fou." Victorine greets him in the mornings in voluble French, and he in return bows elaborately and pretends to drop the milk. We have watched the process from an upper window. Victorine takes a step backward, her hand flies to her heart, and, as she afterwards informs us, "her blood gives but a turn" at this exhibition of British wit. We have been wondering whether it would be judicious to teach her to say, "Get along with yer."

She is very prolific in "ideas," and seems to be chiefly inspired when engaged in the uncongenial pastime of cleaning the grate.

"Know you, Miss, that I have an idea, me?"

"No, really, Victorine."

"Yes," says Victorine, mournfully shaking her head, "but only an idea." Victorine lays down her implements and places her hands on her hips. "If," she says slowly, "this Meesus Schmeet who was with Mr. and Miss before my arrival was a German spy, hein?"

"But why, Victorine?"

Victorine assumes an air of owl-like wisdom.

"See here," she says, placing the forefinger of one hand on the thumb of the other, "first she depart to care for the niece who is suffering—it is generally the mother, but that imports not. Then," counting along her fingers, "during three months she is absent, and, thirdly," sinking her voice, "she sends for hermalles, which contain doubtless—who knows?—plans of London, designs of the fortresses, and perhaps a telegraphy without wires—Marconi, what do I know? Mademoiselle must admit that it has the air droll?"

We do our best to allay Victorine's anxiety. She however is not at all convinced, and evidently reserves to herself full liberty of action to protect us from German espionage and the effects of our own guilelessness at a later date.

In the rare moments when not at work she is pensive, but her imagination is by no means at rest. She gazes languidly out of the window into "ce brouillard," as she fondly calls a slight morning mist. The sparrows interest her.

"See, Miss, a sparrow who carries a piece of bread big as a house; is it then an English sparrow that accomplishes such prodigies?"

Not quite fathoming the drift of Victorine's meditations we suggest that it is perhaps a Belgian refugee sparrow, at which her amusement is so intense that she is obliged to leave the room.

Sometimes her fancy takes great flights, for she is veryhigh-minded.Her weekly bath gives rise to much lofty philosophical reflection, and she has come to the firm conclusion that it is "mieux que manger." Also she has great taste, of which she occasionally gives us the benefit. She laughs scornfully at certainobjets d'artand praises others. Ornaments, if they meet with her approval, are arranged in rigid lines of continuous beauty, less favoured ones being pushed into the background, and books are disposed with assumed carelessness in thoughtful postures. Though it is plain she thinks little of our taste in general, her disapproval is usually silent. It is therefore with almost choking pride that we receive her praise, though it is often, we fear, of a disingenuous nature.

"It is plain that Miss has the eye artistic: that sees itself well in the new basin she has bought to replace the one that fell by hazard and burst itself. Monsieur also has the eye straight. In effect the picture there that Monsieur designs is of a justness, but of a justness! One would say the place itself," leaning back and half closing her eyes. "In Belgium could it not be better done. No. It is I, Victorine, who say it. If Monsieur has the false digestion, by contrary it is evident that he has the head solid."

But Victorine has a fault dark and grievous in the British eye. She jibs at fresh air.

"Surely Mr., and above all Miss, will take a congestion with the window grand-open of that fashion? As for me I have the neuralgias to make fear! Figure to yourself that in the kitchen the three windows (where one would well suffice, go) if open make to pass a hurricane!"

A short lecture follows, in which the ill effects of stuffiness are pointed out, and Victorine is reduced to unconvinced and mutinous silence. As the days pass a little acquiescence in "cette manie pour les courants d'air" is visible, but at the slightest approach of cold every aperture through which air may possibly find its way is surreptitiously closed, and it is only when she is out with her husband taking a walk or refreshing the inner man in a "café" with "un peu de stoot" that we can penetrate by stealth into her bedroom and air it.

Jean Baptiste is for the moment in disgrace because he has not been to see Victorine for a week. He is threatened with all sorts of penalties when he finally decides to present himself. Primarily Victorine is going to present him withsavon, which appears in the vernacular to be the Belgian equivalent for beans. She is also going to wash him the head.

what are you doing for the country?First Old Dame."Well, my dear, and what are you doing for the country?"Second ditto."I am knitting socks for the troops."First Old Dame (robustly)."Knitting!Iam learning to shoot!"

First Old Dame."Well, my dear, and what are you doing for the country?"

Second ditto."I am knitting socks for the troops."

First Old Dame (robustly)."Knitting!Iam learning to shoot!"

(By Mr. Punch's Staff of Learned Clerks.)

Sir John Lubbock, whose Life, by Mr.Horace Hutchinson, Macmillanpublishes in two volumes, was one of the most honourable men who figured in public life during the last half-century. He was also one of the most widely honoured. Under his name on the title-page of the book appears a prodigious paragraph in small type enumerating the high distinctions bestowed upon him by British and foreign literary and scientific bodies. Forestalling the leisure of a bank-holiday I have counted the list and find it contains no fewer than fifty-two high distinctions, one for every week of the year. These were won not by striking genius or brilliant talent. SirJohn Lubbock, to preserve a name which the crowning honour of the peerage did not displace in the public mind, was by nature and daily habit constitutionally industrious. After Eton he joined his father's banking business. In his diary under date Christmas Day, 1852, being the nineteenth year of his age, he gives an account of how he spends his day. It is too long to quote, but, beginning by "getting up at half-past six," it includes steady reading in natural history, poetry, political economy, science, mathematics and German. Breakfast, luncheon and tea are mentioned in due course; but there is no reference to dinner or supper. These functions were doubtless regarded by the young student as frivolous waste of time.

I knewLubbockpersonally during his long membership of the House of Commons. He had neither grace of diction nor charm of oratory. But he had a way of getting Bills through all their stages which exceeded the average attained by more attractive speakers. In his references to Parliamentary life he mentions thatGladstone, when he proposed to abolish the Income Tax, told him that he intended to meet the deficiency partly by increase of the death duties. That was a fundamental principle of the Budget LordRandolph Churchillprepared during his brief Chancellorship of the Exchequer. It was left to SirWilliam Harcourtto realise the fascinating scheme, later to be extended by Mr.Lloyd George. Another of LordRandolph'spersonally unfulfilled schemes was the introduction of one-pound notes. In a letter dated 16th December, 1886, he confidentially communicated his project toLubbock. When his book reaches its second edition Mr.Hutchinsonwill have an opportunity of correcting a misapprehension set forth on page 48. He writes that, on June 21st, 1895, "all were startled by an announcement that Mr.Gladstonehad resigned and that Parliament was to be dissolved." The surprise was not unnatural since LordRoseberywas Prime Minister at this memorable crisis.

I can see some good in most people, but none whatever in those chairmen of meetings who, being put up to introduce distinguished speakers, thoroughly well worth listeningto, feel called upon to delay matters by making lengthy speeches themselves. I propose to be quite brief in announcingProfessor Stephen LeacockonArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich(Lane). Conceive this arch-humourist let loose, if so rough a term may be applied to so delicate a wit, among the sordid and fleshly plutocracy of a progressive American city; imagine his polished satire expending itself on such playful themes as the running of fashionable churches on strictly commercial lines, dogma and ritualism being so directed and adapted as to leave the largest possible dividends on the Special Offertory Cumulative Stock, and your appetite will be whetted for an intellectual feast of the most delicious flavour. For myself, I found a certain quiet but intense delight in the first five stories, episodes in the lives of individual billionaires; but when I came to the last three, which dealt with the class as a collective whole, then I became frankly and noisily hilarious. I am not given to being tiresome in the reading-room; it is another of the unforgivable offences; but I defy any man of intelligence to read those chapters and retain even a fair remnant of self-control.

The Lighter Side of School Life(Foulis) is one of the merriest and shrewdest books that I have met for a long time. Mr.Ian Haypleasantly dedicates his work "to the members of the most responsible, the least advertised, the worst paid, and the most richly rewarded profession in the world"; and you will not have turned two pages before discovering that the writer of them knows pretty thoroughly what he is writing about. For my own part I claim to have some experience both of schoolmasters and boys, and I can say at once that the former at least have seldom been dealt with more faithfully than by Mr.Hay. His chapter on "Some Form Masters" is a thing of the purest joy; bitingly true, yet withal of a kindly sympathy with his victims. One would say that he knows boys as well, were it not for the conviction that to imagine any kind of understanding of Boydom is (if my contemporaries will forgive me) the last enchantment of the middle-aged, and the most fallacious. As for the Educational experts, he has all the cold and calculated hate for them that is the mark of experience. I admired especially his treatment of the "craze for practical teaching," the theory which holds, for example, that, instead of postulating a fixed relation between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, a teacher should supply his boys with several ordinary tin canisters, a piece of string and a ruler, and leave the form to work out their own result. Decidedly, Mr.Hayhas seenThe Lighter Side of School Lifewith the eye of knowledge; and when I mention that your own eyes will here encounter a dozen pictures by Mr.Lewis Baumerat his delightful best—well, I suppose, enough said.

KAISER BACK TO THE FRONT"KAISER BACK TO THE FRONT."(Attempted illustration to a recent poster of the evening press.)

(Attempted illustration to a recent poster of the evening press.)

At one time, I hope for ever gone, Mr.Percy White'ssense of irony ran away with him. He seemed to have said to himself, "I can write witty dialogue and I have a shrewd eye for foibles, and if you are not satisfied with that you can take it or leave it." I for one took it, but always with a feeling that he was offering me a sparkling wine of a quality not first-rate, whereas with a little more trouble and expense he could have offered me an unimpeachable brand. Now thatCairo(Constable) has provided me with what I have been waiting for, I am more than delighted to present my acknowledgments. Mr.White'ssubject is pat to the moment; moreover it is handled with such unobtrusive skill that one absorbs a serious problem without being anxiously conscious that all the play of intrigue and adventure is covering a much deeper motive. When Mr.WhitesentDaniel Addingtonto Egypt to meetAbdul Sayed, who had been at Oxford and was a leader of the Young Egyptian party, he gave himself a chance of which he has taken full advantage. It is true thatAddingtoncried a pest on all politics as soon as he fell a victim to the charms ofAnn Donne, a widow of excessive sprightliness; but by that time he was too deeply enmeshed in the nets of intrigue to escape the just reward of those amateurs who dabble with critical situations.Abdulregarded him as a "milksop," and so he was fromAbdul'sfull-blooded point of view; but I can also see in him a fresh testimony to the courage of our race. For he married the widowAnn, and that was a very plucky thing to do.

The only thing that I didn't like aboutMolly, My Heart's Delight(Smith, Elder) was the title. But to allow yourself to be put off by this will be to miss one of the pleasantest books of the season. What I might call true fiction has always held a peculiar charm for me. In the present work that clever writer,Katharine Tynan, has been lucky and astute enough to find an ideal heroine, ready made to her hand, in the person of the charming woman who marriedDean Delany. Upon the basis of her diaries and letters the romance has been built up, with the excellent result of a blend of art and actuality that is most engaging.Mollyis the gayest of creatures in her girlhood. We see her character develop gradually, tamed and half broken by her unhappy first marriage (an episode exquisitely treated, so that even the ugly side of it bears yet some precious jewels of charity and long-suffering), tried in the fire of romantic adoration, and finally reaching its appointed destiny in the comradeship with "kind, tender, faithful D.D." Lovers of diaries and memoirs, equally with those who like a graceful tale well told, will find what they want here, from the moment when its heroine goes, a girl-bride, to the romantically gloomy house of Rhoscrow, to that other moment when the placid mistress of the Deanery hears of the death ofBellamy, the man whom all her life she really loved. This book ofMollyshould be a "heart's delight" to many.

"ARIZONA BILL VIOLATES TREATIES."—New York Times.

So does PotsdamBill.

Epilogue

Mr. Punchdrew another letter from the heap on his office-desk and opened it.

Polwheedle, Cornwall.

DearMr. Punch,—An amusing incident happened here yesterday. I was talking to an old countryman, a great character in the village, and I happened to make some remark about the War. "What war?" asked old Jarge. "The European War," I answered in surprise. "Well," he said, "they've got a fine day for it." I thought this would interest you.

Yours etc.,John Brown.

Yours etc.,

John Brown.

"Two hundred and eighteen," saidMr. Punchto himself, and took the next letter from the heap.

Wortleberry, Sussex.

Mr. William Smith presents his compliments toMr. Punchand begs to send him the following dialogue which occurred in this village yesterday:—

Myself."Well, what do you think of the War, Jarge?"

Jarge."What war?"

Myself (surprised)."The European War."

Jarge."They've got a fine day for it, anyhow."

Mr. Smith thought you would like this.

"Two hundred and nineteen," saidMr. Punchto himself, "not counting the South African or Crimean ones." He sighed and selected a third letter.

Sporransprock, Kirkcudbrightshire.

DearMr. Punch,—How's this? I asked a native what he thought of the War. On being told which war, he replied, "Eh, mon, ye ken, but they've got a gran'——"

At this pointMr. Punchrose from his chair and began to pace the room restlessly.

"There must be more in life than this," he said to himself again and again; "this can't be all."

He looked at his watch.

"Yes," he murmured, "that's it. I shall just have time."

Hastily donning the military overcoat of an Honorary Cornet-Major of the Bouverie Street Roughriders, he left for the Front.

Mud, and then again mud, and then very much more mud.

"Halt! Who goes there?" "Friend," saidMr. Punchhopefully. "It'sMr. Punch," said a cheerful voice. "Come in."

The Cornet-Major of the B.S.R. glissaded into the trench and found himself shaking hands with a very young subaltern of the ——th ——s. [Censored.]

"Thought I recognised you," he said. "Glad to see you out here, Sir."

"That's really what I came about," saidMr. Punch. "I want your advice."

"My advice! Good Lord!... Sure you're comfortable there? Now what'll you have? Cigar or barley-sugar?"Mr. Punchaccepted a cigar.

"We're all for barley-sugar ourselves just now," the subaltern went on. "Seems kiddish, but there it is."

Mr. Punchlit his cigar and proceeded to explain himself.

"I say that I have come to consult you," he began. "It seems strange, you think. I am seventy-three, and you are——"

"Twenty-two," said the subaltern. "Next November."

"And yet Seventy-three comes here to sit at the feet of Twenty-two, and for every encouraging word that Twenty-two offers him Seventy-three will say 'Thank you!'"

"Rats," said Twenty-two for a start.

"Let me explain," said the Venerable One. "There come moments in the life of every man when he says suddenly to himself, 'What am I doing? Is it worth it?'—a moment when the work of which he has for years been proud seems all at once to be of no value whatever." The subaltern murmured something. "No, not necessarily indigestion. There may be other causes. Well, such a moment has just come to me ... and I wondered." He hesitated, and then added wistfully, "Perhaps you could say something to help me."

"The pen," said the subaltern, coughing slightly, "is mightier than the sword."

"It is," said the Sage. "I've often said so ... in Peace time."

The subaltern blushed as he searched his mind for the Historic Example.

"Didn'tWolfesay that he would rather have written what's-its-name than taken Quebec?" he asked hesitatingly.

"Yes, he did. And for most of his life the poet would have agreed with him. But, if at the moment when he read of the taking of Quebec you had askedGray, I think he would have changed places withWolfevery willingly.... And in Bouverie Street," addedMr. Punch, "we read of the takings of Quebecs almost every day."

The subaltern was thoughtful for a moment.

"I'll tell you a true story," he said quietly. "There was a man in this trench who had his leg shot off. They couldn't get him away till night, and here he had to wait for the whole of the day.... He stuck it out.... And what do you think he stuck it out on?"

"Morphia?" suggestedMr. Punch.

"Partly on morphia, and partly on—something else."

"Yes?" saidMr. Punchbreathlessly.

"Yes—you. He read ... and he laughed ... and by-and-by the night came."

A silence came over them both. ThenMr. Punchgot up quietly.

"Good-bye," he said, holding out his hand, "and thank you. That moment I spoke about seems to have gone." He took a book from under his arm and placed it in the other's hands. "I generally give this away with rather a flourish," he confessed. "This time I'll just say, 'Will you take it?' It's all there; all that I think and hope and dream, and that you out here are doing.... Good luck to you—and let me help some more of you to stick it out."

And with that he returned to Bouverie Street, leaving behind in the trench his

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INDEX

Partridge, Bernard.At the Post of Honour, 203Children's Truce (The), 519Chronic Complaint (A), 459Eagle Comique (The), 419Emergency Exit (The), 11Excursionist (The), 379Giving the Show Away, 319Glorious Example (A), 399God (and the Women) our Shield, 223Hail! Russia, 243Killed, 499King at the Front (The), 479Masterpiece in the Making (A), 51Mutual Service, 131New Army to the Front (The), 539Pattern of Chivalry (A), 439Plain Duty (A), 359Resort to the Obvious (A), 91Road to Russia (The), 299Triumph of "Culture" (The), 185Unconquerable, 339What of the Dawn?, 111World's Enemy (The), 167Raven-Hill, L.At Durazzo-super-Mare, 83Beaten on Points, 23Carrying on, 431Coming of the Cossacks (The), 177Cool Stuff, 123Dishonoured, 531Forewarned, 371For Friendship and Honour, 151Fulfilment, 511Good Hunting, 411Greater Game (The), 331Great Goth (The), 281Great Illusion (The), 263His Master's Voice, 391India for the King, 215Innocent (The), 471Joseph Chamberlain, 71Limit (The), 351Made in Germany, 235North Sea Chantey (A), 311Political Jungle (The), 40-41Power Behind (The), 103Sinews of War (The), 491To Arms, 195Well Met, 161When the Ships come Home, 3Townsend, F. H.Boer and Briton Too, 273Bravo, Belgium, 143Incorrigibles (The), 291Liberal Cave-Men (The), 63Men of Few Words, 451Nothing Doing, 255

Partridge, Bernard.

At the Post of Honour, 203

Children's Truce (The), 519

Chronic Complaint (A), 459

Eagle Comique (The), 419

Emergency Exit (The), 11

Excursionist (The), 379

Giving the Show Away, 319

Glorious Example (A), 399

God (and the Women) our Shield, 223

Hail! Russia, 243

Killed, 499

King at the Front (The), 479

Masterpiece in the Making (A), 51

Mutual Service, 131

New Army to the Front (The), 539

Pattern of Chivalry (A), 439

Plain Duty (A), 359

Resort to the Obvious (A), 91

Road to Russia (The), 299

Triumph of "Culture" (The), 185

Unconquerable, 339

What of the Dawn?, 111

World's Enemy (The), 167

Raven-Hill, L.At Durazzo-super-Mare, 83Beaten on Points, 23Carrying on, 431Coming of the Cossacks (The), 177Cool Stuff, 123Dishonoured, 531Forewarned, 371For Friendship and Honour, 151Fulfilment, 511Good Hunting, 411Greater Game (The), 331Great Goth (The), 281Great Illusion (The), 263His Master's Voice, 391India for the King, 215Innocent (The), 471Joseph Chamberlain, 71Limit (The), 351Made in Germany, 235North Sea Chantey (A), 311Political Jungle (The), 40-41Power Behind (The), 103Sinews of War (The), 491To Arms, 195Well Met, 161When the Ships come Home, 3

Raven-Hill, L.

At Durazzo-super-Mare, 83

Beaten on Points, 23

Carrying on, 431

Coming of the Cossacks (The), 177

Cool Stuff, 123

Dishonoured, 531

Forewarned, 371

For Friendship and Honour, 151

Fulfilment, 511

Good Hunting, 411

Greater Game (The), 331

Great Goth (The), 281

Great Illusion (The), 263

His Master's Voice, 391

India for the King, 215

Innocent (The), 471

Joseph Chamberlain, 71

Limit (The), 351

Made in Germany, 235

North Sea Chantey (A), 311

Political Jungle (The), 40-41

Power Behind (The), 103

Sinews of War (The), 491

To Arms, 195

Well Met, 161

When the Ships come Home, 3

Townsend, F. H.Boer and Briton Too, 273Bravo, Belgium, 143Incorrigibles (The), 291Liberal Cave-Men (The), 63Men of Few Words, 451Nothing Doing, 255

Townsend, F. H.

Boer and Briton Too, 273

Bravo, Belgium, 143

Incorrigibles (The), 291

Liberal Cave-Men (The), 63

Men of Few Words, 451

Nothing Doing, 255

Boyle, W. P.In Memory, 280Brightwell, L. R.Another Misjudged Alien, 465Notes by a War Dog, 385Brown, C. HiltonCottage (The), 138Little Brother, 495Caldecott, H. S.Paris Again, 426Campbell, A. Y.Stick to it, Right Wing, 335Chalmers, P. R.At the Tower, 62Bees (The), 121Fact and Fable, 110Fan, 435Guns of Verdun, 202Infantry, 222In the City, 181Jules François, 315Kings from the East, 260Kitty Adair, 98Lady's Walk (The), 377Prima Donna (The), 31Southdowns (The), 343Steeple (The), 279To Limehouse, 251Wilhelm, 348Wireless, 395Cobb, Miss J.Willow Pattern Plate (The), 503Cochrane, A.Sporting Despatch (A), 464Tirpitz Touch (The), 242Collins, G. H.To a Super-Patriot, 413Creswell, BulkeleyRubbing It In, 56Dark, RichardLove's Labour Not Lost, 474Voice in the Night (A), 536Davey, NormanR.G.A. 536Drennan, W. St. G.Docthor's War Speech (The), 424Tommy Brown, Auctioneer, 466Tommy Brown, Patriot, 394Tommy Brown, Recruiting Sergeant, 330Duffield, E. N.Silvern Tongue (The), 268Duffin, MissBarbara's Birthday Bear, 524Eckersley, ArthurCutting Down, 268New News (The), 179Next (The), 541Pacificist (The), 238Eden, Mrs. H. P.Prize (The), 521Elias, F.How Germany Came Off, 194How War is "Made in Germany", 163Mails for a Mailed Fist, 498Sound and Fury, 279Why I Don't Enlist, 410Works of Kultur, 341Emanuel, WalterCatch (The), 259Charivaria, weeklyNut's Views on the War (A), 306Fay, Stanley J.Plea for Pegasus (A), 166Price of Patriotism (The), 430Forster, R. H.Food War (A), 259Garvey, Miss InaBlanche's Letters, 68, 206, 396Gittins, H. N.Double Cure (The), 129Exercise 1, 95Glasgow, Mrs. R.On Earth—Peace, 521Graham, ScottMilitant's Tariff (The), 15Graves, C. L.Burgomaster Max, 301Father Wilhelm, 397Freedom of the Press (The), 483Imperial Infanticide (The), 537Minor War Games, 501New School of Divinity (The), 257Passing of the Cow (The), 137Super-Sympathy, 239To Mr. Bernard Jaw, 430Two Germanies (The), 213War's Revenges, 464Woman at the Fight, 25Graves, C. L., and Lucas, E. V.Answers to Correspondents, 171Archibong, 382As Others Wish to See Us, 381Aunt Louisa's Song Scena, 414Balm for the Brainless, 16Choice (The), 278Feline Amenities, 187First Blunder (The), 230From Another Point of View, 189Heroes (The), 209Limit of Ignorance (The), 424Meditations on Mushrooms, 286Mutability, 105My Brother's Letter, 326My Favourite Paper, 404My Hardy Annual, 126Our Literary War Lords, 378Our Mighty Penmen, 476Our Overburdened Heroes, 226Oxford in Transition, 82Politics at the Zoo, 30Progress of Man (The), 106Real Hero of the War (The), 532Real Reason (The), 361Renamed Celebrities, 313Santa Claus at the Front, 522Surprise (The), 346Volumes, 145White Man's Burden (The), 355Haselden, PercyEn Passant, 192Moon-Pennies, 304Searchlights on the Mersey, 478To a Pompadour Clock, 269Hastings, B. MacdonaldKeeping in the Limelight, 515Hodgkinson, T.Benefactor (A), 462Diplomacy, 94Forlorn Hope (The), 486Imports and Exports, 247Repatriation, 426Silent Charmer (The), 16Stable Information, 497To a Jaded German Pressman, 306Viking Spirit (The), 170Wiser Choice (The), 135Hughes, C. E.Restorative Power of Music (The), 150Jenkins, ErnestAnother Innocent Victim of the War, 373Our Colossal Arrangements, 107Things That Do Not Matter, 321Johnston, AlecHow Will You Take It?, 219News from the Back of the Front, 470Private View (The), 165Keigwin, R. P.Casus Belli, 366Four Sea Lords (The), 478To a Naval Cadet, 266Kidd, ArthurAwakening (The), 287Fortune's Favourite, 198Kill or Cure, 530Our Daily Bread, 308Prophets (The), 505Strategic Disease, 416Tours in Fact and Fancy, 58Kingsley-Long, H.With High Heart, 343Knox, E. G. V.Awakening (The), 87, 433Cocoanuts, 127Cut Flowers, 122Double Life (The), 148Error in Arcady (An), 116Foiling of "The Blare" (The), 117Great Petard (The), 375Great Shock (The), 338In Darkest Germany, 358Jesting of Jane (The), 55Kaiser's Hate (The), 415Misused Talent (The), 393New Noah's Ark (The), 234Ode to the Spirit of Wireless Victory, 262Peace with Honour, 458Progress, 1Purple Lie (The), 22Saving of Stratford (The), 295Scratch Handicap (The), 188Tempering the Wind, 65Twilight in Regent's Park, 318Valhalla, 276Langley, F. O.Extenuating Circumstance (The), 146Helpmeet (The), 304Payment in Kind, 66Sinecure (The), 82Watch Dogs (The), 183, 200, 258, 284, 314, 353, 398, 453, 494, 534Laws, A. GordonCensor Habit (The), 221Lawrence C. E.As England Expects, 260Legard, T. F.Victorine, 542Lehmann, R. C.Amanda, 75Compulsion, 98Crisis (The), 102Determined Island (A), 142, 160, 176Diary of a Kaiser, 214For the Children, 435Khaki Muffler (The), 364Ode to John Bradbury, 208Packer's Plaint (The), 130Search for Paddington (The), 486Teeth-Setting, 247Unwritten Letters to the Kaiser, 254, 272, 290, 310, 345, 370, 390, 426, 450, 493, 510, 530Walkers (The), 10Letts, W. M.Sea Change (A), 301Lodge, Arthur A.Enigma, 6Lucas, E. V.Entente in Being (The), 481Marne Footnote (A), 504Once Upon a Time, 18, 26, 76, 85Lucy, HenryEssence of Parliament, Weekly during Session."Charlie" Beresford, 401Lulham, H.Bob's Way, 259Lumley, L.Guarded Green (The), 78My Girl Caddie, 138Lyon, Miss L. BowesBritain to Belgium, 381MacLaren, N.Peacemaker (The), 535Martin, N. R.Doubt, 267False Pretences, 355Great Campaign (The), 241Our Guy, 374Recruiting Ballad (A), 443Report Fallacious (The), 374Terrors of War (The), 484Too Much Championship, 69War in Acacia Avenue (The), 303McKay, HerbertTop Slice (The), 108Milne, A. A.Armageddon, 128At the Play, 210, 222, 246, 286Christmas Spirit (The), 516Double Mystery (The), 336Enchanted Castle (The), 2Enter Bingo, 316Evangelist (The), 254Fatal Gift (The), 198First Tee (The), 89High Jinks at Happy-Thought Hall, 496James Feels Better, 240Last Line (The), 275, 293, 356, 416, 476Midsummer Madness (A), 28Old Order Changes (The), 164Patriot (The), 436Peace Cigar (The), 376Problem of Life (The), 146Question of Light (A), 456"They Also Serve", 182Two Recruiting Sergeants (The), 218Warm Half-Hour (A), 62Mulgrew, FrankScandalmongrian Romance (A), 7O'Carroll, T. LockeArchbishop's Apologia (The), 455Ogilvie, W. H.War Horse of the King (A), 280Philpotts, EdenCannon Fodder, 305Plumbe, C. ConwayDebt of Honour (A), 422Home Thoughts from the Trenches, 496India: 1784-1914, 296Pope, Miss JessieHis First Victory, 217Little and Good, 383Outpost (The), 239Royal Cracksman (A), 338Richardson, R. J.Lost Season (The), 364Rigby, ReginaldAnother War Scare, 475Arrest (The), 363Counting of Chickens (The), 230Mark of Distinction (A), 78Safeguards, 418Suppressed Superman (The), 516Unintelligent Anticipation, 334Rittenberg, MaxBeats, 322Column of Adventure (The), 208Mystery of Prince —— (The), 383Old Bulldog Breed (The), 424Slump in Crime (The), 342Wild and Woolly West End (The), 444Seaman, OwenAnother Scrap of Paper, 290At the Play, 96, 246, 286, 302, 344, 434, 506Avengers (The), 194Between Midnight and Morning, 490Call of England (The), 176Canute and the Kaiser, 350Dies Iræ, 160Earl Roberts (In Memory), 438Egypt in Venice, 5For the Red Cross, 214Imperial Overture (An), 272Joseph Chamberlain (In Memory), 70Leaves from an Imperial Note Book, 234Old Sea-Rover Speaks (The), 510Patriot Under Fire (A), 22Probation, 254Pro Patria, 142Thomas of the Light Heart, 310To a False Patriot, 370To the Bitter End, 410To the Enemy on his Achievement, 330To the Neutral Nations, 450To the Shirker: A Last Appeal, 390Truthful Willie, 470Uses of Ocean (The), 102War-Lord's New Year's Eve (The), 530Smith, BertramAttack on German Trade (The), 197Christmas Presents, 1914, 502Cure for Cricket (The), 17Dispositions, 237Inquisition (The), 76Interpreters (The), 296Nature of a Moratorium (The), 159Our Dumb Enemies, 383Our National Guests, 406, 444, 502Sunday Evening Edition (The), 333War Declarations, 220War Items, 341War Mementoes, 454Smith, Miss Cicely FoxReturn of the Prodigal (The), 538Smith, E. B.Zeitungs and Gazettings, 342Spender, Miss BrendaCapture (A), 514Herbert, 386Sterne, AshleyArms and the Woman, 250Candidate for the Force (A), 199Christmas Present for the Queen (A), 483Last Bottle (The), 446Mnemonics, 136My Trousseau, 86On Active Service, 156Our War Story, 323Rash Assumption (A), 473Tobacco Plant (A), 405Too Much Notice, 526Symns, J. M.Grey Gibbons, 403Missionary (The), 115Tatham, M.Retrospective, 97Thorold, R. A.Opportunists (The), 463Price of War (The), 404Traitor (The), 315Tombs, J. S. M.Love's Labour Well Lost, 108Love's Logic, 15Professional Attitude (The), 61Seasonable Beverage (A), 28Truscott, ParryAt the "Plough and Horses", 325War and the High Hand, 350Whaite, M. H. HoyleMr. Punch's War Correspondence, 277Tragic Mistake at Potsdam (A), 423White, R. F.All Liars' Day, 118Mr. Punch's Holiday Stories, 134, 154, 169, 190, 210, 228, 248New Art(A), 365Seaside Song Scena (A), 26Unplayed Masterpiece (An), 88

Boyle, W. P.In Memory, 280

Boyle, W. P.

In Memory, 280

Brightwell, L. R.Another Misjudged Alien, 465Notes by a War Dog, 385

Brightwell, L. R.

Another Misjudged Alien, 465

Notes by a War Dog, 385

Brown, C. HiltonCottage (The), 138Little Brother, 495

Brown, C. Hilton

Cottage (The), 138

Little Brother, 495

Caldecott, H. S.Paris Again, 426

Caldecott, H. S.

Paris Again, 426

Campbell, A. Y.Stick to it, Right Wing, 335

Campbell, A. Y.

Stick to it, Right Wing, 335

Chalmers, P. R.At the Tower, 62Bees (The), 121Fact and Fable, 110Fan, 435Guns of Verdun, 202Infantry, 222In the City, 181Jules François, 315Kings from the East, 260Kitty Adair, 98Lady's Walk (The), 377Prima Donna (The), 31Southdowns (The), 343Steeple (The), 279To Limehouse, 251Wilhelm, 348Wireless, 395

Chalmers, P. R.

At the Tower, 62

Bees (The), 121

Fact and Fable, 110

Fan, 435

Guns of Verdun, 202

Infantry, 222

In the City, 181

Jules François, 315

Kings from the East, 260

Kitty Adair, 98

Lady's Walk (The), 377

Prima Donna (The), 31

Southdowns (The), 343

Steeple (The), 279

To Limehouse, 251

Wilhelm, 348

Wireless, 395

Cobb, Miss J.Willow Pattern Plate (The), 503

Cobb, Miss J.

Willow Pattern Plate (The), 503

Cochrane, A.Sporting Despatch (A), 464Tirpitz Touch (The), 242

Cochrane, A.

Sporting Despatch (A), 464

Tirpitz Touch (The), 242

Collins, G. H.To a Super-Patriot, 413

Collins, G. H.

To a Super-Patriot, 413

Creswell, BulkeleyRubbing It In, 56

Creswell, Bulkeley

Rubbing It In, 56

Dark, RichardLove's Labour Not Lost, 474Voice in the Night (A), 536

Dark, Richard

Love's Labour Not Lost, 474

Voice in the Night (A), 536

Davey, NormanR.G.A. 536

Davey, Norman

R.G.A. 536

Drennan, W. St. G.Docthor's War Speech (The), 424Tommy Brown, Auctioneer, 466Tommy Brown, Patriot, 394Tommy Brown, Recruiting Sergeant, 330

Drennan, W. St. G.

Docthor's War Speech (The), 424

Tommy Brown, Auctioneer, 466

Tommy Brown, Patriot, 394

Tommy Brown, Recruiting Sergeant, 330

Duffield, E. N.Silvern Tongue (The), 268

Duffield, E. N.

Silvern Tongue (The), 268

Duffin, MissBarbara's Birthday Bear, 524

Duffin, Miss

Barbara's Birthday Bear, 524

Eckersley, ArthurCutting Down, 268New News (The), 179Next (The), 541Pacificist (The), 238

Eckersley, Arthur

Cutting Down, 268

New News (The), 179

Next (The), 541

Pacificist (The), 238

Eden, Mrs. H. P.Prize (The), 521

Eden, Mrs. H. P.

Prize (The), 521

Elias, F.How Germany Came Off, 194How War is "Made in Germany", 163Mails for a Mailed Fist, 498Sound and Fury, 279Why I Don't Enlist, 410Works of Kultur, 341

Elias, F.

How Germany Came Off, 194

How War is "Made in Germany", 163

Mails for a Mailed Fist, 498

Sound and Fury, 279

Why I Don't Enlist, 410

Works of Kultur, 341

Emanuel, WalterCatch (The), 259Charivaria, weeklyNut's Views on the War (A), 306

Emanuel, Walter

Catch (The), 259

Charivaria, weekly

Nut's Views on the War (A), 306

Fay, Stanley J.Plea for Pegasus (A), 166Price of Patriotism (The), 430

Fay, Stanley J.

Plea for Pegasus (A), 166

Price of Patriotism (The), 430

Forster, R. H.Food War (A), 259

Forster, R. H.

Food War (A), 259

Garvey, Miss InaBlanche's Letters, 68, 206, 396

Garvey, Miss Ina

Blanche's Letters, 68, 206, 396

Gittins, H. N.Double Cure (The), 129Exercise 1, 95

Gittins, H. N.

Double Cure (The), 129

Exercise 1, 95

Glasgow, Mrs. R.On Earth—Peace, 521

Glasgow, Mrs. R.

On Earth—Peace, 521

Graham, ScottMilitant's Tariff (The), 15

Graham, Scott

Militant's Tariff (The), 15

Graves, C. L.Burgomaster Max, 301Father Wilhelm, 397Freedom of the Press (The), 483Imperial Infanticide (The), 537Minor War Games, 501New School of Divinity (The), 257Passing of the Cow (The), 137Super-Sympathy, 239To Mr. Bernard Jaw, 430Two Germanies (The), 213War's Revenges, 464Woman at the Fight, 25

Graves, C. L.

Burgomaster Max, 301

Father Wilhelm, 397

Freedom of the Press (The), 483

Imperial Infanticide (The), 537

Minor War Games, 501

New School of Divinity (The), 257

Passing of the Cow (The), 137

Super-Sympathy, 239

To Mr. Bernard Jaw, 430

Two Germanies (The), 213

War's Revenges, 464

Woman at the Fight, 25

Graves, C. L., and Lucas, E. V.Answers to Correspondents, 171Archibong, 382As Others Wish to See Us, 381Aunt Louisa's Song Scena, 414Balm for the Brainless, 16Choice (The), 278Feline Amenities, 187First Blunder (The), 230From Another Point of View, 189Heroes (The), 209Limit of Ignorance (The), 424Meditations on Mushrooms, 286Mutability, 105My Brother's Letter, 326My Favourite Paper, 404My Hardy Annual, 126Our Literary War Lords, 378Our Mighty Penmen, 476Our Overburdened Heroes, 226Oxford in Transition, 82Politics at the Zoo, 30Progress of Man (The), 106Real Hero of the War (The), 532Real Reason (The), 361Renamed Celebrities, 313Santa Claus at the Front, 522Surprise (The), 346Volumes, 145White Man's Burden (The), 355

Graves, C. L., and Lucas, E. V.

Answers to Correspondents, 171

Archibong, 382

As Others Wish to See Us, 381

Aunt Louisa's Song Scena, 414

Balm for the Brainless, 16

Choice (The), 278

Feline Amenities, 187

First Blunder (The), 230

From Another Point of View, 189

Heroes (The), 209

Limit of Ignorance (The), 424

Meditations on Mushrooms, 286

Mutability, 105

My Brother's Letter, 326

My Favourite Paper, 404

My Hardy Annual, 126

Our Literary War Lords, 378

Our Mighty Penmen, 476

Our Overburdened Heroes, 226

Oxford in Transition, 82

Politics at the Zoo, 30

Progress of Man (The), 106

Real Hero of the War (The), 532

Real Reason (The), 361

Renamed Celebrities, 313

Santa Claus at the Front, 522

Surprise (The), 346

Volumes, 145

White Man's Burden (The), 355

Haselden, PercyEn Passant, 192Moon-Pennies, 304Searchlights on the Mersey, 478To a Pompadour Clock, 269

Haselden, Percy

En Passant, 192

Moon-Pennies, 304

Searchlights on the Mersey, 478

To a Pompadour Clock, 269

Hastings, B. MacdonaldKeeping in the Limelight, 515

Hastings, B. Macdonald

Keeping in the Limelight, 515

Hodgkinson, T.Benefactor (A), 462Diplomacy, 94Forlorn Hope (The), 486Imports and Exports, 247Repatriation, 426Silent Charmer (The), 16Stable Information, 497To a Jaded German Pressman, 306Viking Spirit (The), 170Wiser Choice (The), 135

Hodgkinson, T.

Benefactor (A), 462

Diplomacy, 94

Forlorn Hope (The), 486

Imports and Exports, 247

Repatriation, 426

Silent Charmer (The), 16

Stable Information, 497

To a Jaded German Pressman, 306

Viking Spirit (The), 170

Wiser Choice (The), 135

Hughes, C. E.Restorative Power of Music (The), 150

Hughes, C. E.

Restorative Power of Music (The), 150

Jenkins, ErnestAnother Innocent Victim of the War, 373Our Colossal Arrangements, 107Things That Do Not Matter, 321

Jenkins, Ernest

Another Innocent Victim of the War, 373

Our Colossal Arrangements, 107

Things That Do Not Matter, 321

Johnston, AlecHow Will You Take It?, 219News from the Back of the Front, 470Private View (The), 165

Johnston, Alec

How Will You Take It?, 219

News from the Back of the Front, 470

Private View (The), 165

Keigwin, R. P.Casus Belli, 366Four Sea Lords (The), 478To a Naval Cadet, 266

Keigwin, R. P.

Casus Belli, 366

Four Sea Lords (The), 478

To a Naval Cadet, 266

Kidd, ArthurAwakening (The), 287Fortune's Favourite, 198Kill or Cure, 530Our Daily Bread, 308Prophets (The), 505Strategic Disease, 416Tours in Fact and Fancy, 58

Kidd, Arthur

Awakening (The), 287

Fortune's Favourite, 198

Kill or Cure, 530

Our Daily Bread, 308

Prophets (The), 505

Strategic Disease, 416

Tours in Fact and Fancy, 58

Kingsley-Long, H.With High Heart, 343

Kingsley-Long, H.

With High Heart, 343

Knox, E. G. V.Awakening (The), 87, 433Cocoanuts, 127Cut Flowers, 122Double Life (The), 148Error in Arcady (An), 116Foiling of "The Blare" (The), 117Great Petard (The), 375Great Shock (The), 338In Darkest Germany, 358Jesting of Jane (The), 55Kaiser's Hate (The), 415Misused Talent (The), 393New Noah's Ark (The), 234Ode to the Spirit of Wireless Victory, 262Peace with Honour, 458Progress, 1Purple Lie (The), 22Saving of Stratford (The), 295Scratch Handicap (The), 188Tempering the Wind, 65Twilight in Regent's Park, 318Valhalla, 276

Knox, E. G. V.

Awakening (The), 87, 433

Cocoanuts, 127

Cut Flowers, 122

Double Life (The), 148

Error in Arcady (An), 116

Foiling of "The Blare" (The), 117

Great Petard (The), 375

Great Shock (The), 338

In Darkest Germany, 358

Jesting of Jane (The), 55

Kaiser's Hate (The), 415

Misused Talent (The), 393

New Noah's Ark (The), 234

Ode to the Spirit of Wireless Victory, 262

Peace with Honour, 458

Progress, 1

Purple Lie (The), 22

Saving of Stratford (The), 295

Scratch Handicap (The), 188

Tempering the Wind, 65

Twilight in Regent's Park, 318

Valhalla, 276

Langley, F. O.Extenuating Circumstance (The), 146Helpmeet (The), 304Payment in Kind, 66Sinecure (The), 82Watch Dogs (The), 183, 200, 258, 284, 314, 353, 398, 453, 494, 534

Langley, F. O.

Extenuating Circumstance (The), 146

Helpmeet (The), 304

Payment in Kind, 66

Sinecure (The), 82

Watch Dogs (The), 183, 200, 258, 284, 314, 353, 398, 453, 494, 534

Laws, A. GordonCensor Habit (The), 221

Laws, A. Gordon

Censor Habit (The), 221

Lawrence C. E.As England Expects, 260

Lawrence C. E.

As England Expects, 260

Legard, T. F.Victorine, 542

Legard, T. F.

Victorine, 542

Lehmann, R. C.Amanda, 75Compulsion, 98Crisis (The), 102Determined Island (A), 142, 160, 176Diary of a Kaiser, 214For the Children, 435Khaki Muffler (The), 364Ode to John Bradbury, 208Packer's Plaint (The), 130Search for Paddington (The), 486Teeth-Setting, 247Unwritten Letters to the Kaiser, 254, 272, 290, 310, 345, 370, 390, 426, 450, 493, 510, 530Walkers (The), 10

Lehmann, R. C.

Amanda, 75

Compulsion, 98

Crisis (The), 102

Determined Island (A), 142, 160, 176

Diary of a Kaiser, 214

For the Children, 435

Khaki Muffler (The), 364

Ode to John Bradbury, 208

Packer's Plaint (The), 130

Search for Paddington (The), 486

Teeth-Setting, 247

Unwritten Letters to the Kaiser, 254, 272, 290, 310, 345, 370, 390, 426, 450, 493, 510, 530

Walkers (The), 10

Letts, W. M.Sea Change (A), 301

Letts, W. M.

Sea Change (A), 301

Lodge, Arthur A.Enigma, 6

Lodge, Arthur A.

Enigma, 6

Lucas, E. V.Entente in Being (The), 481Marne Footnote (A), 504Once Upon a Time, 18, 26, 76, 85

Lucas, E. V.

Entente in Being (The), 481

Marne Footnote (A), 504

Once Upon a Time, 18, 26, 76, 85

Lucy, HenryEssence of Parliament, Weekly during Session."Charlie" Beresford, 401

Lucy, Henry

Essence of Parliament, Weekly during Session.

"Charlie" Beresford, 401

Lulham, H.Bob's Way, 259

Lulham, H.

Bob's Way, 259

Lumley, L.Guarded Green (The), 78My Girl Caddie, 138

Lumley, L.

Guarded Green (The), 78

My Girl Caddie, 138

Lyon, Miss L. BowesBritain to Belgium, 381

Lyon, Miss L. Bowes

Britain to Belgium, 381

MacLaren, N.Peacemaker (The), 535

MacLaren, N.

Peacemaker (The), 535

Martin, N. R.Doubt, 267False Pretences, 355Great Campaign (The), 241Our Guy, 374Recruiting Ballad (A), 443Report Fallacious (The), 374Terrors of War (The), 484Too Much Championship, 69War in Acacia Avenue (The), 303

Martin, N. R.

Doubt, 267

False Pretences, 355

Great Campaign (The), 241

Our Guy, 374

Recruiting Ballad (A), 443

Report Fallacious (The), 374

Terrors of War (The), 484

Too Much Championship, 69

War in Acacia Avenue (The), 303

McKay, HerbertTop Slice (The), 108

McKay, Herbert

Top Slice (The), 108

Milne, A. A.Armageddon, 128At the Play, 210, 222, 246, 286Christmas Spirit (The), 516Double Mystery (The), 336Enchanted Castle (The), 2Enter Bingo, 316Evangelist (The), 254Fatal Gift (The), 198First Tee (The), 89High Jinks at Happy-Thought Hall, 496James Feels Better, 240Last Line (The), 275, 293, 356, 416, 476Midsummer Madness (A), 28Old Order Changes (The), 164Patriot (The), 436Peace Cigar (The), 376Problem of Life (The), 146Question of Light (A), 456"They Also Serve", 182Two Recruiting Sergeants (The), 218Warm Half-Hour (A), 62

Milne, A. A.

Armageddon, 128

At the Play, 210, 222, 246, 286

Christmas Spirit (The), 516

Double Mystery (The), 336

Enchanted Castle (The), 2

Enter Bingo, 316

Evangelist (The), 254

Fatal Gift (The), 198

First Tee (The), 89

High Jinks at Happy-Thought Hall, 496

James Feels Better, 240

Last Line (The), 275, 293, 356, 416, 476

Midsummer Madness (A), 28

Old Order Changes (The), 164

Patriot (The), 436

Peace Cigar (The), 376

Problem of Life (The), 146

Question of Light (A), 456

"They Also Serve", 182

Two Recruiting Sergeants (The), 218

Warm Half-Hour (A), 62

Mulgrew, FrankScandalmongrian Romance (A), 7

Mulgrew, Frank

Scandalmongrian Romance (A), 7

O'Carroll, T. LockeArchbishop's Apologia (The), 455

O'Carroll, T. Locke

Archbishop's Apologia (The), 455

Ogilvie, W. H.War Horse of the King (A), 280

Ogilvie, W. H.

War Horse of the King (A), 280

Philpotts, EdenCannon Fodder, 305

Philpotts, Eden

Cannon Fodder, 305

Plumbe, C. ConwayDebt of Honour (A), 422Home Thoughts from the Trenches, 496India: 1784-1914, 296

Plumbe, C. Conway

Debt of Honour (A), 422

Home Thoughts from the Trenches, 496

India: 1784-1914, 296

Pope, Miss JessieHis First Victory, 217Little and Good, 383Outpost (The), 239Royal Cracksman (A), 338

Pope, Miss Jessie

His First Victory, 217

Little and Good, 383

Outpost (The), 239

Royal Cracksman (A), 338

Richardson, R. J.Lost Season (The), 364

Richardson, R. J.

Lost Season (The), 364

Rigby, ReginaldAnother War Scare, 475Arrest (The), 363Counting of Chickens (The), 230Mark of Distinction (A), 78Safeguards, 418Suppressed Superman (The), 516Unintelligent Anticipation, 334

Rigby, Reginald

Another War Scare, 475

Arrest (The), 363

Counting of Chickens (The), 230

Mark of Distinction (A), 78

Safeguards, 418

Suppressed Superman (The), 516

Unintelligent Anticipation, 334

Rittenberg, MaxBeats, 322Column of Adventure (The), 208Mystery of Prince —— (The), 383Old Bulldog Breed (The), 424Slump in Crime (The), 342Wild and Woolly West End (The), 444

Rittenberg, Max

Beats, 322

Column of Adventure (The), 208

Mystery of Prince —— (The), 383

Old Bulldog Breed (The), 424

Slump in Crime (The), 342

Wild and Woolly West End (The), 444

Seaman, OwenAnother Scrap of Paper, 290At the Play, 96, 246, 286, 302, 344, 434, 506Avengers (The), 194Between Midnight and Morning, 490Call of England (The), 176Canute and the Kaiser, 350Dies Iræ, 160Earl Roberts (In Memory), 438Egypt in Venice, 5For the Red Cross, 214Imperial Overture (An), 272Joseph Chamberlain (In Memory), 70Leaves from an Imperial Note Book, 234Old Sea-Rover Speaks (The), 510Patriot Under Fire (A), 22Probation, 254Pro Patria, 142Thomas of the Light Heart, 310To a False Patriot, 370To the Bitter End, 410To the Enemy on his Achievement, 330To the Neutral Nations, 450To the Shirker: A Last Appeal, 390Truthful Willie, 470Uses of Ocean (The), 102War-Lord's New Year's Eve (The), 530

Seaman, Owen

Another Scrap of Paper, 290

At the Play, 96, 246, 286, 302, 344, 434, 506

Avengers (The), 194

Between Midnight and Morning, 490

Call of England (The), 176

Canute and the Kaiser, 350

Dies Iræ, 160

Earl Roberts (In Memory), 438

Egypt in Venice, 5

For the Red Cross, 214

Imperial Overture (An), 272

Joseph Chamberlain (In Memory), 70

Leaves from an Imperial Note Book, 234

Old Sea-Rover Speaks (The), 510

Patriot Under Fire (A), 22

Probation, 254

Pro Patria, 142

Thomas of the Light Heart, 310

To a False Patriot, 370

To the Bitter End, 410

To the Enemy on his Achievement, 330

To the Neutral Nations, 450

To the Shirker: A Last Appeal, 390

Truthful Willie, 470

Uses of Ocean (The), 102

War-Lord's New Year's Eve (The), 530

Smith, BertramAttack on German Trade (The), 197Christmas Presents, 1914, 502Cure for Cricket (The), 17Dispositions, 237Inquisition (The), 76Interpreters (The), 296Nature of a Moratorium (The), 159Our Dumb Enemies, 383Our National Guests, 406, 444, 502Sunday Evening Edition (The), 333War Declarations, 220War Items, 341War Mementoes, 454

Smith, Bertram

Attack on German Trade (The), 197

Christmas Presents, 1914, 502

Cure for Cricket (The), 17

Dispositions, 237

Inquisition (The), 76

Interpreters (The), 296

Nature of a Moratorium (The), 159

Our Dumb Enemies, 383

Our National Guests, 406, 444, 502

Sunday Evening Edition (The), 333

War Declarations, 220

War Items, 341

War Mementoes, 454

Smith, Miss Cicely FoxReturn of the Prodigal (The), 538

Smith, Miss Cicely Fox

Return of the Prodigal (The), 538

Smith, E. B.Zeitungs and Gazettings, 342

Smith, E. B.

Zeitungs and Gazettings, 342

Spender, Miss BrendaCapture (A), 514Herbert, 386

Spender, Miss Brenda

Capture (A), 514

Herbert, 386

Sterne, AshleyArms and the Woman, 250Candidate for the Force (A), 199Christmas Present for the Queen (A), 483Last Bottle (The), 446Mnemonics, 136My Trousseau, 86On Active Service, 156Our War Story, 323Rash Assumption (A), 473Tobacco Plant (A), 405Too Much Notice, 526

Sterne, Ashley

Arms and the Woman, 250

Candidate for the Force (A), 199

Christmas Present for the Queen (A), 483

Last Bottle (The), 446

Mnemonics, 136

My Trousseau, 86

On Active Service, 156

Our War Story, 323

Rash Assumption (A), 473

Tobacco Plant (A), 405

Too Much Notice, 526

Symns, J. M.Grey Gibbons, 403Missionary (The), 115

Symns, J. M.

Grey Gibbons, 403

Missionary (The), 115

Tatham, M.Retrospective, 97

Tatham, M.

Retrospective, 97

Thorold, R. A.Opportunists (The), 463Price of War (The), 404Traitor (The), 315

Thorold, R. A.

Opportunists (The), 463

Price of War (The), 404

Traitor (The), 315

Tombs, J. S. M.Love's Labour Well Lost, 108Love's Logic, 15Professional Attitude (The), 61Seasonable Beverage (A), 28

Tombs, J. S. M.

Love's Labour Well Lost, 108

Love's Logic, 15

Professional Attitude (The), 61

Seasonable Beverage (A), 28

Truscott, ParryAt the "Plough and Horses", 325War and the High Hand, 350

Truscott, Parry

At the "Plough and Horses", 325

War and the High Hand, 350

Whaite, M. H. HoyleMr. Punch's War Correspondence, 277Tragic Mistake at Potsdam (A), 423

Whaite, M. H. Hoyle

Mr. Punch's War Correspondence, 277

Tragic Mistake at Potsdam (A), 423

White, R. F.All Liars' Day, 118Mr. Punch's Holiday Stories, 134, 154, 169, 190, 210, 228, 248New Art(A), 365Seaside Song Scena (A), 26Unplayed Masterpiece (An), 88

White, R. F.

All Liars' Day, 118

Mr. Punch's Holiday Stories, 134, 154, 169, 190, 210, 228, 248

New Art(A), 365

Seaside Song Scena (A), 26

Unplayed Masterpiece (An), 88

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