Front matter
Reading edition
“The world’s my filbert which with my crackers I will open.”
Shakspeare.
“The priest calls the lawyer a cheat, And the lawyer beknaves the divine; And the statesman, because he’s so great, Thinks his trade’s as honest as mine.”
Beggar’s Opera.
“Hard texts are nuts (I will not call them cheaters,) Whose shells do keep their kernels from the eaters; Open the shells, and you shall have the meat: They here are brought for you to crack and eat.”
John Bunyan.
ILLUSTRATED BY “PHIZ.”
Second Edition.
LONDON: Wm. S. ORR AND Co., PATERNOSTER ROW; WILLIAM CURRY, Jun., AND Co., DUBLIN. MDCCCXLV.
LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
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AN OPENING NUTvii
A NUT FOR MEN OF GENIUS1
A NUT FOR CORONERS15
A NUT FOR “TOURISTS”19
A NUT FOR LEGAL FUNCTIONARIES22
A NUT FOR “ENDURING AFFECTION”31
A NUT FOR THE POLICE AND SIR PETER37
A NUT FOR THE BUDGET44
A NUT FOR REPEAL49
A NUT FOR NATIONAL PRIDE55
A NUT FOR DIPLOMATISTS64
A NUT FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL71
A NUT FOR DOMESTIC HAPPINESS77
A NUT FOR LADIES BOUNTIFUL82
A NUT FOR THE PRIESTS85
A NUT FOR LEARNED SOCIETIES87
A NUT FOR THE LAWYERS92
A NUT FOR THE IRISH99
A NUT FOR VICEREGAL PRIVILEGES102
RICH AND POOR—POUR ET CONTRE109
A NUT FOR ST. PATRICK’S NIGHT114
A NUT FOR “GENTLEMAN JOCKS”119
A NUT FOR YOUNGER SONS123
A NUT FOR THE PENAL CODE128
A NUT FOR THE OLD131
A NUT FOR THE ART UNION133
A NUT FOR THE KINGSTOWN RAILWAY137
A NUT FOR THE DOCTORS141
A NUT FOR THE ARCHITECTS145
A NUT FOR A NEW COLONY148
A “SWEET” NUT FOR THE YANKEES153
A NUT FOR THE SEASON—JULLIEN’S QUADRILLES157
A NUT FOR “ALL IRELAND”163
A NUT FOR “A NEW COMPANY”168
A NUT FOR “THE POLITICAL ECONOMISTS”175
A NUT FOR “GRAND DUKES”180
A NUT FOR THE EAST INDIA DIRECTORS183
A FILBERT FOR SIR ROBERT PEEL185
“THE INCOME TAX”186
A NUT FOR THE “BELGES”189
A NUT FOR WORKHOUSE CHAPLAINS192
A NUT FOR THE “HOUSE”197
A NUT FOR “LAW REFORM”200
A NUT FOR “CLIMBING BOYS”203
A NUT FOR “THE SUBDIVISION OF LABOUR”206
A NUT FOR A “NEW VERDICT”212
A NUT FOR THE REAL “LIBERATOR”216
A NUT FOR “HER MAJESTY’S SERVANTS”221
A NUT FOR THE LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION225
A NUT FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY228
