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Volume 1 — PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XX.

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POLITICAL SUMMARY.NOTES.Punch, or the London Charivari INDEX.THE MORAL OF PUNCH.COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.A SYNOPSIS OF VOTING, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE CATEGORIES OF “CANT.”THE PROFESSIONAL SINGER A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO HACKNEY-COACH HORSES.STREET POLITICS.CANDIDATES UNDER DIFFERENT PHASES FINE ARTS.A COMMENTARY ON THE ELECTIONS.ON THE INTRODUCTION OF PANTOMIME INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.AN ODE.THE DRAMA.A MODEST METHOD OF FORMING A NEW BUDGET SPORTING.SERAPHINA POPPS;A CHAPTER ON BOOTS.THE PUNCH CORRESPONDENCE.PUNCH AND PEEL.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. II.THE ELECTION OF BALLINAFAD.THE SAILOR’S SECRET.CROSS READINGS.THE DRAMA POETRY ON AN IMPROVED PRINCIPLE.TO JOBBING PATRIOTS.THE DIARY OF A LORD MAYOR.CIVILISATION.NOUVEAU MANUEL DU VOYAGEUR.THE NEW HOUSE.PUNCH AND PEEL PUNCH'S PENCILLINGS.--No. III.A FAIR OFFER THE WIFE CATCHERS.

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THE ABOVE-BRIDGE NAVY.THE DRAMA THE WIFE-CATCHERS.

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WIT WITHOUT MONEY;LITERARY RECIPES.DRAMATIC RECIPES.SUPREME: COURT OF THE LORD HIGH INQUISITOR PUNCH.PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.—NO. 1.FOREIGN AFFAIRS.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS—No. IV.THE MINTO-HOUSE MANIFESTO PUNCH AND SIR JOHN POLLEN.THE BOY JONES’S LOG.THE TWO MACBETHS.THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE,A HINT TO THE UGLY.THE WIFE CATCHERS.

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THE ROYAL LION AND UNICORN.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.PUNCH’S RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.THE REJECTED ADDRESS OF THE MELANCHOLY WHIGS.NURSERY EDUCATION REPORT.SU GALLO-CABALLO,PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. V.PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON PHRENOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES.NEW CODE OF SIGNALS.PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.—No. 2.“MATTERS IN FACT,” AND “MATTERS IN LAW.”THE DRAMA.THE WIFE-CATCHERS.

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NURSERY EDUCATION REPORT.—No. 2.THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK.MY UNCLE BUCKET.FINE ARTS.CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.THE WHIGS’ LAST DYING SPEECH, AS DELIVERED BY THE QUEEN A NEW VERSION OF BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. VI.SUPREME COURT OF THE LORD HIGH INQUISITOR PUNCH.LORD MELBOURNE’S LETTER-BAG.WIT WITHOUT MONEY:

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THE DRAMA.

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IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CHINA.THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK.THE CURRAH CUT;NARRATIVE OF AN AWFUL CASE OF EXTREME DISTRESS.IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.THE DINNEROLOGY OF ENGLAND.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—NO. VII.NAPOLEON’S STATUE AT BOULOGNE.PROSPECTUS FOR A PROVIDENT ANNUITY COMPANY.HINTS TO NEW MEMBERS.PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.—NO. 3.

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SCHOOL OF DESIGN.THE DRAMA.THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK.SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL. — NO. 6.“PUNCH’S” LITERATURE.THE BARTHOLOMEW FAIR SHOW-FOLKS.

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THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS—No. VIII.THE MINISTRY’S ODE TO THE PASSIONS.THE LOST MEDICAL PAPERS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.MARTINUZZI AS THE ACT DIRECTS.

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THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK.THE GOLDEN-SQUARE REVOLUTION.RECOLLECTIONS OF A TRIP IN MR HAMPTON’S BALLOON.SYNCRETIC LITERATURE.MY FRIEND TOM.PEEL “REGULARLY CALLED IN.”PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS—No. IX.ROYAL NURSERY EDUCATION REPORT—NO. 3.TRANSACTIONS AND YEARLY REPORT OF THE HOOKHAM-CUM-SNIVEY LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND MECHANICS’ INSTITUTION.INAUGURATION OF THE IMAGE OF SHAKSPERE.THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE.PUNCH’S THEATRE.FINE ARTS.

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ON THE SCIENCE OF ELECTIONEERING.ASSERTION OF THE UNINTELLIGIBLE.DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE STATUE OF GEORGE CANNING AND SIR ROBERT PEEL.PUNCH AT THE ART-UNION EXHIBITION AGAIN SYNCRETIC LITERATURE A NEW THEORY OF POCKETS.PUNCH’S THEATRE.THE CORN LAWS AND CHRISTIANITY.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS—NO. X.THE OMEN OUTWITTED:TRANSACTIONS AND YEARLY REPORT. OF THE HOOKHAM-CUM-SNIVEY LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND MECHANICS’ INSTITUTION.PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.A LECTURE ON MORALITY.—BY PUNCH.A BOWER OF BLISS IN STANGATE.

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PUNCH’S ESSENCE OF GUFFAW.MR. JOSEPH MILLER,THE ROYAL FAMILY,LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.TESTIMONIALS.SIR RHUBARB PILL, M.P. & M.D.BERNARD CAVANAGH SYNCRETIC LITERATURE.FATHER O’FLYNN AND HIS CONGREGATION.DOCTOR PEEL TAKING TIME TO CONSULT.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XI.BUNKS’S DISCOVERIES IN THE THAMES.TORY BOONS.A SHORT TREATISE OF DRAMATIC CASUALTIES.PUNCH’S THEATRE.PUNCH AT THE NEW STRAND.THE TIPTOES.ROEBUCK DEFYING THE “THUNDERER.”GREAT ANNUAL MICHAELMAS JUBILEE.PUNCH’S HISTRIONIC READINGS IN HISTORY.TWENTY POUNDS.CURIOSITY HUNTERS THE “WELL-DRESSED” AND THE “WELL-TO-DO.”PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XII.TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF HOOKHAM-CUM-SNIVEY.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT PUNCH’S THEATRE.A MANUAL OF DENOUEMENTS.PUNCH’S GUIDE TO THE WATERING PLACES.—No. 1.

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THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK.“SAY IT WAS ME.”THE POLITICAL EUCLID.

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CHRISTIANITY.—PRICE FIFTEEN SHILLINGS.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XIII.TOM CONNOR’S DILEMMA.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.INQUEST EXTRAORDINARY ON A CORONER.PUNCH’S THEATRE.

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OCTOBER 16, 1841.THE GEOLOGY OF SOCIETY.POOR JACK.PROSPECTUS THE LABOURS OF THE SESSION.PUNCH’S NEW GENERAL LETTER-WRITER.THE BARBER OF STOCKSBAWLER.PARLIAMENTARY MASONS.—PARLIAMENTARY PICTURES.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XIV.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.THE POLITICAL EUCLID.—NO. 2.SPANISH POLITICS.PUNCH’S THEATRE.THE GREAT CREATURE.PUNCH’S COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE GENERAL DISTRESS.

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AMERICAN CONGRESS.FIRE! FIRE!THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.HOSTILITIES IN PRIVATE LIFE.GEOLOGY OF SOCIETY.PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.—No. V.PUNCH’S THEATRE.THE GREAT CREATURE.

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THE GOLD SNUFF-BOX.NIGGER PECULIARITIES.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.POLITICS OF THE OUTWARD MAN!PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XVI.LIST OF THE PREMIUMS PUNCH’S REVIEW.THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK.THE MAN OF HABIT.PUNCH’S POLITICAL ECONOMY.PUNCH’S THEATRE.A DAY-DREAM AT MY UNCLE’S.

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THE FIRE AT THE TOWER.THE RIVAL CANDIDATES.PEEL’S PRE-EXISTENCE!PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XVII.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.PUNCH’S THEATRE.THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

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THE GENTLEMAN’S OWN BOOK.THE O’CONNELL PAPERS.PUNCH’S PÆAN TO THE PRINCELET.THE CROPS.SIR PETER LAURIE ON HUMAN LIFE.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XVIII.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.PUNCH’S CATECHISM OF GEOGRAPHY.

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DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY.A CHAPTER ON POLITICS.PUNCH’S THEATRE.MYSELF, PUNCH, AND THE KEELEYS.

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A LEGEND OF THE TOWER (NOT LONDON).THE ROMANCE OF A TEACUP.THE PRINCE OF WALES.—HIS FUTURE TIMES.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.THE PRINCE OF WALES.A “PUNCH” TESTIMONIAL.THE RAPE OF THE LOCK-UP;THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.THE “PUFF PAPERS.”MORE SKETCHES OF LONDON LIFE.PUNCH’S STOMACHOLOGY.THE ROMANCE OF A TEACUP.KINGS AND CARPENTERS.—ROYAL AND VULGAR CONSPIRATORS.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XX.HIS TURN NOW.A FAMILIAR EPISTLE PROSPECTUS FOR A NEW HAND-BOOK OF JESTERS;PUNCH’S THEATRE.OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE FIRE AT THE TOWER.THE “PUFF PAPERS.”

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THE KNATCHBULL TESTIMONIAL.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.THE ROMANCE OF A TEACUP.PUNCH AND THE SWISS GIANTESS!PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XXI.THE FETES FOR THE POLISH—AND FATE OF THE BRITISH POOR.THE CRIMES OF EATING.PUNCH’S THEATRE.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.

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ON SNUFF, AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF TAKING IT.FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER.THE HIGH-ROAD TO GENTILITY;LOYALTY AND INSANITY.PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XXII.PUNCH’S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.PEN AND PALETTE PORTRAITS.

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GRANT’S MEDITATIONS AMONG THE COFFEE-CUPS.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LONDON MEDICAL STUDENT.

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SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL.—No. 14.“TAKE CARE OF HIM.”THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN AT HOOKAM-CUM-SNIVERY.THE BROTH OF A BOY.THE “WEIGHT” OF ROYALTY.—THE SOCIAL “SCALE.”PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. XXIII.A CUT BY SIR PETER.PEN AND PALETTE PORTRAITS.

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PUNCH’S THEATRE.HOW MR. CHOKEPEAR KEEPS A MERRY CHRISTMAS.A LETTER FROM AN OLD FRIEND,PUNCH’S POSTSCRIPT.

A group of men in military dress (including a fife and drum) have slogans like 'POPULARITY' and 'TAXES' and 'CORN LAWS' and 'JUST GIVE US TIME' written on them.

THE RECRUITING SERGEANT.

“LIST, WAKLEY! LIST!—”—New Shaksperian Readings.

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