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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 6, 1894

On reading a "Smart" Novel.

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Heavy moralities, à la Sarah Grand, Are tedious oft, and trivial to boot; But some who write of Vice with a "a light hand," Merit the impact of a heavy foot.

Illustration from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 6, 1894

A SEPARATE IRISH CHAMBER!

(After a rough Sketch by the Right Hon. J. Ch-mb-rl-n!)

["Since the defeat of the Home Rule Bill they (the Irish Party) have all been engaged in blackening each other's characters, and painting each other's portraits; and I venture to say that the result of that is not a gallery of pictures, but a Chamber of Horrors."]

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