Volume 99 — MR. PUNCH'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASES.

DURING A VISIT.

"Pray don't move;" i.e., "He will be a brute if he doesn't."

"I hope I am not disturbing you;" i.e., "I don't care the least if I am."

"What a delightful volume of poems your last is!" i.e., "Haven't read one of them; but he won't find it out."

"So much in your new book that is interesting about those dear Japanese;" i.e., "Glad I happened to glance at that page."

"Do tell me when you next lecture. Wouldn't miss it for worlds!" i.e., "Wild horses would not drag me there."

"So sorry you are going. Mind you come and stay with us again very soon;" i.e., "Unless she comes without an invitation, she is not likely to cross this threshold again."

INCOMPREHENSIBLE!—At the dinner given by the LORD MAYOR, a few days since, to the representatives of Art and Literature of all nations, a linguist, who is believed to understand seventeen languages, made a speech in the eighteenth!

OUR COMPATRIOTS ABROAD.

SCENE—

A Table d'hôte.

Aristocratic English Lady (full of diplomatic relations). "A—CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE IS A RESIDENT BRITISH MINISTER HERE?"

Scotch Tourist. "WELL, I'M NOT JUST QUITE SURE—BUT I'M TOLD THERE'S AN EXCELLENT PRESBYTERIAN SERVICE EVERY SUNDAY!"