MR. PUNCH'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASES.

JOURNALISTIC.

"_Inspector ---- gives you the impression of a particularly able and
open-minded Police-officer_;" i.e., "An easy prey to the interviewing
correspondent."

"_It could not, of course, be expected that a particularly shrewd and
able young Solicitor would be_ very _communicative about his client's
case_;" i.e., "Knew precious little himself, and didn't even offer me
a drink."

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QUITE THE KOCH OF THE WALK.--The great Berlin Bacteriologist.

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ROBERT AT BURN'EM BEACHES.

They is still so jolly busy at the "Grand" that I had sum differculty
in getting leaf of habsense for Satterday, larst week, for to go with
a werry seleck Copperashun Party on a most himportent hexcurshun
to Burn'em Beaches about cuttin all the trees down, so that then it
woodn't be not Burn'em Beaches not no longer! Howewer, by promisin
for to stick to the "Grand" all thro' the cumming Winter, the too
Gentelmanly Managers let me go.