PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 102.



March 19, 1892.




"ARE YOU HANSARD NOW?"

_MERCHANT OF VENICE._

["The entire stock of _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_ ...
was offered for sale. The vast collection, nearly 100,000
volumes, scarcely fetched the price of waste paper."--_Daily
Paper_.]

The Auctioneer exclaimed,--"These Vols.
Have neither fault nor blot.
I think that I, without demur,
May call them quite 'a lot.'

"Speeches by RUSSELL, PAM, and BRIGHT,
Good for the heart and head.
Take them as spoken; if you like,