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A sequence of humorous, illustrated vignettes transforms well-known public figures into fanciful hybrid animals, each entry pairing a detailed drawing with a short, comic caption. The cartoonist frames the collection with a self-mocking preface and recurring jokes, using playful misspellings and mock-authorial asides to set a satirical tone. Individual plates exaggerate mannerisms, attitudes, and public reputations through visual caricature and brisk explanatory lines. Arranged as a numbered catalog of invented species, the work lampoons political and social life by blending whimsical invention with pointed observation.

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Title: Mr. Punch's "Animal Land"

Author: Edward Tennyson Reed

Release date: January 8, 2015 [eBook #47907]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MR. PUNCH'S "ANIMAL LAND" ***

Mr. Punch's "Animal Land"


"Mr. Punch's"

ANIMAL LAND

·DRAWN & WRITTEN BY·
·E. T. Reed

·maker of "PREHISTORIC PEEPS."

:BRADBURY, AGNEW & Co:
·LONDON·


PREFISS.

There is two kinds of prefisses one if it is by yourself and the other if you get a swell riter to do it for you. I'm going to do it by myself because I have done the talk undeneath the picktures so nice that I think people would be greviously diseppointed if Mr. Andrew Lang or someboddy was to do it instead like he did for Sybil Corbetts book (thats the other little girl what started "Animal Land"). He did it awfull nice of course and then you can get such nice things into it about your grate tallent and your emaggynation if he does it. He is so lerned and drags in illusions to other grate authers but when you can auth as nice as what I can there isnt realy no need. If you do it yourself you must appolergise for it all (they allways do) and say it shall not accurr again. I am quite at the openning of my corea (I saw that in the papers) so I want ellowances made for my stile and imperfect penship—I want it all put down to yewth.

I have done allmost all the most knowtable Animals—you cant do evryboddy when youve got musick and depportment to do too.

(I never thaught I would get to riting a Preffiss but it is abserdly easey.)

P.S. I lernt to draw off the Veenus of Mealo and that doesnt help you very much with these picktures. They are mostly a diffrent stile of art alltogether.


Contents.


The Hark

No 1.

(Sir William Harcourt.)

Jugging by his exspresion I should say he has just heard of some millyonnares that is past recuvry.


The Balph

No 2.

(Mr. Arthur Balfour.)

Why. Ive left out his unkle who is a moddle of peliteness to foriners. He goes in for "Peace with—anything."


The Shuv

No 3.

(Mr. Chamberlain.)

This is not a flattring likness but there is a great fassination about its rite eye if you look close


The Oom

No 4.

(President Kruger.)

I wonder why they say this is "mannifessly inflewnced by Landsere at his best."


The Mailyphist
or
Gossplespredda

No 5.

(Prince Henry of Prussia.)

The "Kyow Chyow Vissitors List" says "this is probelly a remarkable peece of portritcher." It is all theyve seen of him yet. His voige is certenly somwhat pretracted.


The Pawkywit

No 6.

(Lord Rosebery.)

I have been rather seccessfull in getting the eger hopeful look into the futesher in his eyes havnt I


The Jook

No 7.

(Duke of Devonshire.)

The backround of this pickture is considered by some to be my masterpeace. They say it is just like a Corrow. I daresay it is.


The Benchiboss

No 8.

(Lord Halsbury.)

Oh! I forgot all about the Marquises—they come first. That is an ovasite! What a funny little dumpy he is!


The Labb

No 9.

(Mr. Labouchere.)

I thought this would be baught for the town-hawl at northamten but some malline influense must have been at work


The Bujjit-Hatcha
or
Hicksybeech

No 10.

(Sir M. Hicks-Beach.)

He does look a little bare and draughty. He would have looked better with his surplus on I think.


The Wheedlepat

No 11.

(Mr. Gerald Balfour.)

The criticks say this is "a life-like pressenment" and the "flesh-tints are remarkeble for there lewminosserty".


The Goash

No 12.

(Mr. Goschen.)

You should hear his riddle about when a lock-out is not a lock-out. It is screemingly funny and evrybody has to give it up!


The Leck

No 13.

(Professor Lecky.)

It seems a grate risk for this one to ventcher out into a rough rude world. I wonder how he gets over the crossings.


The Stagynite

No 14.

(Sir Henry Irving.)

Some people considder this riting very rude—it certenly is not foolsome in its prays.


The Ruddikipple

No 15.

(Mr. Rudyard Kipling.)

They say I have idellised him rather but I cant help it if I have.


The Bobbz

No 16.

(Lord Roberts.)

This is quite a battle-pickture. The handling seggests mysonnyer. I seem wonderfly versytial.


The Showt

No 17.

(Mr. John Burns.)

This is another full-face pickture. I cant do many more of them!


The Painticheef

No 18.

(Sir E. J. Poynter.)

I have heard he thaught the droring of this very deaft and mastelly. I should have thaught it was a oppertewnety for the Chantrey Fun but I have herd nothing as yet.


The Tadd

No 19.

(Mr. Alma Tadema.)

I cant help it if this did make Mister Briton Rivvyare go green with envy. It must be ennoying to see an outsighder do it so nice.


The Zolafite

No 20.

(M. Emile Zola.)

This is diseppointing as a work of Art


The Woolz

No 21.

(Lord Wolseley.)

Sybil Corbett must be awfuly mad to see me droring as good as this. There is hardly a trase of the ammerchewer.


The Klark

No 22.

(Sir Edward Clarke.)

This is a study in teckstchers and keeraskewroh—and a speaking likeness as well


The Jappypote
or
Lytervaysha

No 23.

(Sir E. Arnold.)

I hear he has a lovly shrine to write in at the Daly Tellegraff office and the offise-boy burns Joss-sticks at him every harf hour. It helps him to write nicer.


The Reed
or
Bildaphleet

No 24.

(Sir E. J. Reed.)

He says he did send his son to Harrow what more could he do! Spelling must have been an "extrer" I should think It is a distressing site to see the way he does it.