Mr. Punch's "Animal Land"
M^R. PUNCH'S "ANIMAL LAND"
·"M^r. Punch's"·
·ANIMAL LAND.·
·DRAWN & WRITTEN BY· ·E. T. Reed.·
·maker of "PREHISTORIC PEEPS."
:BRADBURY, AGNEW & C^o: ·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 M^r. 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.
1. The Hark.
2. The Balph.
3. The Shur.
4. The Oom.
5. The Mailyphist.
6. The Pawkywit.
7. The Jook.
8. The Benchiboss.
9. The Labb.
10. The Bujjithatcha.
11. The Wheedlepat.
12. The Goash.
13. The Leck.
14. The Stagynite.
15. The Ruddikipple.
16. The Bobbz.
17. The Showt.
18. The Painticheef.
19. The Tadd.
20. The Zolafite.
21. The Woolz.
22. The Klark.
23. The Jappypote.
24. The Bildaphleet.
25. The Sullivan.
26. The Skippydan.
27. The Aird.
28. The Coneydoil.
29. The Timm.
30. The Leedabar.
31. The Trimmadome.
32. The Wagg.
33. The Jingonite.
34. The Hyah-hyah.
35. The Kurnle.
36. The Yauk.
37. The Punchiboss.
38. The Morl.
39. The Fowla.
40. The Kortnee.
41. The Padd.
42. The Thrums.
43. The Tobymp.
44. The Weeda.
45. The Tree.
46. The Lorryit.
47. The Ellen.
48. The Sarabee.
49. The Villistanph.
50. The Octavus.
51. The Phil.
52. The Wunnudiddit.
The Hark
N^o 1.
(Sir William Harcourt.)
Jugging by his exspresion I should say he has just heard of some millyonnares that is past recuvry.
The Balph
N^o 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
N^o 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
N^o 4.
(President Kruger.)
I wonder why they say this is "mannifessly inflewnced by Landsere at his best."
The Mailyphist or Gossplespredda
N^o 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
N^o 6.
(Lord Rosebery.)
I have been rather seccessfull in getting the eger hopeful look into the futesher in his eyes havnt I
The Jook
N^o 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
N^o 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
N^o 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
N^o 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
N^o 11.
(Mr. Gerald Balfour.)
The criticks say this is "a life-like pressenment" and the "flesh-tints are remarkeble for there lewminosserty".
The Goash
N^o 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
N^o 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
N^o 14.
(Sir Henry Irving.)
Some people considder this riting very rude—it certenly is not foolsome in its prays.
The Ruddikipple
N^o 15.
(Mr. Rudyard Kipling.)
They say I have idellised him rather but I cant help it if I have.
The Bobbz
N^o 16.
(Lord Roberts.)
This is quite a battle-pickture. The handling seggests mysonnyer. I seem wonderfly versytial.
The Showt
N^o 17.
(Mr. John Burns.)
This is another full-face pickture. I cant do many more of them!
The Painticheef
N^o 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
N^o 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
N^o 20.
(M. Emile Zola.)
This is diseppointing as a work of Art
The Woolz
N^o 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
N^o 22.
(Sir Edward Clarke.)
This is a study in teckstchers and keeraskewroh—and a speaking likeness as well
The Jappypote or Lytervaysha
N^o 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
N^o 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.
The Sullivan
N^o 25.
(Sir Arthur Sullivan.)
I had the esistents of the leading musickle exspurts in aranging the musick on him
The Skippydan or Droorileno
N^o 26.
(Mr. Dan Leno.)
I have had the nicest complements on this picture from Royal Ecademisians. They say it is so full of "veuve."
The Aird or Dammynile
N^o 27.
(Mr. John Aird.)
The back-rownd seen of this pictture is laid at Filey-the-Bewtifull where the damms is to take place
The Coneydoil or Shurlacombs
N^o 28.
(Dr. Conan Doyle.)
This is a Alpyne seen. Please notise the way I have got the glare off the snow.
The Timm
N^o 29.
(Mr. Timothy Healy.)
I find profeels ever so much easier—there is only one eye to restle with for one thing.
The Leedabar or Dikkiwebbsta
N^o 30.
(Sir Richard Webster.)
There is few drawings that has rowsed more pubblick inthewsiasum than this one
The Trimmadome or Willirich
N^o 31.
(Sir William Richmond.)
I did enjoy doing his hair. It is done like that Cleo de Merroads!
The Wagg or Tommibole
N^o 32.
(Mr. Gibson Bowles.)
M^r Spielman says "this remarkable work is reddolent of the sea and the droring of the wave-forms is worthy of Hook or Eyrecrow."
The Jingonite or Yankiturk
N^o 33.
(Sir E. Ashmead Bartlett.)
Noboddy wasnt ever so pattriottic about other peoples countries as what he is
The Hyah-Hyah or Fisklekrank
N^o 34.
(Sir C. Howard Vincent.)
He is a grate vollenteer too. He is a mixtcher of Moltky and Prince Ruepert at menoovers
The Kurnle or Armaghda
N^o 35.
(Colonel Saunderson.)
I hear he has had this framed for an air-lewm.
The Yauk or Rompyjack
N^o 36.
(Lord Charles Beresford.)
The criticks say I have "happily renderd the sea-brease bloing through his epithettes."
The Punchiboss or EphseeBee
N^o 37.
(Mr. F. C. Burnand.)
This pickture and the nice ritin had a wonderfull bennyfishle effeckt on his state of helth
The Morl or Philopat
N^o 38.
(Mr. John Morley.)
It is a shame to make such a nice gentleman look so plain. There is no dowt I am not a flattrer.
The Fowla
N^o 39.
(Sir H. H. Fowler.)
The "Maggasene of Art" thinks very highly of this one—the "Morbydetser" of it is so fine it says. I seppose theyre right
The Kortnee
N^o 40.
(Mr. Leonard Courtney.)
I wish the riting would not come so long but I'm ackwiring such profishensy that I cant bring myself to short ones.
The Padd
N^o 41.
(M. Paderewski.)
Isnt it rather a sub-aubern tipe of face—not quite what you would exspeckt considdring the fuss.
The Thrums
N^o 42.
(Mr. J. M. Barrie.)
I dont mean to say he doesnt bat very nice but he might just as well go for long drives out into the country.
The Tobymp or Luciwits
N^o 43.
(Mr. H. W. Lucy.)
I had to leave ^{the} ralings out or else you wouldnt have seen him at all
The Weeda
N^o 44.
("Ouida.")
I had no idea I could do hair so natcheral as this or I would have done it bifore.
The Tree
N^o 45.
(Mr. Beerbohm Tree.)
Isnt he nice and willowy. It takes a very clothes study of anattemy to draw pessitions like this.
The Lorryit
N^o 46.
(Mr. Alfred Austin.)
I meant to have drorn him trying to get over a very rustick stile he's got but I quite forgot. It dosnt matter does it.
The Ellen
N^o 47.
(Miss Ellen Terry.)
I am told Miss Louie Freer is very much hurt at been passed over for this one but hers is a diffrent stile of luvliness—more like a Wattow.
The Sarabee
N^o 48.
(Madame S. Bernhardt.)
This one seems to combine the suttle charm of a Rumney with the deckretive effeckt of a "peraffleite".
The Villistanph
N^o 49.
(Mr. Villiers Stanford.)
I havnt done justiss to the quire. I havnt quite caught the look of aggytashen and holy enthewsiasum in there eyes—the mouths took up nearly all the room in the face.
The Octavus
N^o 50.
(Sir Henry Thompson.)
This is "a studdy of exspreshen worthy of the best peeriads of english art" so "the stewdio" says "The impassetoe is very fine" it says. I should never have thaught of that.
The Phil
N^o 51.
(Mr. Phil May.)
I exspeckt I shall have to pressent this to the Nashnal Portret Gallry—then I shall be handed down as his "muniffisent dona."
The Wunnudiddit
N^o 52.
(The Perpetrator, E. T. R.)
I fear this will be a dredfull shock to some but they say I musnt tryfle with peaple's effecktions any longer. It seems a pitty to have to rellinquish my "incoggnetow."
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