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[Illustration: _Elliott & Fry_] [_London._
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The present collection of Sir John Tenniel’s Cartoons is intended to be a selection comprising the more memorable of those which have appeared in “Punch” during the last 50 years. The first in the collection bears the date of 1851, and the last is Sir John Tenniel’s final Cartoon in January, 1901. Short explanatory notes have been provided, but as most of them will, perhaps, be unnecessary to those to whom the Cartoons themselves are familiar, they have been grouped together and combined with the Table of Contents at the commencement of the volume, where they can readily be referred to.
May Day, 1851 2-3 The Great Exhibition of All Nations was opened in Hyde Park on May Day, 1851, by the Queen and the Prince Consort.
The Bear and the Bees.—A New Version of an Old Story 4 The invasion of Turkey by the Russian forces had been met by an unexpected resistance, and had aroused the hostility of the European Powers.
What Nicholas Heard in the Shell 5 The Emperor Nicholas of Russia had provoked a declaration of war by England and France, and his armies had already suffered several defeats.
The British Lion’s Vengeance on the Bengal Tiger 6-7 The horrible misdeeds of the native Indian soldiers after the Mutiny aroused throughout the country an uncontrollable desire for revenge.
The Quaker and the Bauble 8 Mr. Bright, at this time, in his zeal for Parliamentary Reform, was unsparing in his attacks upon the Landed Interest and the Aristocracy.
John Bull Guards his Pudding 9 This year marks the formation of the Volunteer force, which elicited an enthusiastic response from all classes.
Dame Cobden’s New Pupil 10 Richard Cobden was the means of procuring a Treaty of Commerce between France and England—beneficial to both countries.
Lyndhurst as Nestor rebukes the Chiefs 11 Lord Lyndhurst—the Nestor of the House of Lords—in a speech of great power reproved the Government for their neglect of the Navy.