Punch . succeededin a homicidal burglary on a large scale. No wonder that people areeverywhere willing to trust England with pictures and sculptures andjewels. King William and Herr Bismarck will perhaps find thatthey have hardly inspired Europe with the same confidence. COMING OF AGE. Sir, Do you recollect that charming picture of Coming of Age mthe Olden Time ? A young man standing on his ancestral steps in thefull bloom of twenty-one, being welcomed by old retainers, by villagers,by all sorts of people with joyful acclamations. Why isnt this customkept up F I came of age the other day. I ha
Punch . succeededin a homicidal burglary on a large scale. No wonder that people areeverywhere willing to trust England with pictures and sculptures andjewels. King William and Herr Bismarck will perhaps find thatthey have hardly inspired Europe with the same confidence. COMING OF AGE. Sir, Do you recollect that charming picture of Coming of Age mthe Olden Time ? A young man standing on his ancestral steps in thefull bloom of twenty-one, being welcomed by old retainers, by villagers,by all sorts of people with joyful acclamations. Why isnt this customkept up F I came of age the other day. I had no ancestral steps tostand upon, but on my staircase I was received by my tailor, bootmaker,shoemaker, and a deputation from all sorts of tradesmen whom I hadpatronised, congratulating themselves upon my accession to responsi-bility. And this, my dear Sir, is Coming of Age in the Modern Time. I am yours, ever, Minucius Felix. May 5, 1866.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 183 THE HOUSE THAT JACK
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