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A Peep into "Punch." By J. Holt Schooling. (G. Newnes.

6s.) —This is the " Story of Punch, with Illustrations by Himself." It is scarcely necessary to say more. These specimens of treasure are well selected, at least so suggests the vanity of the writer of this notice, for there is scarcely one of them which he does not remember. How curiously some of the drawings seem to get a second application ! Here is one," A Meeting to Discuss the Principles of Protection and Free-trade," the discussion con- sisting of a free fight. It would serve admirably for a "Stop- the-War Meeting" of to-day. Altogether, this is a delightfully amusing book by one who knows his subject.