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Why is Globe Metal Polish
to be found in use all over the
United Kingdom, the Colonies,
America-in fact, the World?
Because it works its way.

Merit is its travelling ticket.
Globe Metal Polish contains nothing
injurious to the skin, nor will it scratch
or otherwise injure the finest metal work.
It is sold everywhere; but should any
difficeulty be experienced in obtaining it,
please write to Raimes & Co., 5 Philpot
Lane, London, E.C., and Stockton-on-Tees.

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Wallis
HIS

HORN BOOK
For the Ufe of Greenhorns and Others who

would learn of the Anthropophagi and divers
Strange Things exijling at the end of the

XIXTH

SET

DOWN
WITH

IN

MANY

CENTURY

ALPHABETICAL

ORDER

EMBELLISHMENTS

LONDON: JOHN MACQUEENR

Pub4her's Note.

was when Horn Books were as
familiar in the houfehold as the Family
Bible and the Tradefman's Almanack are
at the prefent time. They are now
almoft obfolete, even as a relic of other
days.
When the Worfhipful Company of
Homrners held a Loan Exhibition at the
Manfion Houfe in 1882, though special
efforts were made to secure the fulleft
poiffible difplay, the total number of Horn
Books fhown was eight.
In iffuing an imitation of the text-book
of our forefathers, more with a view to
amufement than inftruction, I truft my
effort may meet with due appreciation
from the Reading Public.
The laft Horn Book sold at Sotheby's
TIME

in 1893 realifed £65.
I offer the XIXth Century Horn Book
for One Shilling.
JOHN

MACQUEEN.

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INTRODUCTORY.
F Introdutions there are various

and divers modes.
HORN

oon

The selec-

tion of one suitable to an oc-

cafion or circumffance is a
matter of delicacy and tact,
to be happily or unhappily determined
by the Introducer.
As, for example, one would not introduce a Scion of Nobility to, say, a

Financial Magnate, by the same procefs
that a Shoemaker may be introduced to
a Tailor.
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INTRODUCTORY.

The introduction of a Book to the
Reading and Thinking World fhould be
performed, as I venture to fuggeft, with
To
becoming Modefty and Brevity.

WIT:-"Mr

PURCHASER-Mr PUBLISHER.

Mr PUBLISHER-Mr PURCHASER.
Or,
"B UYER-BOOKSELLER.
BOOKSELLER-BUYER."

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AIctors.
Nctors are tvbet' into two classes:

the Ecteb, an tbe "tInacteb.

Of the latter little can be satb,
save that, altbougb tbey are not oc*
cupieb in entertaining the populace,
tbeM still contrive to maintain a
"public" life. Tber soon lose their
spirits (being expentsive), ant' exist=
ence becomes bitter-sometimes fourpenny ale.
Of the &teb it map be observed
that tbey are again tvt'et, being of

tbeir hint'leitimate ant 3legtiti-mate.
thbe eOittmate t'epent' cbietIl upon
the superioritp of their beat's, the

Siteltimate on the excellence of tbetir
other extremitties.
tbrougb popular favour each its,
bowever, well able to make both ends

meet.

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I13roheti.
tbe name I beriveb from tbose wbo
bave "broken" or "break up."
be Domestic Iroker, thougb
as tenacious of the ftiresibe as a cat,
will break up a bomesteab at the
slibtest provocation.

be stock Iroher is of two
htinds, tbougb very s imilar in appearance; the bittfference between them
being their various metbobs of "break*
inng." Tbe "®utsie" roker will gct
insiae pour pocket, wbile the " Stsee"
Sroker will cget outsite pour banking
account. bthat i all the istinction.
%toch Iroherz zometimesz b reak
themselves.

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Cbamrnbedains.
Btbough oriinalip abapteb from
jfrencb Comic Opera, the Cbambers
lain is an ancient ant time-bonoured
Sntatitution.
'be but ot a Cbamberlaintis to

instruct younto 1Roalties and other
]Ealteb lIersons in Courtl2 tannters
ano Eeportment. %o necessary are
such usages in the contuct ot Snternational affttatrs, that even small 1Re
publics are to be tount' imitating
Greater 1Rations in tbis particular,
ant' tbetirI restents are constratinet
to take essons from a Cbamberlain.

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is a very intelligent animal,
antb Man's most faitbful frient.
Ibe is therefore loohe upon with
grave suspicion bp the Iolice.
Zt policeman will buttnt bown att'
tbe

Mo0

capture a bog that neglects to wear
a £iu33lIe, with more assibuity than

be will Devote to tracking a surglar.

tbe sport tis bangerous, ant
less
the lbonour anb GlOor just as great.
£Iu33les for Moos were institutes
by a Menion Government, in the bope
that being Depriveb of the
of bis
fangs, the o0 mibt in time bevelop
Claws at' other Defensive growtbs,
eventually placing bitmself on an equal
footing with the common or bacl
garten Cat antb the plapful Goat.
Woos brink notbttg stronger than

use

Wlater; therefore tbey bave to be
icenset'.

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Eagle s.
Eagles are 1
Roble 3J3iras, much given
to 5oarin.

Ebe Eagle to soar most

in tbese times is the Ztmerican.

bits

bas made other Eagles sore in a btt

terent wag; especially[ the German
one. ibis latter ti an interesting
bird, trained to many accomplitbments; its claws are so sharp, bows
ever, that it bas to be carrieD about
on a £latale ifist. Sn vits tin tstant
places, esucb as the 1bol

%ant~, a

"Cook's tourist" tDatt Steamer is
usedtinsteab.
Sn Englant the Eagle Is not tbouobt

much of, as it is not good eating. St
is cbteth uses there as a sieit for
Dnblic ibonses, but claims respect of
tbe Cultured as being the Crest of
liaster iilitam %bakespeare.

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Jfitbermen.
Ebts to a curtous 1Race of Creatures,
baunting place s known as "the
cbtetle

1Rest," wbere the, play a
game called "tell me anotber.". be
angler's

object of the game to to tell a story
about a tfob, anb if a !itberman can
tnl another to believe btm, the other
to "out," aib bas to pay.
hbey spenb part of tbeir money in
Strong Corbials, anb the remainber

in purcbasing wbatever isb iofresb
anb seasonable in tbhe larket.
tbts

to calleb "C atcbing."

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Av"Allro

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Plye

IIanIr sport, 1ovel?l
audis
nnucb pursued b9

4olt is a vera

tberefore
'Uornan.

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to p~a~eb wttb Sticks,fMalls, ant

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used .under tbe supervision and ai
rectton aof1Iproeszorz wbo are Irnown
Zecbntca1 'terms,.

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1booligan sanb 1booIet
Gangs.
Ebe two Classes benoteb by? names
so neariy alliet in sountd, are wt el
tbifferent in reality. tbe ,ooligan

are at the bottom of tbe Social Scale,
wbile tbhe oole ganos are at the
verg top, until wbat time, tbrougb
tbeir own Sniscretion - or that of
tbeir trients-tbey fall.
3t is easier to fall tban to 1Rise.
tooligans are never elevateb,
except by IIusic lball tngers-an
the tbattomatt.
lben the boolet
are broughbt
before 3uetice, tber are placeb in "the
:so- "; unber similar circumstancez
the tooligans are put in "the mock."
tooler
most breab "letting
tbhe cat out of the bag."
toolidans bave an equal terror of
letting "Uabe Cat" Into the back.

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Sce is a concoction of iRotten ,Eggs,
Vamageb Suoar, Poisonous Jflavouro

itG Matter, anbSewage 'mater.
St is prepare anb tentetb by
itinerant Statant Iercbants, who are
strongt bacieb up bp S ticates of
flMcrobes.
Cbitbren of the poorer class con
sume tbis belicac witb avitbit, tino

lug it more pleasant an certain tban

or Croup.
tbe sale of it is tolerateb by the
lutborities as a safeOuart agatist

Measles

Over-population.
tbe tenors of tbts commobity rem

alhse large profits, anti, returning to

tbeir own Countrp, purchase titles,
or become
itnarcbtsts anto b evote
tbeer time to "removing" Aiembers
of 1Royal louseebols,

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3ohnniet.
tbi is a bistinct probuct of the enb
of the W19t Centurp, anb pet is very

similar to "tbhe
esmall gilbeb ftl" referreb to bp 1ing %ear.
3obnnties are uually most Itivel at
intibt time, alt map be seen bovering

about the lamp5 of beatres anb otber
after-barl 1Resorts.
tbe Itobter class of tbe fatr

el

capture tbese Creatures, aub for a
time hkeep them about them, as tbe
bo tbetrtnuts anb otber Comforters.
Ebts getnerallp cozts tbe Sobnnite
bso
leonep, if not bls %tife; but be

toes not tlbinb.

Te cannot.

te bas not got anp.

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1kaffirs.
lkafflrs were oriinally the %orbs of

tItfrtca,

the Sotl in
but all that became
cbanGet, ant the 1kamre bat to be
Just wbatever the Ingentous AMCecil
1bobes bestreb.
woult Sbabow out wbat tbe
were to be, ant presentlp it woult
become 1Reality.

Ie

IMr 1Rbobes once sbabowet out a

1Ratlway, an some people laugeb at
btm, but wben it became real, tbep
wantet to plai at 1Railwas too, ant
then tbeg found out tbat be was not
pla2tnGO, but in earnest.
Citt

Men

keep 1kafrft

on Paper.

Paper ikatirs are more valuable than

tbose mate of tieb ant bloot.

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~legal.
haw is tbe most efficacious e ~tctne
gztem that bas ever
for retmctng
been atecovereta. abe legaI flrocees

the

will

reduce

a mere
of

tbe fUnest constttiton to

its

former
zbat'ow of
Lora Cbance[Coriste

Ube Zegal
.all

matters,

but

self.eaD
be
as

be

cbanes witthte cbanges of $overnment,

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beaa'ptece

The itts

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Difficult to

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'human

setermine

wbat

Ua2 be [tke.

'Mooleach : abtz
wttb tbe tieece of
tbat bave been

on tbe

Sbeep
stuffetd

bg lawp2erz.

Sborn

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fNlemofrs.
Great Ebinher (antb egetarian),
George sernarb %baw, bas written
that all 3utobiograpbical .Statements
are ites. @n the moral support of
tbts Ebict, it is not too much to eap
that all Nemoirs are " arrbibles."
Great len sttffer from tbts Ept*
bemic, but as the attacks bo not
generally take place until after teatb,
tbep bo not much beeb tbem. "Goob
WMine neebs no Busb," satb tbe
mortal 5bakespeare. "~leitber boes

3

inmo

a goob life," abbs tbhe sbabe of

iSto

march.
Obscurer lives bave been known
to be prolongeb to ripe olb aoge,

sbeer. breab of wbat

g..oob
natureb frienbs" migobt sap of tbhem
on tombstones, anb tbrougb the "Sn
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IlIemoriam"

Papers.

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venk ;ihp

IRovembe

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fit IIrinceisnoteb
3Btrtb lales,

iAovember

Ionbon

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for

of
of tbe
E~eatb of 'Gnu fawhes, ait tb e
~tccezzfon of tbe tort' fUapor.
obzerve bbya
tbt5 tatter event
solemnn Ceremonp2 known as the ~orb.
tbe
the

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IfIoaor'spanger'9
%bow.

S&n

tbif jfunction

tbe Ct tp Jfatbers, oatae bb

afew 3alet gir[s
Circus an a

sh~irts anb

(fin zbort

cbest Preservers), brave

Mtales

' angers of damp fog at s itreetbop battnage. tbe IIrt nce of
anta Grno jiawThesbane to content
tbemsetvez wttb less imposing rmarks
tbe sbape of ilium:
of lDoputarftp2,
tbe

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cmburnian.
tbts Deligbtful 1Resort on the ban of
the File, was openet' up by an enters
prising Englitb Company (Managing
Director: General sorb atitcbener),
anb offers a pleasant place whereat
ma spenb from
the Jat eb Egypttanr
saturbag tilltMonbar.
-Ube Gorbon's Ibotel is replete withb

cvery comfort, an b since the installatiott of the lectric %t bt, Dervisbes,
Eaggaras, anb other objectionable
t
characters bare entirely bi appeareb
from the Soulevat'rs antb lRier-site

terraces.

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Plaupers.
tbese are some of the last reinmamii
of the

Digbtp Giants that useb to

infest Great

tritain.

the Zble-Sobie lpauper is
not eating or sleeping, be ntar still
whben

be bearb sinOin

ojfu

" fec, jf I, fo,

hisbt
terrible song :!

3 smtell the bloob of an EngItsbtan,
3e be alive or be be beak,

3'll grinD bis bones to mahe m bread!"

Alien

jaupers are a species of beg

vastatino Uertin that come to

lolish

ports in vast numbers, witb other
foreion 1Ifrobuce.
lbappilp, being a free Countr,

tbe

are perfectl2 welcome, altb soon mtake
tbetnselves quite at bonte.

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Qucens.

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are tepictet' tbe

EPopular

that bare

five

tI11ost

ever ilcignet',

fRaJezttes ot %pabczs, Mt
niont'z, Clubs, ant 'fearts, tbougb
thbeir

fascinating

ant' powerftlfKonarcbz,

are ficI1e ant' uncertain H1nters.
tbe centralrfigure is tbe on1~g Sov%
ereion an Enigistbman woult' not care

to cbange.

was pure;, ber life eerene;
Got' gave ber peace ; ber Cana~ repoede~
~t tbousanb claims to reverence closet
an ber as ! Sotber, 'wifUe, anb GQueen.
ter court

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1Racing.
Ibis useb to be "the

sport of

ktings" ; it is now tbhe serious ant
anxitous occupation of callow Clerks.
Jformerly tbhe beligbts of 1Racing
involveb a visit to some pleasant
Countrp place, there to see noble
borses matcbeb against each other
in a gallant race.
lnber tbhe 1lew stle, it is onl
necessary to visit the precincts of a
4 Club,"
or the office of "a 3ooks
imaker," anD bear tbe names of the
competing animals reab off a piece of
tape attacbeb to a telegrapbic wire.
3t is an expensive game, anb to some
a tmstery bow youtbs on smal[ in%
comes can afforb to participate in it.
tbis is occasionally elplaineb by an
empty office casb-bog anb a full Sencb

of £Vagistrates.

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cruttl

the
isto biobest Developmett

of football, ant other ~betais of that
noble game pale into mere insftti
ficance before it.

tbe conglomerate mass of ountg
1bumanit struggoling for life, is in
fttitel more improving than the
simple hictn of a winbag towarbs
one goal or another. after all, ant
vulgar boot-carrier can
the Mtcks
ting, with more ,betinite results, prod
or a policeman offers
vtieb bis
a beab to serve the purpose of a

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Wife

Eall.

Defittitton: "crimmage
"Scrummage "- "

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Wben lables pla the goame (which
of course tbe bo), tbMe are calleb
"1scrumptious."

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anb
Eclecorams.

Selepbones

tbe

marvellous evelopment of ci-t
ence in aiting the rapitbit of Snter'
communication is one of the wonders
of the latter part of the XIXtb
Century. 3neeb, it is stated that
tbere is no telling bow far the swift
ness of messaoge se ting migbt be
carrieb-but much abeab of its being
spoken or written - were it not for
the having Grace of a little ibuman
itature, wbicb is introbuce in the
business. t Ctty fercbant, or other
bust person, mad sbout tbrougb the
~elepbone as mucb as bifs patience
will permit, but until tbe youno laies
wbo control the Connectino epartment are quite reabt to "bitcb bim
on," bis efforts are futile.
EceIgramz will keep for an lengtb
of time, if the IIessenger onia meets
a congenial doctor's do3,
also ott
some tAroent iMssion. %ucb intflu
ences prevent abnormal prooress.

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tilnfon 3ach,
"Illion" in tbtis compountb title
refers to the unityp of the Britib
Empire (inclubino
relanb). t be

tbe

"3ach " is less comprebensive.

lby

not the llnion Commpy, in befer.
tthins
ence to the greatly popular Ir

of our lrmp bepartment?
Some Englominerican Entbusiasts
were anxious to bare tbe Stars of
tbe Spangleb Manner abbeb to the
pattern of the inion Sach, but as it
cave it the appearance of an attack
of measles, the iea was abantdoneb.
Otbers

recognising that "nOnion

t %trengOtb " wanteb "Ganllant little

Tlales " representeb on tbhe lational
llag, b the introbuction of a leek,
btis iea
not bola water either,

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lLeocipcbce,
W(Litb Datnt steps an cauttous treat,
the Iotary of the ILeloclpebe pichebt'
his was tbrough the lark at the
commencement of the century.
Ztll that bas cbange towarbs its
close. Sf one thblng wounb be cal
culateb to basten the enb of this
Cycle of rime more than another, it
woulb be the way in which cpcles

are basheb tbrougb the mibst of
traffic attb unoffenbtin pebestrians.
tbe %corcber goetb up anb bown
in the lantb
'seeking whom be map
scare-or murber.

tbe 3tccle Each is a bibeous resuit of the inorbinate use of "the
wheel." Zt cientist saps be bas
biscovereb a graver bibben result.
furious "bthein " sbakes the Spinal

Column anb tbus affects the

ratn.

tbe spinal Column of a Scorcberposstbly; but the rtain ?-1barbly.
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jeet

Woman.
egeb
tbts i a verg 1e Question.

bab it occurred previousl?, it woul'
bare required all the remainder of tbe
tborn rook to even approach it.
Eacbelors to not trouble much about
solving it. 'beir solution woul' be a
verp weak one if tbe tib.

Marrieb Men bo not solve it.
St solves them.

Yt

married men tint tbemselves too

olveb, tbe? bat best club too
getber, antb bie tbem to some remote
place-sap the small green (or "grtn")
be
Isle biscovereb b IAM. 1Rousemont,
ant Ihie the otusoEaters, tbereZbe? sat tbem Gown upon tbe tellow sand,
Jetween tbhe sun and moon, upon the sbore;
tna sweet it was to bream of fatberlans,

mnucb

Of cbilb, and wife, and islave; but evermore

illost wearg oeem'b the sea, weary tbe oar,
'Elearp the wandering fielas of barren foam.
Eben someone sa", ",We will return no
more ";

An all at once tbe sang, "Our i[sland bornme
3s far beyon
roam,"
4 U1ornan

the wave; we will no longer

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fitn.
Genitt of Cbina are so
calle, but even tbe are an tnbtfr
ferent lot.
Cbina is an unfortunate country,
suffering from what is known as "an
ancient ivilisation."
" Cbineser Ies the bead that wears
a crown," is a sably familiar quotation of the unbapp Emperor of the
[and.
lbere ts portrateb the present Cbief
tbe Goob

of the (i.
tahe him for wbat be is worthbut not at bis own valuation.

oke~s.

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I~oIkeLs
Wbis bapp, gutleless race of creatures

who useb to milk cows, tenb sbeep,
aunb make love on sates, to now alt
but extinct.
farming by fIIacbiner~
bti mucb
to exterminate them, ant what remn
nant remaineb, to give a flavour of
Ibunman ioetry to the quiet be
eVwa*s
of the land, has been rutblessly annibilateb bV the Pastoral 1Rovelist.
substitutes that bave sprung
up in the place of ]okeIs, are a
melancbolg picture of what Country
folh sboultb not be.

tbe

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Zobfac.
" mast icene of~ all,
tbat eutz tbts

strangew,

eventful

jlrotessor Mille, wttb bis worttbertnut troupe of 1Ipertormino Thirnat9
anbts Itounbtn~Thoztistez, gives a

-successfu1
JfarcwellEPerformnce of bis bigb1V
" Zodiac," in the Grano

i~inetecthZCentury Circus.

truip the Greatest %bowv on Eartb

-up to tbe present.

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