Project Gutenberg 2010-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 331 Various Verschillende Various, Various Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Neville Allen, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)" by Various is a satirical periodical publication written in the mid-19th century. The volume features a collection of political and social commentary, humor, and illustrations that reflect the events and sentiments of the time in Britain. It often pokes fun at political leaders and societal norms through humorous narratives, poems, and sketches. The opening portion introduces the character of Mr. Punch, who visits Queen Mab on Christmas Eve, engaging in a whimsical game of forfeits with a range of prominent figures from the society of the time. The scene is lively and filled with humor as Mr. Punch interacts with various political leaders, depicting their follies and shortcomings in a light-hearted manner. The introductions and comments made during this revelry hint at the larger political landscape of the era, particularly the tensions leading up to conflicts such as the Crimean War, showcasing how Punch uses humor to critique serious societal issues. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English wit and humor -- Periodicals AP Text Punch Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Humour 1945616 1925566 2025-02-13T08:54:42.125054 2023-09-14T07:59:16.512972 text/html text/html 1912773 2021-01-06T14:37:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 11690478 2021-01-06T14:37:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 12088112 2025-02-13T08:56:48.637981 application/epub+zip 12016756 2025-02-13T08:55:24.884902 application/epub+zip 861594 2025-02-13T08:54:48.287014 application/epub+zip 38135811 2025-02-13T08:57:26.946752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38021367 2025-02-13T08:56:04.940204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1645088 2022-09-15T04:14:06.957719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1576501 1576398 2025-02-13T08:54:32.941139 2023-09-14T07:59:07.558897 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1575967 2021-01-06T14:37:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 655692 2021-01-06T14:37:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1576042 2021-01-06T14:37:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 655206 2021-01-06T14:37:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20999 2025-02-13T08:57:27.400798 application/rdf+xml 16301 2025-02-13T08:54:49.171009 image/jpeg 3975 2025-02-13T08:54:48.763016 image/jpeg 11765965 2025-02-13T08:54:43.006105 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog