Project Gutenberg 2014-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 73 Reed, Edward Tennyson 1860 1933 Reed, E. T. (Edward Tennyson) "Mr. Punch's" Book of Arms Chris Curnow, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Mr. Punch's" Book of Arms by Edward Tennyson Reed is a satirical work written in the late 19th century. This book serves as a humorous collection that explores heraldry and social commentary through a whimsical lens. Reed utilizes the iconic Mr. Punch character to critique contemporary figures and societal norms in a format that combines illustrations with witty text. The content of the book revolves around various caricatured coats of arms for notable individuals and public figures of the time, each accompanied by an imaginative and often absurd description. Through the use of parody, Reed crafts an entertaining commentary on politics, culture, and the quirks of the Victorian society, blending humor with a reflection on the nature of identity and status. Characters such as the Earl of Birmingham and Lord Kipling of Mandalay are depicted with arms that represent not just their lineage but also satirical traits of their personalities and public personas, making every entry a light-hearted critique of the elite. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46374/46374-h/images/cover.jpg en English wit and humor English wit and humor, Pictorial Heraldry -- Humor CR NC Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour 82214 82227 2024-09-19T11:13:03.154718 2023-09-20T07:23:50.921389 text/html text/html 77523 2014-07-22T16:46:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1326077 2014-07-22T16:46:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1402444 2024-09-19T11:13:07.276646 application/epub+zip 1402367 2024-09-19T11:13:04.079703 application/epub+zip 115223 2024-09-19T11:13:03.700692 application/epub+zip 1443915 2024-09-19T11:13:09.742650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1399664 2024-09-19T11:13:06.899662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117863 2022-09-21T06:01:57.092517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52340 52167 2024-09-19T11:13:02.743672 2023-09-20T07:23:50.563395 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 52184 2014-07-22T16:46:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 20178 2014-07-22T16:46:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 52177 2014-07-22T16:46:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20162 2014-07-22T16:46:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20899 2024-09-19T11:13:09.876646 application/rdf+xml 14821 2024-09-19T11:13:03.781689 image/jpeg 2471 2024-09-19T11:13:03.741670 image/jpeg 1335106 2024-09-19T11:13:03.234685 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