Funch TO THE TWENTIETH VOLUME. Has completed his TWENTIETH VOLUME, an event worthy of the Year that has seen the Crystal Palace. Though the work already accomplished might fairly represent the labours of a life, PUNCH is yet in his infancy; for having just completed twenty, he is now entering on twenty-one. If the past has been but the promise of his youth, it may well be asked, with astonishment, what will be the performance of his years of maturity? To the self-respecting People of England, with affectionate and admiring hearts now mingling in amity and brotherhood with men of all climes in that Crystal Palace, PUNCH offers his own Collection, the accumulation of vast Intellectual Wealth, and the produce of the richest Mines of Wit, brought together by the combined resources of Art and Industry. |
