I have several more improved
catastrophes, which, if substituted for the present ending of some of
our more recent popular plays, would render them quite perfect. _Hamlet_
especially needs changing in this respect. Some of these days I will
show the readers of PUNCHINELLO how SHAKSPEARE should have ended that
drama. I rather think they will agree with me, that SHAKSPEARE, clever
as he doubtless was in certain respects, knew very little about writing
plays that should be at once effective and probable.
MATADOR.
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ON THE ROAD TO ROUEN.
The Prussians.
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[Illustration: JOHN BULL DETECTS A BEAR-FACED INTRUDER UPON THE PRIVACY
OF THE BLACK SEA.]
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"AB"
I.
Absinthe's a cunning word
Dram-drinkers to entice,
It comes from a Greek root which means
The opposite of nice.
II.
The wormwood shrub its gall
Essentially doth give
To "ab" by which so many die.
For which so many live.
III.
Its color is sea-green.
And should you enter where
The blissful stimulant is sold.
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