Identifier: mrpunchshistoryo01grav (find matches)
Title: Mr. Punch's history of modern England
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom), 1856-1944
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Publisher: London, New York (etc.) : Cassell and Company, Ltd.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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m with hope for the future,none offered brighter prospects than the great Exhibition of1851. It was Douglas Jerrold who coined the name of theCrystal Palace. Punch had some misgivings as to theencroachment of the buildings on public amenities and rights,and warmly espoused the cause of Ann Hicks, whose familyfor 118 years had held possession of an apple stall in HydePark. Her grandfather, it was alleged, had saved George Hfrom drowning in the Serpentine! The stall was removedand Ann Hicks allowed five shillings a week for one year,but, largely owing to Punchs intervention, was assisted toemigrate to Australia. And Punch was indignant at thesuggested exclusion of the public on the opening day, May i,1851, for fear of annoying the Royal family. But these mis-givings were happily removed, and the opening of the Ex-hibition marked a turning point in the long campaign ofcriticism, frank to the verge of discourtesy and indecorum,sometimes justified, but often malicious, which Punch had 40 I
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41 Mr. Punchs History of Modern England conducted against the Court in general and the Prince Consortin particuhir. He made the amende handsomely in his ownreport of the opening of the great Exhibition : — At length a cheer without, and a flourish of trumpets within,announce the arrival of the Queen—and the Prince, who, by the ideaof this Exhibition, has given to Royal Consortship a new glory, or,rather, has rendered for ever illustrious, in his own case, a positiontoo often vibrating between the mischievous and the insignificant.Prince Albert has done a great service to humanity, and earnedimperishable fame for himself by an idea, the greatness of which,instead of becoming less, will appear still greater as it recedes fromus. . . . Beyond comparison, the most gratifying incident ofthe day was the promenade of the Queen and Prince, holding bythe hand their two eldest children, through the whole of the lowerrange of the building. It was a magnificent lesson for foreigners—and esp

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