Excerpt from Punch's Almanack for 1871, Vol. 61 The grand old Monarch gave one eagle-glance at the grander Creature beside him. Halt the whole Army! Exclaimed the emperor, With a voice for wonder, Like the roar of Thunder, When he shouts to a stormy sea. Wave all the banners, fire off all the cannons, and every man bello Hooray! Take the time from me! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.