Chapter III: Act II: The Casting of the Cabinet, 1885 197

“That very time I saw,” by Phœbe Carey 169

I KNOW A BANK 198
I know a Bank (a monody on Money), 1879 198
I know a Bank (at Paddington), 1883 198
I am that merry wanderer of the night (Lord
R. Churchill) 199

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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE――

Shylock; or, the Merchant of Venice Preserved; by
F. Talfourd. Produced at the Olympic Theatre, 1853 179
“What find I here? Fair Portia’s counterfeit” 180

TELL ME, WHERE IS FANCY BRED? 180
Tell me, what is Fancy Bread? 180
A Parody by J. R. Planché, 1843 204

THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS NOT STRAINED――
The Jollity of Nursey is not feigned, 1883 180
This Quality of Jelly must be strained, 1880 180
The Quality of Flirting is not strained 204

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AS YOU LIKE IT――

THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN 169
“All the Town’s a Slide,” 1850 172
“All the World’s a Stable” 174 242
“All the World’s away” (for the holidays) 241
“All Parliament’s a Stage” (Political) 241
“All the Night’s a Stage” (on noises) 242
“All the Day’s a Plague” (on street noises) 242
“All the World’s a Newspaper,” 1824 195
The Stage Coach Company, 1803 170
The Patriot’s Progress, 1814 170
The Seven Ages of Woman 170 174
The Seven Ages of Æstheticism 171
The Seven Ages of Intemperance, 1834 171
The Poetry of the Steam Engine, 1846 172
The Seven Ages of the French Republic, 1848 172
The Seven Ages of a Public Man, 1855 172
The Catalogue of the British Museum 173
The Seven Ages in Mincing Lane, 1868 173
The Politician’s Seven Ages, 1868 173
The Seven Ages of Acting, 1884 174
The Seven Ages of Love, 1881 174
The Seven Carriages of Man, 1885 174
The Seven Drinks of Man, 1885 175
The Seven Courses at Dinner 241 242
The Seven Ages of Cricket 242
The Seven Ages of a Clergyman 243
The Seven Ages of a Politician 243
The Seven Forms of Insanity 243
The Seven Ages of a Sailor 243
The Seven Ages of Fashion 244
“Dinner is a Stage,” by F. B. Doveton 240
“Parliament’s a Stage” (Political) 241
Bud, Blossom, and Decay, by T. F. D. Croker 195
Jaques in Capel Court, 1845 (Gambling on the Stock
Exchange) 171
A Paraphrase, by E. L Blanchard, 1866 196
Oxford is a Stage, 1868 196
A Shakespearian after-dinner Recitation, by F. Upton, 196

A FOOL, A FOOL! I MET A FOOL I’ THE FOREST 194
The same, with a cold in the head (at Combe) 194
A Dude――a dude! I met a dude 195
Blow, blow thou Winter Wind, a parody on 176
Lines on Mrs. Langtry as _Rosalind_, 1882 176
Lines on Miss Mary Anderson as _Rosalind_, at
Stratford-on-Avon, August, 1885 244

UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE 196
Under the Greenwood Shed, by Shirley Brooks, 1866 197

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A WINTER’S TALE――

Perdita, or the Royal Milkmaid, by William Brough.
Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, 1856, with the cast 200
Zapolya, a Christmas Tale by S. T. Coleridge, 1817 200

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KING JOHN――

King John Burlesque, by G. A. A’Beckett. Produced at
the St. James’s Theatre in 1837 199
Cast of Characters in the burlesque, and extracts
from it 199

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KING HENRY V.――