Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, Jubilee Issue, July 18, 1891   By: Various

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 101.

July 18, 1891.

MR. PUNCH'S JUBILEE NUMBER.

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"My Reminiscences!" said Mr. Punch , replying to a question put by his Interviewer, ANNO DOMINI EIGHTEEN NINETY ONE; "They are already before the World, in exactly One Hundred Volumes! My first 'Number' bore date 'for the week ending July 17th, 1841. My memory is indeed stored with recollections, pleasant, picturesque, pathetic, of the teeming past, memories of my joyous 'Table,' of my well beloved 'Young Men,' of Great Names, of Genial Comrades, of Bright Wits, of Warm Hearts, of Famous Artists, of Clever Writers, who in the words of the greatest of them all

'Perched round the stem Of the jolly old tree.'

"How well the words of the wise wit written in 1847 express our thoughts to day, Mr. ANNO DOMINI:

'Here let us sport Boys, as we sit, Laughter and wit Flashing so free. Life is but short When we are gone, Let them sing on Round the old tree.

Evenings we knew Happy as this; Faces we miss Pleasant to see. Kind hearts and true, Gentle and just, Peace to their dust! We sing round the tree.'

It is one of my proudest memories to recollect that THACKERAY's 'Mahogany Tree,' was my Table."