Punch,  1 (1841), 179.

Punch's Information for the People—No. V. Natural History  [5/5]

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery, Serial

Subjects:

Natural History, Physiology, Nutrition, Human Species


    Parodying the language of natural history, it describes the 'physiology', 'habits', 'moral characteristics', 'reproduction', diet ('sustenance'), and 'geographical distribution' of opera-dancers.



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