Punch,  11 (1846), 179.

The Disadvantages of Science

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Drollery

Subjects:

Telegraphy, Railways, Gender


    Complains that the electric telegraph 'prevents the course of true love from running smooth', because it extinguishes 'runaway matches by rail'. Adds that the 'fair sex' want to create a 'Parliamentary Bill removing elopements out of the jurisdiction of the telegraph'.



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