Bear-Mourning for Nicholas
Anon
Genre: | Letter, Spoof |
Subjects: | War, Politics, Zoological Gardens |
Introduces a letter 'about to be issued from the Lord Chamberlain's Office' which orders David W Mitchell, Secretary of the Zoological Gardens, to 'place his bears in decent mourning' (for the death of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia) while the Russian bear is 'to be fed on black puddings'. | |
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