Punch,  29 1855, 103.

Mrs Durden's Annual Troubles

Anon

Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Entomology, Natural History, Disease, Domestic Economy, Nomenclature


    Details her complaints about 'the usual torment of the season, / Them nasty good-for-nothing flies. Rejects 'what you call your Recreations / In Natural History' and questions the 'use of Latin terms for good-for-nothing moths and millers'. Describes the domestic places that the 'plaguy things' have chosen as their homes including the larder, 'behind the grate', and in fruit. The illustration shows a large female figure about to club a snail with her parasol.



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