Punch,  34 (1858), 97.

The Press on its Last Legs

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Steamships, Engineering, Nutrition


    Believes that the amount of sugar and water 'which are daily swallowed in conjunction' at French cafes, 'would respectively suffice to freight and float the lately launched Britannic Ship, Leviathan'.



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