Punch,  49 (1865), 95.

Truly Rural. In a Cottage Near a Wasps' Nest. Notes by a Disgusted Visitor from London

Anon

Genre:

Diary, Spoof

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

[Trident], pseud.  [Henry R Howard] *

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Magic


    Describes the author's struggles against the large number of insects (including a bee, earwigs, myriad wasps and hornets, horseflies and moths) that he encountered in a holiday cottage, a struggle that result in him hating the countryside. The illustration shows two tiny fairies knocking a nail into the tail of a wasp.



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