Punch,  5 (1843), 77.

Statistical Society

Tyro

Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Statistics, Mathematics, Societies


    Describes the work of Professor Porsoff, a member of the 'Twaddle-and-Squat' Society, who has spent six months amassing statistics on walking-sticks and their possessors passing a spot in London Bridge.



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