Punch,  55 (1868), 30.

The July Order

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Government, Crime


    Considers a 'Shakesperian Title' for Richard Mayne to be 'Dog-bury'—a reference to the constable in William Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing and Mayne's harsh new law regarding the muzzling of vagrant dogs.



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