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THE
COMIC ALMANACK.
1st Series, 1835-1843.

NOTICE.

A SECOND SERIES of "THE COMIC ALMANACK,"embracing the years 1844—53, a ten years' gathering of theBest Humour, the Wittiest Sayings, the Drollest Quips, andthe Best Things of Thackeray, Mayhew, Albert Smith,A'Beckett, Robert Brough, with nearly one thousand Woodcutsand Steel Engravings by the inimitable Cruikshank, Hine,Landells

may also be had of the Publishers of this volume, and uniform
with it, nearly 600 pages, price 7s. 6d.

The Cold Water Cure

THE
COMIC ALMANACK
AN EPHEMERIS IN JEST AND EARNEST, CONTAINING
MERRY TALES, HUMOROUS POETRY,
QUIPS, AND ODDITIES.

BY
THACKERAY, ALBERT SMITH, GILBERT A. BECKETT,
THE BROTHERS MAYHEW.

"FULL INSIDE, SIR, BUT PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE ROOF."

With many Hundred Illustrations
By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
AND OTHER ARTISTS.
FIRST SERIES, 1835-1843.
London:
CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY.

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