Singularly clear and simple in quality, the humor of the Lampoon is so carefully annotated that it can be enjoyed by any child of ordinary attainments. The joke on the front page, for example, is good, but no one must be allowed to miss it; therefore we find a line of italics clamoring for attention. All danger of losing the point is in this way cleverly avoided. On the following page, too, there is a naive little aside, which informs the reader that he must not attempt to see through the appended joke. The caution seems needless, though the merit of the illustration excites false hopes.
The illustrations, in fact, are good throughout, with several departures from the ordinary both in subject and style. The "extracts from the Philistine" shows in parts a tendency toward vulgarity that is unnecessary.
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