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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 the BEST HUMOUR, the WITTIEST SAYINGS, the
Drollest Quips, and the Best Things of THACKERAY, MAYHEW, ALBERT SMITH,
A'BECKETT, ROBERT BROUGH, with nearly one thousand Woodcuts and 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 7_s._ 6_d._

[Illustration:

  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.

[Illustration:

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

                   =With many Hundred Illustrations=

                          BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

                           AND OTHER ARTISTS.

                       _FIRST SERIES, 