“The literary work of Mr Punch has always been so much appreciated outside the classroom and serves as so admirable a model of lucidity and good humour, that I venture to think that he will be welcomed as cordialy inside it. The text of this anthology has been specially chosen so as to be appropriate for schools. My warm thanks are due to the Punch proprietors for permission to reproduce all the poems and articles used in this volume, and my even warmer thanks to the authors for writing them. G B