unearths some literary gems.
From the Idler, vol. 8 (1895-6):
First, some notes on the attachments:
Perhaps you've previously encountered the idea of the gradated-spine-colors bookshelf scheme applied to a row of houses, but I don't think I have. (This is from one of those past futures artifacts, namely, a piece about what London will be like in 1930--with an emphasis on beautification. The third snippet is also from that article.)
As I see it, this man in the moon is not only in but on the moon.
Several of these snippets, and the cartoons, are from an Idlers Club round-robin about interviewing. The illustration of someone interviewing a chair reminds me that someone I know once told me he prepared to interview a band called the Chairs by pretending to interview the empty, actual chairs that awaited their arrival (to test the audio setup).
Here's a bonus bit from the Conan Doyle installment, referring to itinerant oculists: "We work our way round with a trail of spectacles behind us."
Next, I wish to report that there was a reference to someone slipping on a piece of orange peel. All I could say to that was, Yes, we have no bananas?
There was a feature in which Sara Jeannette Duncan interviewed herself. (The gag was that she was treating two of her different, publicly transparent writing names as distinct individuals.)
Finally, "Without so much as a with your leave OR by your leave"! [my emphasis]
