“The Best of Punch Cartoons” is currently available in a massive book, containing 2,000, in chronological order.

A hefty gloss volume for those with a stout coffee table, and marketing at the moderate price of $79-95 (let’s call it $80 and be done with it), it contains such gems as –

Two Roman soldiers (page 377) – “I know we’ve been here for four hundred years, but we’ll certainly pull out as soon as the Britons show they’re able to defend themselves.” (1960 -79)