Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893

"Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893" by Various is a magazine that uses satire and humor to comment on life in the late 1800s. This edition uses funny drawings and essays to make fun of politics, society, and culture in Victorian England. The magazine’s goal is to entertain people by comically looking at important events and people from the period. This issue includes exaggerated reporting of events, poking fun at the war in South America with jokes and short poems. The magazine creatively makes illustrations and writes short stories so that people can understand the absurdity and contradictions of life in the 1890s and the behavior of its people.