The Education Problem

John Tenniel, artist

Swain, engraver

Punch, or the London Charivari (16 July 1870)

Master Forster. “Please, M’m. I’ve done it, M’m!”

Schoolmistress (Britannia). “And how have you done it, William?”

Master Forster. “Please, M’m. I’ve reduced all the fractions to the lowest common denomination.”

Schoolmistress. “Good Boy! Go Up!”

[The Good Boy enters the Cabinet.]

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