A Serious Joke.
Mamma (Whose darling is undecided whether to choose a Noah's Ark or a box of Wooden Animals.)
Which do you recommend Mr Cantwell?
Mr C. "Well Mum, you see Noah bein' mentioned in 'Oly Writ, we always reckons the Hark 'as the advantage of bein' a Sunday toy Mum!!"

The 73 cartoons are still bound in the original Sketch Book which is signed on the first page by Harriet Churchyard. It is believed that it was given to friends of the Churchyard family and was handed down through six generations of that family.